The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-24


ping Of the telephone wires Of Seymour &
Seymour. lawyers In the Equitable Build
Ing. which District Attorney Swami said
yesterday would resul; In the indictment
OF William J. Burns, the detective. will
commence at II o'clock this morning be-
fore Chief Magistrate McAdoo.
II the outcome OF tnis inquiry jus,!-
fcs IL the District Attorney will go into
the whole question of tapping OF te!e-
phone wires by the police and Will In
vestigaie all the $50 cases In which the
police have listened IN on telephone con-
versat!ons since January l, 1915.
Chicf Magistrate McAdoo. Judge
Swami said. viii inquire into the case
Of Frederick Seymour versus william
j Burns and John Doe" All the wit
.,sses who have been connected with the
Seymour wire tapping case, including
Martin Egan of j +. Morgan \ Co., who
engaged Burns TO detect suspected di-
,or,!ug Of tips on munitions orders from
the Morgan offices to the seymour offices.
are subppnaed. Judge Swami will take
personal charge Of the inquiry
we will go into the whole situation
and decide the best means 10 indct.'
said Judge Swami. we will a.so de-
cld, whom TO indict besides Burns
.'rhen there are grounds for the in
dIctmcnt OF Burns:' Judge Swami was
asked
"l'nuuallAedly. yes" answered the Dis
;-ict Attorney
Unlawful Entry Charge.
chief Magistrate McAdoo intends at
least TO start the inquiry under section
405 of the Penal Code. regarding unlaN-
f,u entry, "A misdemeanor punishable by
, year in the peni,entiary and $500 fine.
Testimony before the Thompson legisla-
,iv, committee has been tnat William j.
Rurus his son. sherman Burns. and n
stenugraph-r entered the Seymour office
al night by means of "A pass key.
Then, according to this testimony. not
only was a detectaphone installed In the
seymour off ices connecting with the Bel
rlan Relief Funds old office next door.
hut William J. Burns Nimself went into
Frederick seymour office. opened his
{ desk and took out papers and cards.
| which he returned afterward.
section 405 makes il a misdemeanor to
/ enter "A building or any part thereof with
| intention to commit a felony or "A larceny
/ mr. any malicious mischief The ques-
tions arising are whether the taking or
| unners from desk. which are later re-
! turned Is "A felony or larceny, or
! whether boring through a wall and in
stalling detectaphone is malicious mis-
/ chief.
Scxmour 10 Waive linn unity.
Frederick Seymour early in the after
noon when he expected to be called be-
fore the Grand Jury to-day rather than
before chief Magistrate McAdoo said
that he would testify willingly to all IL
knew. and would sign the waiver OF
immunity upon which the District Attor-
ney insists. Later, when told that the
proceeding was to be John Doe In
Quiry. seymour a"io '""' i'au' "o VII
ference.
william J. Burns left Los Angeles this
morning and will reach New York on
saturday, said his son, Raymond J,
Rurns, who on Friday refused to obey a
Thompson committee subpoena, His
father has been kept Informed OF the
wire tapping developments by telegraph,
| RAYMOND Burns says. and In ready to
up,,ar before the Grand Jury or any
body else and waive immunity.
MIR. Seymour said that he would ad-
here absolutely to his already expressed
determination not to make complaint
against Burns for unlawful entry or any
thing else, 30 that II IL not on his charge
that the hearing is being held. lie Is OF
the opinion that the making OF GRIM
inal charge against Burns Is the District
Attorneys duty. not his. District Attor-
ney Swami described the John Doe In
yestigation as follows;
"Chief Magistrate McAdoo will sit az
a committing magistrate tomorrow In
Part VI. ot General Sessions In the case
OF Frederick Seymour versus William j.
Burns and John Doe. and every witness
who has appeared before me or the