New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-08

The addresses they gave proved. in
one instance. t. be vacant, lot. and
! in the other was not on the map. il
was shown. j. Smith gave his ad-
dress as No. 33iO Third avenue. This
is the vacant lot. Mr. Ryan" gave No.
/ 1881 Cauldwell avenue as his domicilc.
The odd numbers on Cauldwell avenue
end with No. 1895. Needless 10 saw.
! no such persons are known in the
neighborhoods where they said they
! lived
Whitman Not Surprised.
District Attorney Whitman has long
| known that representatives OF Tam
many Hall visited Stilwell after he had
been sentenced To not less than four
| years and not more than eight years
In Sing Sing for soliciting a bribe OF
sS.j0o from George r. Kendall. presi-
dent Of the New York Bank Note Com
/ pany. So that when he learned last
night that two of StilwclTs visitors
within the last fortnight deemed IL
prudent 10 hide their Identities behind
false names and addresses. me was not
surprised
Tammany members of the Legisla-
ture. who gave StilweIi a whitcwashing
when he was tried before that body
and found mot guilty"-and this was
before a jury OF twelve citizens. none
Of them legislators. found him guilty
have been fearful lest Stilwcll should
confess TO the District Attorney. Sow
cral letters. unsigned. were sent by
some Of them TO Stilwell Immediately
after his conviction. telling him that
the wisest course he could pursue was
silence.
Stilwell followed this advice unti
Tuesday last. when he sent word TO
District Attorney Whitman that he
wanted TO confess Stilwcl intimatcd
that he would lay bare the entire story
Of graft I'm the Assembly and in the
Senate. Of how legislation is bought
and sold, and how strike bills are in
troduced and defeated. when the inter
csted parties pay the price fixed by the
modern Black Horse Cavalry.
Tammany heard as soon as the Dis
trict Attorney did. and the result was
that Tammany won-at least tenn
porarily-and Stilwell did not confess.
StilweIl Faces Prison This Week.
But II Stilwell does not confess be-
fore the week is at an end, he will find
himself wearing the convict garb in
Sing Sing, his identity submerged in a
number. before Saturday evening.
This tile District Attorney is determ-
ined to do. II Stilwcll continues TO heed
the dictates Of those who do not want
him 10 tell what he knows OF graft
| conditions in Albany.
District Attorney Whitman's atti-
tude since Stilwell decided that he did
not want to confess Is this: He will not
! deal with any representative Of Still
well. but il The Bronx Senator wishes
TO confess, he may send word TO the
County Prosecutor, who will then issue
an order for his appearance in his Of
flee.
Besides the visits OF MIR. Ryan" and
u. Smith" the District Attorney is
interested in the visits OF several others
whose names appear on the visitors
book in the Tombs prison. But who
they are the District Attorney would
not say last night.
II is known that he found fault with
the manner in which the officials at
the Tombs have kept the record OF the
visitors TO Stilwell. In at least two
instances only the surnames are re-
corded, and the addresses are given as
New York city" One of the names
is mir. Flynn" who visited Stilwell in
the middle Of June, and another is Mr..
Cans" who called on Stilwell the day
after he announced he was ready to
confess.
Finds Fault In Ton,bs Record.
But what can we do?" asked the
District Attorney. I'VE filed two pre-
sentiments against the way things are
done In the Tombs. but without result.
There Is no law governing these things.
such as the keeping of the visitors
book-only a departmental rule. which
may he suspended whenever 1t is
deemed convenient"
one report yesterday had 1t that Still
well was writing a confession. revealing
all he knew OF the grating tactics OF
some of his colleagues in the Legis-
lature but this was denied by Still
wells counsel. Robert NJ. Moore. who
insisted that Stllwell has nothing to
reveal.
However, there are others who in