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Show BLACKINDER HELD TO DiSTRiCT COURT W. L. Cummings Bound Over to Federal Tribunal; Bond Fixed at $3000. GIRL SLEUTH ON STAND Says She Undertook Work as a Lark, but Was Badly Frightened. Surrounded by United States detectives, private detectives, attorneys and some of the city's most prominent people, W. L. Cummings, 22 years of age, sat llko one of stone yesterday and heard numerous witnesses glvo testimony that may send him to the federal prison on a charge of sending a threatening letter to Miss Dorothy Dor-othy Bamberger of this city. United Slates Commissioner Charles Baldwin, before whom the hearing was called, or-dorcd or-dorcd Cummings hound over to the United States district court and that ho be held In jail unless ho can furnish $3000 ball. Cummings. sat beside his attorney, J. Stokos, Jr., and showed less concern than did some of tho witnesses who wero giving testimony. His only Interest was manifested when lie prompted his attorney from time to ilmo during the cross-examination of witnesses. At the end of tho hearing yesterday afternoon ho entered Into a long conversation with his attorney. At the hearing yesterday afternoon, Thomas R. McMannus, a government secret service man, said that he thought E. S. Burge a myth. Mr. McMannus played a rather Important part In the arrest of Cuinnilngs. Ho heard much of the statement made by Cummings Immediately Im-mediately after his arrest and had helped In tho Investigation of the Burge end of the case. Ho said that Cummings claimed Burge had compelled him to write and draw the picture on tho letter. "I think Durgo Is a myth," said Mr. McMannus. Girl Detective Testifies. Stylishly dressed and closely resembling Miss Bamberger. Miss Mona M. McAllister McAl-lister of Greencastlc, Ind., told of her part In the arrest of Cummings. She had been employed by a local detective agency to play tho part of Miss Bamberger Bam-berger to meet the black bander In the Walker building. She testified that she was frightened whan she met Cummings. "I just did It for a lark," said Miss McAllister after the hearing. "I am hero visiting and Just thought I' would have some real excitement while I was at It. I think It would be great furi to be a detective." The hearing began yesterday morning. Peter Goetz, postal clerk, was the first witness to be examined. He Identified the cnvclopo in which the black hand lotter was sent and told of Its progress In the postofflcc. L A. McGee, the local lo-cal postofflce Inspector. Interpreted the ineaning of tho postofflce stamps on the envelope. Describes Arrest. W. L. WUIsIc gavo a dolalled account of tho arrest of Cummings as sender of the threatening letter to Ml3s Bamberger. Bam-berger. Mr. VvlUsle said: On the morning of July 17 r received re-ceived Information from J. Gavlord, my assistant, who was In Miss Bamberger's Bam-berger's apartment In the Hotel Utah, that Miss Bamberger had received a tciepnono message rrom a man who claimed he was the person who had wrllten the letter Instructing her to register at the White houso. He said ho had changed his plans, and Instead of going to the White house he would meet her In front of tho Empress theater the-ater at 6 o'clock that evening. When sho asked him how she was to give tho money, ho said he hadn't thought of that, and again changed the plan. He told her to meet him on the twelfth floor of the Walker Bank building at A 30 o'clock In tho afternoon. after-noon. I got In touch with a woman In the employ of the agency anil gave her Instructions to go to the twelfth floor of tho Walker Bank building, and sent h'cr a sack of washers of about the size and appearance of $1000 In gold. I told the operative not to hand this sack to tho man. hut to wait until he should make a demand for It. Sho was to note carefully the conversation, conversa-tion, and at the time the man reached for the sack she was to tap on tho glass of a door before which she was to stand at the south end of the hall. I was stationed behind the door. Heard Mumbling. Tn about fifteen minutes after she had taken her place and I had arrived, ar-rived, I heard a mumbling conversation, conver-sation, the transom of the door being be-ing open. T could not hear what was said, but waited for the signal. The signal did not come, and T opened the door and asked her who ho was. Sho said the man had Just left I saw a man just turning the corner, but not plainly enough to describe him. other than he wore a lead-colored suit. I received Information the next morning at. the office that Miss Bamberger Bam-berger had been called by telephone from room 435 Atlas building. With two other persons T started for the Atlas building to Intercept the man. Mr. Gavlord. mv assistant, nntlrd n man crossing Pccond South street nnswciing the description of the man Mr. McMannus had seen in Ihe Walker Walk-er Bank building the day before. Onn of tho men accompanying me was a deputy sheriff who works with us at times. T Instructed him to follow this man and learn his Identity, and to find out Just what he did thereafter. We went to room 133 Atlas block and asked Mr. Clark, the man In charge If anyone had telephoned from his office. He described a young man in a striped suit who had endeavored en-deavored to get a number, but failed. He did not know the man At the entrance to the building we saw that the deputy sheriff had crossed the street and had returned with the prisoner. Wo took him to our office and at different times on the wav my assistant, the deputv .sheriff. Ernest Bamberger and I askd him whom he had telephoned to. H admitted telephoning to the HoM Utah to Miss Bamberger. Admitted Telephoning. He gave his name as W. L. Cummings Cum-mings ijnd told us thai ho had met a woman on the twelfth floor of the Walker Bank building. He hod tfle-phoncd tfle-phoncd to Miss Bamberger, he said, the day before, 'and on different occasions oc-casions demanded money from her and had Instructed her to meet hlm at the Empress theater and had changed and told her to meet him In the Walker building Leon Bone, special agent of the department de-partment of Justice, testified as to hearing hear-ing Cummlngs's confession In the United States marshal's office. He also qualified quali-fied as an expert on handwriting and was iure that the handwriting on the letter sent to M1S3 Bamberger was that of Cummings. Alice Hunt, an operator at the Hotel Ltah telephone switchboard, and Eunice Morrie, an operator for the telephone company, tectlflod at to the telephone call that led to Cummlngs's arrest last Friday. Joseph Gavlord. assistant superintendent superintend-ent of the defctlvo azencv which aided In capturing the alleged blackhander, was lb last witness at the morning session of the hearing and the first witness of the afternoon session. He testified concerning con-cerning the alleged conversations between be-tween Cummings and Miss Bamberger on July 17 between 12 and 1 o'clock In the afternoon. Ho said that he had been on the sixth floor of tho Hotel Utah In the Bamberger apartments when the call came In and that It required about three minutes for him to reach the hotel swllchhoard and he connected on the line so that he could overhear tho conversation. conver-sation. He said that In his opinion the conversation lasted about seven minutes. "What were the first words you heard when you were "plugged in on the line?" he was asked. "A masculine volco said. 'At the Empress Em-press theater at G:30 tonight.' " Cried During Conversation. Mr Gaylord said that Miss Bamberger Bamber-ger was crying during the conversation and asked If sho would be harmed. He said that the man telephoning ended the conversation with the words, "1 must go now." Miss McAllister was the next witness called. She practically reiterated the tostlmony of Wlllslc. She said that, when she reached the twelfth floor of tho Walker building she saw two men. One of them said, "Aro you waiting for some one?" Miss McAllister then pointed to Cummings and said he was the man who had spoken to her. She testified that she answered "Yes." She asked Cummings If he was McCor-mick McCor-mick and he said he was McCormlck's man. Cummings told her that McCor-mlck McCor-mlck was downstairs in an autoinoblio. She said that Cummings went dowtf after McCormlck by way of the stairway. She said she did not see him after that. Miss Dorothy Bamberger then took the stand She told the following story: I received the letter Tuesday night at the hotel. After reading It 1 turned It over to my father and mother. I was th,e first to open It and I think It was brought to our rooms by a bell boy at the hotel I heard no moro of the mattqr until the first telephone call on Thursday. Thurs-day. The person calling had called twice beforo that morning and had been told to call at noon. He called about 1 o'clock. Mother answered and then called me. I had been told to keep him on the line as long as possible and I did so. Demanded 'Gold. I first asked him if I might clone the window. 1 thought that would kill time. Tho firat thing he said was. "This is Mr. McCormlck. What are. you going to do?" I told him I was going to give him the money, of course. He asked me If I had the money and I said yes. He asked me In what form and 1 said a check. He told me to got It changed Into gold and 1 said that I would. He then began arranging the meeting meet-ing when I was to give him the money. He changed the place from the White House hotel to the Empress Em-press at il o'clock. I asked him how I was to know him and he said-"You said-"You don't need to know tne. 1 wli know you." I asked him If there wasn't a large crowd usually In front of the Empress theater. He then changed the place to the Walker building. , Tnin '"owcd the cross-examination. In which Attornoy stokes attempted to get Miss Bamberger to say that sho could tell what nationality the man on the other end of the line was by hlH voice. Miss Bamberger said that the person had a good voice and seemed to bo intelligent, but that she was too excited ex-cited to bo able to tell how he pronounced pro-nounced his "Rs" or anything of tho Mr. Stokes then asked her If ths person per-son that called her had a harsh volco. She said no. Then Mr. Stokes started hlBTMr.hsrtokeH'srPar0 the V1C W,th thl'SuS.11 r7pPlB f ,aUffhter -bout Thomas B McMannus. zovcrnmnt fecret service man. wan ti e last witness to testify. Ho gave practical "- the S evidence as tho other detectives. |