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Show SNOW'S SIDE OF CASE Gives His Version of Trouble in New York. SAYS HE LOST NOTHING According to Mr, Snow's Statement Ho Went Into the Mnttcr to Asalst In Arrest of Confidence Men and With the Assuranco That lie Would Bo Tiotccted Against Publicity Pub-licity Says Mastorson's 810,000 Suit la a BluiT and Criticises tho Newspapers. ileorge A Snow seetcrday gave out a signed statement ot his side of his recent trouble with lint Mnstcrsnn and others In New York Mr Snow snjs ho deplores the public Ily of the matter, but dealres that his stor bo given out m Hint It will come in the attention nf file nds In the West whom ho cannot see crsonnllj The manager of cine of the unit i.nke pnpeis" lefertcd tn by Mr Miovv wns not the in dinger of The Tribune which has nt nil times been rcncl In publish anj statement Mr Snow might make I enrlng on the nnttei Mr hncm s statement follows To th Pulilli -Now Hint the Kill Like press seems to ho about through with lis guessing, tirade of abuse rldhule and misrepresentation icspectlng me and m reeent experience In New cirk I think It but J 1 1 -1 to ni)setr, fiunllj and ftlcuds, that I miko lids statemrnt I Irst nnd singular us It ma seem, prior to m nrrlvnl In Salt Like 1 Ind not Iteen approached b) a single r pre-senlntlie pre-senlntlie of the Halt Like press and asked for my side of the stor Itnther has It seemed lo tie content to publish one side, nnd Ihat the gibberish of that notorious nnd loud-mouthed Hat lnster-son, lnster-son, whom I neur saw In my life until he wns piled Into a cab and on bis wn The facts nre these I went to New vork on business nnd ptuvsuro and stopped nt tho Waldorf A verv smooth commence mnn b the nnme of Leopold 1 rank eilled on me nnd clibnet to have been Introduced lo me at lint Hprlngs, Ark Inst Manh He also c rofessed an acquaintance with n number of my t'lnh friend He rtna)l submitted a i reposition, reposi-tion, which according to his represent i. tlons wouii make me eousldernble mono, but 1 was not then asked lo put up n dillnr Laler I was Introduced to n man who npprartd nt Hie Waldorf In full evening dress nnd who represented himself him-self ns being engaged In the rattle busl-ness busl-ness In Mlselsslnpr nnd lids fellow was to put up 20i) I was convince,! that tho deal was not straight nn 1 th H If Ibis woulil lose ll the following da), nnd I hinted this lo him but he claimed nn ne-qiialntnneo ne-qiialntnneo of several vrnrs' slnndlng with Ibis mnn Prank nnl considered him sirilghtfnrwnrd I hnd nn thought of inclining in-clining In tho undertaking, but believing ns I did thnt this cattleman would cer-tnlnly cer-tnlnly lose his mnncv. 1 brought tho matter mat-ter lo the intention of the nsslslunt man-nger man-nger nf the Waldorf who suggested a conference with the chief detective of Iho hotel, nnd he, without my knowledge, took the mntter up with Capt Tims, the chief of the city detective service, nho nt onco detailed two of Ids cleverest men on tho ense t wns asked, ns a special favor, to aid In landing these crooks, and was Informed Hint lliei had fleeced ono prominent mnn nut nf III nn nnd another oul of Iliid.i nnd no telling how man.) others, who had failed to report How-ever, How-ever, under promise of protection ngalnst nny ptibllcll), or of m appearance in court either ns n complnlnnnt or a witness, wit-ness, 1 consented to aid Hie detrctlves tiy carrvlng on negotiations The following diy this alleged cattleman claimed he hnd lost nbout III ii on the rates, nnd nn tho denl could not bo carried through unless LflOfii vvns rnlsed. It was 'up to me' to put up this amount, or forego ni share or the profits so 1 agreed lo put It up Menntlme I wns reporting to tho detectives detec-tives nnd working under lhelr directions, whllo ihey In turn wero shadowing the crooks Iho plan carried nnd when I reported to ie "skinned," 1 wns supposed to have llli.i.) with me, when In fact I had but eleven II bills At the appointed moment Hie house (a private residence) wns rnliled nnd Iho nooks, together with their crooked pnrnphern ilia, wero taken Into custody. Tho detectives elnlmcd thnt Masterson and n fellow giving the name of Maunders were pla)lng the part of 'outer watches' and had been shadowing me for several da)s, i resinnably for the purpose of sat-IsDIng sat-IsDIng thriiiarlcvs ns to whither 1 wns "on to Hie game," hence they were or-rrsled or-rrsled before the house wns rallied I wish It clearly understood thai no arrests were mnde nt my request, neither was I a Kimplilnant or witness In court as 111" records will show Just us Mnslerson vvns stnrtlng for Jail he cnlled mo by namo from Hie enh nnd said he wanted to sreak to me, nnd nt tho officer's request I stepped over lo benr what he hnd to sny Ho staled ho wns a cousin or a Salt Lake friend nf mine vvhu was then In New lork, and nsked mo. nn n favor to him, to tell this friend that ho wns In trouble, which I did Nnturnlly enough, these crooks were sore hciuuse 1 lipped the denl orf. and ns the) sinned for Jail threatened mo with a couple of columns In tho i npers The reporters who wero hovering round the Jail woie refused any Information bevond that shown by tho court records, nut when Mnslerson wns relensed on ball the reporters grabbed ids story of Injured Innocence ns a sweet morsel and rushed Into print in bhr headlines, head-lines, then called on me iho following day for my stntement, but I courteously declined de-clined to be Interviewed Muslerenu'a bluff suit of tin isn amounts to nothing, nnd I doubt If II ever comes up for trial. With my answer I tiled affidavits nf tho two officers who mode the arrest, setting forth the rart Ihat I wns In no wny re-sponsible re-sponsible for it, nnd Hint I knew nothing of It for more than nn hour nfter It occurred oc-curred I conducted myself, ns I aim to do nlwn)s. In n gentleman!) manner, nnd did nothing to bring dlsciedll upon anyone any-one I never lost a dollar In New 1c-t clt), nellher wns 1 a more 'conspicuous ngure nround no co.rllors of Iho Waldorf Wal-dorf ' than other guests 1 have never seen the Inside of Hie Wnltorf wtneroom, while tho statement made by one of tho Kilt Luke papers that I was 'discussing sporting matters nnd deplored the fact tliat gambling houses wero not running wide open In New lork ns they were In the West," Is painfully ridiculous nnd linirue i couicsH inai i 1011110 ic stiuu. mlsinko hi attempting lo do nn unnppre-dative unnppre-dative public n fuvor by exposing Hits iiowd of crooks, while 1 nm not n little sirprlsed that my home papers should be so keen to till o uitv intngc of rp nb since nnd the ipporttmlty to outriiKO nnd ridicule me an I untnrruss my fumll) 1 have mnde nnd lost money In veil Ions ventures, nnd have iven been "skinned," lull I hnvo usually been counted ns a cheerful loser nt least I wns never before licensee! of being h ' squealer " I never nsked nor expected an) favors at the hands of Iho nnslcrn prise, but I did wire tin. manager of one of tho Salt Like pnpers, nnd nskel thnt his New lork correspondent cutl to see me nl once for u statement of fncts bit this courtesy wns denied me VMIh the above stnte. inent 1 shull leave vou to draw our own conclusions as tn how fur 1 have been fairly treated nnd correctly reported In Justice to I'npt Titus ilnd oilier off! clnls In New 1 ork I wish lo sny that they Ire eted mo with the utmost fnlmcss and consideration nnd did ull In lhelr power to prevent nny pnbllrit) of my connection with tho case Mr lerome, the prosecuting prosecut-ing nttorney sent for mo several limes and urged me to Join the detectives who made tho nrrcst, nnd go beforo tho grand Jurv and havo the wbolo crowd Indleted, but In view of the untilr treatment accorded ac-corded me by the pi res I declined to take such action ""PlTon A SNOW. |