The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-02-12
CONFESSES GRAFT !.
new YORK "P0LICE Has HAM
THIEVES ON IT
OFFICERS ARE BRlBED
Captain Walsh Confesses to the Dis
trict Attorney That He Took Graf
and Gave Half of What He Got q
One of tho Inspectors OF the Pc
lice.

lice.
The New York World says belle,
ing himself to be dying and wishin,
10 purge his conscience, Police Cal
tain Thomas ". Walsh, accused o
grating by the patrolman who, 70
Ave years acted as his collector, sen
for District Attorney Whitman an
made a full confession.
Walsh, without saving htmsel.
his voice, weakened by long Hines
taking on the hysteria Of excitement
corroborated in full the statemen
then turned States evidence.
In the presence Of Frederick Grt
ehl, an assistant District Attorne:
Mrs. Walsh and another man, the pt
lice captain poured his heart out t.
Mr.. Whitman.
He swore that every cent collecte'
by Fox in the East One Hundred an,
rwenty-sixth precinct had been sha,
ed with Inspector Sweeney. Ou
of every dollar that Fox brought hir
Walsh had given fifty cents TO hi
superior, the collector having frs
helped himself to 10 per cent. Of tn
total.
This method applied to all tn
money received as the cost OF prt
tecting illegitimate enterprises, SOM
of which were handled by others th0
Fox.
Once a month, Walsh said, b.
would meet Sweeney either In his OF
fee or in the Inspectors in the On
Hundred and Twenty-ffth street am
there pay him in cash.
He could not recall offhand Wee
nesday night the total amounts thu
paid the inspector, but as near as b.
could figure it he thought it reached
somewhere between $4,000 ant
$4,000. Walsh had no persona
knowledge of the payments from tn
other precincts in the inspection dit
trict, of which there are four, but h.
gave it as his opinion that each ha'
produced equally large sums, II no
larger.
District-Attorney Whitman recei'
ed the word that Capt. Walsh wan,
ed to talk to him at te;
o'clock Wednesday night. He juml
ed into a taxicab and, picking up hi
assistant, Mr.. Groehl, on the wa.
reached Walsh's house, No. 1857
Madison avenue, about 1890.
Walsh had just been treated by hn
physician, Dr.. Upton, under who's
care he has been almost year for a.
fections of the heart, stomach an
kidney. The excitement followin:
Fo1's confession caused a relapse
and It was the fear of dying befor'
he had set himself right that causet
the Captain to take the desperat
step of sending for the prosecutor.
When Whitman entered the rooL
Walsh greeted him tearfully. 1t wa
evident that the man welcomed tn
opportunity OF telling all. First b.
talked to the District Attorney alone
being warned that all he said coul
be used against him. The warning
seemed to act as a greater spur.
Then with Whitman beside nj
wife on the other side OF him, Will
Groehl and the other man listened
Walsh told Whitman that every wore
Fox had spoken was true; that Fo:
had not overstated the case. Fo,
had been his collector, Walsh admi;
Ted. and he mentioned other name
as having been used in the same wa!
But the District Attorney feare
that the mans tongue might Tu
away with him il too many subject
we're permitted, so Vigorously nei
him down to the two points OF Fo
and Sweeney. After Walsh had ru'
On for a time the Distric. Attorne
said SOlemnly.
walsh answer this: Did you Re
ce,ve money for protection from tn
Baltic Hotel. as S!pp has sworl
which was paid TO Fox each mont
and did you pay half Of this none
over TO Inspector Sweeney"
"I did" came the focY!d ans"e;
"sip paid Fox for me each month ant
7 turned over half Of all Fox paid m
70 Sweeney. gave it to him In casI
and I have been doing it for years
I want to tell everything. It's M
only hope. There was nothing els
for me to DO. They expected to pa
the money and l was expected to &c
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