New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-21
whitman Expects Man Who
Handled Alleged $1,000 Bride
will Be Indicted To-day.
woIJLD DOUBLE F0X'S BAIL
prosecutor Fears He May Be
Induced to Disappear-W;t-
ness Overheard Phone
Talk to Silence Sipp.

na 4 sipp to keep away from the
oe 1,.s,c,,on of this county. If the tcsti-
us ~ sipp and his son. Howard, is
''O ..o,orated. as District Attorney Whit
W., believes it will be, il is likely that
49, lawyer in question will he arrested
80 orraigned late this afternoon. If the
- iprv votes an indictment of the
,,.er Mr.. Whitman will so Immediately
,.foro Justice Goff and move that the
IA ~ Eugene \. Fox be increased from
$500 to $1,000
Ills argument will he that an indict-
.,.rt practically assumes the existence of
conspiracy i'm which a ring of police
oacials and corrupt politicians are con-
oerned. and that this ring" having
oiled 10 keep Sipp away from the wit
ness stand. will turn their attention to
Fox himself.
II is the belief around the District At
torney's office that the ring furnished
The 1900 cash bail which Fox's lawyer.
louis J. Grant, brought into the Tombs
!, the form of fifty 800 bills on Saturday,
and II will be argued that the same
ring" finding itself more pressed than
ever with the indictment of the lawyer
who is said to have handed their money
over TO Sipp, will he likely to attempt 10
bribe Fox TO disappear and forfeit bail
May lndict for Felony.
Taken as a whole. it is believed to he
not only possible but probable that by
late afternoon to-day both Fox and the
LAWYER who is reported TO have handled
the Sipp bride will be occupants Of cells
in the TombS The indictment of the law
YER. II found. will be based on Section
2iD Of the Penal Code. which makes IL a
felony to bride or attempt to bride Wit
ness "or a person about to become wit
ness" for the purpose of inducing that
person to go out of or stay out of the
Jurisdiction of the grand jury.
Another line Of evidence which is cX-
pected TO develop to-day is that OF an IN
innate of George 4. Sipp, who was pres
ent when the lawyer referred TO above
negotiated over the telephone with
police captaip who was handling the col
lection OF the Sipp bride. This telephone
conversation will be verified by the call
slips Of the telephone company, method
which in itself and alone mas responsible
for the collapse of the abb put forth by
Charles H. HYDE and which was also OF
great value I'm the Becker case.
As the story has been brought out by
Mr. Whitmans Investigators, this new
witness, who has not yet testified in any
Of the cases of the graft situation. can
testify that the lawyer called police
captain on the telephone from Sipp's
house when Sipp was in retreat in New
ark The conversation that cnsued not
only fixed beyond a doubt the fact that
the $1,000 was for the express purpose OF
bribng Sipp TO stay out of the jurisdic-
ton OF the county. but also contained
enough references to the way the money
had been collected 10 involve an inspector
and man who was formerly an IN
spectOr but who was denoted 10 a cap
tsncy by Commissioner Waldo.
It is doubtful whether the grand jury
will have time to 20 into any more spe-
life graft charges at to-day's session.
because it is believed that the conspiracy
aspects Of the Sipp case will occupy the
sntire time or at least so much of II
hat II would be impossible 10 turn aside
70 listen 10 other witnesses who are pre-
JARED 10 implicate the same trio Of police
officials in graft, as well as conspiracy.
Foye's Case to Come Up.
The case of Charles r. Foye will. how
ever. be taken up II is understood that
The testimony on that case can be dis
posed Of i'm a short time. Foye swore
before the aldermanic committee that Al
derman Henry II. Curran had tried TO
"hx a saloOnkeepers case with him,
Foye. a statement which was denied al
most Immediately not only by Curran
himself. but by tho saloonkeeper, who. II
appeared. had never known Curran.
Because Of the many attempts made by
the police and city officials to discredit
the testimony obtained by both the alder
men and the District Attorney It rs be-
heved that Mr.. Whitman will seek to
make prompt example Of Foye. and II
the evidence justifes it will probably ask
lor an indictment for perjury.
Alderman Curran will be prepared TO
present an alibi for the day and time
specified by Foye. Foye swOre that Cur
ran met him in the corridor of the Grim
nal Courts Building at about 10 o'clock
on the morning OF April T. 1912. and the
alderman has looked up and obtained cor
roooration for story OF his movements
on that day which will refute Foye's
allegations
The story that was made public yester-
Jay through Joseph A. Shay, Beckers
new lawyer, TO the effect that Samuel II.
haas, one OF the Becker jurors, was alb
"nt from the rest of the jury for short
periods twice during the time the jury
vas In custody at the Murray Hill Hotel
as met with decided indifference at the
osirict Attorneys office
New Move in for Becker.