The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-04
WALSH |SPRESSED.
ITO TELL WHO GOT
! GRAFT higher Up
Whitman Asks Indictment Of
!. Captain to Force New
Confession.
FOX IS CORROBORATED.
Other Collectors Named by Pa
trolnran May Show Trail
to Inspector.
eOx IS CORROBORATED.

MONDAY "Niuence OH winch tney VIII hsN
The Indictment Of Police Captain
Thomas W. walsh. on the charge Of
h1bery. Then, " walsh. who Is re-
uUrtcd 70 he critically III WITH heart
,sUuoie. wishes. he may avail himself
a the immunity bath such a. will he
1antej 10 Policeman Eugene Fox. But.
~ IN the case Of Fox. no Immunity VIII
le given to walsh unless he ca de-
liver . imam higher up."
Walsh IL said TO be wavering. He has
not reported to his prectnct-Dow N
Tottenvills. \. I,-for several months-
re 10 on sick leave lie did not ap-
uear when he was summoned before the
Curran Aldcrmanic committee because
q iIlness. Ills relatives have declared
q would Nil him II he were arrested.
To avoid arrest. Walsh can avail him
elf OF only one course. II an indictment
B AGAINST him \ returned. That Is To he
como q witness for the State and assist
Dissrict-Attorney Whitman IN reaching
the head Of the srsfting In the Police
DeDartment.
oTHGN WITNESSES TO Testify
AGAINST WALSH.
Policeman Fox. who yesterday entered
q plea OF guilty Of accepting bribs
moaey. this aftsrnoou mot District.
-\assrnsy whitman with his brother 70
ponoe In the hands d the prosecutor .
nass Of evidence which. In an,davit
fsrm. VIM BE- used In preparing for the
m~eting Of tue John Doe Grand Jury
Aenday. when an Indictment will b
aoho1 against Police Captain Thomas W.
Waish on the charge Of bribery.
Dooertet.AttoFney Whitman has OBJ
tained what Ne BELIEVES 10 positive cor.
reborstion Of Fox's story from George
4. Sipp. former proprietor Of the Bal
~ Hotel In Harlem. and from Thomas
,. Dorian. manager Of the Avanel. Ia
vAieh the Battles nams WAS changed
These men. with Fox. will 70 before tns
Joha Dee Grand Jury Monday. Fox
On swear that he collected moro than
- Q month from disosdsriy houses n
IT, East One Hundred and Twenty.
ageA street precinct. and that this mon
~ was delivered BY him personally "a
CAST Walsh IN the sattsr's once In the
police station.
sipp and Dorian will swear. II Il
Irsdsrstood. that they had long con
vibrations with walsh on several occa
sious IN which the question Of payini
''protsctiou money for running the dis
orderly hotel were discussed. It'll sat
walsh ives no bold In his dealings will
Sipp and Dorian that he actually "di'
business" with them himseif-that h
nxed the amount OF graft they mus
pay and that no told them. personally
q, pay Fox. mis- man.
This. It y believed In the District
Attorneys o0cs. will AFFORD ample cor
roboratien u Fox's startling confession
Bankbooks and bank records Of Cap
Walsh may be- reQuisitioned by Nj
whitman In his search for the polio
oflciars wealth. On . salary OF $e.1
q year Walsh Is said 70 have grow
opuient.
WACsH NOT TOO ILL TO see sl'
LAW FIRM.
That waish's physical condition. IL
clared By his family 20 be most critica
In not nearly SO bad as had been RI
ported. was report that reached III
District-Aftorney's once to-day. II We
said that. although II was reportt
walsh was too III to leave his hom'
he had. within the. past week. visite
the office Of well known arm OF Law
yers and sought to retain them to rel
resent him In the event OF his subs,
quent indictment.
FOR years Walsh and sipp-again
whom the police later lodged seriot
charges-were boon companions. Sir
was engaged with Walsh In real o
tate transactions In New Jersey, ar
frequently was . passenger In the toI
neau Of wslsh's eS.0o0 automobll
sipp on one occasion was Walsh's con
panion on tour Of the paiatiai hote
along the East Coast OF Florida durir
the height Of the social season.
when sipp, bstbsd TO leave Ne
Ysrk. was finally induced to come bac
after the Grand Jury had thrown Of
as unreliable the police charges again
him. hs was angry at the manner
which the "systsm" had. a. he e
pressed II. "doubls-crossed' him. VIII,
he went before the Grand Jury vii
the story that resulted In the indie
msnt Of Fox. who yesterday plead.
guilty Of bribery. he was specific
his charge that Capt. Walsh was
srsftsr and that Fox was his era
collector. But against Walsh. b
former friend. sipp could not produ
\ the corroboration he produced again
Fox.
y THIRD DEGREE" TO FOX TO os
At WALSH.
The DIstrict-Attorncy was compelle
for the time being. to plgeonhole I
charges against Capt. Walsh. though
pisesd private detectives to work
the case. lie believed that. In additl
~ sas evidence they secured. he COZ
work UP double-rlveted case axair
walsh II he could convict Fox, and ,
time his energies were devoted slo
that line. The result WAS that Fox.
VI . sense. get startling third degre
IA befors his trial was called yssterds