New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21

is the only one who can lodge COM
plant"
When Frederick Seymour was shown
District Attorney Swann's statement
he exhibited little surprise. lie con-
tented himself with resting on what he
has already said on the matter in the
executive session of the Thompson
committee. He feels that he should
let his indignation wane before making
any statements for publication.
While the Seymours are contemplat-
ing civil action against those connect
ed with the invasion of their privacy,
u was learned from an authoritative
source that within the next forty
eight hours criminal action would be
demanded by Seymour e. Seymour and
their associates who were sub jected to
police and private detective espionage.
Frederick Seymour yesterday wrote
I to District Attorney Swami for his
statement that men in Seymour & Sew
mour's Office had represented them
selves as agents Of Morgan e. Co. in
doing business with the Humboldt
Fibre Company. This was q company
that sold cotton linters fused i'm gun
powder MANUFACTURED 70 Morgan & Co.
81 am sure" wrote Mr.. Seymour,
that you had no intention of putting
the wrong construction upon the cor
respondence file, which was in your
hands yesterday, by reference TO which
you will find that the first suggestion
that any one in this office had ever
represented themselves as confidential
agents of j. p. Morgan came from C. T.
farrell in his letter OF March %, 1916,
after he had assumed the position Of
dIsputing his commission agreement
of g quarter. cent a pound on all cot
ton bought by j. p. Morgan e. Coz"
Mr.. Seymour then quoted the letter
of Mr.. FARRELL TO bear out his conten-
ton, and ended with the statement that
he assumed that Mr.. Swami would take
the first opportunity TO correct the err
roneous impression that had been con-
veyed by his statement.
Raymond Burns, son Of William j.
Burns. was in the Office Of the William
j. Burns National Detective Agency
yesterday, but denied himself to all
callers.
The last OF the statements and inter
views on the overlapping situation
given out yesterday came from United
States Attorney Marshall. lie said:
"ln so far as the initiative in the
Seymour e. Seymour case is concerned.
there was no Federal interest. 1t was
the alleged theft Of Morgan papers
which started the case. and in which
the Federal authorities had absolutely
no interest. Then the police stumbled
across information which would be Of
interest 10 the Federal authorities"
Stumbled on Arms Deal.
"Has the information been forward
ed 70 Washington "
81 can't say. Maybe IL has not; but |
cannot discuss it,"
The story is that while the police
we're listening in on Seymour & Sey-
mour's wire they heard something that
led them 10 believe that ammunition
would be sent TO Mexico.
o. Is. Phillips, one Of the men in
Seymour & Sevmour's office who was
interested in the Humboldt Fibre Com
pany contract. and who had desk room
in Seymour & Seymour's Office, when
told this story, said:
81 know OF only one case where any
one in Seymour & Seymour's Office was
interested in sending war munitions 10
Mexico. This was one and half years
ago, when a Villa agent asked me 20
get several million cartridges for the
Villstas Villa was then the recog-
nized head Of the Mexican government.
could not get the cartridges, so the
deal fell through
Mr. Phillips said he knew Of no order
from Mexico since that time that any
one in Seymour e. Seymours Office was
interested in.