The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-02-27

pins ! do not know-I could not. end thsm
After I arrived homo IL was my inteAtion tc
return them this morning. The.solid silver
shoehorn. which l took from Mr.. Schih',
room. I returned.
The above statementis is made OF my own
free will. without promise or reward Of any
kind. LAURENCE DE FoULKE."
In this connection might add that while
at my ONCE Brandt stated to DR.. MscDonald Id
and DR.. Mabon that the reason he came "a
the office was that he felt confident that I
could get him anyway and that he there
fore risked nothing by coming.
The Search Of Brandrs Room and the
| Letters Foun There.
] As was Informed. shortly after Brsndt's
arrest the Pinkerton man. Mr.. Rogers.
with SerRt. Taylor searched Brandt's room.
with his permission. to find out whether
he had any other stolen property besides
the two diamond pins After that search
Mr.. Rogers reported TO me that no property
OF value had been found and gave me four
papers. ono Of which was a pencil draught
In Brandts handwriting OF the letter TO
Mrs. Schin which had caused his discharge
and which is given above. As this drausht
was written upon my letter paper with my
address engraved at the top and was .ad-
dressed to my wife | naturally kept u as
I had a right to do The other three papers
were letters addressed to Brandt. pparentiy
| from some maid servant : o whom he had
been attentive. They were OF no import
anco and | put them in the envelope with
| the other papers. After the Institution
| OF the recent Grand Jury proceedings my
! counsel voluntarily gave to the District
Attorney these three letters and a copy
| OF the drauaht Of the letter to Mrs. SchifY.
offering TO produce the original Whenever
required. These are the letters regarding
| which 80 much mystery Was made in some
OF tho newspapers. They were surrendered
voluntarily. and not upon the demand
OF tho District Attorney. and no effort was
made to withhold any OF them except the
drausht OF the letter to Mrs. SchifY which Is
subject to production wherever and when
ever 1t may properly be required in any
legal proceeding.
Threatened To Reflect on Mrs. SchiR.
With the events which followed Brandt's
commitment by Magistrate Whitman until
his sentence by Judge Rosalsky !
personally had very little to do. as / was
represented by my counsel. Mr.. Howard
Cans. Having been assured by tho alienists
Drs. Mabon and Macdonald after q thor
ough investigation that my nrst theory
that Brandt was insane was incorrect
there was no escape from the conclusion
that he was a dangerous criminal and
especially dangerous to my family and
myself. He had insulted my wife. entered
my house feloniously at night. stolen my
property and assaulted me with mur-
dsrous weapon. intending. as ! then be
lieved. and still believe. to kill me.
Brandts conduct while In tho Tombs only
confirmed my opinion that he was danger
ous and wilful criminal and a serious menace
TO the safety OF my family and to the COM
munity. On March IL. the day after his
commitment to the Tombe, received note
from Brandt asking mo to visit him. l did
not 60. but asked Mr. Cans to SEQ him.
which no did on the following day Mr..
Cans reported to me that Brandt had said
TO him In substance that II the charge was
pressed no would make reflections upon
Mrs. Schih Mr.. Cans warned him that he
had better not tell lies about anybody
This. Mr.. Cans tells mo, was his only visit
to Brandt at the Tombs and his only con-
versation with him after his commitment.
Three days later. on March IS. We received
. communication from a person who had
been confined at Police Headquarters over
night In the same cell with Brandt, to the
effect that Brandt had told him the circum-
stances of his entry into my house. stating
that he had entered through tho coal
scuttle. and that In the presence Of my in
formant Brandt had told two professional
burglars who were In the Same cell that
property Of large value could be had In tho
Schin house and In what manner and at
what tIme the house could be entered With
the least possible risk Of discovery. :'",
Fissher.Hansen Appears.
About March 10 Fischer Hansen called
mo on the telephone and told me In sub
stance that he was interested In the Brandt
case, which was in the hands OF a young
man In his once. and that II there was any
5hing he could do he would gladly be Of
service. This Is the only conversation
ever had With Fischer Hansen about Brandt
l referred Fischer-Hansen to Mr.. Cans A
day or two later Mr. Cans, thinking II would |
be advisable to know what Fischer Hansen
was after. wrote him suggesting a meeting |
To this letter Fischer Hansen made no re-
sponse In writing or otherwise.
On the afternoon OF March ii I received |
Q call from j. G. ROsenthal, q lawyer
sent for MIR. Cans. Mr.. Rosenthal stated |
to US In substance that he had como into
the Brandt case by reason of the fact that
Fischer Hanson was trying to get it away
from Brandt's first lawyer. Mr.. Bayliss, |
because Of the notoriety and had offered
to act without pay. Mr. Rosenthai pro- |
ceeded to say that Brandt was now claiming
that he had secured admission to tho house
with the assistance OF Mrs. Schin and At her
invitation. and that she had given him the
two diamond pins which he had been accused
OF stealing and that Mr. Rosenthsl had come
to give this information to me as an act OF
courtesy. Mr.. Resenthal said that while
he did not believe this story to be true IL
might become public II there were a tria
and that II might therefore be to my interest
not to prosecute Brandt but to give him an |
opportunity to go away and never come |
back Both Mr.. Cans and ! made Il per- |
fectly plain to Mr.. Rosent thai that no len iency
would be shown to such a man as Brandt |
and that II he did not plead guilty Of the !,
crimes which he had committed a trial
would be insisted on. and indeed that our
preference would be for plea Of not guilty
and a trial II plea Of guilty would have
tho effect of reducing the sentence which
Brandt would othe rwise receive.
Falsehoods In the Case.
In due course I APPEARED a n vitness |