The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-19
Republican Inspector Will
1iams Escapes the Very
Extraordinary Grand
Jury.
BYRNES MAKES THE ARRESTS
Bail Fixed for the Accused
Polieemen-One or Two
Missing.

NEW YORK. March 10, 1S95.-The i1s
dictments handed in by the Oyer and
Terrniner Grand Jury yesterday involved
ten persons Six were against present
police officials and four against former
members of the department. Eight of the
bench warrants were executed by Super
iltendent Byrnes this forenoon. The in
dicted officials are
Inspector WILLIAM W. MLAUGHLIN
of the Detective Bureau.
Captain JACOB SIEBERT of the Union
Market Station.
Captain MICHAEL ]. MURPHY of the
West One Hundred Street Station.
Captain JAMES K. PRICE of the Mac
dougal Street Station.
Captain JOHN ]. DONOHUE of the
West Twentieth Street Station.
Patrolman HENRY SCHILL Of the
Leonard Street Station.
Ex-Captain1 WILLIAM S. DEVERY. Z
Ex-Wardman EDWARD GLENNON.
ExWardman JAMES BURNS and an
other former member of the department,
whose name for the present is withheld.
Burns is fugitive.
MEN SURRENDER.
Superintendent Byrnes gave out the
names of the indicted officials at twenty
minutes past ten O'Clock this morning.
With the exception of ex-Wardman Burns
and the ex-pollceman not yet in custodys
all the men mentioned surrendered them
selves at Police Headquarters between
nine and ten o'clock.
Inspector Mclaughlin was the first to
put in an appearance. He was followed
in short order by Captains Siebert, Price,
Murphy and Donohue and Patrolman
Schill. Ex-Captain Devery and ex-Ward-
man Glennon came little later
Supt Byrnes personally served the
bench warrants and turned the prisoners
over to the custody of Inspectors Will
liams and McAvoy.
At 1890 o'clock the Superintendent di-
rected the two Inspectors to take their
prisoners to the District Attorneys Office
Inspector Williams took Inspector Nc
Laughlin, eX-Captain Devery, Captain
Siebert and ex-Wardman Glennon. In-
spector McAvoy took Captain Donohue.
Captain Murphy, Captain Price and Pa
trolman Schill. The party left Head
quarters by the Mott street entrance.
The Superintendent has been instructed
to arraign the indicted men at the Dis
trict Attorneys office at eleven o'clock.
Henry Schiu was formerly wardman
seventh street station He was attached
to the Leonard street squad when ex-
Patrolman Edward Glennan was ward
man under Captain Devery in the FL
dridge street station. Both were dis
missed from the force August 2l of last
year They were tried on charges and
dismissed on the evid9> se of Mrs. Schu-
bert and Rhoda Sanfl ID, keepers of dis
orderly houses.
Ex-Wardman James Burns was also
dismissed August q. He was wardman
under Inspector Mclaughlin. when the
latter was captain of the Old Slip Station
He was indicted some time ago for
matchmaking Builder Fitzpatrick, and left
the city, and is now fugitive from
justice. His bail, $1,000, which was fur
nished by Michael F. Lyons. a Bowery
restaurant keeper, was recently forfeited.
IN COURT.
The Court of Oyer and Terminer met
at eleven o'clock today The District
Attorney read out the names of the police
officials indicted. They are:-Inspector
William Mclaughlin, ex-Captain William
S. Devery, Captain John j. Donohue.
Captain M j. Murphy, Captain Jacob
Siebert, ex-Captain John T. Stephenson,
Captain Edward Carpenter (retiredD Cap
tain James j. Price. Wardman Henry
w. Schill, ex-Wardman Edward J. Glen
non, and Wardman James Burns. Judge
Ingraham fixed Inspector McLaughlin's
bail at $4,000 Captain Murphys ball
was fixed at S1o =; Captain Siebert's was
fixed at $4,000; Devery, $4,000; Donohue,
800, and Captain Price, $500; ex-Ward-
man SchilPs bail was fixed at $1,000.
for bribery 5000, for forgery 5000, and
for extortion $1,000, making $1,000 in all.
.Glennon's, the ex-Wardman, bail was
fixed at 5000.
Ex-Captain Stephenson and ex-CaptaiR
Carpenter were not on hand up to noon.
but they were expected at any moment.