OCR Text |
Show BROTHER-IN-LAW OF ROOSEVELT SIGNS AN AFFIDAVIT New York, Jan. 28. Uncertain as to what action would be taken on the suggestion of District Attorney Je-I Je-I rome in the case of the government suit against the New York World for libel, that the federal authorities permit per-mit him to proceed in their stead was in a measure removed today by the signing of an affidavit by Douglas Robinbon, brother-in-law of the President Presi-dent It Is believed that by this means Mr. Robinson has accepted Mr. Jerome' Je-rome' proposition to appear as a complaining witness and that the county grand Jury is proparlng to take the matter in hand. Mr. Jerome declared, however, ho had received no reply from either Attorney At-torney General Banaparte or District Attorney Henry. L. Stlmson as to what course the government propose! to take. Until ho received assurance that such right of way would bo given him, he 6ay9, he can do nothing. Another visitor received by Mr. Jerome Je-rome today was Jonas Whitley, a representative rep-resentative of William Nelson CroLi-well. CroLi-well. Ho left after signing a deposition. deposi-tion. This la understood to recite the fact that the day before the publication publica-tion of the alleged libelous article, Mr. Whltloy called at the office of the World and notified those in charge of the paper that allegations In the article ar-ticle were untrue. |