File:Clarence V.C. Van Deusen in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle on 5 March 1897.jpg

Clerk Van Deusen Held. The Case Sent To The Grand Jury. Justice Walsh Thought That There Were Reasonable Grounds for This Action. Mr. Ridgway's Plea. Justice Walsh this morning held Clarence V. C. Van Deusen, formerly ballot clerk of the board of elections, for the grand jury. Van Deusen was arrested, charged with having stolen from the city 1,000 books of instructions to election officers and sold them to police departments of New York city. The story of the alleged larceny and the subsequent hearing before Justice Walsh has already been told in the Eagle. The accused and his counsel, Mr. James W. Ridgway, were in court soon after 10 o'clock this morning. Mr. Ridgway stepped up to the bench and asked Justice Walsh what he intended to do in the case. "From the evidence," replied the magistrate, "I will be forced to hold Van Deusen for the motion of true grand jury." "I'm sorry," said Mr. Ridgway, "for that In any event will be the end of the case. We will have to wait all our lives before the case Is called for trial, for I do not believe I that the evidence against Mr. Van Deusen is of a strong enough character to result in a'! conviction." "There Is no question in my mind," replied Justice Walsh," that this property belonged to the city." "That Is true enough," returned Mr. Ridgway, "but to my mind the culprit is not Mr. Van Deusen. The initial proceedings for the purchase of the property came from General Rodenbaugh of the board of elections of the city of New York. Mr. Van Deusen simply referred him to Printer Speth. The books were sent from Brooklyn to New York with the understanding that Speth was only borrowing them and that he was to supply others in their place. It was not until months afterward and to bolster up this charge of larceny that he was paid with a check for $50. There had been other financial and business transactions between Speth and Van Deusen and the defendant, I think, was perfectly justified in believing that the $50 was paid on some other account" Justice Walsh then formally declared that Van Deusen was held for the grand jury. His bond for appearance for trial was fixed at $1,000 and a friend named Jacobson went ball for him. Van Deusen, his counsel and his bondsman, left court together.

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