Show KNOWS NAME OF GUILTY PARTY PiTY f John D Archbold Says Letters Read by Hearst Were Sto Stolen Stolen Stolen len Three Years Ago OFFERED FOR SALE AT TIME FINALLY PURCHASED FOR THE NEW YORK JOURNAL New ew York Sept 29 A phase of the dis discussion of ot the th e Standard Oil correspondence correspondence correspondence dence made public recently by William R It Hearst was entered upon late today When John D Archbold vice president made madea a statement to the Associated Press set setting setting ting forth details of ot the theft of corre correspondence correspondence from his files tiles Mr lIr Archbold said In response to many Inquiries as to the theft of ot letters from my files flies the fol tol following following lowing may ma be made known Stolen Three Years Ago Over three years ago a report reached me that one of ot my letters had been of ot offered offered for or sale to newspapers of ot this city avowedly as stolen letters examination showed that some letters were missing and that they could only have been taken by some one not only familiar with the theoffice theof theoffice office of rice details but highly trusted The party on whom suspicion fell feU stoutly de do denied denied nied alt all guilt A little later however a aman aman aman man who represented himself as acting between the thief and those to whom the letters had been sold proposed to return some of or the letters for tor a iI consideration His story was that the Idea of the tho theft had been conceived by his brother who had at one time been In the employ of the company compan and his brother had Induced the Ute already suspected to accomplish accomplish accomplish the theft Purchased by Hearst I I According to the story stor he had hod disposed of the letters or some of ot them hem to two men who purchased sed them themon themon themon on behalf behal of Mr Ir newspaper the Journal Not only had stolen letters been thus traded for but the thief was Induced to carry carr off ott one or more letter copying books many of o whose pages he claims were photographed other pages es being re removed removed removed moved altogether The bok In question were the go between said returned after hours It Is Impossible to say sa how many man were stolen and sold in this way wa The thieves worked at their leisure It is not necessary to say sa more at present or to mention names Corroboration n of ot the story of three years ago lay In his return of some of the th corre correspondence correspondence correspondence at the th time The production of ot stolen letters by Mr Hearst Is co tion now no Obviously among such sucha a coterie authenticity of or their output Is not to be lightly accepted The opportunities o for falsification suppression of context and distortion of passages areman are many man |