The Sentinel=record., 1912-09-24

his paper; that is what he told me, and he had letter to me from Mir. Masterson.
 O. Have you that letter. A. It Is in my desk over at the of flee. A letter of introduction from Mir. Masterson to me for Burns. Q. Didn't he state to you that he wasn't able to get any evidence that would hep Becker at all? A He said that before Mir. Hotch- kiss, after I had verified those let ters for him.
 O.. He stated to you that he had been unable to do anything? A. He just stated to MT. Hotchkiss,
 Tt books like there Is nothing here for me-
 Q. He came to you with newspa- per clipping and you went to MT. Hotchkiss and compared 1t and he
 ascertained from you that it was q
 genuine letter?
 A. 1 took it from Schepps' letter
 e. Did he tell you that he had gone to the Catskill at any time? A. Who, Schepps?
 c. Yes
 Q. Did he tell you how long he stay
 ed there?
 A. He didn't stay very long, he said Dougherty men came in while he was asleep and pulled the cover off of him.
 O. Did he say how long? A, He left as soon as they left. Q. He didn't give you any idea as | to when he left the Catskill? A. Yes, that night. Q. What night?
 | A. The night they were there. | 0. You see we don't know that? A, I don't either.
 o. What night did he leave the
 Catskills? Don't you remember 1 that? A. The reason remember that the funny side occurred to me when tDougherty's policemen went in and pulled the cover off him on the cot. and asked him if he was Schepps. he said, no. God damn you, am Smith, get out of here. He had gun and said he had laid it on the shelf and said 1 will get out of here myself He told me he took an automobile and got cut.
 Two New AffidavIts. Last evening Gilbert Hogaboom, of this city, and Michel Bercholtz, of Ar
 genta, made the following affidavits h
 reference to Schepps statements
 while in the city.
 State or Arkansas,
 Couty of Garlani ss.
 Gilbert E. Hogaboom being first duly sworn, deposes and says:
 am 27 years of age and live in Hot Springs, Arkansas. I am secre. tary of the Buckstaff Bath House Com pany and manager of the Buckstaff
 baths and held such position during
 the month of August, 1912. On or about the first day of August.
 1912, one. Sam Schepps, under the l name of Sam Franklin, purchased a bath ticket for course of baths at .he Bnckstaff Baths I did not sell said Sam Schepps the ticket, but saw hin there at the time he purchased it. He came daily after that up 10 about the time of his so-called arrest or de tention by Captain Howell The fol lowing said alleged arrest, which was on Saturday, August 10th, said Schepps came to the Buckstaff Baths and took a bath. A nigh. or two later I was sitting on the porch of the Buckstaff Baths in Hot Springs talking to some friends when Schepps and Howell came past. I waved to Schepps and said: Hello Sam; and he responded and came onto the porch. 1 then had conversation with said Schepps. There were two women present on the porch and when Howell and Schepps came up, introduced Howell to the two women, Schepps having met the women before at the bath house. Howell engaged in con yersation with the two women and engaged in conversation with Schepps. I said to Schepps You had your nerve to come here and get so famil- far with everybody; 1t is wonder I you were not afraid of being picked up sooner. He said in substance: | Why, that is the way I always done You remember the big insurance in vestigation in New York that was stirred up by Lawson of Boston? l was wanted in connection with that investigation as witness and went l to Newport, stopped at good hotel, went to social functions and made no attempt to conceal myself and good l deal of stink was raised about it in l New York at that time because the | police department did not find me, al- l though I was so near. When I came here all did to disguise myself was to leave my glasses off for day or two and mixed in society as much as possible; that Is the safest and bess | way.
 1 The subject of the Rosenthal murder was then brought up. I don't remem- | Der who preached the subject first, but do remember that in reply to some question of mine Schepps said: You may have seen Rosenthal some time; he worked in Hot Springs one