The evening world., 1913-03-14

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AGAIN ADMITS Ne coLLGcrEo
GRAFT IN HARLEM.
Asked n ne had been promised i'm
nptfnity, walah whispered; II was very
SEX ard I wanted 10 get tbs thing on
my OhOulders." He admitted having
Used Hartiwan - . messenger IN getting
hail for Fox after tho Iattcr's arrest
and a. O messenger to Mrs. Fox 10 tell
her that n would be ell right.
walsh was excused. two off,ce~s half
lifting him from the chair.
Mrs. Nellie A. Walsh. wife of the for
msr captain, took the stand. She was
rishiy dressed and had abundant scif-
possession. She testified 20 the visit
Of HartiGon to her husbands sick
room. with 500 from Sweeney.
Tie told my husband that he was to
give S1b0." she said. MY husband
counted .,e money In the envelopes. lie
told Hartisan that ne would ind Fox
NJ the court"
After being called before Mr. whit
man. following the attempted bribery Of
01pp with the $50, Mrs. Walsh swore
Harttsan came to her house again and
declared tina. he did not know that
there was money In the envelope he had
taken TO give to Fox.
1frp. Walsh was cool under cross
examination and, while she referred TO
the defendant as Johnnie Hartigan."
she showed more sympathy for his
plight than her husbs nd had. She said
that when Hartigan came 60 her house
for the $50 he said tina, the Inspector
had told him TO hurry. on his second
visit Johnnie" she said. was crying.
The entrance this afternoon of former
Police Captain Thomas w. Walsh was
a spectacular feature OF the hrst trial
Of . police officer in the chain OF de-
velopments that has uncoiled In the
graft scandal since the murder OF Her |
man Rosenthsl. The jury had been
chosen In an hour and a haif--a jury |
At which Mr.. whitman expressed OK.
trems satisfaction.
Assistant District-Attorney John |
Kistiand Clark had made the opening |
address,. impressins on the Jury that |
the "sys;sm" was the real defendant. |
aa HartiEan's crime had been commit |
ted to shield n superior. Inspector |
Sweeney. from Indictment and reason
ably expected the power OF the "sys-
ten" to bs exerted In his own behalf.
Then came time for beginning the |
evidence and walsh, the chief witness |
fos the prosecution. was lifted from |
an automobile at the Criminal Courts |
building and carried through the co... |
ridcrs.
The aged. self-confessed rrofter |
showed n face OF chalk in which the |
lines were eouged like ravinss. There
seemed. no more than a single breath |
Of life left In him. and there wers many
WHO saw him that phophesied ne would |
nj i've TO hnish mis- story on the stand. |
walsh was carried TO the third floor
anA ,sAd on a lounge. awaiting call to |
IT, stAnd. HS cycilds dropped. lie
loo6sd more dead than alive
4 man who once weighed N pounds. |
Capt. Walsh appears as II he would |
tip the scales At less than 13 pounds. |
He was accompanied to court by his
vita. his physician. u trained nurse and
two women friends, Of HE wife. Mrs.
walsh aslssd fSbortS<s not to try ana
tax with her husband. She said he
wos IN no condition 10 undergo the
strain.
WAloH 10 sNATcHep FROM
GRAVE, " 10 SAID.
u then 6eAme known In tho court
reea that Captain Walsh was close to
1eAtA Wednesday night The veteran
pee3esman himself thought no was dy-
~. DR.. Upton was hurriediy ~um-
mensd and stimulated his heart action.
Captain welsh expressed q desire to
make his will and asked DIR. Upton to
write II for him. Mrs. Walsh found .
sheet OF foolscap par Or. and in a weak
Al wsverlnG voice. Captain Walsh dc
tsAel . will which covered half Of IL
He then was barely able to scrawl his
Nome.
Mr.. Clark frat put In evidence the
proclasnation Of the Governor concern.
Ing the special term. Then Alfred II.
Bond. secretary Of the Grand Jury.
Identified his records. stenographer
". :. rshbouEh. who took notes Of tho
GRAND Jury's proceedinss. testified that
HartiSan denied he knew anything