New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-15
DOUGHERTY IN T1ANClE
ON POLICE "FRANE-UP"
Charges Of Young COnVlCts Re-
ceive Some Confederation
from Officials.
DEPUTY PASSES THE LIE
swears Acting Captain McKin'
ney Never Told Him OF Ac-
cusation Against His Men
in Bank Robbery.

in Bank Robbery.
Tho startling story OF three youths no"
,a,,,,ng terms in Sing Sing and Dame
mora for the so-called Germatila Da ,
bold-up. which they charge was Ira'Heu-
up" on them by Angelo Cava ana bapei
Gambedela. two members OF the foioe
Department, received some othcial GU
Elaboration at yesterdays session OF IH'
r,,,rran Aldermanic Investigating COM
mittee.
II will be remembered that these three
youths-none over twenty-one ana heEel
before convicted of felony-r am am
Paresi. Rafaelo Pisculo and Pletro NJ
magic. swore that Cava and Gamoedeia
had MANNED other crimes. and that ohiy
n few days before the policemen 'o'u
them they had fixed il with the cop OH
post" and it would be all right Tor the"i
to rob Spanish Annie who Kept
weiss beer stube at No. 200 East ol"
street.
Spanish Annie" whose real name is
Annie Sugar. told the aldermen YESTERDAY
that. after she was robbed. she poih'eu
nut the three thieves TO a unlloriheu
policeman. who replied:
I'm of duty now. I'll report II 70 tue
station house and they'll see about II.
In this robbery one Of the thieves
svore he used Cavas revolver, Which
had been handed 10 him by the police
man No arrests were made, and the go
the woman lost and the diamond pin one
Of her customers lost, have not been re-
covered The evidence Of other ponce
men showed that the case had never been
reported by policeman.
Deputy Commissioner Dougherty az
nnf,ted that Cava and Gambedela knew
that the Germania Bank robbery was to
take place and that they were associates
of the thieves But he insisted the two
fnen were assigned to make the acquaint-
ance Of thieves, and refused to credit the
stories told by the three young Italians
that Cava and Gambedela shared in the
proceeds o: robberies and had instigated
the Germania Bank hold-up.
Doueherty in a Tanele.
An acting captain Of detectives. Charles
II. Mckinney, swore he had told Dough
erty that two assistant district attorneys
-Delehanty and Brothers-said that
Cava and Gambedela were accused Of
having framed up" the Germania Bank
hold-up. Dougherty gave Mckinney the
lie direct. swearing several times that
Mckinney never told him any such
thing.
Mr. Buckner then asked the witness If
he thought it possible for policemen to
act as their own stool pigeons and as
sociate with criminals, as Cava and
Gambedela did without being criminals
themselves. Doughert- said such as
signments were not unusual But police
men who preceded him, and whom he did
mot hear testify. said they never heard
Sof any policemen outside of Cava and
'Gambedela acting as their own stools
Dougherty said he did not know that
;Cava was one Of the policemen rejected
Inv Commissioner Cropsey because he had
committed perjury in his application for
admission 20 the police force nor had he
theard that Cava had been arrested twice
before Joining the force.
Lieutenant Dominick J. Riley, who was
lpoughertys right-hand man at the time
sof the hold-up. contradicted himself on
sthe stand He denied he had been a wit
mess AT the trial Of Paresi Pisculo and
lpebiaci but after ne had read the min
t1,tes In the case he admitted he was in
error.
WsIdo's Cerberus on Dignity.
At that trial he swore he did not know
that Cavs and Gambedela had been con-
nscted with the case, but yesterday he
admitted this was an error. and he could
assign no reason for so testlfying at the
trial.
A bit OF humor was injected into the
xseceedings when Joseph Reilly, who is
doorkeeper in Commissioner waldo's Of
Zee, took the stand. He objected to being
called a doorkeeper. and said his real
title was detective sergeant He was In
charge Of the detectives who arrested
two of the five men at the time OF the
robbery.
Mr.. Buckner tried TO get Dougherty
and his subordinates to admit that the
police were sacrificing Paresi and Ro-
magic, and trying TO save Pisculo and
Rossi, but all denied 1t.
Inspector Hughes was also a witness
HE had a few minutes embarrassment
Eesn AIR. Bucknsr brought out that from
the moment he entered the Police Depart
nent until he was made captain he had
never worn a uniform. Hughes was a
photographer for several inspectors. who
took a fancy TO him, and his rise was
rapid. Waldo made him inspector and
put him in charge OF the Detective Blu
reau. He said, however, that he had
done some real detective work before
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