New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-20
Hayes Sheds No Light on Col.
lection Rumors-Called Trail
ing "a Toy" and Advised
Johnson to Throw It
Away.
MAYOR DEFENDS HIS POLICY
Tide of Abuse and Falsehood"
Waning, He Writes-Pollok Ar
rested with Woman Com
panion and Both Held in
Bail as Witnesses
in Becker Case.

Ball as Witnesses
in Becker Case.
Although Charles H. Hyde offered
"eheerfulIy" to waive immunity as
witness before the Curran inquiry.
counsel for the aIdermanic committee
Int'mated yesterday that probably the
opportunity to testify would not be ex.
tended to tho former CITY chNnb.rIsin.
The attitude Of the committee seem
ingly is the Same toward Georae c.
Norton, a lawyer, mentioned as a DOS.
sible collector Of police graft, and tow.
ard Winfield r. sheehan, secretary TO
Commissioner Waldo, whom detectives
OF the Sheridan agency found with
Norton at Sheehan's home last Deem
ber, according to testimony brought
out at Wednesdays hearing.
Mr.. Hyde made his offer in writino
yesterday as corollary to a request that
tho committee allow him TO testify.
remarking that he understood there
were some things which the commit
tee desired to ask him in regard to DO
lice matters. Norton, tho lawyer, also
wrote similar letter to Mr.. Buckner.
The sIdermanic committee tempora-
riiy closed its collateral inquiry yester-
day into the $4,000 police promotion
affidavit made by Captain John T.
tha r
Commissions Waldo. Nicholas J.
Hayes, former Sheriff; Thomas o. Has
sett. confidential adviser to Stat. En-.
sinesr BenseI, and other witnesses.
Counsel for the committee will .on.
tinue the examination Of Commissions
Waldo to-day on administrative affairs
Of the Police Department.
Mayor Gaynor. in a long letter 70 his
friend J. Noble Hayes, reviewed the
police situation yesterday and made an
exhaustive defence Of his policy. The
Mayor notes that the tide Of abuse
and faIsehood against the department, p
is subsiding, and that the time is oppor.
tune to mention the reforms in REGARD
to the Police Department that he has
accomplished since he became Mayor.
The Mayor takes up gambling and other
vices in the community and epissoIizes
on the policy Of "outward order and de-
ceney."
Harry Pollok and woman COM
osnion were arrested yesterday as thsy
were about to sail on the Amerika. Of
the Hamburg American Limo, and wore
later held by Justice Goff in heavy bail
as material witnesses for the trial Of
Lieutenant Charles Becker, charged
with the murder Of Herman RosenthaI.
"BaId Jack" Rose and "Ssm" Schopps
stayed with Pollok in his apartment.
in Riverside Drive, before Rose gave
himself up.
Information was brought to Acting
District Attorney Moss last night that
a man representing himself as an agent
Of Lieutenant Becker visited the East
Side home Of Max Marsuies, who made
an affidavit that the raid on the GAM
bling house OF Rosentha was a fake
raid, and intinnated to Msrgulies that
"there was something in IL for him
IL he left town. Detectives were sent
out by Mr.. Moss to look for Marguies.
who was one Of Becker's press agents.
Ex- Sheriff Hayes admitted on the
witness stand yesterday that he had
told his friend, al" Johnson, his for
mer Under Sheriff, Of the rumor ths.
Norton was a collector for the police.
Mr.. Hayes was unable to trace the
source of the runnor. He characterized
the Investigation johnson made later
by trailing Norton with detectives as
"a toy" and said he advised him to
throw the toy away. The witness said
ne had often discussed Sheehan's name
with his associates, but not in respect
10 Norton. He said he was mot friend
"" with Sheehan.
Commissioner Waldo testified that
he never knew that his secretary
(Sheehar) had been under surveillance.
He said Sheehan had had nothing to do
Al Headquarters with the routine OF
the department or the vice squads and
that no one made any reports to him,
except the isnitor Of the building.