The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-14
PHILBIN SEEKING DEVERY.
The New York Police Scandal
Takes a New Turn.
Commissioner Murphy Called Upon
to Produce His Deputy and Ward
Hnn Glennon Captain Diamond
Misunderstanding Whituey's story.

| NEW YORK. Aug. 13.-District Attor-
| ney Phibin called on Police Commissioner
| Murphy today to produce Deputy Com
/ missioner Devery and his former ward
| man. G!ennon, before the district attor-
| ney at once. Devery has not communi-
Gated with Colonel Murphy since the po
| lice scandal was disclosed. Nobody at
| police headquarters seems to doubt that
| he will be here for the police trials on
| Thursday.
There are no warrants out for either
| Devcry of Glennon Devery. with all his
| family, left Saratoga for New York to-
night. 1t is said that the recall rather
puzzled MIR. Devery at first He could
| not quite understand what it meant.
Until the despatch was delivered he had
not the slightest intention of leaving
Saratoga for a couple of weeks at least.
Justice Jerome assisted by Frank Moss
and Assistant District Attorney Schur-
| man. continued his investigation today to
| find out how much OF Edgar A. Whitneys
confession that poolroom proprietors had
been warned of raids by the police could
be corroborated. After seven hours
secret session in the Special Sessions
Chambers, in the course of which nine
witnesses were examined. Justice jerome
!.
Some of the testimony already taken
corroborates Whitney's statement. Other
testimony. along different lines and drawn
out by questions asked, without special
reference to Whitneys statements, has
furnished new and valuable evidence.
This enquiry. which is merely to deter
mine whether or not there is sufficient
cause to make arrests, will continue all
day tomorrow any way, and may last
through the week.
"A transcript of Whitney's confession
and all of this testimony is to be sent to
the Attorney General of the State, in ac-
cordance with request from Governor
OdeII"
Whitney was examined for while and
thereafter was recalled occasionally to
repeat parts of his statement for COM
parison with the testimony of some of the
other witnesses. The principal witnesses
today We're Captain Vredenburgh. of the
Oak Street station; Captain Cannon. of
the East Twenty-second Street station;
Peter De Lacey, whose poolroom on Park
Row was closed on Friday, just after the
Parkhurst Society's bogus tip had been
sent out over the police headquarters
telephone wires, and NJ. r. Brennan,
superintendent of the telegraph bureau at
poiiCe Heaugudft eIS, through WHICH ue-
partment, according to Whitneys confess
sion. warnings of raids were customarily
sent by the police to poolroom men.
Capt. Thomas ]. Diamond, of the East
Fifth Street police station. was indicted
by the grand jury today on a charge of
willful neglect of duty. The charge is one
of misdemeanor in that he willfully failed
to suppress a disorderly house at q
StuyyeSant Street run by Lena Schmidt
who paid Diamonds ward man, Bissert,
$3.50 protection money last January, for
taking OF which Bissert is now under sem
tence of five and one-half years imprison-
ment and 81, 90 fine.
When Commissioner Murphy, up at po-
lice headquarters. heard of Captain Dia-
mund's Indictment he promptly issued an
order suspeudins him pending the dis
position OF his case in the courts.