The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-20
MOUNTAIN HELD FOR BRIBERY
COLLECTOR TELLS OF HANDING
OVER PROTECTION CASH.
Threatened with the Tombs n He Didn't
Tell-COrroboratcti-R a Col.
Iector In several Precincts. Says
Jerome-('ase to Grand Jury ~ Once.

After several witnesses for the prosecu-
ton had testified yesterday before Justice
Holbrook in the Special Sessions court
room, against ex-Police Captain Daniel
c. Moynihan, accused OF taking bride
to allow a disorderly house to do business
while he commanded at the lO4th street
station. for the examination was waived
and he gave 5000 bail The Grand Ju v
is likely to take up the case to-day.
Antonio Laporti keeper Of the disorderly
house In question, testified that Frank
Pagliano. his partner. introduced him,
on May 10 last, to Frank Raymonto, a hostler
in the Street Cleaning Department and
an alleged collector" for the precinct.
Moynihan met the three at about $50 o clock
that night In the Office Of Burke's coal
yard In Fast iO8th street and told Laportl
and Pagliano that they could open dis
orderly houses for t25 month each. Then
they all went and got a drink and sepa-
rated. Pagliano and Laporti then went
out and collected for their own place and
from the places of six Of their friends $3.50
or $40 a house. or this, SIS a house was
to 60 to Raymonto. Upon receiving the
money at his house Raymonto gave IS
each to Iaporti and Pagliano.
Raymonto testified that he had known
Moynihan for about eight years but had
never dealt with him before After being
introduced to Iaporti Ray m onto said,
he went to See Capt. Moynihan at the sta
lion house and Moynihan made an appoint
ment for the coal office. Raymonto, who
Is a good-looking white haired Italian with
a black mustache, was visibly i'll at ease
on the stand and his command Of the Eng
lish language was limited. He corrobo-
rated Laporti's story OF the meeting at
the coal office. The next afternoon, he
said. when he had got the money from
Laporti and Pagliano, he paid 1t over
to Moynihan at the stationhouse about
8 o'clock. The money made two rolls.
one big one and little one and Moynihan
stuck them into his desk and told Ray
monte to tell the protected ones to be very
careful to run their places quietly
Raymonto said that when July came
around ia found that Father" Hughes.
Moynihans wardman. had been around
collecting from three Of the houses. and
he himself went to the captains Office with
the money from the other places. Hughes
was there. After Ravmonto had paid
the captain his share there was $50 left.
Moynihan told Raymonto not 10 give any
"
Raymonto outside and got half the money.
Il got only 81 so house. said Raymonto,
gloomily He told Mr.. Olcott, counsel for
Moynihan. that he had divulged this story
to the District Attorney under a threat
from Assistant District Attorney Morgan
who said to him:
I'll give you ten minutes to decide to
tell the truth or to the Tombs you 60"
Then Morgan pushed him into a room
where Laporti and Pagliano were. and
when he learned from them what they had
told he decided to tell.
Il could see no one who was to protect
me, 20 told the truth" testified Raymonto.
lapsng into deeper gloom than ever:
One of Moynihan's accusers Is Wardman
Monroe Rosenfed now Of the West Thirty
seventh street station. Mr., Olcott asked
Raymonto If he knew anything of Rosen-
fields collecting blackmail in the East lo4th
street station.
We'll concede that he has collected black
mail in every precinct in the city where
he has ever been" said Mr. Jerome.
Il don't mind telling you that we'll
probably call you as a witness TO testify that
you wouldn't believe him under oath. said
Mr. Olcott.
"Of course I wouldn't believe him under
oath; there are others in the department, too,
that wouldn't believe under OATH" replied
Mr.. Jerome.
After Sergeant Reifrert had testified TO
having seen Raymonto make weekly calls
upon Moynihan. who closed the door Of his
room, and to certain entries by Moynihan
in the station house blotter showing that
Moynihan was where Iaporti and Raymonto
said he was on certain days, Mr.. Morgan
called Policeman Storjohann TO the stand.
Storjohann was in plain clothes in East
1O4th street when Moynihan went there.
He said that on Saturday, June IA, he went
To Moynihan and said
E A lot Of Italian houses are opening.
I've got evidence against some of them"
Moynihan replied that h didn't want any
Of it and then the witness said he had in
tended to get warrants for the places on
the following Monday. Moynihan again
said he didn't want it.. and he put Storjo-
ham into uniform the next day and kept