New-York tribune., 1921-06-28
Life Menaced
By Meyer Aid,
Says Buchler
Permit TO Carry Gun Sought
by Deputy Market Com
missioner, Who Alleges
Threat to Cut Heart Out
Row Over Sohr Picture
Legislative L Probers' Em-
ployee Aroused When
Depicted Beside Ex-Felon

The Rev. Samuel Buchler, D. D.,
IL. D., formerly Jewish chaplain at
Sing Sing and now Deputy Commits
sioner of Markets, yesterday applied
for permit to carry revolver to pro-
tect himself as result of threats
against his life alleged to have been
made by Max Hirtcnstein, an employee
of the joint legislative graft investi-
eating committee.
Hirtenstein, who is one of the as
sistant sergeants- at the com
mittee headquarters, was aroused over
the publication of picture in a news
paper yesterday showing him seated
near Karl Sohr, the ex-convict who had
been employed by the committee.
DIR. Buchier Tells of Threat
DR.. Buchler wrote to Commissioner
O'Malley yesterday charging that Hirt-
cnstein had visited his old Office, which,
singularly enough, is directly over the
headquarters of the committee, and
threatened to cut DR.. Buch1er's heart
out "and sell his Skin on the street" if
there were any more pictures Of him
published.
Senator Schuyler NJ. Meyer, chair
man of the committee, was in Albany
in conference with Governor Miller
when the alleged threat against DR..
Buchler's life was made. On his re-
turn from Albany last night he was
shown DR.. Buchler's charges. which
were issued in typewriter form,
If any employee of the committee
acted IN manner unbccoming his posi-
tion | shall discharge him." said SEN
ator Meyer. However, / shall not pre-
Judge the case, and when arrive at
the committees headquarters in the
morning shall make an investigation.
| am Informed that Hirtenstein has
signed statement denying the charges
fatty"
Earlier in the day, when the charges
were brought to the attention of Hir-
tenstein, he said to several newspaper
men:
81 was excited when | went up into
DR.. Buchler's former office. I"---
Al this point another employee of
the committee came out into the room
where Hirtenstein was being inter
viewed and said to Hirtenstein:
Here, you, say nothing Keep quiet"
Then his employee, addressing the
newspaper men. said:
Charges Called Nonsense
"Why, these charges are nonsense"
DR.. Buchler's charges, which were
embodied in report to his superior.
Commissioner Edwin j. O'Malley, who
made public the fact that the commit
tee had employed the ex-convist Sohr,
follow:
AN incident happened this morning
in the office of my former law partner.
Louis Richman, an attorney at 3S Park
Row, which feel in duty bound to re-
late to you. as it may have some bear
ing in the controversy now raging be-
tween the Meyer investigating commit
tee and yourself.
A man calling himself 'Hirtentein,
very briskly and boisterously entered
Mr.. Richman's Office, asking about nv
whereabouts, producing a copy Of =
daily newspaper in which he alleged his
picture appeared, together with that of
Sohr. He told Mr.. Richman that he
holds me responsible for the pubIica-
ton of these pictures and for the story
attached to the same, and threatened to
cut my heart out and sell nv skin
on the streets if would not stop such
business
II do not know who this Hirtenstein
is and what position he holds with the
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