New-York tribune., 1902-12-03
JEROME STIRS MULBERRY-S ST.
CHARGEs PREFERRED AGAINST INSPECTOR GRANT AND
CAPTAIN S7EPRENsON-CANRyELD LEAVES TOWN.
CORTRIGHT WARNED THEM.
EF AND JEROME MADE RAIDS ON
PLACES OFFICERS DENIED
EXISTED

CHARGES against Police Inspector Donald
Grant ard Police Captain John T Stephenson
ware announced yesterday. They had been
drawn in rhe District Attorneys office. There
srk six specifications in each case-failure prop
4rIv 10 enforce the law, failure properly TO re-
s-+ cases false reports. neglecJ of duty. neglect
- 7i.oF~4d;ence of orders and conduct unbe
coming an Officer
F-antajn Stephenson is in command of the Po-
lice at the station in Mulberry-st- and Inspector
Grant is in charge of the police district which
47clfdee mat precinct Drn5 of vice have been
ellovCed to flourish in the precinct lately. al
though Grant and Stephenson were warned TO
e1ose them Raids several OF the places IN
Mulberry Elizabeth and Mott SITS were made on
Monday evening on evidence obtained by Senior
Ynspecior Cortright and men from the District
ertorney's office. Assistant District Attorney
Morgan said yesterday when the charges were
snnounced:
In the middle of last August Grant was as
signed TO the Second Inspection District Tow
rS tbA end of August Inspector Cortrtght
railad him and Captain Stephenson 10 PONCE
headquarters and Informed them tndI llis s ple
rinct where Stephenson was in command MaS
fun Of 8isorderly houses and saloons run WIN
out licenses Inspector CortriSht theh give le I
addresses OF all the known alleged olsoiucli
bo,,Ses and Illicit saloons. He told the TWO men
.har violations Of law at IhoSe PlaCos mou
have 10 stop. and that ne would give 'heii'
reasonah hlp time close them.
ar Ioere 4id not seem TO be any change in the
,ondftfons Inspector Cortr1ght put some OF ms
n1,-3 men on the cases. and secured eVioenGe.
He then sent for the men again afd i"lo t u ,at
evidence he had. The two men tolu nm .ia.
there were not any such places ana oelea ti, tlI
srvrhing of the sort existed MI. tol y. 81 L
To,,ld oo-operate with him This Mr Jerome I
did and some Of his men worke9 e.5aToe mceh 'iie
s-ertor's men. both getting eVloehce-
1,snec+or Grant was al his desk on the fourth
THhe
g.. If tho charges The Inspector looked up
startled and greatly surprised. and blurted out
,hs+ he didn't know any charges had oeen pre-
tsrred AGAINST him He was asked
were you expecting any charges 10 be made
asainst Tou7
I --as not he replied
10 Won know the reason Why charges are
+YsfaFred against you2"
Il do not
- Have YOU anything 10 say
al have nothing TO say now anu ~ii "'
- ,,,,til am officially notified
f-a1t and stephenson are hrothers-in-la"- dhu
,s, hare fine country places near eeeh orner
in suIlf,-sp County. N Y Stephenson was cor
,gcted of bribery several years ago loiio ne
.he Ieyow exposures. but he obtained d hrN
trial and the indictment against MIN was ois
missed later that he was aple 10 get oa~
...o +re denartment Most Of the prisoners
in the raids IN SltpiSlsoOi = h--
,saa,- evening were Italians. They were ar
-.iqned in court yesterday. and some Of them
xere held for trial while the cases OF some were
adjourned ..,.o.@,...
nanutv Commissioner Piper's shoehy
-,,,r5s,nAr have frightened several ponce cap
-sine on Monday night Captain Wendell. OF
west One -hundred-a nd-twenty-n nfth-st-, an"
f-snrair NcCluskey. Of East One-hundred-sno-
tTTartv-sixtf-st led raids on alleged dlsoroerly
places creating much excitement IN HarlelI
several prisoners taken in the ralds were di
raisned al the Harlem court yesterday ana held
for examination
Csptain Miles O'Reilly. of Oak-st. was at the
District Attorneys office yesterday ana askso
10 see Assistant District Attorney Morgan lie
said he was eager to DO any work required IN
ms precinct
Donald Grant was thirty years old and was
2 veteran Of the Civil War when he entered the
Police Department Datron1an on June l.
1876 As q mere lad he served with General
Sheridan in some Of the hottest campaigning OF
the Civil War, and returned to this city ana
resumed the keeping of books after the war
He was made roundsnan in 1877, and served
g sergeantcy in 1890 His promotion TO captain
came in October 1881 Soon after William s.
Deverv became Chief Of Police Grant was made
Inspector He is a Republican. It has been
his boast that he has had charges brought
against him only in his police career. ana
that then the complaint was dismissed because
Of its trifing character
Stephenson halls from Sullivan County N Y
and was only tNenty-one years old when he
was made patrolr11an on May 3. 1877. Four
years later he was ma de roundsman. and In
another three years he became sergeant, and
tn 1881 was made captain
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