The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-06
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POLICE CAPTAIN IMPLICATED NJ
PATRoLMAs CONGRESSES. I'M
PLIcATINe INSPECTOR.
KEEPS ON UPWARD
CIVILIAN AT POLICE HEAD
QUARTERS Is ONE SOUGHT
NIX NEW YORK DISTRICT
ATTORNEY.

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.--.District At.
torney Whitman went to the home of
Police Captain Thomas w. Walsh, at
1850 Madison avenue, shortly after
10 o'clock tonight The district at
torney was uncommunicative as to
the purpose Of his errand when he
was seen entering the house of the
captain. but there had been strongly
supported rumprs late in the after
noon that there would be confer
ence between the district attorney and
the captain before midnight.
Representatives of Captain Walsh
were in consultation with the district
attorney today with the object of
learning just what the position Of the
captain win be il he decided TO dis
close whatever he may know concern
ing police graft. The district attor-
ney gave these ENJOYS to understand
that the captain would have little to
fear tt he made a clean breast of It,
The ENJOYS who talked with the dis
triet attorney this afternoon said
frankly that their principal was will
ing to treat with the prosecutor IL the
terms were satisfactory.
The Developments today brought
the matter nearer home to a certain
inspector than 1t had hitherto been
brought. Policeman Fox told the dis
trict attorney that $3.50 of the $1,000
raised to keep 6ipp out of New York
came from this inspector.
Policeman Fox and his brother
spent several hours In the district at
torney's Office this afternoon,
The only variance i'm Fox's story so
far, and he now has been under cross
examination of the district attorney
personally for three days, is with re-
gard TO his profits from. the collect
ing.
Tho fund raised to keep Sipp out of
the 5uridietion, Fox told Mr. whitman
today, was II, 200 instead of the 81
GOO. of which Sipn had heard.
Captain Walsh surrendered himself
entirely into the hands OF District At
torney Whitman, admitted that every
thing Fox had said duplicating him.
self was true, himself brought in In
spector Dennis Sweeney as one who
shared the graft equally with himself
and gave sufficient information re-
garding a civilian at police headquar-
believing that he will be able to put
the question up TO this high official Ia
very certain manner.
Captain Walsh went ON to say that
! when Fox was arrested, he and In
psector Sweeney raised the money to
keep sipp out of town and thus pre-
vent his testifying before the grand
he said. contributed in equal shares
the $4,000 fer the cash bail of Fox
when the policeman had shown him
self TO be restless at his continued
stay In the Tombs and there was dam
ger of the policeman going over 10
he district attorney.
Walsh told his story first to District
Attorney Whitman with no others
present. Then Mr.. Whitman called
in Mr.. Groehl, who was waiting in
another room, and a man friend OF
Captain Walsh and Mrs. Walsh. The
Captain thereupon went over the
whole story again, before them all.
The evidence against Walsh in
Guiding his own confession. will be
presented TO the extraordinary grand
jury on Monday. 1t IL presumed that
an indictment must follow.
Captain Walsh talked with the dis
trict attorney with freedom and seem
ed to be DESTROYS Of conceaiing moth
ing. He expressed himself az being
anxious to so before the grand jury
and clear up his connection with
! the affair.