New-York tribune., 1901-08-16
'DEVERY'S DOOM PUT OFF
PHILBIN HAS NO CASE AGAINST HIM
AND GLENNoN NOW.
AFTER FLOOD. vREDENBURGH AND DWYER
-n1FFERENr POINTS OF VIEW OF PHIL
BIN. AND OF MOSS AND JEROME.

AFTER FLOOD VREDENBURGH AND DWfEH
DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW OF PHIL
BIN AND OF MOSS AND JEROME.
The net result of five days Of hard work az
examining witnesses in order to corroborate tnA
confession of Edgar A. Whitney. showing crlm-
inal collusion between the police and the gam
blers is that District Attorney Philbin has as
vet no case" against Deputy Commissioner
Deveyy and wardman Edward g. Glennon
Against Captain Flood. Captain Fredenoursh
and Wardman John Dwyer, of Captain Floou
nrecfnct the District Attorney has built up talriy
strong cases.
The investigation will be continued to-day at
o'clock, when the examination OF various wit
nesses will be resumed.
There is a feeling of dissatisfaction In the DIS
trict Attorneys office because the agents OF the
Society for the Prevention of Crime sprung their
tran on the police on Friday last. Mr.. Philbin
and his associates hold that 1t was done prema-
tureIy Mr. Moss holds that it was case or
doing it then or not at all. and is satisfied with
the results up to date
While there is no quarrel between Mr.. Philoln
on the one hand and Justice Jerome and MI
Moss on the other, it is doubtless a ract that
Messrs Moss and Jerome are chagrined because
Mr. Philbin does not consider the facts already
at hand sufficient to warrant the Indictment OF
Devery and Giennon.
DEvERY AND GLENNoN SAFE FOR A
TIME
The more important portions OF Edgar a
Whitney's confession remain uncorroOola'eu'
| Unless something new in the way OF evidence
| turns I'D. Devery and GIennon will not be pros
ecuted. and may not even be calleo 10 inc N4i''
! inal Courts Building at ALL
! II is understood that District Attorney Phiioii
is unwilling 20 prosecute Devery ana Glehhoh
unless he can come pretty near seeng the emu
! from the beginning. Mr.. Prilbin and MI Gahs'
| his assistant. look at the cases from the civil
practice point of view. while Messrs. jerome
and Moss view it from the point OF view OF
| crroira1 LAWYERS Mr. Philbn wants a chain
with the links all welded Messrs MOSS ana
Jerome are willing TO do the welding as they
come to it,
The cases against Captains Flood ana Vre-
denburgh and Wardnan Dwyer are considered
fairly strong and are being made stronger yet
District Attorney Philbin yesterday refused to
discuss the differences arising from the TWO
POINTS of view Asked about the progress OF
| the inquiry yesterday, he said:
.'Inasmuch as 1 have not had any report from
my assistants I assume that nothing very I'M
portant took place to-day"
| When Mr.. Moss asked about the reported
| runture in the relations between himself and
| Mr.. Philbin he said:
81 am confident that Mr. Philbin will. like my
self, deny that there is any foundation for any
such story We are working together harmo-
niously and making satisfactory progress.
When we started out in the fight against pro-
| tected vice our primary aim was TO suppress
| the open violations cf law. The arrest OF Whit
ney and his subsequent confession gave US
lot Of new material to work on. We did not
start out with any certainty Of making arrests
of the ringleaders in the gambling combine
We are hoping to make arrests. AS TO any
criticisms about the progress Of the inVestga-
ton. I am accustomed to criticism. 1t rolls off
me like water off the back of a duck. We had
TO spring the trap on Friday last or not at all.
| We are satisfied with results that particular
score.''
Justice Jerome was asked about the alleged
differences of opinion and said;
mo criticism from any source will prevent
US from prosecuting our investigation as We
have planned. We shall go right ahead with
our judicial inquiry.
AN OLD LEXOw WITNESS AGAIN.
| Ii is expected that Captain Charles Krumm.
who alleges that he was driven out of business
because he testified in the Lexow investigation,
will be one of the witnesses before Justice
| Jerome to-day.
Captain Krumm ran a concert hall In
Chrystie-st.. in the early nineties. Devery then
was captain of the Eldridge-st. station. and
| Glennon was his wardman. In referring to his
| probable examination to-day Mr.. Krumm said:
THE police drove out of business, and
| never have told the story in full. I was forced
! to testify at the Lcxow investigation. and after
| that got no rest from the police was then
worth 100000, and they ruined me. I've got
| my old account books, showing regular pay
| ments to Gennon. If my story is admitted
| evidence it will break both Devery and Glen
nom I won't tell these people what I know
until I learn that they mean business, and that
they are in position to drive number of thiey
ism police captains out of business
Sigmund Neftelberg. formerly a detective in
the Society for the Prevention of Crime, and
| later employed by the Mazet Committee.
before Justice Jerome yesterday. 1t is under
! stood he is implicated in Whitney's confession,
the latter charging that he paid Neftelberg
| money alleged to be for Superintendent Edward
| Reardon Of the Goddard Anti-Policy Society.
| Whitney's confession says that the money
| for the purpose of keeping the gamblers in
| formed on policy raids by Goddard's men. It
| was learned last night that Neftelberg testi-
! fed yesterday that Reardon never got the
| money He said Reardon knew nothing about
| the money having been placed in his hands.
RAID PRISONERS ARRAIGNED.
| The prisoners arrested in the alleged pool
room raid at No. 100 West Thirty-seventh-s
| on Wednesday night yesterday morning
| arraigned before Justice Jerome in the Court
| of Special Sessions. They were held in So 600
/ hail each for further examination. The pris-
oners were Jacob A. Fish. of No 119 West