New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-18
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10 take cognizance of il in the way they did to
punish him for an admission of guilt Under
other circumstances the Senator said. the Com
missioners would be acting properly In suspend
ing subordinate who confessed to wrongdoing.
Under the circumstances, Creeden may ne al
lowed 10 retire n pension. as he cannot be
punished for his testimony before the COM
nittee.
Senate, !exow was asked yesterday II a cap
tain or cx-captan. now under indictment. could
save himself from conviction and imprisonment
BY going before the committee and making run
confession and ne replied tina; it might be Tor me
committee TO determine If such CONCESSION would
be received. 1t might depend he said on the I'M
portance Of the confession to the State. lie was
Inclined to think that indicted official VINO
was allowed to make a full confession to the COM
mittee would be thereby protected as state Wit
ness and could not be convicted
THE DEPARTMENT STIRRED Up
Assistant District-Attorney Lindsay was in con-
sultation with counsel for the committee on that
subject yesterday. and the case of Policeman
Thorne was talked Thorne may tell his
story 70 the committee witness for the state
although he was indicted before he made his con-
fession 10 Mr. Lindsay. The confession or cap
tain Creeden that he purchased captaincy for
SIS COO and the confession of Policeman Augustus
J. Thorne. who is under Indictment Tor Drioe!!
and who is said to have implicated several cap
tains have stirred the Police Department in such
a way that it is shivering and quaking under the
hard knocks il has received. Awe ana consterna-
ton prevail in police circles There is a leeHhs
of alarm in the whole department. The report
that Thorne confessed and told all about the sys-
tenn of blackmail which he said prevailed IN tne
Fifth Precinct during MS years OF service '"ei''
caused a sensation. -
The Board of Police would find Itself III a qudil-
Diary should Captain Creeden ask TO ne p!acea on
the retired list. In accordance with rule estao-
ished recently all applicants for retirement must
be examined by the Board of Surgeons as TO their
fitness to perform police duty. ana the Con"is
IRA
the force EXCEPT those who have been declared
permanently DISABLED. SO far as health Is con
cerned. Creeden is well able to perform uu!! Iul
several years TO come How the Coiii'i'!S -,
would get around the position they nave TAKEN II,
the other retirement cases no one can tell onv i
they decide to retire Creeden IN oruei 10 e. 'l' 80
off the force there will surely he an uprising u
the other men whose applications have peeh
pending in cases for months ana VIZ ~, ~
clare they are entitled to retirement unuer TIE
twenty-year law. ,
General Kerwn while averse to saying inuch
concerning III action Of the Board pam! an. ~,
timated that he was Of the opinion that Creeueh
should he nunished He said: Il voted to put
CAPTAIN Creeden back on duty because ~ Wa
the wish Of the committee that the poald shov u.
restore him. feeling that II we ora ,ot connectinn
with part of the investigation OF me fo ,e
Department. But want to say risnt NJ poiice
believe IN maintaining the dignity OF the ~. ~.
BOARD and the Commissioners should cohtrol uie
discipline Of the force. II the Board Is on! -
be a fiCurehead, II should be wiped out OF eA
istence. and II | am onl! 70 DC d "S"'
want TO 60 out or H.
TBORNE BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.
The fact that Policeman Thornc whose con-
<ossion IN Saturday was understood TO implicate
ely or seven police captains In blackmail during
their various periods of service at the Leohafu-
Ct station was closeted with Assistant District
Attorney Lindsay for two hours yesterday IN
Mr. Lindsay's Office in the Criminal Courts ou'.u-
ing. and was afterward taken before me HIan1 an.
Jury was regarded as presumptiVe evidence ,'iae
indictments had been found In seVeral Oh NY. wv.
cases Mr. Lindsay is the Assistant Dls',iC.-
Attorney who draws UT the important ihu -
ments. and it was In his presence ana umuv
= questioning that ThOrne made his accusa,ois
confession on saturday The indicted police
mans amended statement yesterday was salu
. 10 supply a number Of deficiencies In the eNl,
dence against his former superior officers. ana
TO add several links connecting them Win CT
After his session with Mr.; Lindsay, Inorne was
escorted before Colonel Fellows, VINO pu' tne -
ward man Of the Fifth Precinct through ms
facings again. with the assistance OF Assistant
District Attorney .ohn +. Mcintyre
Thorne was In citizens clothes wnen ne sase
his testimony before the Grand Jury. Al the
same time another man. apparently an l,aiIdii
taken before the Grand Jury u,t,h PracInrt
the place Of bootblack al the Firth freclhC'
Station under a long recession OF captains, ana
being Of an observant turn OF nina ana DOSES,
ing a retentive memory. had gathered lui.u
n. Information which was utilized in corrooorat-
ing Thorne's discriminating declarations. IL was
said that some Of the captains nag uusteu 'i' ~
hootb,ack to collect the stipend coming 70
them from various haunts OF wee ana crime
when the ward man was too busy with weisHueI
matters of revenue , . , ,h.
Integrity Of all the captains under whom ne
served except Acting Captain Norman Wester-
welt. Mr. Lindsay In reply 10 gaes'iOnS Pu1 was
taken 70 mean that Westervelt was the oniy
man who had commanded the Fifth Precinct
in the last four. Ave years who was not am,
niica,ed In SO doing Nj Lindsay confirmed
nrev,ous statements Of Thorne regarding Wester-
welt.
INDICTMENTS PROBABLY FOUND.
II was understood at m. that the Grand
Jury had found three indictments in police cases
and that bench warrants were issued accord
ingly Besides Westervelt. the men whom
Thorne served under at the Leonard-st station
were Captains Joseph B. Eakns, Jacob Seibert
John T. Stephenson, convicted OF bribery last
week: Thomas NJ Ryan. Max Schmittberger
who is under indictment for accepting a bribe
Adam A. Cross dismissed by the Police Board,
and Acting Captain William O'Tooe.
The three indictments found were understood
to be against sergeants OF the Iecnard-st. STA
ton Their names will be concealed by the Dis
trict-Attorney and his assistants until the men
shall be arrested. but they are believed to be
scrgeants who were on duty there whhe Ihofhe
was attached 10 the station
detective Sergeant William Gerichten who was
sent TO execute some Of the warrants found by
the Grand Jury against police officials. returned
W. tho District Attorneys Office shortly after 4
D. m and reported that no arrests would be mace
Yesterday They were postponed. IL was saio I'M
iii early this morning. ,.
The report Of the finding Of indictments against
nolce captains caused intense excitement III
nearly every police station In the city, ana pohce
mont on their beats showed their interest ana
anxiety on the subject by frequently stopping
newspaper men to inquire for the latest news on
the subject -, 49,. .arao
ohiv surprised BY the way in which his feHow,
natrolmen met him after his release on pan ana
return TO duty. Il feared that mao i,,o" ea
,hnir enmity by taking the course nave ne
said but IT was exactly the contrary They re-
ceived me with the greatest kindress. ana soon
made me understand that they Were WV. a,,,ias in
III ,hat 7 made more friends than enemies III