New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-26
aBUNCO," JEROME SAYS.
NO MAN HIGHER UP"
Only SscindIe IN alleged Sale of
Police and Fire Jobs.

So Ear as has been determined at present. Emil A.
r,uncr TO whom William i. Duke passed up the
money collected for Jobs IL the Police and Fire de-
,a--ments. IS the only man higher up." Accord
- "a The District Attorneys best information and
,se judgment OF the Civil Service Commission. in
,al,ng this money 5Onner was only making dupes
n a lot o. ignorant men who were paying for Gp-
,osrtnseots which would have come TO them any
~ Nevertheless, the District Attorneys Office IS
at through with TIE case. and Is not entirely
sf,saed that there was not some one who actually
vss able TO manipulate political power or juggle
,l.h examination Papers in some way which would
result in Illegal appointments II there be such
re-souage set OF persons. the District Attorneys
Office is confident s. VIII capture the criminals.
Meantime. the only ones connected with the ap-
,oiutnent ring revealed by Mr.. K-eseTs investiga-
tons and William IS. Dukes confessions are Duke
and sonner. Duke, because OF the Information he
has given, WIN probably not be prosecuted He is
10 appear in the West S.Ge court this morning
vhen the Fitzpstrick case comes up. and there
,gely TO be sate7esting details as 30 how he and
lis oolaborer worked their game. Sonner VIII also
he on trial 81 Special Sessions On ot the charges
o. taking money TO set man on the police force
which now are hanging over him.
Ia the District Attorneys Office ara receipts
amounting 10 about Sl0o0J which have been given
BIZ sonnor to Duke Tor money turned over for Jobs
Tbs, according 10 Duke. is only half OF what The
SOB syndicate has made through iJs operations
How much Of it Duke received he does not say.
passed Up money 10 SCnueT. having given ms own
receipt 10 the poor fellow who expected TO get the
Job, ana the 800 dlc-t materialzc. ne had TO make
good his receipt. while SOune- calmly told HIM
80 hustle Tor his money. in this way. he declared
n court SATURDAY he had lost Si5,0te. Be
cause lie dG1't want 10 lose any more and feared
being hauled up n court by some irate dupe, he
went 10 the District Attorney with his tale. he
was al tie District Attorneys Office again yester-
day. and got his orders 10 quit talking.
n. JcroIne,s impression is that Sonner and DuSe
worked delightful buuco game. our investiEa-
ton has not showed any one higher I'D than SON
ner" said District Attorney Jerome. and We
aren't prepared 20 say that there was any one
higher. We've been working pretty carefully on
the case, md II appears % be pretty much buncc,
These fellows would probably Eet hold OF some
ignorant duffers who Ci6n't know enough TO go TO
the Civil Service Corrn'issioa 10 Ger hts rating
They would consult the lists ind that he'd just
PASSED, then tel him that they'd sc. hiA on the
eligible list Tor sulStarl 81 consiL a-aton. Prac-
tically the same game is wo-e1 by sinister lawyers
on poor dupes by proceeding TO get cases dis
missed from the courts bore
John =. NcCoCey. nIesi-s-e % the C:vtl Service
Commission. he'd much tie same opinion. K vcul1
be impossible Tor any one TO Ct advance infCroa
ton 70 Ihe results. he said. and there could lie
possible leak as TO size subjects for eXaUi1s-
Mons Instead or COr-Unttry one or two q: TIE
examiners. as Duke intimated possible. ut least
half OF the twelve or fourteen men would have to
lie squared render crooked appoint CuJs pos
Fihle. and even then II would he very dangerous
VI NcCoOfv thought the Job dispensers hal
tricked the job seekers fagrautly-