The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-10
SENDS
| YOUTH TO PRISON
FIVE WITNESSES TESTIFY THAT
PERJURY PUT scHwIroFsKY
~ MATrEAwAN.
TELLS OF CONFESSION
DALE TELLS OF HIS PART IN DEAL
BEFORE KILLING HIMSELF,
MAY MEAN RELEASE
OF MAN.
TELLS OF CONFESSION

New York. June 9.--F'ive witnesses
testified before the parole board today
that they knew or believed that per-
jured statements had sent Alfred
SchWitofsky to Sing Sing for twenty
years as a second offense burglar. The
testimony OF four of them bore upon
the character and the record OF The
odore B. Dale. the notorious degener-
ate. whom Schwitofsky was accused Of
robbing. The testimony of Warden
John j. Hanley. Of the Tombs, related
directly to the methods employed to
get Schwftofsky into the police records
as a crook.
Albert B. Unger. formerly of the
ONCE OF O'Gorman, Battle & Marshall
followed Bernard RI Sander In casting
aside lawyers privilege and reveal
| ing the confidential statements of
4ent9-He said ., heard
OF the Schwitofsky case until last Mon
day, but as he real of the testimony
he recalled that Dale. as a client of
his In the case that never came 10
trial because of Dale's suicide. con-
fessed to him few days before the
suicide that he was troubled because
he feared he would be discovered as
one who had conspired to send to Jail
men and boys whom he had taken to
his house. He said Dale never men
toned Schwitofskv. but referred to a
'twenty-year boy" and finger said he
Thought this might be Schwitofsky He
said he believed that Schwitofsky was
the victim of one of Dale's frame
|ups
DR.. Herman r. Norderfan. who was
Dales physician, and who said that
he regarded his patient as a unique
figure in the histor, Of degeneracy,
testified that Dale told him of the
schwitofsky case, and of his fear TO
60 on the stand. because Of the pos
eibility that he would be questioned
about II. He said Dale WAS not CON
science striken. but feared only that
he himself would go to Jail for his
part in the Schwitofsky case.
Miss Sadie Apfeli. stenographer
/ In the office OF Mr.. Sander. testified
that she WAS present when Dale con-
ifessed TO her employer that he had
committed perjury at the trial Of
|Schwitofsky and had sent an innocent
man tn prison An affidavit made last
December by her and covering the
Assistant District Attorney Delehanty.
She signed It today after the word
'rrame-up" had been struck out
Mildred Mosbv, a negress. who was
nale's housekeeper for eight years.
~~fts &stf@ hss<Ee-ssf- character Z. r.d
practices. hut remained with him IN
the hope of getting back SIS, 900 which
Ishe had loaned him. She said Dale
/ told her he had spent SEQ, nn0 In con
spring with the police 10 get rid of
men and BOYS who had incurred his
|dtspleasure. She said Dale told her
/ the only hone Of getting her money
was to testify as he told her TO in
s.--ssS-.aA +l~ela - that ar
Identification Of Scientifically was per-
furv
Warden Hanlev brought down his
Identification book in which he made
n special note Of the circumstances
Surrounding the Identification Of
'Schwitofsky in March 1908, when
ISchwitofsky was arrested by netec-
/ tives Kinsler and Durgan on charge
! nf carrying a concealed weapon. RE
said the detectives brought five wit
nesses. and that none of them could
| nick Schwitofsky out Of the lineup,
He declared that Duggan then drew
aside one OF the witnesses and spoke
10 her. She then ran Immediately To
Schwixofsky and picked him out.
Warden Hanley said he did not re-
gard this as a proper Identification
and made special note of II because
of the irreTularity OF the proceeding.
ISchwftofsky was sent to Matteawan
as a result OF this charge