The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-13
THE GOTHAM TANGLE
REFORM CRUsADE's WORK REACH
ING A CRISIS.
WHITNEY'Ss VITAL EVIDENCE,
NO DETAILS GIVEN OUT BY COURT
or OFFICERS.

Attorney for Society for Prevention
of Crime, District and Assistant
Attorneys and the Justice Hold
Consultation as 10 Best Method of
Procedure-DeputyP Police Commits
sioner Devcry at Saratoga and Re-
fuses TO Talk of the Matter at Is
sue.
New York, Aug. 12.-Edgar A. Whit
ney, the man who made a statement to
Justice Jerome on Saturday in which
ey from many pool room operators.
was interviewed to-day in the Tombs.
He said:
MY relations with the police head
quarters were merely those OF a bust
ness man. l went to headquarters sew
eral times in connection with my pr-
vate business as a detective for the
firm of Burgdorf & Whitney. 1 will
not say whether l saw Chief Devery
outside police headquarters. While l
deny that l arranged with Chief Dew
cry at police headquarters connections
through the police telephone operators
with the precincts, I do not say that
Chief Devery did not make arrange
ments."
Police Commissioner Murphy said to-
day that he did not feel called upon
to take the initiative in making an in
vestigation of Deputy Commissioner
Devery or Wardman Glennon in con-
nection with the alleged tipping of
poolroomsI He said he had asked Dis
trict Attorney Philbin to make prompt
and forcible prosecution of both men
in case the evidence in the District At
torney's possession should indicate
them to be guilty.
Deputy Police Commissioner Devery
who is at Saratoga, declined to be in
terviewed to-day concerning the state
ment made by Whitney
Gov. Odells private secretary, James
C. Graham, called on District Attorney
Philbin to-day. He delivered a letter
from the Governor requesting the dis
trict attorney to inform him as soon as
possible of all the facts in the recent
accusations against the police depart
ment. Mr.. 'Philbin said he was not in
a position to give the facts at once,
but would communicate with the Gov
ernor in few days.
Immediately after the proceedings
before Justice Jerome in which the
cases against Whitney and Burgdorr
were put over until Wednesday a cen-
ference was held between the justice,
Frank Moss of the Society for the Pre-
vention of Crime and Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Schurman, with others,
from his office The conference was in
the nature of a judicial inquiry to go
over the evidence now in the hands Of
the authorities as to alleged police cor
ruption and to decide on further steps
in the prosecution of offenders yet to
be named. Whitney and Burgdorf were
submitted to a further secret examina-
tion.
Deputy Supt. Hammond and Agent
Dillon of the Society for the Preven-
tion of Crime brought a mysterious
witness. into the room, and it is said
the man gave evidence corroborative of
that given by the two prisoners as to
the acceptance of money believed to
have reached the police from illegal re-
sorts.
Asked as to what had taken place
Justice Jerome refused to go into de-
tails. He said, however, that he had
received a letter from Gov. Odell re-
garding the alleged acceptance of mon
ey by the police and that he had an
swered 1t. He would not give out the
letter or answer. An impression seems
to prevail that as a result of the in
jury warrants will be issued to-mor-
row.
David A. Carvalho, the handwriting
expert, was one of the persons who en-
tered the room. He remained for about
an hour. 1t Is stated that he went
over the fragments of the papers which
Whitney tore up when arrested Friday
and threw from a window and which
We're recovered and were pasted togeth-
er. 1t was also said that Mr.. Carvalho'
examined some checks and other papers
in the case.