New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-25
BIG SCANDAL FOUND
IN K0HLER GIRL CASE
Grand Jury Expected to |nveStl-
gate DoIngs of Several
Prominent Young Men.
FAMILIES OF PROMINENCE
Missing Young Woman Found
in Atlantic City Hotel with
Girl Chum-There
Several Days

Martha Ecatrice Kohlcr tho s,tcu-
.year-oid daughter ot james -.
Kohlcr secretary of the Brooklyn Tax
Commission. IT, 't tho Chalfontc Uotci.
~ Atlantic city The girl whose dis
appearance On thc eve oi Tho proscciI-
,ion of Waiter X. Do,lc. o. BROOKLYN
real estate man. ON . serious charge
she had preferred. aroused r'mors of
kidnapping and kept the police OF scy-
sral states busy yesterday. was found
late last night. With trace Cox, q
former schoolmatc At Erasmus Hall
High School. IN Brooklyn. she regis
tered at that hotel several days ago.
and has meantime been seeing the town
and Spending money freely
Tho Investigation made 10y the Dis
tiict Attorncy's office ia Brooklvu in
cidontal io the siil', disappearance has
brought to light situation that ns-
founded tic inVc. iigators. 'Thcy found
good reason 10 believe that a group of
BROOKLYN young men. scions of some
Of tho most prominent families IN the
greater city, had been debauching
Young women for months, until a scan
dal had arisen on a parallel with the
doines of ;hc Bedford avenue gang,
made infamous ten years ago by cN-
posurcs at the trial OF Florence Burns
for the murder of Walter $. Brooks.
The scandal according To- the bes,
Of authority. had reached such stage
that the Kings County Grand Jury Wlli
be asked to-day or tomorrow To turn
i,s attention 60 the case with view To
bringing about the indictment AMI
nrison punishment of four of the young
men said 10 be concerned.
According To men in employ oi the
prosec,ror's Office. the only barrier 10
complete investigation and exposure Is
the prominence of the accused youths,
tho families of whom presumably viii
20 t. extremes in bringing influence u
bear To head off the inquiry.
One of the young men accused Is the
son of n man who formerly occupied
high official station i'm the Borough Of
BROOKLYN Another is said to be the
son of a man prominent in the govern
ment of the greater city. The informa-
ton concerning these two youths and
I.u J.taptiyas and
subpoena servers employed IN the
search for Martha Kohler, and the evi-
dcnce is said 10 be so complete that II
is ready for the grand jury TO con
slider.
The discovery of the Whereabouts Of
Miss Kohlcr came about through Il
visit made late in the evening 10 the
home of Miss Sadie Hermalin, Man
haitian school teacher, who is the
daughter of "A newspaper writer living
AT No. 102 Powell street, East New
York. For several days detectives and
subpoena servers had been searching
for the young woman, who was wanted
as chief witness in the prosecution Of
Doyle. and who was the last person
eeen in the company of Miss Kohler
after she disappeared from her home
al No. $50 East 18th street. t1atbush.
on SATURDAY.
Mr. Kohler the fataer ot the missing
girl. and Harry states. a detective for
nerly employed by the Appellate Di-
vision of the Supreme court in Brook
lvn. went TO Miss Hermain's home.
Continued on iinb page. second column.
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