Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-20
SEQUEL To LEXOW.
Work of the Special Grand
Jury at New York City.
TEN POLICE OFFICIALS INDICTED,

And All of Them Arrested and Arraisned
An Inspector On the List, Whose Hail
Is Put at $4,000 ON Five Indi ctms hts
Arrests Made ut Police Headquarters
Where the Men Were Ordered for That
Purpose-Ihe Charges Made.
NEW YORK, March 20-All the police
officials against whom indictments were
found by the extraordinary grand jury
were placed under arrest when they went
to police headquarters in the morning
The indicted men are: Inspector William
McLaughlin; Captain Jacob Siebert, Un-
ion Market station; Captain J. J. Dono-
hue, West Twentieth Street station; Cap
tain NJ j. Murphy, West One Hundrcdth
street station; Captain James X. Price,
MacDougall Street station; former Police
Captain William ;. Devery; Wnrdman
Edward Glcnnon (dismissed); Wardman
Edward ; Hill formerly under Captain
PRICE, Wardman Burns dumped his
baiD; Captain John L. Stevenson.
Placed Under Arrest.
The order which came to the superin-
;endcnt from the district attorneys office
was to have all the men there at Ii
O'Clock il the morning. Shortly before
police headquarters. After being p,ac d
under arrest they were conducted 10 the
district attorneys Office by inspectors
Williams and McAvoy. The former had
in his.care Inspector Mclaughlin and
Captains S.ebert. Donohue. Price and
Dcyery. The others walked by the side
OF Inspector McAvov. Superintendent
ByrneS said that the Indictments which
had been handed 10 him were all that had
been found.
In the corridors the captains talked ex-
citedly with their chiefs, but all professcd
ignorance as to what evidence they could
have been indicted on.
MeLaughl.n's I,aiI Fixed at $4,000.
When it was announced that all the
prisoners were wanted in the court of
oyer and terminer, where District Attor-
ney Fellows was waiting to fix the
amount OF the bail, the mer filed into
line and, headed by Inspector Williams,
entered the courtroom. Inspector Will
lam Nc Laughlin was the first called to
the bar. The inspector. pale and tremb-
ling visib!y, was addressed by the clerk
he sad:
'rhere are five indictments against
you
Then Just:c, Ingraham was handed the
papers in the case, and upon the recon-
mendation of District Attorney Fellows
the bail was fixed ut 50 90 The bail on
the first charge was fixed at $1,000 and
ON each of the other four at $500. The
bail in the case of John j. Donohue was
fixed at $500; Michael j. Murphy, SlO,-
90. Ex-Captain William Devery's bail
was fixed at $1,000
Bail Of the Other Men.
In the case of ex-Captain John T.
Stephenson no warrant was issued, as he
is nos under S2j0J0 bail, pending n new
trial for bribery. There are three indict.
| ments against Henry w. Schill. One for
bribery, one for perjury, and one for ex-
tortion. On the first two charges bail
was fixed ut s., Co each, and on the latter
II, coo. Captain Jacob Seibcrt was held
in $4,000 and Captain James r. Price in
s, so for extortion. Edward g. Glennon,
who is under indictment and out on s., 900
bail. had 5000 added. James Burns
as under Indictment and District Attor-
ney Fellows said he had good reason to
believe he would appear to give bail. The
amount WAS not fixed. Carpenter is not
on the force now AMI lives in New York
Indictments Against McLaugiiiin.
As soon rs the focmality Of fixing bail
was over the men were taken back to
the district attorneys office, where the
bondsnen were examined. The indict-
ments against Inspector Mclaughlin al
lege that the offenScs were all committed
while he was in command of the Old
slip station-the First precinct Ea n
indictment contains five counts, four for
bribery and one for cxtortion. The first
Iour counts al!ege that certain sums
were paid to Mclaughlin and received
by him as brib., upon the understand
ing that he was to protect the giver from
police interference. The indictments
agains: Captains Donohuc and Price
charge them with attempted cxtortion in
that they endeavorcd to obtain money
from Jared Fiagg, Jr., by threatening to
prosecute him for renting lits for i'm.
moral purposes.
Accepted - Bribe OF $50.
Captain Murphy is indicted for accept.
ing bride of $50 on April /, 1880, from
Robert Payne, who formerly kept a con-
cert hail on Eighth avenue, to protect
Payne from police Interference. There is
one indictment against Captain Jacob
Seibert for accepting S25 on July Is, 1890,
from Augustus W. Barney, keeper Of the
Magnolia hotel, to protect him from
police interference. Tx Captain Devery
Is indicted for bribery and cxtortion The
specific complaint is that he took $10O
from Francs w. Sergrist, Jr., on May
y, 1874 Seryrist WAS at that time tearing
down n building in Devery's precinct.
Ex-CaptaiD Carpenter entered the court
soon after the other cases had been dis.
posed of and was admitted to bail in the
sum OF $1,000