New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-11
Tempest in = Teapot


Tempest in Teapot
4. Fl. Gleason. Stokes's personal Al'"-
nov and one Of the chain through whose
hands the nine letters placed in evidenre
reached the District Attorney, ssid 10"
nigh, about an hour after one OF the
susnendod policemen had called him np
and told him Of Commissioners Waldos
action:
"Au this IS a tempest in teapot
There are no letters missing. SIX montnS
from now you will say 7 am right hou
will find they will turn up, etc.
".rust what do you mean By that
Mr.. Gleason was asked.
"oh those letters haven't disap-
nesrod" he replied. Those letters
haven't disappeared. won't say any
more: but remember. six months from
now YOU will sec that all Of them were
on hand.
ANYWAY. who knows jlst how many
tboro wore and where they went to-
First. Graham says twelve, then anoth'r
number First she says Jittleton has
them. then that they are i'm a safe Do
posit vault then that they are IN h'r
trunk. then that her sister Mrs. Single
ton. is bringing them over from Europe.
When Cumming. the house detective
was before Deputy Commissioner Dillon
he said
Suppose Mr.. Stokes had picked ~
those letters and Mr.. Gleason had told
mo to look over there for them?
"I don't believe any such thing oc-
Cured" Dillon replied. II believe you
are lying to me-
II don't have 10 lie Cumming said.
There's 10 use Of yonr trying 10 get mo
hot. | know I found them there Thats
all ! know. / don't know how they got
there
When Magistrate Freschi issued th"
summons for Cumming he said that j."
had thought there was something Gus
picious about the case tho day Cumming
testified. and he had urged the District
Attorney TO take action. "If the DIS
trict Attorney had not applied FOR this
summons" he said. II would have ISSUED
II myself and begun an investigation on
my own account
The four men suspended by Commits
sioner Waldo were Lieutenant William
y Sullivan. who was attached 20 tho
Wost 6Sth street station at the time ~
tho shooting and had charge Of tho in
vestigation into the ease, and Detectives
Michael T.. Walsh. Thomas !. Devery
and William J. Flynn, all Of tho West
6Sth street station. who worked on the
case under sullivan II was explained
al Police Headquarters that no action
was taken against Detective Mccormick.
who also worked on the case. as he was
attached tn the District Attorneys Once
and was working under the orders OF
the District Attorney.
Many Charges Against Mon.
There are two charges against all NJ
tho four men. The first is disobeh'en'e
or orders in failing To bring 10 head
quarters evidence in the case which they
nod found. The second is making false
official statements in saying that tho
stokes letters were found on June ~.
vbcr I'm fact they were found on June I,
shortly after the shooting.
There is a third charge against Walsh
and sullivan Of conduct pretudicial 10
tho good order and discipline Of the de-
rortmsnt This consisted in permitting
s,roreere not connected with tho depart
mont 20 visit the apartment of Miss CON
rad and Miss Graham when IT WAS IN
charge OF the police.
\ fourth charge against Walsh Is for
making false statements 10 his superior
officers. This consisted In telling Com
missioner Dillon first that no package OF
letters had been found in the apartment
and second that no letters Of any kind
had been found until the morning after
the shooting.
commissioner Dillon made his report
90 commissioner Waldo recommending
tho suspension and trial of the four men
after he had heard yesterday the testi-
monv Of John Bloom, the superintend-
en-, OF the Varuna, and Paul McMahcn.
porter. The two men told substan-
tally the same story, disagreeing only
IN minor details They said the four de-
,.r,ives came 20 the apartment house
about an hour after the shooting and
acarched the place thoroughly.
Two men. they said. went through fhs
trunk. while the other two searched