New-York tribune., 1872-10-07
A STARTLING ACCUSATION.
THE JERSEY CITY CHIEF OF POLICE AND DE
TECTIvE ARRESTED FOR COMPLETELY WITT
BANK ROBBERS.

THE JERSEY CITY CHIEF OF POLICE AND A DE-
TECTIyE ARRESTED FOR COMPLETELY WITH
BANK ROBBERS.
The trial of Dennan and Proctor, charged
with an attempt to enter the First National Bank OF
Jersey CITY, concluded in tho Hudson County court
OF Oyer and Termner on Saturday afternoon The men
had arrested In June, during the absence OF CheI
of Police Mcwilams. Foley, who had been indicted
with the Others. pleaded guilty and was remanded ior
sentence Proctor and Dennan have remained IN prison
awaiting trial, which begun on Friday seVerAi
witnesses were produced both Sides and tho jury,
after charge from Judge Depue, returned Verdct Oh
guilty and the prisoners remanded for sentence
While this business transactlng in the Courtroom
an astonishing act in going on outside On
Friday afternoon A. O. Garretson, DistrctAtorney OF
Hudson County, appeared before Justice Aldridge ana
testified that he has just to suspect that Edward
L. McWilliams, Chief of the Police, did, with others
who have already been indicted commit the
said crime before the fact, and was TO share In
the profits thereof" A similar affidavit was
presented against Detective Doyle. Orders Of arrest
were issued by Justice Adrdge against both, and on
Saturday morning McWilams and Doyle were arrested
posed to waive an examination intimang that tho JUS
lice would not be likely TO deal fairly with him. as the
Justice of the Grand Jury which last Spring
indicted McWllliams and other city officials for con
spracy to defraud the city The prisoners were theTf
ted to bail by Judge Depew in $4,000 eaeh 1homas =.
Brown and Police Commissioner Thomas E1monst0n
becoming security for Mcwiliams aud Patrick Doyle,
Patrick Wheelan and II. j. Boile for Doyle. In the
course OF the hearing before Judge Depue, DisTict-A
t0rney said that he had made the adavs in
the case upOn satisfactory evidence not only That tho
accused knew hat the attempt at burglary was making,
but that they had made preparations for 1t and secured
men to do the work. 1t is rumOred that Garrets0n
learned in way that certain friends OF the imprs-
oned burglars meet in Jersey CITY To devise ways
and means assist their comrades out of their difficulty
He procured the of ex-Chief of Police Davies
of HObOken. who overheard all that was SAID, ana
learned from the conversation that McWnliams and
DOYLE were implicated in the attempted robbery.
Another story is that Foley, who pleaded guilty on the
preliminary examination, has since turned states eV
dence GarretOn neither admits nor denies either OF
these stories but firmly maintains the strength OF the
position he has taken. u, o,,.
A TRIBUNE reporter yesterday. called upon the Chief
Police home. No Il Grandst and asked for his
version of the affair. " SO help me God, was his en-
phatic response, " know no more OF the matter than
don't know what evidence the Dstrict-Attorney
thinks he has though believe he would not nave taken
the he has except on what he thought was gOou
ground Our personal relations have never been un-
friendly, and can attribute TO him no motive but
desire to do his duty His treatment OF me yesterday
kind could have been expected. III the story
he true about the conversation Overheard by Dawes
then the yeracy Of acknowledged thieves ard also OF
Davies, must be established before their evidence can
harm me- OF the former their character speaks more
strongly than can who do MT know who they are
Of the latter will say that there 40 men in jersey
CITY who would MT believe him under Oath III Foley
has implicated me- then only have the assertion or
professional burglar, made under strong personal ln-
ducements, ~, . -,
frequently visited the prisoners, was faSe lie ad seen
them only two three times To-day communications
from both McWiams and Doyle asking TO be sspehdeu
from duty pending the investigation VIII DC iald DeIOIe
the Police Commissioners.