The sun., 1903-03-26
POLICE ToUrS FOR RAAEYBRf
MERCER STREET SERGEANT AND
MATRON AOCUSED. .

| WaIlins, Whs's MINISTER anA Lawyer. Tee
Under Arrest FER TAking $500 Freu
woman-He's DrSther % sergeant
and Sen of the Late superintendent
william A. wsllins Of ~ Fifth avenue
| who 10 Q lawyer ~ we'll a. clergyman,
and u . son Of the late Superintendent Of
Polioe, was arraigned In the Yorkvile
police court yesterday on charge OF grand
larceny. made by Mrs. Frank Shields. Al
an outcome Of the case Police Captain
German of tho Mercer street station viii
prefer charges against Aatron Ida Clark
and Sergt. Mccoy Of the same station foE
acting as 'runners' for the ministsr-lawyer
The prisoners brother. Edward 8. Wal
ling, Is q sergeant attached to the Mercer
street station, and the minister-lawyer
admitted In court yesterday that he often
visited his brother there.
Mrs. Shields's husband was arrested
| recently for stealing from the Hotel Man
haitian, whsrs he worked - . belboy.
and - some Of the missing property was In
their nat At 3ie West Forty sixth street,
Mrs. Shields was also arrested.
In the Yorkville police court yesterday
Shields pleaded guilty and Mrs. Shields
was discharged. Manager Patch Of the
hotel called Magistrate Planners attention
to the fact that Walllng bad secured large
fee from Mrs. Shields.
The Magistrate at once summoned Mrs.
Shields to him and questioned her. She
said that while In the Mercer street station
Matron Clark bad advised her TO get
lawyer, because she might be sent TO prison
for three or four years.
Then said Mrs. Shields. she told me
] had better get Lawyer Walling, who did
business for the station. ! began 70 get
When he came was Aken TO the matron's
room. where gave Walling 81 to send for
= messenger TO get me . bondsman. Wal
ling went away and no bondsman came.
Pretty soon Walling came back and told
tsotives who arrested me. He said they
wanted money, and he asked me l could
raise 81 600. l said no, and he asked me
how much could raise. He said he must
have 500 for each Of the Cantral Onoe
men and 800 for himself, told him uaat
he could az the police for S2s0, II he could
convince than that he was not holding out
90 on them. He would take the remaining
80 and trust mo for the rest Of his fee.
The Magistrate asked her II the lawyer
YES replied Ms. Shields. r Also said
that I could telegraph 10 san Francisco
and get so from q doctor that / know there.
gave Wslling Q check for Slt3 and sent
him, him to On my servant for 'io7 which be got
Magistrate Flammer Immediately had
lawyer Walling put under arrest and sent
for Assistant Distrio Attorney Lord 10
draw the complaint. Capt. German was
also notified and he brought to the police
court late yesterday afternoon. Sergt.
Mccoy who was on desk duty when Walling
ent cred the station; the matron. Sergt.
Walling, Frank Walling, . lawyer. who rs
another brother OF the prisoner, and De-
teotive Sergeants Cray, Kelly and Savage,
who made the arrests.
Mrs.. Shields told her story again and 1t
was oorroborated to some extent by her
servant. Mary Mcdonald. The prisoner
denied the bribery part Of II and said that
he had acoepte ed the money merely a. fee.
His brother Frank appealed TO the Magts-
trate to discharge the prisoner, whom he
described As . man OF excellent standing
and q member Of the bar.
Walling was parolcd In the custody OF
hia lawyer. I. q. rrauenthal. until O'Clock
this afternoon when brisis viii b sub-
mitted by Mr.. Lord and by the minister
lawyers lawyer,
Walline told Magistrate Flammsr that
he was Q graduate Of the University OF
Rochester, had been ordained a. q Baptist
minister and no was admitted TO the bar
last June.
Matron Clark denied having sent for
WalhnR, and both she and the lawyer said
that he Just happeped In the station.
Payment was stdpped on the eiAs check
that WaIlinG got.