| Show OROR fOR ARREST Of Civil War Veteran Sits Amid Relics in His Home on Fifth Avenue New York Waiting for Officers to Come for Him MUST FURNI FURNISH H BOND OR GO TO JAIL Mrs Sickles Who Paw Pawned ed Her Jewels to Save Generals General's Personal Personal Per Per- Effects s Will Not Aid Him in Embezzlement Crisis NEW J Jan 25 2 aD G G meral Danial E. E Sickles sat at amid war relics m iu in his bs Fifth avenue avenue homB ma tonight expecting momentary arrest in a suit brought by the state to r recover cov l' l for h ho bo has has' fl failed led to account ac ao- count it i is if charged ged as chairman of the X New cy y c n. n Within in his liLs call cOnn alI were ere his bis son sox son n. n M flIRT r an aged negro retainer Tim TIle order for lor the 1 veterans veteran's x sweat eat Issued Uz Iha s. s afternoon by Supreme Court Justice Rudd at Albany im and a Sheriff copy Sy-f Sy of wh C Harburger's the complaint hands bands was Pla placed ia this evening even even- ing iff by Deputy Attorney General Genera fh Francis f D D. Kennedy who brought t tb hem m Il hew r- r rJ 3 l fr r. r I Kennedy en announced his bis intention of asking for immediate immediato I service ice After a talk with Mr Kennedy Ken Ken- nedy how however Y r- r Sheriff Harburger said he I no would o n A A L i b U to mi flis lawyer to determine whether they e are e properly drawn rawn T This fe e thought thought- would give tho the general respite from arrest until Monday The order cannot can cati can cannot not bo be legally se served seved ed Sn Sn on Sunday 1 lay Unes General Sickles 1 Ml tb t furnish h at t a boJ bond d Sher Sheriff Sheriff- cr Bald said he ha ill have ha to go to Ludlow ow street ot Jail until th tho j money forthcoming There Thero was as no Inkling to night ae as to who Jf Jr anyone anone would com come to the fhe he veterans veteran's al aid 1 Fine Fing at ut K F err IT Window General Sickles declined 1 to SC sees see call call- ers rs' rs or c comment on tho the charges against hIm nini His aged negro servant senant met all callers at tile the door and turned turne th them away But for tor tho the first time In weeks weekS' the shades at all nIl the windows of at the tIit house wore raised 1 an and 1 In ea each h window there wa was placed an ln American flag lag Someone who thought tho tIlo general would refuse admittance t to tho process servers asked Sheriff what he would 1 do 10 in case he ho found round tho door locked locked against himI himI himI him I shall shaU not break it down down ot of that you may be bo sure sure the sheriff sherif replied I shall halI havo o to station m my t around aroUn 1 tho the house and besiege it V W. W Continued on Pago Page 3 i Column 4 ORDER IS GIVEN I IFOR FOR SICKLES SICKLES' ARREST Continued From Page e One have no ri right ht under the law to enter the thc 1 premises b by force We will havo to wait walt tilt till the tho general comes out or surrenders sur sur- ur- ur renders Mrs Sickles who wha recently pa pawned ned her jewels to save sa her husbands husband's war relics from rota sale will not come como to hi hi aid In tho the present crisis it Is la believed d. She said that she sho would welcome him with open arms if It ho lie should come como to live with her but did not feel that she sho could put out nil all her mone money In Ills his be be- half The states state's complaint points out that from lS O to 1912 inclusive the legislature legislature legislature legis legis- lature appropriated for lor tho the use Ue of tho commission It is charged that I. I of or this amount was turned over o to General Sickles and that hI his hla I vouchers showed a balance unaccounted ed for or The Tho complaint alleges that this wee Wall converted COll b by General Sickles to his lila own personal use in or about July 1012 1912 that the tho officials have made repeated demands for tor the return of ot this mone money and that on D December 21 21 1912 of ot the tho alleged ed shortage lu in the form of ot a certified check signed b by Caroline 0 G. G Sickles wife of ot General Sickles was received b by the attorney general Since then there has been no further payment Demand is m made that General Sickles be compelled to restore the tho amount duo with interest from Jul July SI 31 31 1912 together I with 1111 c costs coats and disbursements o of the action The battlefield monuments monument commission commis commis- sion slon was created by the thee legislature of at 1895 1815 General Sickles was made chairman chairman chair chair- man and held this position until De- De comber r 1 1 1912 when he lie was vas replaced b by Colonel Lewis at R. man nes-man or of Brooklyn I At After r the alleged shortage hortage was discovered dis dis- cove covered co red Atto Attorney rn ey G General en era 1 Ca Carmody d y served ened notice notice- on all members of oC the I commission that they would oud be held I liable for tor the missing funds The at attorney attorney at- at I torne torney general said ald toda today that General Sickles would be bo held responsible and I the state will not look 1001 to tho thio other I members of the commission for resti resti- Stati- Stati of C 36 The order for tor General Sickles Sickles' arrest comes comes' as n a climax of ot a distinguished and picturesque career font Born In New NewYork NewYork York In 1825 of ot a wealthy family General lenoral Gen len oral eral Sickles served as soldier Ic legislator legisla legisla- tor and aDd diplomat The rhe guest of or honor for tor nun many years caIS at gatherings of ot Civil CI war veterans he was recently refused admission to a n local organization of ot Civil war Avar veterans on the tho ground of ot military r an and 11 rockier 1 sacrifice of or the lives of his men Con Congress Coji- Coji gress gross which in IS 1807 awarded him him 1 a medal of ot honor honar for err bravery three u years nan ago 10 lo grani brant mm him a n lieutenant lieu tenant generalship In his old age fi financial financial fi- fi troubles beset him one ane after an another another an- an other and his wl wife son and daughter became estranged stran cd from him General Sickles was a member of ot the House of or Representatives just b before foro the tho outbreak of tho the war and tt It was in Washington Washington- that he shot hot and killed Philip Barton ICe Key a United States district district district dis dis- attorney for alleged attentions to his first firstI I wife the daughter of or an nn Italian lIan musician At the tho outbreak of or the Civil CI war General Sickles raised and equipped at nt athis athis his hi own expense five regiments of ot volunteers vol 01 ol and as ns colonel of ot one one of ot them wont want to tho the front ITo Ire participated Inmost Inmost in inmost most of ot the tho great battles of ot the war including Getty Gettysburg where ho he lost ost a aleI leg leI and achieved distinction for tor bravery bra brav cr cry ery rewarded b by promotion to the thc rank of or major general Married In Spain From to 1873 h he served as minister min ister to Spain where he met and married married mar mar- ried nod his pr present wife the daughter of ofa a Spanish councilor of ot state Mate ta te Short Shortly after his return to this countr country with her hir the couple separated and Mrs Sickles les went back hack to Spain where she ahe remained until 1908 Then she ho re returned re- re turned to New Xe York There wore frequent fre quent reports of their reconciliation and for a year car or more Mrs Sickles lived 1 In a adjoining her husbands husband's husbands husband's husbands hus hus- bands band's but It n never ncr cr appeared that the they were WE're ICan really reconciled TIme The affairs hava ha bc been n nin in a muddle for tor months His Ills Fifth Firth avenue nu residence and household ef effects of- of including many man priceless relics rolles of his career as a union soldier an and diplomat have hn been threatened several sc times s b by Impending sheriffs sheriff's sales to for tor mon loan loaned satisfy jud Judgments money cd hut but on each ench occasion the sal sale was a forestalled Not ot long Ion ago Mrs Sickles came camo to the old soldiers soldier's rescue b by pawning pat her jewels l The They have ha beo bern been n separated for or more than t ent twenty five fhe years cars Her Tier act did not bring about a n reconciliation and md subsequently 11 J judgments judg judg- 1 ments menta obtained against the general Time alleged shortage e In tho the monument monument ment mont fund was made mado known several weeks ago aJo Loyal LOal friends of ot the tho genera general gen gen- cn- cn era eral said it was 35 duo due solely to nn an error In bookkeeping and anti would be straight straight- cried ened out In time |
