New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-25
WOMAN SAYS SHE PAID
,POL|CE FOR PROTECTION
Tells Magistrate 500 a Week
Contribution" Made Her =
Immune from Arrest.
WILL PUT IT UP TO WALDO
Jersey City Mans Story of Rob
berry in Hallway-Lieutenant
Discharges Two Men ,-
Arrested in Case.

Magistrate Freschi, after hearing evil
denCe yesterday in a robbery case, de-
Clared he was going to have Police Com
missioner Waldo investigate the actions
of patrolman and a Lieutenant. The
prisoner. a woman. told the magistrate
she paid 500 week for police protec-
ton. and they did not dare arrest her.
Her two confederates were discharged in
the station house by the lieutenant.
The case was that of Hamilton Rice,
of No. $40 Johnson avenue. Jersey city,
who charged Anna BOardman. Of No. 2OS
East 9th street. with robbng him Of S26.
He testified he was walking along Sixth
avenue. near 32d street, when the woman
beCkOned to him to come into hallway
He thought something was wrong and
went in. He then said he got into con-
versation with the woman. and while
talking two men grabbed him. AS they
held him, he declared, the woman took
S26 from his pocket.
Rice said he shouted. and Patrolman
came up. He ordered Blyth 10 arrest
the woman and two men, but Blyth re-
fused AS they were talking PatrOlman
Goertz. also Of the West 30th street sta
ton. appeared. Rice told him what had
happened and ne arrested the four.
At the station house, according TO
Rice the two men were discharged by
Lieutenant Mulligan and the woman
held. Rice, too. was held on charge
Of disorderly conduct.
This is a most unusual case" said
Magistrate Freschi. Lieutenant Multi
gan had absolutely no right to discharge
these two men. They were arrested.
charged with a felony. and he usurped
the duties of magistrate when he took
il upon himself TO discharge these two
men. Furthermore. the complaint
against this woman says that she is ac-
cused OF acting i'm concert with two men,
who ar" not arrested. Those two men
were arrested and discharged by Lieu
tenant Mulligan. who had no right TO do
so am going to see that this matter
is thoroughly sifted."
Patrolman Goertz said he knew Of no
reason why Blyth did not make an ar
rest When the woman declared that
she paid 500 week for police protec-
ton, and that the police dare not ar
rest her, Goertz exclaimed:
well, didn't / arrest you?"
"Yes, you did" she replied.
Magistrate Freschi became very much
wrought up as the case went along.
When he arrived at the charge against
Rice he said:
Officer, this man is charged with dis
orderly conduct, you say?'
Yes, sir" replied Goertz.
81 see no mention Of any disorderly
action in this affidavit. What do you
mean? What did he do?"
He swore at us and threatened us,
replied Gocrtz
What did he threaten TO do?
He said he was going to have US all
broke and was going to see Mayor Gay
nor about the case
80 that's what he threatened you
with. ch?" said the magistrate. well,
from what have heard. I think he had
a perfect right to threaten such things
and i'm fact. do what he threatened"
Turning to Rice the magistrate said:
Rice, you are hOnOrably discharged
and you did a good thing in having this
woman arrested | am going to lay this
case before the Police Commissioner and
have full investigation made"
The woman was held In $1,000 bail for
the grand jury on charge of grand lar
ceny. ! search for the two men who
were arrested with the woman and then
discharged will he made by the police.
Goertz, in explaining to Magistrate
Frcsch why Lieutenant Mulligan dis
charged the two men arrested with the
woman, said that the lieutenant dis
charged the men because the complain
ant made Inconsistent statements.