New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-13
statement That One of Whit
mans Staff Is Member OF
Sam Paul Association
Brings Flat Denial.
ATTACK S. S. K0ENlG, TOO
absolute Lie" Says Repub-
lican County Chairman OF
Allegation That Gam
bier Is One of His
Lieutenants.

,.vor Gaynor and Police Commls-
or Waldo. through the medium OF
- exchange of letters between them
hitch were given out for publication
..on, the Mayors office. endeaVored
,s,erday 10 start n small "backiire'
- n,strict Attorney Whitman 10y nam
ior Morris Koenig as a member OF the
sam Paul Association.
Koenig. who besides being Deputy
,ssistant District Attorney on Mr..
wbitman's staff is also the brother of
samuel : Koenig. Republican county
chairman. retorted with a fat denial
- membership in the Sam Paul AS
sociation. and stated that he would in
,,,tu,e either criminal or civil libel ac-
,;on against tho Mayor for uttering and
.,rc,latins the statement that he was
:, anv way connected with Sam Paurs
crowd.
district Attorney Whitman declared
"a had the utmost faith in Koenig and
that if Koenig said he was not a mem
her Of Sam Paurs organization. he be-
revcd him IN preference to the accusa-
lions Of Commissioner Waldo and
Mayor Gaynor.
AR. Whitman will leave New York
=. { o'clock this afternoon for Hot
Springs. Ark, where he will confer
with the men mentioned In the appli-
cation for a commission and stay
fled by Becker's lawyers. Dispatches
from the Arkansas city late last night
announced that. George w. Howell
rnjted States marshal there. had tele-
grained 20 Mr.. Whitman in New York
full account Of Schepps's conversations
while he was in custody there. and in
cludes a sworn denial that Schepps had
ever exculpated Becker 10 him, Howell.
John +. Mcintyre, Becker's lawyer,
added Howelrs name 10 the three he
designated on Wednesday As that OF
man who would give evidence that
Schepps had exculpated Becker.
Counter Move in Becker Case.
Justice Bischoff granted an applica-.
ton made 10y Assistant District Attor-
ney Moss yesterday for a re-argument
Of the commission and stay order
which he issued on Wednesday. The
le-argumcnt win come up this morning.
Commissioner Waldo's letter 10 the
Mayor. which was given TO the press
by the Mayor together with his an
swer. was based on a report made to
him by Police Captain William II.
Knsler. Of the Mulberry street sta
tion Mr. Waldo inclosed this Kinsler
report, which was in the form Of a
letter TO him, in his communication to
the Mayor
The only explanation 10 be found in
the correspondence is in the Mayors
answer 10 the Commissioners letter.
In which he acknowledges receipt Of
the Information which / asked for. In
respect Of the character of the Sam
Paul association"
First in the series of three letters
comes the police captains letter 10
Commissioner Waldo, which contains
only three lines outside Of list of
about sixty names. ii is dated Sep
tember II. 1872, from precinct No.
X and the opening line reads: The
following named persons are members
of the Sam Paul Association. Then
follows the list of names. a casual in
speetioi Of which discloses such gems
IN nomenclature as Gimp" Charley
The Jew" Denny Fox" Eat En- Up
Ike" "Owey" and Stretch" About
midway in the list appears Morris
hoenig, Assistant District Attorney"
AT the end Of tie list the police cap
tain appended two lines, as follows:
Sam Paul and Sam Koenig are
'ohtinued on second page, fourth column.