The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-14
TWo POLICEMEN ARRESTED
zu,RcED WITH AGREEING TO Ac-
CEPT A BRIBE OF SPS.

-..,r Accuser nm Engineer. who YVES to Give
-. Amount for y License Go Run n Sta
,,.,,ry Engine-sarksd Money Given 10
o,e or the Policemen Before wItnessc-.
Policeman John II. Lilly Of II West 172d
.,,set and Policeman John @. Henderson of 534
Tas, 10Th street who are attached to the
pouer Inspection Bureau at Police Hcadquar-
,ors. we're arrested yesterday afternoon on a
sh.rve OF agreeing to accept q bribe of 1926 from
frederick Van SteinberR, an applicant for an
engineers certificate. Lilly had the $c5 In
.s nossession when he was arrested. Lilly and
henderson are detailed as examiners. The
,tory of Van steinberg, as related to a sun re-
norter last night by Lawyer Louis J. Grant, who
!, tho counsel for Lilly, is as follows;
yan s~teinberg said no went to Police Head
quarters yesterday morning to take the
examination for an engineers license. He
vent to tho bureau of the Boiler In
snector. on the third floor. Sergeant Null
Inns was in charge, but was busy. When no
rot into tho room ho encountered Lilly and
Henderson,, who, no says, told him he couldn't
mass an examination unless he fixed it." Van
ateinberg, according to Mr.. Grants under.
standing. said:
"well, l have already fixed It,"
One Of the policemen. according to Steinberg,
said: with whom r. and Stoinberg replied:
.with an engineer downtown" He gave tho en-
eineer's name. but Mr.. Grant did not remember
\. s~teinbcrg added:
"I gave him $40 before I came up" Then,
according to his story, the policeman said:
"well, that don't go up here. The best thing
you can do is to 60 down and get your money
and get 1t up here. This Is the place to drop
your sugar IL you have any"
To this Van Steinberg says no replied that he
would 60 to tho engineer with whom he had
"hxed' It and see what he could do with him.
II agreed to meet tho policemen in the rear of
Headquarters at Mott street at noon. He said
no did meet them. and told them he had boon
to see the engineer. but had not been
able to find him and couldn't get his
$40 back, but he would try to make other ar
rangements and meet the policemen at 4 o'clock
agreed among themselves that he was to be on
the second floor at the head of the stairs. and
from the third floor at 4:30 O'Clock. After
making this arrangement according to Mr..
S Slan went ah to the ofiiee Of ~ an me en SsGrs: an nse,s.
he ts tSI r 5hs story or po The editor YST sSsisSd him na to 20
and they went to Headquarters. together and
reported the matter to Deputy Chief Cortright.
Grant, in whose district the Boiler Inspection
s ssy,'f sh. ysn m sssiase5 e. e dEs ss sss in o1 .hsn and %
meet the policemen as agreed. and, Il they asked
for the money. to Civ II to thom. Van steinborg
at half past 1 o'clock. Deputy Chief Cortright
and Grant stood in tho doorway of Deputy Chief
going on. Henderson and Lilly came down.
stairs. Henderson walked on out Of the build
Ing; and sn aatlly y. Il is s "&s shiopB Bs1o neS 1eH Van Eo sss sbe
VAN s;teinberg said he had and handed it to
men who were concealed. The Deputy Chief
stepped, from his hiding place. and calling to
A' "ESom meP b %e. | fU want u to see you a s minute"
Lilly came back. and the Deputy Chief ordered
eortr RI lSsp Sesus st Iii Lilly H of Having SRf sa i in 1h @ S1llssi
, D%'i Yss,a ssi% Eiii IT, ~ hi hs " s the bills; ,,I I ws.
Era Ten him what this man had been trying to
Well, that's all right. we'll SEQ about that
later" and o he Put Lilly under arrest: Lilly was
H fe,a In s5Io was oa arre %asfn later ne Pr at his home on en aHd
was also held in 81, 900 bail, which he furnished.
The two policemen will be arraigned in the
Policeman John G. Henderson, said last night.
in relation, to the charges made by Van Stein
Sineecrs' licenses. Van steinbere came in about
IL o'clock this morning to be Examine for a
ary engine. We gave him an oral examination.
and found he was not qualified, to- receive q
.Sinss,' a he ' ssa s s97s LIZ w. that to a he n and 81 ,af fsa
name of Dixon, an engineer somewhere on
Broome street. Dixon was to keep So. and SO
was to be used to fix the examiners.
Dixon. and, II he would not give back the $40.
TO have him arrested by the nearest officer.
And further. to come back with the $40 and we
woul d explain the case to the Sergeant. We
met him coming back, al Mott and Houston
him II he got the money, and he said MOI that
Dixon was out and would be In at 8.
II told him we would BIO at the station up to
4 o'clock, and to como back. A t A. as we were
about to leave. we met Van Steinberg in the hall.
lacked II he got the money. He said he had,
1nd said: Il took him by the throat like this,
and told him I would pull his neck off
/ did not get it back Van Stein
berg took Lilly by the throat to show
what he did. walked on downstairs. and left
him talking to Lilly and came home. I don't
know what happened after ! left, exactly. Lilly