The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-23
ROGERS OUT ON BAIL,
RUNS FROM CAMERAS
Popping Flashlights Force IN.
dictcd Lawyer to Mako
Exit From Cellar.
20 HOURS TO OBTAIN BOND

u took the friends or Lorlys E''o,
Rogers twcuty-six hours to get o., t7..m
bail demanded for his release from ,so
Bronx jail following an indicimcn, rn,-r.
ing him with violating the white sa.. tt
i'm his relations with Mrs Ida Wa't,-,
Rogers. the mother OF his t,u HrW
Op4,lcs
Rogers left the Bronx court house 4,
10 O'Clock yesterday Afternoon .oe.n
panied 10y his lawyer associate NJ O.
Jacobs. VINO had led the days search o.
bpudsmeu. and u representative o, IT,
National surety COMPANY lie Hw nce
In 4 cell in the same tier with yp othe-
prisoners charged with white slave.
since 3 o clock Thursday afternoon ami
the haste Of his departure emphasized o.,
dislike for his predicamcnt
The three men after leaving judge
Gibbss court room almost succeeded In
Guiding an army Of reporters and pho
togIaphers VINO had besicgcd the corridor,
all afternoon waiting Tor him to gct bail
In running walk down Third avenue
however, from l6ist to iiSth street at tie
busiest hour in The Bronx, popping ntsa.
lights aud clicking cameras appcH rinc
from behind elevated railroad pillars
street corners and trollcys, soon convinced
Rogers OF the futility Of escape and o..
and his escorts were forced into tho
IIaficn Building. at Third avenue and
tiSth street where the surety company
has branch office.
The pursuit by the photographers AMI
reporters and the Intermittent reports y
the flashlights attracted nearly every one
IN crowded Third avenue to the LAWYER.
presence. Until the first few explosion
h, thought himself safe. Then he re.
sorted TO q handkerchief tn cover his face
His escorts did likewise. The pursuers
hung on. though and watched for the
Euard to relax. So persistent were the
~ the end that Rogers and Jacobs to,t
light from the Haffen BuSdmE by a &c.
lar exit 1t was then nearly Z o'clock
Rogers went TO Lebanon Hospral
shortly afterward. Mrs. Ida Gocrrs re-.
ognized his footsteps N the corr Iur and
called out through the closed door ~
her room
"LJrlys ls free, Loriys is free
She went on g. tell him that he shor
Keep up his courage and not ne cast dow.
because 81 his aires. she assured Dam
that her love fpr him was unchanged
Rogers vas not permitted 'U see re-.
but sent In two notes tnat he had written
in jail. He remained at the hospital abol
half al hour.
JaCoOs's search for naii Was rot re
Narded until late 100 the afternoon IL
had offered to put up as indemnity =
piece Of property On Suffolk county lorE
Island. said to b, worth 500 600. but his.
trict Attorney Martin refused to accept
security outside OF Manhattan or The
Bronx. Friends Of the indicted lawyc.
tiuaily came to his aid when the prpspcc
Of another night iu jail faced him.
Rogers spent quiet day .u his rel
reading and writing letters and pdvin:
almost 10 attention to his surroundings
lie received reporters. but had nothing 'o
say TO them Abraham Levy. his coun
sell has forbidden both him and Mrs. ~ .
Rogers to discuss the case. He sent OF.
for his meals and had them served IN h'
cell When he was relic tsod he wore sew
eral days growth OF beard and luot.l
worn ard tired.
During the hurt iur i,uud-u,ru ST. -
prepared 10 attack the Indictment. viii"
he considers joke. lie said tuug-
sands OF New Workers could Ice iudict'|
for the same offence If such an irlo'-
ment as that against Rogers were above
10 stand He Is convinced no jury
convict him.
The inquest 10y Coroner lloaly into .
death OF Mrs Ida EoEegs's tWu child'c
by blchloridc Of mercury poisoning wi
he held Tue sday In all probability. II VS.
said at the hospital Yesterday tina: NJ
Ida Rogers will he able 20 attend tho H.
quest hy that time.