New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-14
Taken in Body to SiCkrOOm IN
Captains HOme-lnvalId,
Propped Up on Pillows,
Repeats Graft Story.
INDICTMENTS EXPECTED
Said to Have Named Two Pres
ent and Two Former Inspec-
tors as Men with Whom He
Shared Collections
Whitman to Act.


that he collected graft and divided It
with Inspector Dennis +. Sweeney and
other inspectors, testified yesterday be-
fore the extraordinary grand jury. at
special session of that body held in a
bedroom of the Walsh apartment. at
No 1853 Madison avenue.
The unusual step of taking a grand
jury to the bedside of a witness was
decided upon after DR. James t. Kelly.
physician to Justice Golf. reported 20
the court that Captain Walsh was well
enough TO testify. but might not be wei
enough for several days to make the
trip 10 the Criminal Courts Building.
Captain Walsh sat up in bed while
giving his testimony, and at the end f
the twenty minute examination told Mr..
Whitman that he felt we'll enough to go
on talking for an hour if need be.
Behind this move. however. was The
unanimous belief of grand jury. court
and prosecutor that aggressive action
should be taken Immediately if the adj
vanteges gained i'm the fight on the
police system were to be held.
Walshs illness. while undeniably of a
serious nature, held up the attack on
The system" and delay was consid-
ered dangerous.
The indictment of Sweeney is said 10
bc imminent. and it is certain that his
trial will follow his indictment just IS
ho 10 oil ia
Ia be the real reason why the grand
jury took this step, unprecedented in
New York County at least. of holding d
session at the bedside of a witness.
Expect Several Indictments.
Walsh's testimony. it : believed, fol-
lowed generally the lines of his con-
fession. From that the indictment of
Sweeney on two charges is expected
and although the District Attorney will
not say that ne is going after any one
lwt Sweeney on the basis of Walsh's
testimony ii is known that Walsh has
named one other police inspector and
Two police captains, who We're formerly
Inspectors. as men who at different
times shared graft i'm the same proper
ton that he alleges Sweeney did.
Besides his evidence bearing directly
on the graft situation Walsh laid the
fou"dation for another indictment Of
Sweeney. as we'll as the other police
officials indicated. on the ground OF
conspiracy to bribe a witness-Sipp-
.ft.QC lrih ind tod
man-Fox-to jump bail and flee the
Jurisdiction
The former ear of the East 10th
street station has given the District At
torney's office the names Of several
patrOlmen best Fox who acted as
collectors either for himself or for
Sweeney. and has also supplied the
names of three former graft payers
who like Sipp. dealt with collector rep
resentatives of captains and inspectors
To complete the cases against
Sweeney now in hand the grand jury
will hear this morning the testimony OF
George A. Sipp. Patrolman Eugene f..
Fox, Mrs. Walsh wife of the captain
and Thomas J. Dorian Fox. Sipp Mrs
Walsh, PatrOlman John j. Hartigan, of
Sweeney's staff. and one other man
whose name was not mentioned, but
who is probably a lawyer who had
knowledge of the whole conspiracy, will
give evidence on which the demand for
an indictment for conspiracy or subor-
nation Of perjury will be demanded.
The basis for both these cases was laid
in Walsh's testimony yesterday.
Doctor Examines Walsh First.
The grand jury, with seventeen mem
bers present, left the Criminal Courts
Building yesterday shortly after l.
o'clock, after Il conference with Justice
Goff. at which the indictments of Du-
heller and Maier were delivered.
At Walsh's home the grand jurors.
who were in charge of Assistan Dis
trict Attorneys Frederick j. Groehl and
John Kirkland Clark, waited i'm the
hallway while Mr.. Whitman conferred
with Captain Walsh Or. Kelly, who
was also with the party. examined
Walsh just before the beside session OF
the grand jury and just after, retiring
while the session was on.
The captain was propped up 10 sit
ting position in his bed when the grand
Jurors filed into the room, and before
The session began DR.. Kelly heard Fore
man Thomas G.. Wood assure the wit
ness that he might speak up. as there
was nothing 10 he afraid Of.
I'm not afraid of anything was
Walsh's reply. and I'm in fine shape
and want To get this thing off my
mind"
Process servers from the District At
torncy's office took up their positions
al the outside doors Of the bedroom.
and with the grand jury ranged about
the bed and the stenographers table.
which was placed beside il. the session
of the grand jury began.
The session was a short one. and
Walsh held the attention of the grand
Jurors with his every word. \ few
questions were advanced by jurors. and
when il was over the captain said that
he felt better for having put his con-
fession into the legal form Of grand
jury minutes.
Outlines Of Walsh's Story.
i he followed the lines Of his pre-
vious statements Walsh divided his