New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-23
indictment Not Likely To Be
Pressed, as Lawyer Is Ex-
peCted to Lay Bride Plot
Bare to Whitman.
IS HELD IN $1,000 BAIL
ATTORNEY Technically Accused OF
"Wilfully Dissuading a Wit
ness from Testifying"-
Foye Fails to Report
! Sleuths on Trail.

binary grand jury SuitclluCi' W '''
10 the District Attorney yesterday anu
WAS arraigned before Justice COL he
was granted until next Monday to plead
and was released In bail of sl,OOO' Whlch
Vas furnished by a surety company.
Although Mr.. Newell. his lawyer W.
NJ X. Olcott, and the District Attorney
refused to be drawn into any discussion
of the case, it is practically assureu
now that Newell will consent TO giving
whatever information along either con-
spiracy or graft lines he has TO Dlstrio'
Attorney Whitman, and in return, IL Is
believed, the Indictment against MIN
will not be brought to trial.
The indictment finally filed against
him yesterday was under Section zA4A
Of the Penal Law. violation OF whien
fails under the category or a mlsue-
meanor. with a penalty OF lmprlsol-
roent i'm the penitentiary for less tfla''
O year. The language of the section u.s.
I'm relation to the act itself, Wiluiy
dissuading a witness from attending III
response TO a subpoena and 1t was set
forth that Newell knew that George A.
Sim had been subpoenaed on December
"a for appearance before Magistrate
Barlow on December q. The act com
plained Of took place on December 70
IN New York.
With regard to the other section
under which an indictment was con-
W held
probably, it was said, because OF the
assurances that reached the court and
the District Attorney that Newell
4yould become a witness for the people
Sefore the grand jury.
Newell Again Sees Whitman.
Newell and former Judge Olcott
called upon Mr.. Whitman yesterday
before Newelrs arraignment. and New
ell. accompanied by 7. b. Chancellor
Of Mr.. Olcotts office, called again on
the District Attorney after the scene
in the courtroom.
1t is believed that Judge Olcott has
already advised Newell that his best
move will be TO throw his influence
with the District Attorney and give
him whatever aid he can in getting at
the bottom Of the conspiracy and graft
affairs. in which a prominent police in
spector and captain who have served
i'm the districts in which Sipp operated
are concerned
NewelPs own inclination is said TO be
along the same line, and Mr.. Whit
man. although refusing to make any
definite comment, gave the impression
that he was hopeful Of successful and
speedy results. The information which
Newell and Patrolman Eugene A. Fox,
who is also under indictment. could
give the District Attorney would. 1t is
believed, go a long way toward clnch-
ing the graft and conspiracy Charges
which are even now lying close TO the
doors of those two police officials.
Another indication Of Mr.. Whitman's
hopefulness that the police graft ques-
ton will soon be thoroughly aired was
noted in the fact that in the applica-
ton for an extended term for the eX-
traordinary grand jury and term Of the
Supreme Court presided over by JUS
tice Golf the District Attorney opined
that an additional month would be sur
fcient for the work in hand.
If both Newell and Fox consent to
go before the grand jury, as is now be-
lieved to be probable, the graft trail
will be opened up in a more definite
way than it has been at any time since
the various inquiries started on the
heels Of the Rosenthal murder.
Politician at Newelrs Mercy.
Between the two men, it is said, def
mite charges could be laid against an
INSPECTOR. two captains, one of whom
is a denoted inspector. and one Of the
highest civilian employees at Police
HEADQUARTERS. Back of that array. in
the political ring" which has domi-
mated the Harlem police situation for
years, there is one prominent Tam
many district leader, who is believed
TO be now entirely at the mercy Of
Newell, and with that leader involved
in the philosophical rings graft
several of his less widely known lieu,
tenants would be irretrievably drawn
in.
Newelrs political history is bound up
with that OF the Tammany district
leader referred 10, although his father
was a prominent Republican, and was
at one time chairman OF the house
committee Of the Republican Club.
The elder Mr.. Newell, in fact, died in
the Republican Club, as the result of
sudden stroke. about six years ago.
and his son affiliated with the Demo-
cratic organization.
AS a young lawyer, Newell was as
ISOLATED with Andrew ID. Parker. just
before the latter became one of the
four commissioners In the administra-
ton of Mayor Strong. Newell himself
declined 10 say anything when he was
arraigned, contenting himself with the
statement that if any Interview with
him appeared in print it could be
branded as a fake
Alderman Henry II. Curran and his
wife, together with Deputy City Clerk
Joseph Prendergast and some city
records. went before the grand jury
Yesterday to establish Curran's alibi
for the accusations sworn to by PATROL
man Charles r. Foye before the alder