New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-14
HEARST'S MEN "STOLE'
FORAKER'S NEGRO ALLY
Kidnapped in Auto and Tried IN
a Mock Chicago Court,
Stewart Tells Senators.
COORMAT REVEALED RUSE
Judge" Was an Examiner
Editor, Says Tracer of Arch
bald Letters-Complains
His Papers Were Stolen.
From The Tribune Bu-,au.l

Wellington. Jan. ia startling tale
nd, ., aucced kidnapping by bogus detec-
,fyes who riAcd his pockets and stole his
,.-.,.,,c rapors. was unfoldcd before the
scratc campaign Investigating Commit
Goo, today bv Gichrist Stewart. the negro
,.r. crcrk who was employed by cX-Sena-
,,r Fcrakcr To- fathom the mystery of
ro, ,ro standard oil letters came into
,rc posscssion Of W. K. Hearst
stewart rccitcd mclodramatic details of
his alleged adventures at the hands OF the
managers of The Chicago Examiner
whom. he charged, we're at the bottom of
tho plot
He said that shortly before Christmas
ne went 10 Chicago TO see William Wink
field. the former messenger of John ID.
Archbcld. who is alleged to have eX-
tractcd tho Hearst letters from the
standard oil files. While there he was
kidnapped. he said by the alleged detec-
tivcs. whom he described as thugs and
ganEsters, and who placed him under
arrest Pretending to take him 10 the
police station, they took him in an auto
mobile 10 the Office Of THE Examiner
editors.
Hearst on the Ooornat.
As / crossed the threshold l noticed
rubber doormat on the floor. with the
name Hearst on It. Then l knew where
I was and what was up said Stewart.
81 was taken into a large room, where
man sat at the head of the table and
others near by. AS we entered he arose
and said. in a stern voice: Has the pris-
ur i .laI
and all my papers taken, but my money
was returned. As soon as could ! said:
MI Lawrence. this Is rather high
handed performance YOU have been carry
ing ON with this gang of gangsters and
cuumcn.
Mr.. Lawrence appeared very much
surprised that / knew him. and went into
another room with Mr.. Polichek They
were gone half an hour, and when they
came back Mr.. Lawrence tried to ask me
some question. ] told him l did not have
10 answer any questions and that the
next time ne wanted TO hold a mock court
IN a Hearst building he ought to take up
the rubber mats at the doorways.
The mock court. said Stewart. was pre-
sided over by Judge" Andrew NJ. Law
renee. assisted by Victor Polichek, Of
Hearsts Chicago publications. After sew
eral hours Of examination Stewart was
freed. he said,
Upon threatening 10 take legal action
against Lawrence and others, Stewart
quoted lawrence as saying Nobody in
.hiaaro would issue a warrant against
ne"
House Seached, He Says.
Previous ia being seized and carried of
Do the automobile. Stewart asserted. ne had
b,cu told 10y telephone that his own home
and that of Winfield had been surround
sI 10y Officers" and searched. Before
being taken TO the Hearst Building. he
said he was whisked away TO the house in
which he lived I'm order that the Officers
might get papers he was supposed to pos
scss The automobile, he said, was &C
eOmpanied by several other cars contain
ing about twenty men. The number OF
the car in which he rode was BIS Hin
DIS he said
Stewart denied that he had represented
any one in his Investigations other than
Ex-senator Foraker or that he had ever
seen any Of the originals of the Archbold
letters. He said so far as he knew no
more Archbod letters, excepting only
those already published by Mr.. Hearst,
are extant outside the files Of the Stan