New-York tribune., 1912-02-17

Woolridge The work involved the Oh. =.
tanning of accurate information as 10
number Of petty larcenies snd some foT.
geries. none OF which had been the sub
ject OF prosecution. The time from the
I, assignment to the day when the lnlofna-
tion was 10 be presented IN court was
/ very short. and the acumen ana persist
ence that were displayed in obtaining IN
formation which proved 70 be absolutely
accurate seem TO me worthy OF the high.
est commendation.
| know that YOU must inevitably receive
much unfavorabIe criticism OF the work of
members OF the department, ana Y hs1f,
| thought that II would be a rene, ano
| plea sure 10 you TO be the recipient OF ap-
preciatve comment upon good WORK very
| respectfully yours
tSigned), HOWARD > CANS.
! Hon. Theodore A. Bingham. Police Com
missioner, No. 500 Mulberry street city.
The Cans letter was indorsed with
memorandum by Bert Hanson. Third
Deputy Police Commissioner, dated April
is. 1907, which read as follows
Respectfully referred TO the complaint
clerk who will make upon the records OF
| Detective Sergeants John Taylor and Jo'
| seph ID. Woolridge memorandum as Jindl-
! Gated by the Commissioners.
second Endorsement indicated that
the complaint clerk had duly entered
upon the records OF those two detectives
the commendation of their work byt'Nr.
Cans and the file was completed By a
copv Of Commissioner Bingham's reply
Ia Cans, which under date of April IS,
1907. was sent out as follows:
| ur Howard s. Cans, No. - William
street, New York City.
Dear Sir: I have to thank you for your.
| Of April If in regard 10 two members Q,
the force. and am very glad TO b" elm
| formed as 10 their capacity for good WORK.
NerS, iSS,rped} THEODORE A. BINGHAM
Police COMMISSIONS.
While the paper on which this letter
was written bore in the centre at thetopl
the names Cans & Iselin, It carried IN
smaller type at one side the name OF
Einar chrystie also Mr.. Chrystie Is
now counsel to the grievance COMMITTEES
of the Bar Association. This was caliei
10 the attention last night OF Arnold g.
We'll. who has written several letters
/ calling on the Bar Association to IN
yestigate the case.
! "I don't wonder they didn't want to
| Investigate" he said. But II there is
not q special meeting called for the pnr-
pose Of investigating this very matter
the point will be raised at the regular
meeting Of the Bar Association, which !,
think will be held week from next
| Tuesday. The people are looking to the
Bar Association to take action In this
case. and II the grievance committee will
not investigate without special conf
mand from the association as body
that command must and will be forth
coming"
Districl Attorney Whitman repeated
yesterday his statement Of the day be-
! fore. as reported In The Tribune, that
! Folke f. Erandt would be called before
Iti,e grand Jury in the investigation now
proceeding.
7 Just when Brandt will be called he
could not say. but II is understood that
\ II is Mr. Whitman's desire TO call Brandt
as Brandt, and not as convict whose
| case is up on an appeal for clemency
In other words. Brandt will probably not
/ he called until final disposition OF his
writ Of habeas corpus is made BY Justice
Gerard, although Mr.. Whitman said yes
! terday that no matter what may become
ot Brandts appeal he Will be called 10
! tell his full story 10 the grand jury.
Justice Gerard said yesterday that his
decision will not be handed down before
Monday. The brief of the Attorney Gen
| eral was received yesterday by Justice
! Gerard, and though he has gone into the
case at some length, he does not expect
10 be ready to give his opinion before
| the first of next week.
The Grand Jury Witnesses.
Detective Lieutenant James w Trainor,
Detective John Taylor, Thomas F. OCon-
nor, who was property clerk az Police
Headquarters in the spring Of 1907, and
August Revmert, who as counsel TO tl1e
Swedish Consul took up the Brandt case
with Senator Knute Nelson, of Mime
sofa. were the witnesses heard by the
grand jury yesterday.
+ Reymert's story II he stuck TO the
version which was disclosed by his com
munications with Senator Nelson, was
adverse to Brandt, as Reymert, after an
Investigation of the case two years ago,
advised Senator Nelson that Brandt was
guilty. Senator Nelson sent him certain
papers concerning the Brandt case,
which Reymert said later he was unable
| 10 return because they had been LOST
when he moved from one ONCE TO an
other The District Attorney was in q
position 10 refresh Reymerts recolec-
ton TO a considerable extent from
memorandum prepared by Senator Nell
son.
Reymerts last previous appearance in
the public prints was when the Appel
/ late Division handed down a decision on
January % upholding a will Of Edward
| O. Kindberg, which left the bulk Of his
| sSO,000 fortune 10 the Presbyterian Hos
pital although Reymert, who was Kind
bers's counsel, had filed a will in which
Reymert was named as the residuary
| legatee.
OConnor. Trainor and Taylor, who Is
members of the Police Department had
minor connections with the Brandt case.
! took with them, under subpoena duco5
! tecum. the department records on
Brandt. Briefly these records showed
that Brandts letters and photographs
had been destroyed b. the Police De-
partment after remaining unclaimed the
six months required by law The Mil
! ton Schlft" name which the records
! showed as the claimant Of the property
was put on the record i'm routine way.
the police officers said, 10 identify the
. case.
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