New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01
Lewis. in Pay o. Slayer, Recon-
mended Suffers Friend as
Publicity Man, SWears
Unexpected Witness.
SAVE HIM S100 EXPENSES
Mills, Prison Sales Agent, Be-
headed at Governors Behest
and McDoWell's Dismissal
Recommended-Inquiry
10 Go 70 Bottom.

Z, TELEGRAPH % The tribune
Albany. Feb. 2S.-While three SUBJ
ppna servers were hunting for him,
Horace A. Hoffman, of Red Hook. the
agent Of Harry K. Thaw, walked unex-
rectedly into the hearing room of the
Srlzer investigating commission this
afternoon and demanded 70 have his
testimony taken. lie said he had read
in a philadelphia newspaper that the
investigators wanted to examine him
about the alleged attempt 10 brihe Dr..
John W. Russell, VINO resigned yester-
day as superintendent; OF Matteawan
Hospital FOR the Criminal Insane, 70
release Thaw, and had come 70 AibanY
rs soon as he could make the trip
Hoffman gave highly interesting in
formation regarding Thaw's affairs and
the connection with them of Alfred
Henry Lewis the writer, and William
L. Clark. friend and campaign boomer
Of Governor Suffer. Clark was sus-
pended as secrctsry o. the investigating
commiSsIC'TT because he was charged
with using ths- Governors name in an
effort t. free Thaw Hoffman swore
that Lewis was i'm the pay of Thaw for
publicity underwriting magazine stOr-
les. he supposed. lie sVore also that
Lewis had ask G him for check for
500 to pay Clerks expenses at the
meeting of the state Bar Association at
Utica recently.
Clark. at Lewis's suggestion TO Thaw.
Hoffman swore. was to act as sort OF
press agent for Thaw there. y discus
sion was pending of limitation OF the
right TO bring habeas corpus proceed
incs. which would affect Thaw's situa-
ton. or 1T least Thaw thought it would.
Thaw had various letters on the sub
icct written by his mother and others
which he desired To have printed. and
some sort Of arransement-just what
Hoffman said he didn't know-was
patched up by Lewis and Clark. by
which Clark should undertake TO ob-
tain newspaper publicity for these let
tiers.
I'm his vague charges against Colonel
Scott. Superintendent of Prisons. and
his undcrlings. DR.. Russell and DR..
MAY" Dr May really is not an under
ling ~ ScotU. whom lie called the
prison ring" Clark declared that Thaw
vas "a human meal ticket He said
hat every time money was wanted
Thaw was touched" and insinuated
that the men he accused had found the
game So easy that they tried it again.
Honman's testimony presents ThaW in
the guise Of a meal ticket" for Lewis
and Clark.
Lewis Still Missing.
The probers want the testimony Of
Lewis badly Nc promised carly in
,hc week 10 come mere voluntarily this
morning. He did not appear. though.
and. suspecting last night that he
would not be- here. the committee sent
ont subpoena servers to find him.
These men reported this evening that
they had not found him vet. bat the
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