New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-19
POLICE SCANDAL AIRED.
DETECTIVES EXAMINED.
An Investigation F'oilo7cs Ne5cayh S
Uurch RobbegW.

NAV disclose systematic hlacN'nail IN the De
,ective Bureau nf the Newark police fierce MAS
begun by The Police Beard OF that city yester-
dsv. in connection with the offer of George p
Powell. sergeant at arms Of the New-Jersey As
serhly. 10 recover the vestments stolen ir"0'
Grace Episcopal church. and To expose the thef.
for reward of S2-,n Chief Henry Hopper. CITY
Counsel Young and shc Police Commissioners
held p long conference. at the end Of which MI.
Young said that no action had been taken. that
Re wanted 20 he rrore sure e his ground before
doing ANYTHING
President Morton. of the Police Board, de
crared when he left Police Headquarters, where
The meeting was held that absolutely nothing
Rad been done at the conference. Further in
,-estieation within the Police Department would
re made. he said. and another meeting of the
Police Board would he held next week. when
witnesses would be examined. and the case left
oren for the City Counsel and the County
Prosecutor Then. after we've got our evi-
dence" he said. wei settle it-quick' He
rlapred his hands 70 illustrate.
Yesterday at Trenton political leaders
brought strong pressure 10 bear on Powell 10
force him 10 resign his office also his place in
the County Republican Committee, of which
h is a member. He refused. saying that TO re-
sirr would be 10 admit himself guilty. whereas.
when his side Of The affair was put before the
rul7ic he would appear in vastly more favor
able light
This police investigation. with its attendant
political ramifications is the outgrowth Of a
complicated series of occurrences following the
theft Of silk vestments worth $500 from Grace
Episcopal Church at Broad and Walnut sts-. on
Tuesday. February 10 For this theft Percy
Wagner. negro who had been acting as assist
snt sexton. was arrested by detectives Glori and
Lew is. who were not detailed on the case. This
b1d two q
Rev c c Edr1unds rector of the church; once
alone when he bluntly told the clergyman that
he could for q reward of $3.50, effect the restora-
ton Of the vestments and the arrest of the thief;
once accompanied b. Glori and Lewis, who said
that they were acting in their line Of duty.
and rather tried 10 apologize for PoTell's action.
saving that il was extremely foolish-that he
should have come TO the police with his infor-
nation" at the same time predicting that the
thief would be caught Immediately after that
they arrested the negro Wagner, taking with
him the clerical garments.
MUCH COMMENT IN NEWARK
Much comment was aroused in Newark be-
cause Of the prominence Of the church robbed
and the extremely peculiar action OF POWELL
Mayor Doremus ordered thorough investiga-
lion Yesterday Detectives Glori and Lewis, all
the other detectives of Captain Cosgrove's force;
William Gaines, a negro ward politician, who,
Powell says gave information to him regarding
the theft. gathered at Police Headquarters
expecting 20 be called witnesses. In Chief
IIoppers private Office was closeted Mr. Ed
.uurds the Police Board and the City Counsel
For more than an hour the witnesses waited.
then Z messenger announces that they might 60
No charges have been preferred against Glori
and Lewis as Chief Hopper says that, while he
thinks they have acted indiscreetly in becorn-
ing mixed up in the case, he has seen no reason
u prefer charges or 10 suspend them. Never
thaless, he will make thorough investigation
Last night Chief Hopper, County Prosecutor
Chandler W. Riker and some of the detectives
who have worked the robbery had a confer
euce Detective Tuite, who was detailed the
robbery when it first reported was called
into an inner Office, where the chief and Prose
outor Riker interrogated him as to his part in
the case. When Mr. Riker was asked about
his probable action in the case. he explained
that il could only come before him after a
crime had been proved. In the mean time, he
said, he was keeping closely in touch with the
police investigation. because things might be
brought out which would require his attention"
He promised to devote his fullest energies TO the
case, if it came within his jurisdiction"
such is the outward appearance Of case
which men who have followed police history in
Newark say. on investigation may show
plete understanding between detectives and go
betweens. There is a case now before the grand
jury in which it is charged that detectives ac-
Cepted reward A man who knows the police
situation in Newark asserted that there was no
esprit de corps between the detective bureau and
the Police Department proper, and that while
Chief Hopper was q scrupulously honest man.
straight as a string" he had, perhaps, not
tire dominion over the detective bureau.
"Glori. about 1890, captain of the Fourth
riC+i
a large section of the HILL with a mixed popu-
lation Of Germans Hebrews, Poles and Hun
garians few Italians and negroes. There were
many disorderly houses and Joints Of shady
character. These under Captain Glori were not
known 10 be moested. There much indig-
nation against the condition Of affairs. and he
resigned in 1894.
AT that time he went to be manager for
Bob' Fitzsimmons, but he and the fighter had
E falling out so, after time, Glori came back
70 Newark and devoted himself actively TO poll
les in his district. -Four years a1ter he left the
force he was back again. This time he went
into the detective bureau. Powell Glori and
Lewis are bosom friends. Glori and Lewis make
their private headquarters at the Fifth Pre-
cinct.' Z saloon at Halsey and Academy SITS,
which got its namt because they, with other
detectives freouented it. They are friends OF
the proprietor. Hyman Gross. who last year
could get no license"
chief Hopper was not much inclined to talk
hout the case yesterday. He said that no
charges had been preferred against the two de-
feCtiIes. and they had not been suspended be
cause he did not believe he warranted I'm
taking such action. The men. he said had acted
unWisely. bat he had not the slightest evidence
NJ criminal intent the part Of any one con
oerned. He WAS also uncommunicatiVe about
Plofls record as . captain There had been, ne
Acknowledged. resorts in Glori's precinct, but
y there had been more Of them than in the other
pfeflfcls u Was because II was larger IMAM the
others. Captain Glori he said. resigned to bet
ter himself There had never been charges Of
ertnrtion preferred against the captain. and his
record showed