The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-04-10
NEWELL IMPLICATES
HUSSEY IN BRIBERY
Admits Inspector Reviewed in
Advance His Previous
"ConfcSSion.
RAISED MONEY FOR >IPP
Convicted Lawyer Followed by
Detectives Trapped by
Whitman at Last.
RAISED MONEY FOR >iPP

Edward i Newell who confessed 10
taking part ia the ech"n" to keep George
A Sipp from tnstifying bcfor" the Grand
Jury but who has souChi To protect his
friend. INSPECTOR James +. llu-~"y. hrok"
down before the questioning ni District
! Attorney Whitman at the lattcr's hnm"
on Tueadav might and gay" III" prose-
cu,or an outline Of Ilus-rv's part in the
. transaction This he put into IN" FORM
OF an AFFIDAVIT, Yesterday ia the DISTRICT
Attorney Office
| Last Monday Newell went to III" DIS
| triCt Attorneys Office with a long type
! written statement which II" sald covered
his whole story Of the Sipp matt"r. Mr..
Whitman questioned him cloS"lr with
regard TO the omission from tn" state
mcnt Of anything which would mcrlmi-
nate iIu-sry. ON Tuesday Newell was at
the District Attorneys office again and
was confronted with George \. SIpp,
Mrs Sipp and Harold Sipp.
| The conference became pretty heated
before II was over. Sipp fatty contra
dieting Newell Newell wouldn't give
in. however When the lawyer left the
Office Mr.. Whitman told him to visit him
) at his home at 100 o'clock that night
Newell demurred. but appeared AT Mr.
| Whtman's home on the hour.
| The first thing Mr.. Whitman had TO
say to him was regarding visit by Newell
to the home of INSPECTOR Iiussey at Ocean
side. l. /. last Sunday night MIR Whit
man had caused Newell to he watched.
| The lawyer and his wife went To Rock
| Vile Centre on Friday afternoon for the
week end. and according To- the report
made to the District Attorney Newell
went 10 see H,issev on Sunday night.
Confronted with this information Newell
admitted that he had rren HIssev at the
time mentioned and that they had gone
over the Newell statement together. TN"
Distr Attorneys information is that
the statement was gone over in detail
and received llussevs approval before
finally being turned over by Newell to Mr.
Whitman
The supp rmentarv affidavit which
was made hy Newell yesterday, in which
he i'm plicated Hussey in the Sipp brih"
fund transaction, reviews in brief the
ca rlier affidavit. in which he had explained
how the funds were raised and supple q
to George A. Sipp, and continues;
! ON or about December 20. lpl2. | tce-
phoned Can't iiussey He told me lie had
some information for me-. "" made an
appointment 10 meet that evening AT Sis-
bc's restaurant. | had already ON "A previ-
ous occasion, either tn" Friday or saturday
before conferred with Capt. ilus-.v rela-
tive to George 4, Sipp During my con-
ference with iiussev on the 2rth. informed
him that George 4. Sipp was becoming
restl.ss and asked him why the money was
not forthcoming a. had been agreed upon.
and | further asked him If he would see To
IL, that the money should be iorthcoming .
Mt once.
About that time he left the table saying
he would telephone lie came back to the
, table and said a | remember, ! will see IA
il that the money for S!pp j. given to YOU
Tomorrow. after which We left the res
taurqnt together aud came over To Man
haitian In the subway, capt. lius>cy leaving
the subway train at the Grand Central
station
4 received the money. namely. $3.50. as
l. set forth in my statement and i'll aC-
cordance with Capt. iluss.v's promise on
the following day, December 50, and gave
the amount which was agreed Upon tC
George 4. Sipp III Newark Oh the same day
between II T. VI. and midnight
Supplementng his affidavit Newell has
told the District Attorney that he under
sto cd that when lIussev left the restau.
rant table il was 10 telephone 10 lnspoc-
tor Dennis Sweeney. Capt Walsh also
has supplied additional details to Newell
story. Walsh says that Sweeney came
to So" him on the night of December 20
and told Walsh that he had just left Hus-
sey at the Grand Central Station and
that the money had got to he handed
over on the following day
Newell will go before the Grand jury
, with this ampliiicd story of his probably
tomorrow. The District Attorney Is
expected TO ask at that time for an in