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Show YOUNG MR, VANDERBILT WON'T PEAGH ON HIS PALS. Reggie Will Stay Away Fram Mew York Forever RatherThan Squeal. This Talk About Betraying Dick Canfield, Gamblor, Annoys Exiled millionaire. Absent Witness Not Losing1 Any Sleep Over His Enforced Absence From His Old Home. Special to The Tribune. N'EWPORT, April 2. "I will never 'peach' on Dick Canfleld or any one else." This declaration was made by Reginald Vanderbllt with eueh firmness firm-ness that it was evident that he would continue to be an exile from New York for all time If necessary to protect his friend Canfleld. For more than a year Reginald Vanderbllt has been able to do no moro than dart into New. York and out again. Continued residence hero has been Impossible Im-possible for him since District Attorney Jerome began chasing him with a subpoena, and he has seen but little more of the bg city than has been represented rep-resented on the many picture post cards which his friends have been sending him in great numbers as a merry Jest. When questioned- as to the possibility of his returning to New York to give evidence against Canfleld he grew red with Indignation. "I'd rather, stay away from New York forever than return at the price of a 'squeal' on Cahfield," he said. Subject Tires "Reggie." Mr. Vanderbllt was seen at the Sandy Point farm at Newport, where he has been living. A statement In a New York paper that membero of the Vanderbllt family were making an offer to procure Immunity from District Attorney Jerome and that negotiations to thut end "were being conducted ' by Frederick Gebhard, the uncle of Mrs. Reginald Vanderbllt," was called to the young man's attention and angered him greatly. "It's just about time all this talk over these gambling cases ended," added Mr. Vanderbllt. "This entire discussion dis-cussion Is exceedingly annoying, and I am growing tired of if all. 1 can't see why I should be constantly dragged Into In-to this affair, and I don't see why I should be continually questioned on this subject." Mr. Vanderbllt was growing more and more heatc-d each moment, and his protest appeared Inclined to take a rather snobbish tone when he said Impatiently: Im-patiently: "Ask me for money or anything any-thing else, but not about this. Ah for 'Freddlo' Gebhard trying to Influence Jerome to drop the gambling cases or to get him to agree not to subpoena me, that is a matter about which I know nothing. That is all news to me. "Whole Affair Is Annoying." "The whole affair has been very annoying an-noying to me, and I don't want to hear anything more of it. It Is all such rank nonsense. This Is my position In the matter, and I say it now for good and all I will never 'peach' on Dick Canfleld Can-fleld or anybody else. "That's all,'.' he said. "Now, I'm through. I've said more than I've Snld before on this extremely disagreeable subject and this Is the last time 1 will talk about It." Then he flecked his whip over a eplendld pair of horses he was working Into shape on the lialf-mile stretch of macadamized roadway leading to the Sandy Point farm and drove rapidly off. Mr. Vanderbllt does not give any indication in-dication that his enforced absenco from New York Is worrying him at all. He Is growing rather stout and has a color that shows that he has been much In the open air of late. |