The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-02-05

ontt with DISTRICT Attorney nllllldl
yesterday t'oN told the District Ntui-
ncY that he had formerly collected cN-
else gratt az well as graf from utl' -
tionable hotels. hut that about lni""
wears ago he had been ordered .vt t"
max. further collections from sal""n~.
He said that he understood tha' th.'
graft waS to go "downtuWn.' which h"
interpreted as meaning tu 'olo" Head
quarters He did not know pu-ltiN".}
VINO got the money when it reached
headquarters
Names Former Inspector.
toN used several names which have uu;
been mentioned hefur" in connection
with graft. one Of these !s q former in
spector, who, he said. handled part "f
the $1,000 fund raised to keep Gcor2o
A Sipp out of the state when ho was
wanted by Grand Jury The Grand
Jury may be asked 20 look into the CON
nection Of this former polio" official
with the case. Bribing witness not To
obey "A subpoena is felony.
Fox's revelations and the informa tion
got by the District Attorneys iuv"su-
gators helped to knit together various
threads which the prosecutor has picked
up here and there and :, shape ;h"
future Of the present inquiry. Tho>" who
like TO refer to the chief figures IN the
graft situation as a system" will have
q better excuse for the use OF the word
as result OF what was learned 10y the
prosecutor and his men yesterday and
the day before than ever before
Formal Statement To-day.
Fox has not completed his rev-la-
tions. Both conferences he has had
with the District Attorney So FAR haN"
merely brought out the outlines Of the
whole story, giving MIR. Whitman new
lines for investigation ana the names Of
new witnesses to call before him. .At
a:30 o'clock this afternoon Fox and
his brother will so to the District At
torney's office prepared to make their
formal statements.
As a resul. OF what Fox already has
told the District Attorney. added to the
testimony OF some four OF five other
witnesses. the evidence obtained against
a police captain will be presented to
the Grand Jury when ie reconvenes
on Monday next.
Received 10 Per Cent. of Graft.
Fox went TO the Criminal Courts
Building about 4 O'Clock yesterday af-
ternoon with Louis j. Grant, his coun-
sci. Mr. Whitman met them there and
led the way up town, where they would
not be disturbed.
1t IL not expected that Fox viii he
represented by counsel when he goes
before the District Attorney this after
noon. He has now placed himself un-
reservedly in the hands OF Mr. Whit
man, even TO admitting. and thereby
contradicting his own story Of Mon
day. that he himself had profited by
his collection to tho amount Of 10 per
cent. of the total amount he collected.
Fox began mis- story yesterday with
his first days in the East l26th street
police station. Not long after he was
assigned TO the precinct. he said. -4lc
captain in command called a number OF
the precinct patrolmen before him and
asked them who would be willing 10
60 out in plain clothes and arrest
women on the streets, and thus help
to clean up the district.
Fox Only Volunteer.
Fox was the only man who Nolun-
teered. he said yesterday. He went TO
work in plain clothes and made num-
Der OF arrests OF street women.
Two or three weeks after he heeau
on this detail. he told the District A.
torney. the captain sent for him and
said that he wanted a man to go around
and talk with the managers Of hotels.
Fox said he asked what the captain
meant and that the latter explained that
so long as these places were conducted