New-York tribune., 1901-11-11
RTSSERT MAY CONFESS.
HE WILL BE TREATED LENlENTLf' IL IL
SAID. IF HE TELLS WHAT HE KNOWS

HE WILL BE TREATED LENIENTLf, IL IL
SAID IF HE TELLS WHAT HE KNOWS
George Rissert the wardman who was convicted
or br;har,- and sentenced to five and half years
in nrison and TO pay fine of $1,000 has been in
formed il said, that if he will make compete
confession. telling what he knows of the reception
Of protection money by officials higher up in the
Police Department he Will be treated with ielehcE
and perhaps unconditonaIly released. according 10
the importance of the information he may irlpaft
TO the authorities His lawyers. House. Grossman
and Vorhaus. ii is said. do not regard this alleged
attempt 10 wiring confession from their client with
favor They believe that they will ultimately OBJ
tain the release of Bissert through regular legal
channels 1t is thought. however. that the ward
man will yield the temptation to escape puh'sn-
rnent by betraying those who are implicated win
him. but against whom il has been impossible to OBJ
tain positive legal proof Bissert has had ample
opportunity since his conviction TO reflect upon
Deputy Commissioner Devery's advice TO stand
up like a and take your medicine when you re
caught with the goods on you,' and it would not
surprise many ii he had already decided that the
medicine entirely strong, that it was pre-
scribed for the wrong man Many persons are
inclined to believe that money that Bssert was
convicted of accepting a bribe die not stick 10
his hands. but went higher up. and that BisseTt
has sacrificed himself TO protect others -r,,
reporter yesterday said that he had made no at
"A confession he said. would nave TO come
from Bissert voluntarily My office has had moth
ing to do with 1t
The District Attorney would not deny that con-
fession was expected from the wardman- Others
who are regarded 5 having intimate knowledge
of the case declare that the statement Is true
Bissert is present in the Tombs awaiting a &C.
clsion by the United States Supreme Court on an
appeal by his counsel from decision by Judge
I.acnrnbe not TO issue witt OF habeas corpus IN
his case. The argument in the United states Su-
preme Court will be made. II is expected, before
december. Bissert accused Of leyying black
mail amounting to more than sl,oo on Lena
Schmtt who kept 2 disorderiy house at NO. =
Stuyvesant-st. Raids had been made on the house
three times in rapid succession, and when ar
raigned before Justice Jerome on June II last the
woman swore she had paid Bissert 500 as an
'initIation'' September. 1866 and $50 month
after that for protection. Her testimony was cor.
roborated by Minna Kurtz. the reputed owner OF
the Stuyvesant-st. property
warrant for Bissert's arrest followed. and he
was taken into custody the night OF June H.
Justice Jerome meanwhile calling the ponce 10
account for their diatory tactics in apprehendins
him on a charge of felony At the first hearing
before Ma gistrate Mayo, Captain Diamond insisted
that the charge founded on Lena Schmttts de-
for revenge because Of the repeated raids but
the proceedings short by the entry OF
Assistant District Attorney Cans. who announced
that the grand jury had found an indictment
against Bssert Two additional indictments were
found against the wardman within two weeks