The sun., 1917-01-11
SWAMI CHARGE
WITNESS GONE
Wilson, More Desired by
Breckinridge, Subject of
kidnapping Tale.
WANTED FOR GRAND JURY
District Attorney Will Present
His Charge Before Magis-
trate Tomorrow.

Albert H. Wilson. claimed as chief
witness by both sides in the Swami
Breckenridge controversy, under sub
pGna to go before the Grand Jury this
morning. has disappeared. Martin w.
Littleton, Mr.. Breckinrdge's counsel.
son Is supposed to have been grabbed by
two officers" in Broadway yesterday
afternoon. Mr.. Swami says they were
not his officers. Deputy Police Commits
sioner Scull says the mystery is just as
battling to him as to Mr.. Swami.
AS Mr.. Littlcton told the story last
night Wilson. who was held by Judge
Mulqueen last week as a material wit
ness against John Doe, 1t being alleged
by MIR. Swami that ne had paid money
for garment manufacturers to Mr.. Breck-
inrdge when the latter was in the Dis
trict Attorneys office, spent yesterday
morning in the office of his lawyer. ].
Ward Toilette. in the Woolworth Build
ing.
After leaving Mr.. Toilette in the after
noon he was to go to Mr.. I.ittleton's Of
flee in the Singer Building to help Mr..
Littleton in the preparation of the
Breckenridge defence.
Telephones to His Wife.
Mr.. Littleton waited for Wilson sew
eral hours and then went home. Last
night Mrs. Wilson called him on the
telephone. She said;
Il have just heard from Al on the
telephone. He says he is in Yonkers and
that he can't say from what place he
is speaking. He says that about o'clock
this afternoon. just as he was leaving
the Woolworth Building after seeing Mr.
Toilette, two officers got hold of him
and told him he would have to go to
Ionkers with them for purposes Of den-
tifcation.' He doesn't know what or
whom he is supposed TO identify or what
it's all about, but there he Is in YoDkers
and he doesn't know when the officers
will let him come home
Mr.. Littleton after hearing this told
THE SUN 1t looked to him as II Wilson
had been kidnapped. He pointed out
that Wilson was ordered to go before the
Grand Jury to-day, although there were
doubts as to whether he would really be
called. He also said he supposed that
Wilson was to be "A witness IN hearing
of the Breckinridse charles before Chief
Magistrate McAdoo at 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning.
Sculi Promises Aid.
Nj. Littlcton couldn't find Police
Commissioner Woods. but he got Dep
uty Commissioner Scull out of IA theatre
to the telephone. Mr. Scull said he'd
, be blessed if he knew who had run off
. of his men. and he would use every
agency of the Police Department" to
solve the puzzle.
District Attorney Swami vowed that
nobody from his Office knew anything
about Wilson's whereabouts. He said
he had called up the Workers police and
they were equally mystified.
at looks to me-" said Mr.. Swami, ''as
II Wilson had cooked up this excuse tC
get away. My Office will do everything
! in its power to find him II he has lef
the State well have him extradted. l,
/ ii is true that he has run away wei
| forgery charge upon which he was con
/ vlcted and released under suspended
/ sentence in 1905"
! POstpOnement Suggested.
! Mr. Swami also called up Mr. Little.
/ ton and said the BreckinridSe proceed
! ings could be postponed at the pleasure
! OF Mr.. Littleton. Mr.. Littleton said
| later that he didn't want any postpone
1 ment. as there were no proceedings
He insisted that Wilson hadn't rur
away and that he wanted whoever was
! keeping him to give him up instanter.
District Attorney Swami said earle
in the day he would begin proceeding
against Mr.. Breckenridge at 10 o'clocl
tomorrow morning before Chief Magis
trata McAdoo. At that time. said Nj
Swami, "the peoples witnesses will b
present. ready to proceed" He added
George Gordon Battle has been spe
cially retained to conduct the proceed
ings on behalf of the people in order tina
the element of the personal equation b.
eliminated from the case"
May Ask summons.
No summons for Mr. Breckenridge ha
been obtained. 1t is assumed that tn
hearing before Magistrate McAdoo will
take the form of an application for
summons. II that is the case neithe
Mr.. Breckinridse nor his counsel, Mar
tin w. Littleton. will be there, Mr. Lit
Teton said last night
"Mr. Battle asked me to-day to agre
with him on the choice of a Magietrat
before whom l should appear with m
client. | told him 7 knew of no proceed
ing before a Magistrate. that no com
plant or summons had come to m
knowledge and that We would not go I
court until ordered to do so. ! am no,
awaiting summons or some process @
the court. Without IT have no busi
ness in court.
"It seems to me that the District Al
torney is trying to make 1t appear tha
Mr. Breckenridge is seeking a hearin
before a Magistrate. That Is not tn
case. As have said before. II the Di.
trict Attorney has evidence OF crime tn
thing for him to do Is get an indictmei
from the Grand Jury"
with Mr.. Littleton representing NJ
Breciinridge and Mr.. Battle the Distri'
Attorney II ought to be "A neighborl
affair, for all four men were born in Il
South. Littleton, Battle and Swami al
Democrats. Breckenridge is a Repul
lican.
James A. Delehanty had nothing
, say yesterday about new and form
. charges against the District Attornt
which are supposed to be in preparatio
for submission to the Governor.
MY charges are before the Governor
. | he remarked. meaning the memoranda
and letter which he sent to Mr.. Whitma
when Mr.. Delehanty was still Judge
General Sessions.