New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-05
WOMEN NAME ANOTHER
INSPECTOR AS GRAF TER
/ Whitman Gets Warrant for COL
IeCtOr of Man Hitherto
unsupported.
GUARDS NEW WITNESS
Disorderly House Keeper
Swears to Paying Protection
Money for Twenty
Years.

. Another police Inspector. whose name
had not even been indicated as one In
the vice graft was named 10 Mr. Whit
+ man YESTERDAY by TWO women witnesses
As the recipient Of protection money
paid by one ~ them Tor diSordcry
house
ON the strength OF the sfidavits sworn
to bv these women Yesterday a warrant
wa. issued last night for the arrest q
+ the inspectors collector. II is expected
there may be some slight DELAY IN sery-
/ ing the warrant but from yesterdays
developments it appeared certain that
the man would be- indicted
Following his line of procedure In the
previous graft cases. Nj Whitman Will
recommend immunity for IN" collector
liz he confesses 10 his relations with the
inepector who T. still on duty In the
same inspection district In which he col
lected Kraft from on" of the women
. who appeared YESTERDAY
; Nj Whitman aided this new witness
( 10 keep hei. Identity secret. not only be-
cause Of her openly expressed fears that
the system would get her " q
/ thought she could be kept from testify
ing before the grand jury. but also he
cause the publication Of her name would
give warning Ia both the Inspector and
his collector,
II was first decided In fact. Al tho
: womans request, that she should lie
quartcred in the Criminal Courts Build
[ ing until to-day. when she viii go before
! the grand Jury. bu, late in the afternoon
Mr.. whitman gave her - bodyguard Of
! two process servers. who will protect her
until TN. inspector involved IL landed In
the graft net.
/ Tn. woman has been running disorderly
/ houses on and on. FOR the last twenty
years. she said. She asserted she had al
ways paid the police protection" money
and had always been protected Since
the Rosenthal murder and the subsequent
graft Investigations, however. the price
demanded by the police had steadily rs
en- until she finally decided she would
ret out Of the business. Mr.. Whitman
Induced her confession 10y bringing heavy
pressure to bear on her through her
lawyer. He believes that her evidence
will be far stronger than that Of Mrs.
Mary Goode and equal in It's effect To the
disclosures OF George \. Sipp, the Harlem
( hotclkeeper.
! Becaus. of his work with this new Wit
ness Mr. Whitman was unable to go be
/ fore the new Supreme Court grand jury
! with evidence connected with the Liquor
! Dealers Association. and the witnesses
and books Of that orga nization will he
7 lot. il.tN
The District Attorney served motto" on
: James Donnclly. counsel for Patrolman
John j. iiartiean- Sweeney's $3.50 messen-
ger. who was indicted for perjury In con-
nection with that $3.50 message. that he
would 20 before Justice Seabury to-mor-
row To move for Hariigan's trial. As five
DAYS. exclusive Of holidays. must elaps"
after such motion. ii is probable that the
trial will begin on Wednesday or Thurs
! day Of next week.
! Irwin Borland u clerk In the Avanel
Hotel. In Harlem. which is the new name
! for the old Baltic Hotel. Tor which Spp
! paid graft for years. was arrested early
| last night in raid on that resort. for
| which Magistrate Campbell had issued a
warrant lie was charged with maintain
! ing a disorderly house.
Both the Curran aldermanic and the
Wagner legislative committees VIII meet
to-day. The Aldermen will hear former
| 4 commissioner Bingham. while the legs-
/ Iators will have as witnesses Lieutenant
| Daniel Costigau and Inspector DAILY. from
In. uniformed force and several city Of
| hcials.
! oil Dtat A
! torney Whitman yesterday TO ask him TO
! appear before the committee. and Mr..
! Whitman said lie would do so Thursday
! afternoon OF Friday morning.
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