The evening world., 1912-08-22
HER WEDDING DOT
WENT TOPAyFQR
NEWSSTANDR|GHT
Graft Prober Says Two Wit
nesses Overheard Prospect
i've Brides Remark.
HOW MONEY WAS PAID.
Selikowitz Says Everybody's
Doing 1t, and He Knew of
Other Cases.
HOW MONEY WAS PAID.

V' - oec'sreo 10 nave oeeh proV7o
again to-day. when u was ASSERTED
that ham Of the $500 paid to Benjamin
0trauss by r. selikowits for obtainins
Alderman Niles II. Becker's signature to
his newsstand license, was the marriage
dot siven By Rosie Tnmmelstcdn, the
sister Of Mar Hmm eistein. who IN an
rsrsd To marry eelikovdtx. ana who
five IN East New York.
Coutrarv IN Booker's opinion that he
f,rnisb~d tha recassarv v,tns.. that
Lad "a The rraft invssti eat,on IN nj. dis.
t1ct n " p,o. cht.s eccount.nt NJ
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moo said to-day that ne douoted u
any conviction could be found IN the
gram case In Becker's district. He mas
with the Distrdct-Attorney. looked up ene
law and fails to ma any provision IN
the code which Will hold strauss haoie
20 punishment. because Strauss Is not
public omcer ana there 10 no evidence 70
prove that Becker received any OF the
money. Strauss insists that he TOOK the
money Tor himself, ana rice says tna'
as he made good on one license wMch
Seiikowitz obtained. ana mas refunded
$500. the money for the license he did
not ge.. he can not be prosecuted for
obtaining money under false pretenses.
..No,, MACMILLAN though IN tina prss-
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."a' 'o," s,sss"".. a - D ns,. %. ,n,
,u,o s,ands pscSsr saws that straus.
,am,,,ea taking the money and Obtain.
IT, 90. -, ,ha ,,o.r..s ,or wh,ch h.
Us o ,, go 80. 49, - .,oo
was paio s'Vo' anu ,h"' 'ne ''"e' 'oo'
raid Tor the license ne taiieo 10 OBTAIN
was paid back. Now. why doesn't
Decker revoke the license for which
the money was paid? He has not done
I'm, wei, but am ro,nr 70 do A.
.y, 60 e,.o worthv Of nots TINT
AZ. A..
Strauss 10 not the captain OF tho ais
trict IN wn'cn the'e s'Ahes gre ioo~tea.
Edward r. Lyons h the captain OF
that district"
When an Evening World reporter
oaIled At the home of Strauss, No. 800
was, Nin.tv..eeond .troet to-day. Mrs.
s,-.,.. .a,d tha, her husband had re-
o'r. ea.u s'' ne
.u
Se"ey, Dus t'1t ne "ao no state"'en'
to mako 70 any newspaper. while tho
reporter was waiting Tor Mrs. Strauss
70 ask her husband II no wished to say
anything that would explain his reason
for taking the money from Selikowitx.
he happened TO glanoe over the balus-
trade TO the hall below and noticed O
young man listening attsntively.
rRlIa HOW Ne GAVE MONEY
nNp erANno
When 1frs. Strauss returned and said
bar husband was not IN the mood Tor
conversation. she smut tho door rather
deteruinodly and the young man on the
moor beneath began to descend the
stairs- On the sidewalk. outside OF the
apartment house he was asked who he
was.
''Why. I'm 6elikowits' SAID the young
man. Il came 10 go Mr.. Strauss on
business"
What 90 you want 70 sec D'Ne"ss
toru , nan, ~ -, ,acI m. ..., a,
the $500. He said he was going to Sive
n 10 me some dine this week."
.How did YOU como TO give Strauss
the money for the stands" he was Ques-
toned.
~ was working for my father at the
time. In his store at Broadway and
= NJ. C,.a,.. u,ho,,,