New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-27

he was TO testify had caused a big
throng to assemble, and the little near
| ing room was damned. Anhut' oap-
per young man Of twenty-nine' insisted
on DECLARING at once that he was OF
German descent, that he was porn ana
reared in Detroit, and that ne hao
served one term in the Michigan senate
and once had been defeated for that
place.
| Anbut said nc was introduced to DR. Rus-
sol, during the Thaw habeas corpus case
| last June by Captain Disbrow, the pro-
prietor Of the hotel at White Plains "here
he was living. The genial host also
! introduced him to Mrs Thaw ana the
Countess Of Yarmouth. Practically every
day DR.. Russell was at White Plains'
Anhut said, they were together. In the
evenings they sat together on the notei
porch and talked politics and INDUCED
| in gossip about the Thaws. When Or.
Russell testified, Anhut said. he was In
court. and Joined the head Of Matteawah
| as soon as he left the witness stand
| Then he told of visiting DR.. Russell az
, the institution about three weeks Iater'
| spending part of Saturday and SUNDAY
with him and Mrs. Russell, riding AROUND
! the country I'm DR.. Russelrs motor car
| Learning that the physician wanteo 10
| see a game between the Giants and the
J Cubs. Anhut says he arranged that ABOUT
4 f,sA, hut m
| Or. Russell didn't meet in the crowd
4 short time after this. Anhut said. one
Hoffman. who he afterward learned WAS
II. A. Hoffman, a representative OF NAV,
called on him at his office and asked IL
he had heard from Or. Russell. Annut
had not heard then. he said though ne
subsequently, learned that DR.. Russeli hau
| tried TO communicate by telephone VII"
! him. Hoffman said Thaw wanted 10 see
| Anhut right away. SO. the witness went
on. he went to T'ishkill on the folio"ihs
afternoon and saw Thaw. He SAID ne
would not tell what took place. on the
ground that the conversation was pe'"ee"
client and lawyer. and was privileged
In November Hoffman had second talk
with him about the Thaw case and the
retainer. and on November 90 Anhut oe-
| clared the peculiar arrangement as u
pavinent was effected. II was a day OF
two later that he entertained DR.. Russo"
at the Plaza luncheon and at the morse
show and told him about his GOOD LUCK VI
! getting a Thaw retainer
! "He said he could throw business my
vav." testified Anhut "Ile said about %
| 90 ms
were released each year. though there was
no money In some Of the cases
Said Or. Russell Wanted Pay.
When DR.. Russell and he talked about
the Thaw case i'm December. Anhut SAID
Dr. Russell was much more DEFINITE III
his statements and demands II was then,
/ according TO Anhut. that Russell said ::
"yyhore do I come in on this? ] recon-
, m.ndcd YOU TO Thaw. My place is worth
/ $1,000 a year. ] won't do anything for
| Thaw unless get something for IT.
Anhut says he replied that he couion I
give n cent. a. nc had no money VI
Thaw's but was retained on contingent
( basis. and il looks now az If III nave 10
/ hold the bag. when At first ! thought
/ had a beautiful case which would mako
my reputation and fortune
I Aulut said that when January passed
without his having obtained Tha"'S re-
lease ne gave back stock certificates TO
/ Hoffman worth $1,000 and gave new
/ receipt for the $1,000 which he retained
! He said If Thaw were still. in jail by
! July he would return this sum. less ex-
penses. Interrogated AS 10 what Dr. Rus
soil meant 10y saying his place WAS worth
5000 a year. when IT'S salary was only
s. coo. Anhut said he supposed his friend
was referring 10 the value OF bis apart
nlents at the hospital. maintenance and
/ the like
You didn't think j, beca,sc of other
/ lines he was working" he was asked.
'Oh. no; Inc was a friend Of mine" An
7 hut answered. Such a thought never
/ entered my mind
! "Miaht Increase II to $4,000"
"IIc said oh. you can got them to e1-
/ tend the time and to increase the money
to 5000
DR. Russell called Thaw low brow
/ Anhut said. lie sworo the physician said
I Thaw was all right to be released any
,imc he had guardian, and he was Will
| ing 10 tafe the job.
Gus C.. Roeder testified how he acci-
dontally heard an effort was being made
| to obtain the release OF Thaw through
Governor Sulzer He said he tried to get
! q verfcation from Colonel Joseph /.
Scott. Superintendent of Prisons, but wss
told any information available must be
obtained at Matteawan.
Roeder told of going TO Matteawan on
| the same train with Clark and OF having
met Alfred Henry Lewis and u. 4. Hoff-
man there. The witness read a letter
from Thaw asking him to come 10 see
him. and said Thaw denied he had APP