The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-01-28

!SICKLES ARRESTED,
GIVES $4,000 BOND
Sheriff serves Warrant in .Ac-
ton of Statc for S23.OOO
Shortage.
MRS. LONISTREET TO AID
Widow "f Confederate Army
General VIII Raise Money
for Civil War Hero.
MRS. LONISTREET TO AID

G,u. Daniel r.. Sioklcs, civl war
hero. charged bN the State oi New
York with n shortage uf $4,000. wa
arrested at his homo yesterday hy
Sheriff liirnurgcr. lie did not have
8, 90 To- jail because his counsel fur
uisncd u $50 ,ooo bond assuring his APP
p,drans" N court.
Apparently Gen. Sichlcs, who told the
shorin VIII" arrested him that he was
~ years old Vino. VINO gives
his age as 81 was prepared for
tine Ludlow street Jail When the Of
ficcrs entered his home they found
tnc OLD warrior sitting in front of a
d.sk upon which was laid his time
stained Major Generals uniform and
sword. and by his hand was tele-
gram from Mrs. Helen r. Lonsstreet.
widow of li,ut-Gcn. Longstrcet of the
'"nfcd"ra,r army. who in civil var
dimes had ordered his men t" fire upon
,lr fighters under SiCkle-. This telc-
gram promised that there would be
raised among tho veterans who had
followed Gen Lee the money that the
General owes the state.
Hardly had the furmaltics Of the
drI-s; been completed and the Sheriff
walked down the steps Of the old
tifth aVcuuc home 10 the clicking of
many cameras than the Old colored
servant %! the Genera was confronted
10y the son Of the warrior. Stanton,
ami MS mother. They demanded au-
dience. The keeper OF the outer portals
Disappeared into the gloomy halls OF
the OK house. Presently he returned
Win ihe word that the General would
not see his wife and son The two
swung upon their heels and went back
to the Hotel Albert around the corner.
Thtr, Stanton stormed.
This is no way" he shouted. "for
father t. treat his SON"
He told reporters to return last nigh,
and promised to produce papers re-
hettins upon his fathers pas,
The developments ~ ihe morning in
the Slck!"s case had consisted prin
C!pL,iy uf speeches delivered hy Sher,fY
Harhurr"r in reference to the battle OF
Gettysburg and he well known human.
ily ~ our sheriff. Also there were
tears on ne part O, the Shcrir with
each speech. TIE Sheriff checked his
S"hs 10 show a letter from Gen S!ckles,
which read.
ptNR tRItNU llARnrpGrr pcrhars u
" ih'er"-t 'ol 10 read th. enclosed nam
ph'et rom which YOU vii see IRON l,.1.
: IN Ja...'s i"ngstr"rt that .on IN. very
r"at and decisive BATH. u ,ettysburs
amt hat ll"v' -r'L. PAT, saeri!an ): ,he
mon army agrees with U.n toags,!ee,
my adversary.
While tho sheriff was showing his
lotier up 4, the Hotel Albert stanton
S.ckles WAS saying.
Ny mother could Iual,fy for the bond
u.indiidcd II she 80 dies. ed ba. she viii
not Il" so he whole affair VII. Ue straight;
cnrd out very soon, IA much 'cs, than three
N"rks NErn the rla,m Il tic Bow.ry
hah" against the General, flith avenue
properties T. forClosed ~ / week or so
~! mother "Ill need oiIi" 10 bid the amount
"t wat claim To become the owner She
hde claim uf $4,000 with $lS 900 IN interest
another q! $500 which sns advanced TO
-dN" ten. Sickl-s's war rehc, another Of
s,a"o RI" loaned TO save the furniture and
another for the s".~O which | took TO Al.
bany last wcch iOr her I" pav Oh accom-,
ul tins ueb, tor the monument commits,
son luna shortage. Sue has a claim 70,
interest on all oi that and her dover rIRht
oi ohe-thrd interest lnihc equity additional.
The CLOCKS On Fifth avenue churche.
were pointing 10 : yesterday afternoon
and down ~ h's utficr ~ asa broadway
ia" sheriff had just said that no mat.
trr what happened he would ask pub-
lie spirited and rich men to raise IN,
money owed by the Genera. ty m.
Monuments Commission Fund when IN,
telephone in the SherIit's office brought
the news that Daniel l., Hays. counse,
for Gen. Sickl~s, had procured a bond
for his clients Release, Thereupon the
sheriff put on his rubber boots. thrust
his papers In his pockets and with Law.
Fence Wolfe, his bond clerk, ana Aibcr,
Riumcnstiel, his attorney, hied himself
northward for the s!ck!es home.
When he came br!skiy into FIf,h ave.
nue he was escorted to the S!ckles home
by "A large de!eaa,ion Of camera men.
Upon the steps Of The house the Sheriff
wheeled and stood patiently with his
right hand thrust between the rrst ana
his picture was multitudinous.y taken
Then the old negro opened the door and
In marched the Sheriff and his bond
clerk and his lawyer and his secretary,
For quite some time thereafter ,nessen.
ger boys and cab drivers and men abou,
town stood In front Of tho Generals
home and nothing at all happened.
But this Is what was going an tn
side. Gen. S!ck'os received the Sher,yr
IN room at the very rear Of the big
house on the ground floor. The win.
do~s We're shrouded by heavy curtains
So that little light came IN from Ninth
street, The General was sitting At .
desk. He was dressed in "A