Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-19
WALDO GIVES OUT
$4,000 AFFIDAVIT.
Captain Reith Swears He Was
Asked to Pay for His
Promotion.
LATER GOT IT FOR NOTHING
Alleged Attempt at Graft Priol
to Mayor Gaynor's Admins
tration-Man Accused
Denies Charge.
LATER GOT IT FOR NOTHING

New York, Sept. IA summary of
what purports to be 1.-THE $1,000 affidavit"
which Police Commissioner Waldo re-
ferred to the other day before the alder
manic committee was made public to-day.
John T. Reith is the police captain who
is said to have made oath that he was
offered promotion from lieutenant to
captain for $4,000.
The summary of the affidavit asserts
that Reith swears he was informed by
an under sheriff that the people hav-
ing the power to promote him wanted
this sum for doing it, and that when he
refused to pay it he was not promoted.
This was prior to Mayor Gaynor's adj
minstraton. Reth was promoted to n
captaincy when Waldo became commits
sioner and his affidavit is said to con-
tain a statement that his promotion then
did not cost him a cent
The John Doe" inquiry by Justice
Golf. to ascertain if there has been
suppression of any documentary evil
dence found in the quarters where
Harry Horowitz and Louis Rosen-
zweig were arrested, was continued
to-day There have been stories that
letters were found which would aid
in the prosecution. Deputy Police Com
missioner Dougherty, however, denies
this.
Alfred G. Johnson. the former under
sheriff named in the summary, declar-
ed tonight that he never offered 10
get Reith promoted. He said that the
police officer had come to him several
times land wanted to know If there
was not someone who could have him
promoted for the payment of $4,000
or $4,000"
II told him straight off that he was
a fool to think that money could helm
him" he added
Mr.. johnson declared that the affidavit
| which has been asked for by the alder
manic committee, had been brought To
light in order to discredt him as a posi-
| Die witness on police corruption. He as
| serted that he had informa ton of the ex-
lstence Of branch office for the collec-
| ton of police graft at 115 Broadway
| which he investigated last December. His
detectives. he said. had traced the man
who maintained the Office to the home of
n high civil employe OF the police depart-
ment. The fact that he had made this in
vestigation was known, he declared, to
| high police officials
| 1t Is expected that the aldermanic COM
mittee will begin an investigation of the
charges made in the affidavit tomorrow
The wives of the two gunner and n
newspaper reporter were the only wit
nesses called in the John Doe proceed
ings. Although District Attorney Moss
refused to make known the nature of
the evidence he had obtained, it was
reported that he had obtained no zorro
boration of the published statement
that letters had been found in "Gyp''
and "Lcftys" flat.
Former Magistrate Wahle, counsel for
the two gunner, said to-day That the
defense of his clients would be an alibi,
which they would have no difficulty
| in proving. He added that when he went
to visit his clients in the Tombs to-day
| he found that Lefty" had been moved
to new cell. the explanation being
that he was too near Jack Sullivan.
one of the seven defendants in the case