New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-19
POLO TICKET QUIZ
WILL BE PUSHED
Explanation, Showing Where Hall
Coupons Went, Fails to End
Investigation.

Though the mystery of what happened
TO the polo tickets of William Henry Hall
the story of which was printed I'm yes
terday's Tribune-was dissolved yesterday
when Walter a. Hall, OF No. East 42d
ST., ascert8ined he had received the tick
cts in error for those he had ordered, jay
Noble Emley, attorney for w. II. Hall.
said he found no reason IN the develop
ment TO alter his plan to have legal In
vestigation made.
Mr.. Hail." he said, has been slandered
by the declaration of V. l.. Shaumberg,
assistant secretary of the committee on
arrangements Of the International Polo
Committee, that William Henry Hall
signed a receipt for the tickets which Wal
ter A. Hall admits he signed for and re
ceived and by Schaumberg's fat and DOS
| tive statement that he saw w. H. Hall
/ in the polo committees office on the day
| the other Mr.. Hall got the tickets.
The new turn in the case was due tc
The Tribunes story OF yesterday. Walter
A. Hall, who is president and treasurer
of The Polo and Clubman Magazine, "
on reading the story recalled that he had
called at the polo committee Office, IS
East 4Ist st, and received tickets. So he
wrote this letter TO Shaumberg and sent
a copy to MIR. Emley:
I Dear Mr.. Schaumberg: ! think the
| tickets l got of you some time between
the Goth and 29th of May must have been
/ those intended for Mr.. w. II. Hall, who is
| raising d kick and claiming forgery and
/ acknowledgement on your part of the dis
/ tribution of polo tickets.
You doubtless recall my telephoning
/ to you about May IS or y asking you II
/ the tickets. which we were to get, had
/ gone out, and your telling me that you
/ had them and to come around for same,
/ which ] did in fifteen minutes
when ] got there | asked the young
I lady Cor the tickets for the Polo and
+ Clubman Magazine W. a. Hall, and
was given an envelope which I tore open
and threw on the floor, putting the tick
cts in my pocket. You hoppened to have
either gone out or were in the back part
of the store at the time.
yesterday, Mr.. Finley. the attorney
who has been quoted in the papers much
of late, had a chat win me over the
telephone and confirmed this statement
/ of a friend of mine that he had held
them up, as it were, in their seats at
the field on Tuesday. Does this not eX-
plain the matter of Mr.. Halls trickets3
sincerely. etc"
Late Yesterday afternoon Walter Hall
telephoned 10 MIR. Emley TO give a full
explanation, but Mr.. Emlcy could not
see that the wrong had been rightcd. Mr..
Emley further pointed out that only two
Of the five tickets originally allotted 10
( his client had been definitely accounted
/ for. When Mr.. Emley made inquiry at
the stand on Tuesday two of the occu-
pants OF the seats said they had been
given the tickets by a friend, but the
three other persons said they had bought
( their seats from spectators.
"How did the spectators get those
three tickets?' Mr.. Emley asks.
/ Walter Hall thinks he has an eXplana-
/ ton of that. He thinks it probable that
/ for the sake of convenience his friends
swapped the three tickets. with money
| added, with spectators for seats else
/ where.