Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-05-17
Contradictory Evidence Given
in Trial of John W. Anhut,
Said to Have Tried to Buy
Harry Thaw's Freedom
BOTH SIDES REST AND
ARGUMENTS ARE BEGUN
Testimony of One Witness In
wolves Legislative lnveSti-
eating Committee With
Probable aFrame-Up,
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New York, May l6.-Contradictory
testimony on the vital point whether
$4,000 bribe was offered to Dr.
John W Russell. former head of the
Matteawan hospital. to release Harry
X. Thaw. was given BY leading wit
nesses for the prosecution and de-
fense today In the trial of John ~.
Anhut in the supreme court. Anhut
a young attorney. was accused In the
indictment Of trying to purchase the
freedom Of Stanford Whites slayer.
Testifying In his own defense, An
hut denied he ever offered 10 bribe
Or. Russell or anyone else. For the
prosecution. DR. Russell had testified
that he met Anhut in this city on Mo-
vember %. last. and that the defend
ant said TO him.
Doctor. | have S25. 900 here and
any part of this Is yours If you dis
charge Thaw."
Dt. Russell declined the offer he
testified. telling Anhut that position
and honor would be sacrificed " he
accepted
Roth sides rested today. In open
ing for the defense. Anhut's counsel
declared he would show that the
S25,0 Thaw turned over to the de-
fendant was a contingent fee only and
that no effort was made 20 hribc Dr.
Russell.
Anhut testified that with Thaw s
money he purposed to obtain Thaw 3
release hy legal measures by Janu-
ary LIST, last. or July next. when, =
Thaw was still confined. the money
Is TO he returned. He accepted the fee,
he said. with honest expectations OF
beginning court proceedings before
the first of this year. lie declared he
could produce office records to show
this and offered 70 bring them to
court tomorrow Thaw's family
knew nothing of the move, he added.
Reiterating his denial that he tried
to bribe DR.. Russell, Anhut said that
in "a talk with the physician In De-
cember. Dr. Russell, learning that
Thaw had given the lawyer money,
asked,
where do / come in?" lie told
DR. Russell that he could not give the
physician any of the money. Anhut
explained his meetings with Or Rus
sell by saying his purpose was TO So
cure a list Of alienists who had never
been called at any proceedings 10
have Thaw declared sane.
Frank Henry, one of the attorneys
who testified for Anhut, said he had
gone with Anhut to Albany as his
counsel when Anhut appeared before
the governors committee of inquiry
Mr. Henry declared that Judge Nor
ton, Of counsel for the governors
committee, said to him at that time;
We want your testimony very much
and we want you to go the limit An
hut will have protection from the
committee and from the governor as
a result of his testimony"
Henry said that Mr.. Lynn, one Of
the investigators said TO him:
we want to tear things wide apart.
The governor IS with you and let us
see If you have anything against
Colonel Scott. He Is the man we want
to get"
Colonel Scott, who was superinten-
dent of state prisons. and had iuris-
diction over the Matteawan institu-
tion, since has been removed by Gov
ernor Sulzer.
Similar testimony was given by Ed
ward l.. Beer, the other Anhut attor-
ney at the Albany investigation.
Horace A. Hoffman. a confidential
agent of Thaw. testified that early in
November last. Thaw gave him 5000
in cash and handful of stock certifi-
Gates to be given Anhut. Two re-
ceipts for $12, 500 each were given him
bv Anhut and these, Thaw had pho
tographed. January LIST, found Thaw
still at Matteawan and Hoffman was
sent to Anhut to get back the stock.
Anhut declared the witness said.
that he did not have it--that he had
sold it.
Subsequently, Hoffman continued,
Anhut returned portion Of the
stock The witness contradicted al
portion Of Thaw's testimony of yes
terday BY asserting that he never took
papers relating to one of the Thaw
hearings from Thaw to Anhut