The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-03-22
Are Revealed at the District Attorneys
Inquiry. Girls, in Search of
Work Are Sent to Dens of
Infamy and Then Held as
Prisoners.

have been made.
Berthe Olaiahe and Hattie Warren
and Cora Chester, The women who are
in the Tombs awaiting trial for their
participation in the case, were put
through most severe examinations, and
it is said, disclosed fscJs more hideous
than have yet bseD revealed.
Through those women Mr.. Ely hopes
to brlng to the electric chair the men
who, 1t is believed, murdered two
white women in one of Sprtgg's den
two years ago and had their bodies
buried at the dead OF night in Q negro
cemetery, e;r
|. On their testimony Mr.. Ely expects
to bring to justice the policemen who
for years nave levied tribute on
Sprtggs, with the, full knowledge ~
the tribute ON spriggs, with the full
knowledge OF the traffic In which ne
VAS engaged. !,
These men, it was said on good
authority, were under surveillance,
and as soon as the formalities necss-
yary to their arrest have been com
pleted they wfll;bs placed In custody.
The ramificstions Of this case are
shown to te more and more extensive
as the investigation proceeds. Already
they have led the probers into the
| rooms Of the police captains of both
the Tenderloin and Charles street po-
lice stations. Thence they have poin-
ted to number Of politicians.
That the men who received the
bribe money were thoroughly aware
| of it's source was learned from unwil'
i ling admissions by the police Of the
| Charles street station. 50
There it was learned that within
the last few months, since Captain
Halpin has been.il command Of thai
precinct Spriegs has been arrested OF
most serious charges.
10 be molested by the police was al
experience he had never under
gone in all the twenty long years pre-
ViouS. 49, = J., - :
Notwithstanding all Captsins 8 Hal
pins efforts, however, scms one high
or up mysterlcusly saved Spriggs, sn
the witnesses against him were spirl
ted away.
The last case of that bind was q
late as February 10 last. On tina
date Spr1ggs was arrested on the com
plaint of a nineteen. year. old girl, VIII
gave her name az Mary Roller an
her address as No. 429 Carlton avenu
Brooklyn. She accused Spriggs Q
abduction.
According to her sworn testimony
she asked a man 10 direct her Il
. Brooklyn to an address she was seek
} ing.
) He seemed very courteous and in
!, vited hes into restaurant for re
) rreshnents. She awuke sn what sh
,ubst quently learned wins one o
Sprigg's CorLelia street dives, an
.aw q negro stanaiug over her. SE
escaped after few days and fad L
he police.
spriggs when arraigned broughtap
oarantIy reputable white men to tes
Jify In bis behalf, and, notwit thstand
pg the gravity of the of ,nse, the
Magistrate In Jefferson Market Cour
heidehim In the nominal bail Of 81, ,00|
for further examination. The datt
for that examination was get FOR mex
week, Captain Halpin' detectives, IL
preparing the case two days ago, went
10 the address, the R lie girl gave Ii
Brooklyn, ouly to ind that she hat
been spirited away.
In the clse against Spriggs tha
Immediately preceded the one II
which Mary Boiler was the accuser
the charge was an attack on youDi
girs. Spriggs was then held fol
further examination, and was dis
. charged chen arranged the seocnt
time becau & no complainant appear
ed.
He sardun!cally remarked in court
that the "action had been Settled
J out of court" Spriggs was arrested
the first time under Captain Halpin'
regime for keeping an illegal resort
He escaped with afne Of s100.
Spriggs is a big factor In politics
rs controls The negro vote in "Help'
Kitchen" and on the lower west Sid'
and for years was the leader Of th'
Tammany Hall G .lored Mems Asso
, ciation, in lower West Thiad stree.
1t was his ir tlusnce, it Is said, thai
defeated O'Neil, the candidate OF vii
liam Astor Chanler for Democratic
leader of the Fifth Assembly Dis
trict. State SenOtor Bernard Mar
tins secretary. Joe" Pfendergast
, TO whom Martin transferred the dis
5rict leadership won.
That the political pull exercised by
Spriggr reached former Police Com
missioner NJ 'Adoo's office was dem
lstrsted bJ the su 1den transfer oi
Police Captain Alconcle from the
Charles street precinct to the wi.ds o.
Staten Island.
: AlcoDcle formerly was a patrolmar
attached to the Charles street station
He knew Sprlggf and Sprifg's horri-
BILE trade, was in position to do sc
ne would 6riVe the negro out OF Eusi
ness.
In the wh'rligsg of time Alconcls
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