The New York herald., 1922-05-13
M ARTHUR MAY FACE
TRIAL ON OWN WILL
Angered Over Having Name
Linked With Women's Cases
by Jersey Police.
SUIT BEING CONSIDERED
Absolved After Recent Arrest,
May Clear Old Charge,
Yielding Extradition.

Alexander A. Macarthur the artist
arrested Thursday that Bessie Lawson
OF Upper Montclair might try to iden-
tify him as the man who attacked her
in Mountain Side Recreation Park,
near Cedar Grove, is considering suing
night in cell after the girl failed to
recognize him.
His lawyer. Emil A. Fuchs, 81 Cham
bers street let it be known yesterday
that he had no intention of leaving
matters as they are 1t is not i'm
possible that Macarthur vii! return to
New Jersey and face trial on the in
dictments returned against him last
December on charges made by Mary
Louise Bradshaw and Mrs. Helen
ONeill. If he takes this course he
will go into court backed up by the
numerous witnesses who convinced
Gov Miller that he was not In New
Jersey when Miss Bradshaw and Mrs.
O'Neill were attacked.
In so far as the alleged attack upon
Miss Lawson is concerned, Macarthur
has other witnesses who can prove
that he was not in New Jersey on
Wednesday. the day of the incident
complained of by Miss Lawson
Question of Procedure.
Macarthur and his friends have
taken the stand that they have come
to the point when they refuse to toll
crate any longer the situation that
causes the Essex county authorities to
-. 1. lAt va
ceive a complaint from a woman. Mac
Arthur declined to talk yesterday and
his attorney declared that he was not
ready to make any statement regarding
the future.
What Macarthur and Mr. Fuchs have
in their minds was set forth by persons
having full knowledge of the facts The
question is one of procedure.
In the first place. it was said. Mac
Arthur has a clear case against the
police of both Essex county and New
York. 1t was pointed out that the con-
tention will be that there was no evil
dence to warrant the arrest. 1t was
learned that Miss Lawson, shown pic
lures of Macarthur in Montclair, de-
clared that they resembled the man who
attacked her, but she wasn't sure.
When she returned to Montclair with
Detective Sergeant Riley. the latter de-
clared that the girl was certain that
Macarthur, whom she had seen in Po-
lice Headquarters in Manhattan, was not
her assailant.
Evidence of Persecution.
MacArthur's friends are urging him
TO act at once. They declare that ne
can have himself declared innocent N
court in New Jersey and thus clear his
name. One of those associated with the
young mans case declared his attor-
neys had ample evidence of persecution
in which Macarthur is the victim. 1t
was said that the latter's story, or a
part of it, might be made public within
a few days. There is ample reason to
predict that an announcement will be
made of MacArthur's decision to go into
court on the indictments charging him
with attacking Miss Bradshaw and Mrs.
O'Neill.
Macarthur. who spent Thursday night
in a cell at Police HeaGuarters was
taken before Chief City Magistrate Nc
Adoo yesterday by Detective Sergeant
Ba-th and Detective Capt. Godfrey.
chief of the Essex cour:y detectives.
On morton by Assistant Dictrict Attor-
ney Morgan Jones. vino explained TO the
court that Miss Lawson had not identi-
One of the extraordinary features of
the arrest of Macarthur, his friends say.
centers around the failure of the New
Jersey police to bring tn, three boys
and Mrs. Walter Q. Graham to New
York to look at him. Mrs Graham and
the three boys were on the scene in
Mountain Side Recreation Iark zen min
utes after Miss Lawson vas attacked.
They saw a man rise out of the shrub
berry al the same spot on; appeared to
Miss Lawson. The description of the
man they saw. tallies in every respect
with the mvn who attacked Miss Law
son. Their recollection of the man must
be clearer than Miss Lawson'a, inasmuch
as her r1ind had suffered the shock re-
sulting from his attack.
But. say MacArthur's associates, the
police did not take advantage of this
obvious opportunity to prove whether
Macarthur was in New Jersey Wednes-
day.