New-York tribune., 1913-05-08
GRAFT TRIAL FOR
EX-POL|CE HEADS
Continued from first rage.

late Division as the principal basis for
a reversal and a new trial.
At the District Attorneys Office it
was said that any such attack on the
Indictment was legally nullifed by the
verdict rendered. and that the re-
sponse would naturally he that other
witnesses and circumstances brought
into the evidence furnished sufficient
corroboration TO Justify the jury in ac-
cepting the evidence given by accom-
plices.
Because Of the expense involved. II
was said yesterday, the appeal would
be made jointly for the four inspec-
tors, and would be prepared I'm the Of
fee of Francis l.. Wellman. Hussey's
lawyer. The attorneys for the other
three men will add their special pleas
to the general appeal papers thus pre-
pared.
None OF the l. wyers called on their
clients in the Tombs yesterday. and
according 10 statement made by a
Tombs guard Murtha's brother-in-law
was the only one who appeared 10 see
any of the prisoners. As has usually
been the case when reporters have in
quircd concerning visitors TO police Of
ficers convicted since the graft inquiry
began, the Tombs authorities declared
that the visitors book was locked up
and could not be examined.
According 10 report. Sweeney seems
to be most affected by the verdict. He
slept fitfully Tuesday night, It was said.
and did not eat any breakfast yesterday
morning. The other three men are re-
ported as taking things calmly and as
sleeping and eating normally.
Lieutenants David Kane, John p.
Sexton, John l.. Falconor and John II.
Boyle were promoted yesterday by
Commissioner Waldo 10 hll the vacan-
cies occasioned by the dismissal from
the force Of Sweeney. Hussey. Murtha
and Thompson.
4 mutual friend Of Murtha and
Thompson said that these two had been
bosom friends for almost thirty years.
having lived together in the same
house for a couple Of years.
Says Murtha Has Little Money.
Il know" continued this man. that
Murtha has very little money He
never had any job where there are
good pickings,' except in Harlem. and
then he had it but three months. and
! don't believe he got more than $1,000
out Of it after he split with the people
higher up
He ought not TO be- foolish He
ought 10 remember that he has eight
children. and they ought TO be dearer
to him than the system which used
him as a filler in a good berth While
his friend, Inspector Thompson. was in
the hospital About the best assign
ment they ever gave him outside Of
that was the Brooklyn Bridge. where
he could pick up some horseshoes that
were lost on the roadway"
Inspector ,hompson's wife is pros
trated at her home. No. - Charles
street, as a result of the conviction Of
her husband. she had not been well
since the rial started and the verdict
caused her TO take TO her bed.
Thompson has but one child, son.
Joseph. who lives with his mother. He
is a big boy for his fifteen years, tall,
blue-eyed and with black hair. A
deformity in his right leg prevents him
from taking part in the sports Of other
boys, but it has not retarded him in his
studies. for he ranks near the top Of
his class in a private school in Central
Park South. He has been student
there since he was graduated from
grammar school a year ago. He is
taking commercial course.
The neighbors of the Thompsons IN
old Greenwich Village sympathze
keenly with Thompson family. The
boy, while he attends school regularly.
has not been seen driving his little
pony cart around the streets near his