New-York tribune., 1901-08-12
GLENNON IS IMPLICATED.
WHITNEY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HE
INVOLVED THE WARDMAN IN HIS
SWORN CONFESSION.

SWORN CONFESSION.
Deputy Police Commissioner William s. Dew
cry. who is spending his vacation Saratoga,
and his former wardman. Edward G. Glennon,
also out of town, are implicated by the sworn
confession Of Edgar A. Whitney the gamblers
agent arrested on Friday by Frank Moss's men.
Four or five other men, or quite a number" TO
Whitney's own words are included in his
long confession. made on Saturday afternoon to
Mr. Moss, Justice Jerome and Assistant District
Attorneys schurman, Garvin and Sanford.
Whitney and his business associate, Ernest
Burgdorf viii be examined before Justice
Jerome this afternoon at 1:3O o'clock Burgdorf
Is confident of being discharged to-day Whit
ney says that the twenty-eght poolroon1s with
which he was connected paid for protection
as follows:
agents for Information concerning prospective -oo
To police and others as special assessments per
To police as regular payments, month..... $50
This does not. Of course include telephone or
telegraph tolls. rent. pay for the three extra
men assigned to each poolroom by the Tammany
district leaders at So a day.
Whitney also says that 500 $50 month
was levied on each poolroom. purporting TO be
for the agents of the Britton, Comstock and
Parkhurst societies. alleged to he in the com
bine's pay Thai the poolroom men are required
10 pay day by day the sums levied upon them;
the money being collected by a wardman and
civilian, who kept Devery acquainted with the
desires Of the pooroom people, and fixed it so
that Whitneys tips would reach the people for
whom they intended. and that the Ma
honey poolroom combination was represented by
one telephone call-"1jOS 3Sth."
DID NOT CALL on DEVERY.
Whitney and Burgdorf spent somewhat busy
day yesterday In the Tombs, where Tribune
reporter visited them for an hour between 3.30
and 4:3O O'Clock. Whitney is a ceanly built.
slender man of about thirty-fve years. with
black eyes and hair He is a rapid talker quick
/ witted. and foxlke when he scents danger.
Yesterday he wore a red striped negge shirt,
brown trousers and patent leather low cut shoes.
| His friends supplied him early in the day with
! a generous quantity Of good cigars, and he was
! far from being unhappy he lay stretched out
! On an inproyised lounge. The conversation was
follows:
Did you personally call Devery at Police
Headquarters and get his promise that your
orders respecting telephone connection with
Ioolrooms throughout the city should be com
LIED with?"
Now" said Whitney, swinging his feet off
the top of the lounge and putting vigorously at
in a morning paper, l want you to get this
down straight. The statement that called at
Police Headquarters and had interview with
Devery and that as "A result of that interview
he gave orders to operators to connect me with
police stations. is false"
Did you meet Devery outside and make such
an arrangement"
Il never met Devery outside and talked with
him this subject"
We'll, where did you meet him or how did
you communicate with him?"
/ 4 guess you'd better stop right there said
( Whitney with a grin. I'm not saying any
I thing more on that point"
THEY TALKED BY WIRE.
Literally speaking, Whitney tells the truth
when he says he did not say in his confession
that he personally called on Devery. 1t was
learned last night that his statement says he
| conversed with Devery over the telephone and
made the necessary arrangements.
| The interview continued as follows:
Did you in your confession connect Glen
non with this protection business
u see that Justice Jerome says did implicate
Glennon in what l swore to. That is correct
do you expect any arrests to be made as a
/ result of your statement to Messrs. Moss and
Jerome?'
"Oh I don't know whether thereH be any
| arrests or not but l guess theFel De quite a
| number within few days"
is your statement to Moss and Jerome corrob-
! orated?"
1T is corroborated some extent by Dillon
/ the Parkhurst agent.
Were you browbeaten coerced or threatened
into making the confession?'
"NIo I did il all Of my free will and ac-
cord / was working faithfully for the pool
room people up to the time of my arrest. II
they had acted differently after l was arrested
might not have sent for Moss"
NO FEAR OF CONVICTION.
Mr. Moss says he has strong case against
vou DO you expect 10 be convicted?"
Indeed ! do not" said Whitney, quickly. The
only thing they've got against me is Dillon'
word and my word is good as his. They
haven't got any case against me- and l car
bring as many men TO certify to my good stand
ing as Dillon can to certify 10 his Here /!
something (taking out his handsome gold watch