The sun., 1901-08-04
PaIBN IS GOING HIGHER UP.
ooL MURPHY HOPES HrLL GET
TIE GUILTY INTO JAIL.

m EmpasaeAny Ne sy.eetay WIN
rnem-Decsnt Pslies0sa Pes, That
v.y. rse-Prssecutasa May Net Step
A Csptais-ssvesal Are oUpeots.
:, -.s said at the District Attorneys
os,os yesterday that not only CAPT. Dia-
.,ond. but other police captains IN whose
n..c,nc.s Woo has besn known 70 nourish.
.i,, bs hunted down BY District Attorney
us,,hIn. Moreover. the investigation about
20 n. begun by the District Attorney will
,ncluds officers IN ths department 'higher
up' than captains.
poioe Commissioners Murphy was ssksd
,.asrtay what be was going to do now
that Bissert had been oonvictsd. He
said:
Attorney this morning Informing No that
ms.ert had been convicted. Ihave written
him to send mo the papsss In the oass.
Including the record Of ths conviction.
According to well.informsd lawyers with
vbom have talked. n Win not b proper
for me to drop Bissert from the rolls Of the
Police Department until after b has been
.sntsnced. When that has bseu done hs
will b dropped
COL Murphy was informed Of The runor
that the District Attorney was prepar-
hs to proceed against Capt. Diamond.
Bissert's superior ofhoer.
III Capt. Diamond b guilty. By God.
hope he IL Convicted said the Colonel
VI unusual energy. II he = convicted.
he Will be dropped from the department.
just "a Bissert will be.'
whsn he was told Of the report that
Bissert would turn States evidence against
hs captain, the Commissioner replied that
II Diamond was guilty he hoped that Bis
ssrt would do that very thing. Tho Com
missioner really seemed very anxious to
eet all the guilty mon out Of the depart
ment.
A Sun reporter had . confidential talk
yesterday With . policeman. who was sure
that bis name would not be divulged, In
reference to the conviction OF Bissert.
The patrolman, who was ono Of the ap-
polntees Of the Roosevelt Police Board,
said that he personally know Of dozens
Of patrolmen who were highly elated.
I'm bet" said this officer, that can
and 500 patrolmen on the upper West Side,
where most OF my acquantAnces are,
who will tell you that they are glad Bssert
has been convicted. There are a lot of
men on the force who don't relish being
looked upon as pimps. They are men
with wives and daughters that don't wear
diamonds wrlng from the shame OF fallen
women. and they don't want their neigh
bors TO look upon them as Bissert and his
kind have caused the public to do Most
Of the men on the force come from hard
working honest parents. They have good
mothers, daughters and wives, and they
would no sooner take the money OF
prostitute through the channel. Of
police corruption than they would 90
earning. Of a Haymarket hsbituee. They
have felt the degradation Of the
aurs against all policemen that
that have BEEN appearing In the newspapers,
and which are strongly In the public mind,
and Mr.. Bissert wont get any sympathy
from them. Tho policemen who are In
the gang that b making the money may
one Of their own. but the rank and nls wont
do II In q matter like this. I don't deny
that there are lot Of men on the force
who stretch things on the witness stand
in ordina5Z oss:s e save each Other. but
Mr. Phlbin will proceed In his investi-
sations with great caro- and deliberation.
he has spoken to no one Of his plans save
his assistants who have received his in
strictions as TO the lines along which eT-
denoe Is to be obtained II is said that
no will consult with Recorder Gon, Justice
Jerome, Capt r. Norton Goddard, Frank
Moss and others who have practical knowl-
edge OF police affairs, as to the best methods
Of procedure.
Mr. Philbin believes that In every pre-
cinct In which vice has thriven there Is at
least one keeper Of q disorderly house who,
II protection from the police Is guaranteed.
will tell OF the relations existing between
him or her and the police. The fact that
one disorderly house exists In q precinct
is sufficient to warrant the indictment OF
the captain Of that precinct BY the Grand
Jury.
There Ia nothing to believe In the story that
Blssert will turn States evidence against
Capt Diamond. The wardmsn's friends
laugh at the tale and point out that even II
Bissert should 60 free for doing 30 his free-
dom would be made far worse Tor him than
Incarceration. He will serve his term
and then he will be taken care Of" IL what
his friends say. Bissert, on the advice
Of his counsel, refuses to see reporters.
CATS AFTER PARK SOEIRREIa