New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-18
BRANDT 6 YEARS IN PRISON
Dix Declined to Pardon Him,
but Carmody Was Persistent.

Foulke r. Brandt, VINO formerly was a
valet In the employ % Mortimer J."
Schirf, son Of Jacob Schin. lhe banker.
was convicted Of burglary ia l|5 ana sen
fenced by Judge otto RosalskN Tn IN"
Court Of General Sessions 10 serve thirty
years in state prison, although Do" had
pleaded guilty as first offended The
records show that Brandt Was arrd.Encd
before Charles $. Whitman. then acting
MAGISTRATE on March n. lr7. charged
with attempted homicide, and hc waived
examination. The hearing took place III
the magistrates private room after court
had been closed for the day At the time
Sruin appeared as complainant against
Brandt and he was accompanied by HOW
ard ). Cans. formerly ar Assistant DIS
tTiCt Attorney.
There was another hearing on March T.
when Brandt again waived examination
and was held IN $500 bail for the grand
jury When Brandt came up for trial ~"
yas charged with burglary. Their" was
brought 10 the attention Of Judge no
salSky a paper which purpoTied to nave
ben a confession made by Brandt and
signed by him, but when tn" case was
brought TO the attention of Governor DIN
and the courts in 1912 Brandt declared
that the confession was not true. In the
confession Brandt said that ne went 10
the SChin house because he was out OF
money, hungry and destitute. lie went
in by the servants cutrduc, boz the rear
OF the house and left his shoes On IN"
: basement He then went 10 Nj Scniif =
dressing room on the second noOr ana
| took with him tenpin and carving
knife He took two stlckpins from Nj.
\ SChin'S dressing table and then put out
the light and waited for the master Of
| the house. II was not O'Clock when b"
! entered the house, h. said. and II was
O. ter n'f1,gt "A Mr. EFhfn
home.
Struck SchH with Tenpin.
When his former employer entered the
! dressing room he struck Mr.. Schin with
the tenrin. Ir. Schir turned mp the
| light and he and Brandt had converse
ton which resulted I'm Mr.. Schif showing
| the ex-valet to the front door and max
; ing a present to him Of $50.
! Mortimer l.. SChif made an affidavit
on March 70. 1901, the day after Brandts
arrest. which for some reason was made
! three days after the valet was found in
! tho Schin home
In this affidavit Mir. Schin said that
on Friday. March S, he and Mrs. Schiff
dined at a restaurant with friends. They
reached home al lialc after 10 O'Clock
and ne went to the library while Mrs.
Schiff went to her bedroom. At twenty
| minutes To II o'clock Mr. Schif said he
went to his dressing room, where he en-
| countered Brandt, who WAS wearing Mr..
Schrf's slippers and his dressing gown.
Brandt Mr. Schlff said. hit him with a
| tenpin and he then turned on the light
and parleyed with the man. Brandt kept
| his hand in his hip pocket and told Mr..
Schiff that he had a revolver and would
shoot him II necessary. Mr. Schiff said 10
Brandt that he would give him money
and did give him $50 The valet said that
he had left his coat and shoes In the
basement and Mr. Schih sent him for
| them.
He then showed Brandt to the front
| door and went 10 his wife's room an
told her what had taken place. The
next morning he and the butler searched
the dressing room. where they found the
carving knife. the tenpil and three
pronged icepck. Also. it was discovered
that two stickpns had been taken.
Brandt had been discharged month
before he was found I'm the house becaus
he had written letters to Mrs. Schiff, tell
ing of the writer's noble birth and his
| love for his masters wife
Even after that Brandt wrote Other
letters to Mrs. Scbin. One Of them was
a request for recommendation. so that
he could get Job. Another letter wa
written by Brandt TO Mrs Schin after
he had been sent TO prison for thirty
years. 1t was inclosed in a,letter to Carl
| Fischer Hansen, who was counsel for
Brandt. 1t was opened by Fischer Han
sen. presumably by accident, and taken
by him 10 Judge Rosalsky, who, In turn,
gave II TO Howard 5. Cans. What IL con.
tanned was never made public
When the Brandt case was brought 10
public attention again. Ave years after
he was sent away by Judge RosalskY e