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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-15
1000 VOLUNTEER
TO HELP POLAND
Corps of Collectors Enlist
with Nine, Paderwski to
Raise Fund for Home.

There are 100000 girls and young
women in Poland who have been
wronged by soldiers. according TO a
statement made yesterday by Helena
PaderewsN in her apartments st the
Hotel Gotham.
1T IS horrible" said Nine. Paderew-
SKI, but II IS true. ! know Of one
case where two girls, the daughters OF
q well-to-do landowner. so enraged Of
fcers when they attempted 20 protect
their honor that the officers had them
seized and bound. Gasoline was
poured over them and they were set
shre. Neighbors found them later,
burned almost 10 the point Of being
unacceptable.
"The names OF the officers in this
case are known. Blu, ! would not tell
them. nor the army 20 which they be
long. do not accuse any one, because
the war is so awful. !, brings out all
the latent besitality in mankind. Sol
diers are drunk with shot and shell;
they do not need alcohol.
There are many other such brutal
stories Other girls were thrown into
hay. The hay was set ahre and they
died a horrible death. But think Of
those Who are alive. They are Of all
classes. both poor and wealthy. In
addition 90 their rags and hunger. con-
slider their terrible mental condition.
Something must be done. ] want 20
start home in Poland for these girls.
! want TO give them a place where they
can lead honest, cheerful, useful lives
after the war"
II was with the establishment Of this
home IN mind that Nine. Paderewski
started the Lenten offering for Poland,
a city-wide collection that will be made
OH April - in the New York hotels.
theatres. restaurants and streets. A
thousand collectors have volunteered.
but more are wanted at the Polish
Headquarters, 6sl Fifth Avenue.
Nine. Paderewski said that the home
would be started as soon As sufficient
funds were forthcoming. The need
Is present" she said. I'VE cannot wait
until 100000 or some such fixed sum
is raised
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-15

nhore records OF their statements lie
r.Eed William J. Burns personally 20
SEQ that the machines we're installed
IN W Virginia hotel. where Cen
oral & ID Elliott was TO get -wo COM
miss.o7crs TO repeat their statements
rrg.rciur trc Governors undue liz
Arercc.
Mr. Burns sent Guv BIddinCer. then
his assistant general manager. 90 PEI
form, -ro .ssk Riddinocr declares ne
was authorized bv NJ We'll 10 Offer the
,,.., s,o..-. CERTAIN compsnsa-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-15
Accused Detective Acted
a. Roosevelt Bodyguard

Guy Biddinger is one OF the most
widely known private detectives in the
country. lie has been the urtiring
Nemesis in many criminal cases that
have attracted attention on both sides
OF the Atlantic. and his name has been
linked with brilliant achievements. He
was the personal bodyguard Of Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt IN 1912.
On the Chicago police force he rose
from the rank OF patrolman 20 ser
geant. later doing plain clothes duty
almost exclusively. lie was one o. the
policemen named BY Barney Ber,sche
as receiver Of protection money from
the so-called "clairvoyant trust
In 1911 chance took BIddinger 70
Detroit 10 make ore Of the earlier az
rests in the ring o. dynsmiters wno
blew I'd the Los Angeles Times Build
ing Here he met william J. Burns
and left the Chicago police force 20
become member Of Mr.. Burns's staH.
He was present a. nearly every arrest
in the dynamite band that followed,
and personally took the two Nc
Nsnaras 20 Los Angeles. lie also
worked with Burns in the Frank anu
Musica cases.
Recently Bddinger withdrew from
the Burns service 20 accept an :mpor-
tant post under VA OFarrell HIS
name was mentioned prominently wher
the detectaphoue va found IN TIE
Office OF District Attorney Week o!
Westchester County.
Biddincer - tall. powerful. hand
som. and debonair. His engagement
70 Giulia Noro,ini. the heire.s was
denied within the last month.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-15
MRS. BIATCH ASKS 100000
sue. Electric Company Over Death Of
Husband

Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blstch. susrs-
g,s, ,esder. and George Henry Ed
wares. as executors Of n. will Of WI
lam Henry 3.s;cn. Mrs. Blaich's hus-
band. fled suit yesterday agairst Inc
Por. J.Teron Electric Light Company
,or 100000 damage. Tor the death Of
Vr. Blstch. who rss killed ~ liy.
wire Of me company.
A, the ,irav % his death. August 9.
1918. Nr. Blsteh vas entering the pri-
vate grounds Of Charming Pollock 81
Shorehara. I. 7. The wire had fallen
across the gateway and he took II ~
his hands 20 pass under. when he re-
ceived the fatal shock.
= - alleged IN the comp amt ihsi
he faul, was the company IN that II
r. maintained rotten and broken poles
and insulstors and It's wires are mixed
UP With trees and shrubbery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-15

Street. Chicago, 10 be given 10 Bid
ginger for protection against arrest.
"Franckc often saw them pat the
money in envelopes, and theroupon
.hcy handed IL 20 Francke. with the
instructions 20 G.re i to Biddnger
w1cu be- called. And be Bild.nter
siwat appeared shorty thereafter.
"Frauc1e says that a woman named
Gert.e Howard. alias Ccrtie late, fre'
qu,rtiv comm 'ttod larceny. and mat
B.6dirgo~. when he would hc.r She
lad stolen sum OF none, from any
one. would take pare a. 'ne proceeds.
Complaints Nos. q 20 .l aro based
ON th. 'aymcr' 80 alleged hr be- 90
pf1f.,raf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-15

sci. William r. Hotchkiss. we're pres
ent. bu, John ". Bowers, counsel foF
the State Board o! Charities. vas IN
able 20 attend
Or. Potter denied writing the Father
Farrell" pamphlets, but admitted that
he read the proofs in his ofsee III the
Emigrant Savings Bank Building. He
said that Rober, ". Hebberd. secre-
tsry o, the State Board. had nothing 10
do with the preparation % the papers.
Tells OF Pamphlet Activities.
Did you have anything 20 40 with
;hst pay; OF the pamphlets ths, re
erred 20 me personally, asked Com
missioner Strong.
Il should not say that ! had. Dr.
Potter replied.
"Did you discover any statements
that were not true
II did not. Father Farrell and ! have
hs.n friends for fifteen years. lie told
me he wanted 20 publish something 70
Offset what he felt were unfair anti
Catholic actions Of the Strong commits
ion. and. as ne was driven with
work. he ssked me i ! would not help
min, BY putting the matter through the
press. making corrections and revising
PROOFS. Ni4sshki, NN"'N"NN'
nobody's business but our own.
DR.. Potter said Commissioner OF Ac-
counts Fosdick's report 20 Mayor Gay
nor that Catholics had tired 70 raise
81. 600 fund for him while he was head
o. Controller Prendersast's bureau foi
distribution OF funds 20 private chsrit-
able institutions WAS false.
He denounced as gross invasion OF
my privacy" Mr.. Hotchkiss's bringing
IN the EFFORT OF the New York Baptist
Association 10 convict him OF charge
in 1898. He said his own church had
refused 20 accept the report OF the
committee.
az the public were 20 believe q! the
glorious things DR.. Potter said about
himself this afternoon there would he
n great public gathering 70 see ms
white wings sprouting. WAS Mr.. Hotch
kiss comment ~ the close Of the hear
ing.
Nr. Hotchkiss and Mr.. Bowers will
sum up before Commissioner Strong
next Thursday morning IN the Bar As
ISOLATION building, - West Forty-sec-
ond Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-15

70 FirH VHETI 4 ~o-.i D. oi's 80
- Fff.y f.sf ii4r'suors - stmr H'h,
80 lszs i-mo. - ~ Ifs'f'''
ME is a rory romance 81 the modern
~ Lysrytnlng goes well with her IN
end, tnSrss to cIrcumstances ~
"hl,' her earlier social training, when
ace her "ffth wheel" - 81 more
rep % her than her attempt al eco
h>rle Independence. She has been go
-ss,ft and groomed for social sue
80 ard brilliant marriage Dy an an
h'pps sistsr-in-lay. She has be.
Ns2nt that 10 10 her holy duty 70
W,ye hsrss.f remuperstive inYsst-
h.rt" And she almost sueeeed'. ne
r,gbls is ma. her pride proves 20 %
T,ngsr than her ambition. IhIs
'''phis,lcsted Hirl's strategy ana vac
l'f 3n ne man hunt are most inHenl p
~, me telis tales out 81 fehDDI' hN'
zoe, not spare herref. But me pro
'cfctlss notner-in-la~ upon whom sne
ho decided, a. old social camps ignfft,
pr,yss - be cieYerfr sill. she deitiy
sssekmst>s NE giT A venture .n,o
e7t follow. with said Ne" hng
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-15
INEASY MONEY.

ryIAsT N0SET. T. Pelham Grs1Tile We
h-s,. i's,.-t.ss r Cartroe r Underwood
i.rc =. t-s y AZ leon I'D.
There is a hearty laugh on nearly
every page OF this story Of an impe-
egnious young Ing sh peer 20 whom q
lonely. eccentric old American multi
millionaire bequeaths bis whole fortune
because be has rendered him q triAing
service Lord Dawlish does not feel
comfortable. for re learns that ms
b.rstsetor's disirherited nephew and
niece IN America are poor. 20 ne
s'sr,s for New York 90 propose ialr
division % al that uneasy money HIS
adventures and uisadveutures IN pur-
sat o. iris laudshle aim carry HIM
ron this city 20 q Long Island village
ps.re ar automobile manufacturer sus-
rse,s him o. beng member oi d gang
q summer burg \ peercss, VINO is
- American cabaret dancer; his nan
zee, Who - an Ing 81 actress; the DIS
Inherited two. and several other char
st'srs fggre in the mad proceeding
ne thing 81 carried through with the
highest G. spirits % the very end.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-15
IGNORES GIRL
HE CALLS THIEF
Jamaica Principal Rejects
Plea for Reinstatement
Must Go to Trial.

Julia Pinchuk. eighteen years old,
marshalled one lawyer. four photogrs-
piers and seven reporters into an at
lacking party yesterday and descended
upon the Jamaica High School, from
which she was excluded several days
ago on a charge OF theft. All evidence
OF illness resulting from the lysol she
swallowed after the accusation had dis
appeared. and the militant student ap-
peared more determined than her
lawyer.
Theodore c. Mitchell. the principal,
who accused her Of being "a clever
little thief" received the attacking
squad politely, but failed 20 see me
leader. He recognized her presence,
however. by warning a photographer
in a voice loud enough 20 be heard by
the girl.
Don't leave your camera there, ne
said. AT isn't safe 10 leave anything
around here. Things are missed all
the time
The principal opened the door 20
admit Benjamin Marvin, Miss Pinchuks
lawyer, and held it open while the
former pupil entered, but continued TO
look over her head. The lawyer de-
manded that Miss Pinchuk be read
mitted into the school. Mr.. Mitchell
used the telephone for several minutes
then said that she could not be al
mitted under any circumstances.
There wa. conference for almost
an hour. IN which the principal did
not favor Miss Pinchuk with 40 much
as a glance. When il was over the
lawyer announced that there would be
trial before Associate superintend-
erts Clarence E. Mallory and Charles ".
Lyon to-morroN.
There will have % be a complete
invest ga.ion OF the case and trial
before the Board Of Education" he
said Had the princip pa. aiken Miss
PIlchuf back today. al publicity could
haze been avoided"
Tic Girl, who seemed on 'he point
OF tears. suddenly changed hsr mind
and smiled.
"rrig decision is unjust. but j.. is
not surprising size said. In some
ways am glad. snail nov prepare
nvrelf for tho regents examination,
wh en- may be taken by an outsider. ]
win rot permit this incident 90 ruin
rv lifc. Il will reGuir" considerable
courage 20 continue ss = nothing mad
happened. but that = What / Intend
% do "
Mrs. Alfred Fro. former suffrage
loader in Queens. now school COM
missiorer. has ncer appointed b. he
district school board 20 investigate tho
case. Shc said she would begin imne-
diatc'y.
Meanwhile. ". Marvin ssid h. ps'
preparing a suit for 5000 ror alleged
l.bel, against the girls eccusers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-15
Swamped by Cards Listing
Pledges, They Hasten to
Exempt Many Items.
IDENTIFYING MARKS
MUST BE RECORDED
Unmarked Clothes and Cheap
Jewelry To Be Disregarded-
stop Ticket Holds a Year.

The Police Departments plan 20
compel each OF the 900 pawnbrokers in
the city 20 I'll in and send 20 Head
quarters daily cards describing every
piece o. property .ef; with them as
security for loans has proved some
thing Of boomerang Five hundred
thousand cards distributed last Mon
day came back in such numbers in the
next forty-e!ght hours, listing every
thing from diamonds 20 refrigerators,
that the police FASTENED 20 tell the loan
men that there were certain articles il
would not be necessary 10 report
The meeting at which this revised
CIDER was given was held in Tuxedo
Hall. Every one who couldn't prove
loan shop or police afiiiation was ex-
Guided. Three pawnbrokers stood with
their backs TO the door while William
Van Writ, secretary to Deputy Com
missioner Scull. told the loan shop
keepers they needn't be quite so zeal
Gus.
When tho cards were distributed
pawnbrokers saw hours OF clerical
work ahead. Anxious 10 please. they
returned uncounted thousands Of the
cards, causing the eyes Of the detec-
tives in charge Of the new index sys-
TEN 10 bulge IN amazement.
Many Articles Now FxemDt
From the cards II seemed that every
body in New York was pawning 'hings.
IN keeping with the season. overcoats
and heavy coats and vests predomi-
mated. There we're cards containing
minute descriptions Of shoes, crutches,
feather beds. bones Of skeletons. stoves.
rianos and baby carriages, 20 say moth
ing Of articles OF feminine sdornment
and the usual pledges Of hundreds Of
pieces Of jewelry.
Realizing that il would take most OF
the police force twenty-four hours a
day TO handle the indexing, Mr.. Van
Writ revised the original order. Dla-
nonds weighing less than a carat, ar
t'cles of jcwelry OF small value and
without monograms or other marks OF
Identification. clothing without identi-
Tying marks. pocketbooks. plated vanity
cases. leather goods. field and opera
glasses. razors, tools. drygoods. furs
and articles Of similar nature need not
DE reported.
A soon as the present stock Of cards
is exhausted new ones Will he distrib-
uted. Al the same time "A new stop
ticket" tag which prohibits the pawn
broker from redeeming tho loan, Will
90 into effect. II used to be that a
detective could put a stop ticket on
a pledge and prevent its use or sale
for three or four years. Under the new
plan the life of the ticket extends only
q year.
Van Writ says that invest cation %
some secondhand stores not provided
with pawnbrokers' licenses had revealed
a novel scheme to evadc the law. These
stores do not pretend 70 take stuff IN
pawn, but are willing n hold an ar
ticlc for a few days with the under
standing that the owner will pay for
the loan. ON watch left at one OF
these places for loan of $40. Van
Writ said. a detective paid s. Inter
est At the end Of week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-15
Chrystie Brings Up Value
of Baseball Club at
Meeting Here.
UNIFORMITY URGED
IN TRANSFER LAW
Judge McElroy Says Nearly
Every County Has Different
Laws for Administration.


The goodwill. Of the New York Base
ball Club. in determining the value Of
lie holdings in an estate was debs:a
H.. ,,.o..;a. -. .to So. oooaral co,
DE 4"es''o'' a. '"e ''iS' gene o. '0''-
terence OF the STATE transfer YAK ap'
praisers and transfer tax attorneys held
E, This ci,, vesterdsv The subject was
-. a1dross b.. r
- n......1.,..;..
cuTl'les az 'he afternoon session o. me
conference
Sn.cisl raf.rence was made "a the
"a. -. III
n'Incu''E me' ID "ppIa'S ny ."e koou'
Will OF the New lorh baseDslI OIuo
in the estate OF john r. Brush. in which
c,,~ro,..o Cob.l., hold ,bo,e vas ,o
goodwin because OF Inc uncertain! o.
the Notwithstanding ability OF the
Giants.
"Tba nuastion of goodwill has been
-,
frequently decided IN the courts s"'u
Mr.. Chrystie. land more or less uni
fo.r,rIv folIowed tho p & Dun and the
n;.I
prAhu'e'h oases' Inc H'"''ei % u'P'e
citation must always be considered and
the effect upon the value as determines
by the services and personality Of the
decedent."
Mr.. Chrystie told the appraisers tina,
they arbitrated the property rights OF
every individual in the state. lie gave
many instances of queer problems that
come up for decision.
n,,., rv.-, Countv Renre.entsd
'"o' =,
ne cohierehce WIS ne.u ~ t"e 'oIa
once OF the oIate Oon t., ~. W
NooIworth bulIolhg' WItn appIsIseis
present iron, nesriy esery Counr. III
the state. ~ WY 0Pe".ns 80 ~ :
Eugene NJ l!svis oonsi n.u,H'eu Wy nr
appraisers on 'ne'i eoono'N''"' ""u
hcIent worS' c,. .ou,sol .or .ho
La {etIe D. Tiea'VH, Sov,,,. ~
Oontr9Ier III Ne" L; a. Cou arI az
Nle"eg the ~ .VI ~ it'' ~ - - ~
Crsseu s'e 80 .ahi,. ralo,;,,a ,o
Wouuceu III wy Assen.J'3 =, :.
estate appralSais' ~ %h'cn -, -.
pected me revenue o. TI'c s'aS va ~
materially increased. ne sAlu Ihh' a..
his reforms "ouiu hot DC passet a.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-15
WENT IN AT WINDOW;
TWAS WRONG HOUSE
Olvany AWakens Another Man S
Wife-Gets Beating, Then Cell.

Mistaking 1el Mckibbin Street. Will
iamsburg. for his own house early yes
terday. Jacob Olvany. forty-two. OF lo3
McKibbin Street. crawled through 2
rear frs, floor window into the home
OF Jules Busch. On raising the win
dow he awakened Busch's wife. she
attacked the intruder and her screams
FOR help aroused her hus band.
The tumult made By the couple at
.ractod other tenants, who, believing
the house was on FIRE. called Pstro man
lIackctt Of the Stage street Ponce
station. Olvany welcomed the patrol
man. 81,
At the police station OVany vas held
on a charge Of attempted burglary
notwithstanding his protest that he
had made mistake and entered the
Busch house by accident. IN the BED
,o~d Avenue Police Court Magistrate
Geismar held him in $1,000 bail for a
further hearing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-15
BOYS BURN UP VACATION
Two Set Fire 70 School and Finish in
Protertory.

Alexander Schwartz. Of 60 Forsyth
Street. and Hymsn Alias. Of 20 a Ell
Stree. von'- celebrate The tassoref
w th their parents IN Chiidren's
Coa-; yesterday Justice Hoyt sent ihcm
70 the Jewish Protectory 10 learn that
setting . SCHOOL on fire is no WAY 20
get vacation.
Aexonler vd Lyman. each eleven
year, old. pupils in Public School IS,
in Forsy'h street. admitted they rad
built a FIRE on the Aoor Of the school
storeroom in the hope Of sccelera'ing
the regular spring vacation, when
starts nest week. To get into the store
room they had TO crarl along a mar
row coping fve stories above the street
for tu-elve fee.. but they thought the
end justified the risk.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-15
JAIL, TWO FOR AID SWINDLE
Tried TO Defraud Steel and OH Con


Edmund II. Phillips and Kingdom
straw. when ARA gned yesterday before
Judge Howe in the Criminal braneh o.
the Federal District Court. PLEADED
guilty 10 on indictment charging them
with having falsely represented them
selves 60 be Captain II. A. Harvey
L. $. A. in the effort 10 secure money
from the Midvale Steel Company, the
Gulf Refining Company and other con
Germs. This VAS In connection WIN
bogus advertising scheme.
They were sentenced 90 terms OF
wear and q days imprisonment
Judge Howe also sentenced 20 clfh-
,c,n months Imprisonment. former
government clerk. David ". Scott. VINO
pleaded guilty 20 using tho mails 70
dtfrsud. %
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-15
To Aid Women's Property League.

M-.. Minnie L. Cumming, the ior-
mer actress. has announced @ meeting
% ne acid Sunday night al 2ls west
rour,een,h Street 20 further the work
81 the Womens Property protective
League. which vas incorporates % &c,
20 care FOR destitute ~idoSs "n TO-
n,onsr,v has been swept away. Inc
pcg rdwsrd Brown and Mrs. Arthur
@fncrt Rrooks will be among the speak
49,. Ne Cummings also announced
hat the league had taken an option or
he nroperty at 2l7 West Fourteenth
sect. with view 20 purchasing II for
the work Of the league.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-15
THE IVORY CHILD.
THY IVORY CHILD ~ no" n.s
o.. tff,..-s,iors hy A e Mcheei 4-m' y
.-. LonFusns. Green Co.

THY IVORY CHILD ~ y h9e'
f..i. ffust-s'ions by 4. MchteH Inv -
t-9 I0nrusns. Green Co.
The undiminished fertility OF hiaer
JIsgyard's invcntiveness ~ truly anna
40 For thirty years now has ne been
r,r,.ing these African wonder iales OF
80, and this thirty-frst one OF mem
- among the best, certainly the oest OF
bis later output. Allan Qustermaih ~
go more the hero that goes without
saying This time he goes IN search o.
an Fnglishwoman kidnapped m hgyp'
cbe hear a birthmSrk on her nech "
c,sscen, moon the symbol OF lsis mo
,nn,ber Of Horus. In the heart OF zen
,,.f Africa there dwells triDe OF men
,yno are white. Or nearly 50, "
.r,odarts Of the ancient tgyPtlahs.
mo- have inherited from Their ior
defiant ancestry remnants OF the VOL
~, ~ Isis's child Of his IVORY sta'ue'
rather A. cnmity WIN mem :,
Lated tribe. which worships Set Isis
.,,1 b,oiber. iucarnhted ia rogue e'e
,ta,t Of enormous size. ne slory -
died with white and black mage "I.n
African gupcrsti,.ons. with we ahhgeia
- ,dv.,fure into the unknown hhh
I'm aayage fighting. And, OF coutse'
Ham. the Hottentot. repo,itoiy
mveb Of the lore Of the Dsr" 'oh'''
n.n, IL again ~ The psriS'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-15
Thinks Whitman or Mayor
COnspired to Spy, He
Tells Swami.
LINE IS FOUND
CLEAR AS A BELL
Pastor Denies Writing Father
Farrell Pamphlet. but Ad-
mitS He Read Proofs.

An informal complaint has been
lodged with District Attorney swami
that Governor Whitman or Mayor
Mitchell has conspired TO tap the tele-
phone Of the Re-. Dr. Daniel c. Potter
former pastor Or the Baptist Tab.r-
nacle. DR.. Potter, through his counsel.
Alfred J. Talley. charged that the tam
pering with his telephone had been
accomplished FOR getting hold OF he
Father Farrell pamphlets, attacking
the Governors charity Investigation
as an "ant!-Catholie plot"
Although Dr. Potter's telephone wire
j. attached 20 MS home. 1906 Cation
Avenue, Flatbush. the bailivick Of D.s-
tr.ct Attorney Cropsey, Mr. Swami was
so beset with inquiries about the affair
yesterday that he got in touch with
telephone officials IN Brooklyn and was
told that after an hour Of careful test
ing DR.. Potters wire was as clear as
bell"
IL AFdAAs R-tA N NftA ftets'N 80
ceived." explained Mr. Swami. "Mr.
Talley. who represented DR.. Potter, and
his son. Dean Potter. who is a member
of the law firm OF Grout & Grout. in
Brooklyn, Onply told me that his
clients were sure DR.. Potters t.le-
phone had been tapped"
Finds Tapping Felony.
The District Attorney even looked up
the law and found that tapping a te.e-
phone wire for obtaining information
was felony punishable by prison
term Of two years. When asked what
the law would be in case the facts were
as Dr. Potter charged that the acts
were instigntcd By Governor Whitman
or Mayor Mitchell. the District Attor-
ney said he believed they would con-
sti,ute complete answer FOR me
defence.
Mr. Swami was asked whether he had
received any complaints that telephone.
tFdNthb " ' al At4Ahl
had been tapped. He said he Rad been
told that there were rumors 20 that
effect. but 70 specific complaint.
Dean Potter. at his home last night.
said there was no question about his
fathers telephone having been tapped.
Whether II vas done IN Flstbush or in
his New York Office ne said. would be
hard 20 say.
81 am informed 'ha, the police have
secret switchboard somewhere down
town, where messages from New York
20 Brooklyn can be shunted off and eX-
amined at their will. No grand jury
action has been taken anywhere. but |
know Judge Swami has jurisdiction in
case like this There Is no doubt
that my father phone service was un-
der scrutiny about two weeks ago"
Or. Potter appeared yesterday after
noon az his own reques, before Charles
II. Strong. Governor Whitmsn's special
commissioner investigating the rela-
tions between the State Board OF Char
tiles and the City Charity Department.
Commiss oner Kingsbury and MS coun-