New-York tribune., 1912-12-19

afidavits came up in court Slpp
that thev had sworn that they had 'oiu
Tho cIerk the women with them "ei'
not their wives and had even asheu to .Ho
clerk to keep their watches III 'h'
60 they wouldn't be trimmed 'pF
,horebt that was too much even ioi
",r,.ndlv collar" and he told thehi
,,ev,d have to call up Lieutenant Lane
who had been on the desk al 'I'e I'M
q, the arrest, and tell him tha' he'
s,np wouldn't stand for that.
The GODS did as he insisted, Sipp salu'
ard managed 10 substitute less dam
aging afidavits. and when the case ""S
called he got off.
well. how is that accomplished
Buckner wanted TO know.
"Oh. It's very simple" sipp explained
"You see. at the right point in the pro-
ceedings the lawyer for hotel keeper
cros.-exemining the cop, Will ask hlm
whether the clerk saw the woman anu
the COD replies. y couldn't swear 20
that because / think he had his head
turned away and didn't notice her. ana
that ends the case. of course.
sipp seemed surprised that such d
standby in the police gratt game
against disorderly hotels had TO be eN-
planned at all, and opined that the rec
orde Of the courts would show in most
Of the cases where a hotel keeper mad
been discharged in court almost that
identical question and answer.
Admits Payments Of Graft
Dorian's testimony was more specinc
ond far more impressive than Sipp s.
MIR. Buckner began on him by ASKING
him II he understood the character "l
an oath, and if he understood thor-
oughly that a false answer on the stahd
would make him liable to prosecution
for perjury. Dorian said that ne
understood. Buckner explained for the
record that Dorian had been subpe-
naed and was not by any means VOL
uutarv witness, and Dorian added that
he hadn't slept a wink the night peiore
because Of his worry over his aP-
proaching ordeal on the witness stand
before the committee.
The witness then said, in answer 10
questions, that he had worked as 4
clerk at the Parker Hotel, the Criterion
Hotel and had then been made as
sistant manager of the Baltic, the name
of which was changed at about That
Ia n
Hochstim. Philip Blau, Nathan j.
Spielherg and Jacob Michaels as the
owners Of the first two hotels named ~
the time he had worked there, and said
they had bought the Baltic from Sipp
for $4,000. He himself had a stake Of
5000 In the new enterprise OF the
crowd he said and was put in as as
sistant lnager in October, 1910,
After a little fencing Buckner got the
admission from him that he had paid
Sipp 500 month from October 1910,
up 10 and including December. 1911.
Then Sipp. sore at the police because
he had been barred from opening his
new hotel refused TO attend TO the
graft payments any longer. Sipp had
previously sworn that his business had
been to receive the 800 from Dorian
and turn it over 20 Fox.
seuareIy Accuses Policeman.
After December, 1911, did you con-
tinue TO go to Sipp's Office
mo"
What did you pay in January,
1922"
Fifty dollars
ITO whom did you pay this S50?'
Eugene Fox"
"Who is he?"
"An officer Of the Police Depart
ment," Dorian answered in such low
voice that he had to repeat II.
Mr.. Buckner asked the witness about
each monthly payment throughout the
year, and Dorian admitted that he had
handed over $50 10 Fox each month.
Including the present month. on De-
cenber l. he said, Fox telephoned him
to meet him at the corner Of Second
avenue and 126th street. and he went
there with the cash. The payments
were always in cash, Dorian explained,
and ne swore he could not explain how
the amount had been reduced. Fox
was always in plain clothes when he
appeared 20 collect, although he was
not a plainclothes man, and Dorian
saw him at various other times In his
pstrolman's uniform.
Made Payments Twelve Years.
sipp's story. so far as police graft Is
concerned. started twelve years ago,
when he became the owner Of the Hotel