The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-05

police parlance, Fox cannot teii witt
IDENTITY, nor could he be any more posi-
tive that any OF II ever reached any Of.
ncial In Centre street. His testimony
along that line Is merely hsarsAy.
Tho brother of a police onioisl. him
self a former high police o6,csr. n
being ermeshed in the District-Attor-
ney's investigation into the collection
OF q $1,000 bribe fund to get George 4.
sipp to fee from New York. Fox he's
told the District-Attornsy that he Wa
compelled from HE small portion Of
the graft to disgorss ssso for this
fund. and that the brother of the
police Official raised, ostsnsibiy from
his brother, the other e7so. which he
delivered personally into the hands Of
q lawyer. who passed It along until It
. reached sipp.
District-Attorney whitman. who II
working eagerly on this line Of the
case. declines 60 reveal how much evil
dsnce he has In hand. but II was ru-
nored to-day that before this bribery
investigation II ended more men than
Attorney Edward J. Newell may have
to face indictments
IL was revealed to-day that parrimony
alone has brought Capt. walsh In such
close proximity 10 an Indictment for
bribery. Fox. who swears he collected
graft for Walsh. In NOT q coinmendab,s
public benefactor. He was simply
caught with the goods" and he 10 toll
ins what he knows 20 save himself from
a long prison term. Fox. It was learned
to-day. was perfectly willing 10 dis
- IL
trial for bribery had there been suf-
fctent financial recompense for him.
Emissariss are said 20 have told . man
whom his confession involves thst ~ ne
would make Il worth Fox's while the
accused policeman would forfeit his
es.ooo cash ball and not 20 to trial. The
money was not forthcoming. and Foe.
realizing tho hopeiessness of his own
case. pieaded guilty and oeafsassd.
FOX REVEALS WHO PUT UP
5000 CASH OAAt.
In this coansotion Yox haI tsld the
District-Atsornsy VINO put up the $500
caah bail on which he was freed iron
the Tombs after several bond companies
had declined 20 cot for him. This story
10 aid 70 b most intsrssting IN view Of
Fox's confession. While II was no crime.
TO bail Fox out. the Disesiet-Attor~sy d
following with avidity FoKs story Of
the real depositor Of the bau bond. rhs
trail. Il 10 said. ieads 10 . eosnmisssoasd
of'scer In the Police pspaFtDsnt.
The narration OF Fox's Aseaiied ooo-|
fsssaon Vas continued bsfoso NJ. VIM
msa to-day and rox's s>aAsmsns WI |
be put in ansdsvat form. \ y nd 20
be the most seart1ng story a poaios
graft svsr ted by one Of tAs GEph eon.
spratom. Vox ~ already saAA thaA
fvs ysars 80 ~ was sslsoea1 ~ Capt.
Walsh 10 esosnt from Aieeroesoy houses
and saloons In Hlarlsm ~ thaA bic
monthly pidlrtnss amouaasl - ei.~oe sae
two yssns. when lea0er 0aynor
issued Ids saloon rules. ~ ssssss sEast
vac taken away from Nm ~ put into
the hands % nan NO 10 saaA to
have totd Haslsa saseaakssOssu 10 was
actiag tor IN inpsseer. tn \ 10 saSd.
cut rox's ecnset1es 1sw0 - 49, .
month. He was Always Ossmittsd % 70.
tsis 10 per esn4. o. ~ oaiisseseos,
smeunstng - ~ . MANA ~ two
years ana oaee { mostk ~ ~ iAse
three ysssv. In sAaittea - he sasary 20
n policeman.
When Fox was tranRssss1 - Ne One
Hundred and FMty-ssoonA street pre-.
einct he had TO us his or days to collect
In the East One esundrsA anA Tvsnty.
sixth street esscsast He declares he
thought he ou1ht 70 Aavs more money
and asked Tor . = pr cent. ''eut." BAT
was turned down hard and toM 70 20
lon Getung the money at - Per cent.
I n his invsstisat1en into the part In.
speosors played In cohseting graft In
Has1sm. Distriot-Attorasy whitmsn has
the sworn statsmsnts Of 0sorgs 4. 6ipp
ane Thomas J. Dorisn that. In addition
10 the no . month they paid to Foe,
they paid ~ . month 70 . plajnciothss
policeman. Who represented 70 them that
he vas the collector for - INSPECTOR
whom Fox has namSd.
iNopgcIoN oWGCNgv coMFgRs
WITH WALDO At LoNo OEesaoN, |
Inspsctor 0vssasy NGiasd Police |
'HsadausrtsS to-day. He wHs for q |!
hong dine In prtvake conference w,tA |,
Commisdonee WajAo and he dAn't |
look any TOO cheerful when he left ths
buad1ng and started baNk 10 h,s once
IA ths West One Hundred and Twsuay-
neeh street station.
Commissioner wAldo has taken No &C. |
tteo on Fox's confession. His only In. |
Formation about what FOE has said a. |
to Graft collections oomes from the |
nswpapsu. The Dtstriot ATTORNEY has
not aotif,sd him through odlclal sources.
Inasanvch - District-Attosnsy whit
man asked the Police Commissionsr 10 |
suspend the police trial Of Tox on graft
ting changes until the oeurt proceedings
are finished. the Commissions doesn't
know what 70 do about Walsh ana
Sweeney. who are accused b. Fox. One
certainty 10 that Sweeney via not re.
main long In charge Of the Harlem In.
spection district.
Police surgeons have reported to
Commissioner Waldo that Capt. Walsh
IL very sick man and that the chances
are against his recovery from the on
paint with which he 10 AFFLICTED. Al.
though the District-Attornsy has in
formation that Welsh 10 not ~ III ~
he 10 supposed to be. II 10 the common
belief at Headquarters that the captain