The evening world., 1913-02-06

II Westchestsr station: Mathew
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was useless % try TO protsct sweeney
and saAdie anything on Walsh. but
Haftigan proved hard TO handle and
stuck to his original story for . tong
time.
Inspector sw 'snsy spent . busy day
at his headquarters On Harlem. He
was % nervous that his hands nut
tered and his lips twitched. but he
callers was Patrolman John J. SHELLY.
who - under indictment, charged with
obtaining Us from Mary ooods for
permission 10 open . disordsrly house
In The West One Hundrsdeh street
precinct. Shelly. on bail. 10 awaiting
TRIAL.
Lieutenant washborn. now stationed
n DrooAlvu. and Caot. Day Of che
wsst Ono Hundred and Fkty-second
strest station, also called on Sweeney.
Bssidss. the Inspector held communica-
lions with others. IN and out Of the
department.. BY @ssssngsr ana tsle-
phone
The Police Commissioner issued an
order supsnains Capt. Walsh at n.sc
O'Clock to-day. No order was issued
suspsndins sweeney. The Suspension Of
Wash followed . CONSULTATION at tho
Criminal Courts Building between the
Dtstrict.Attosnsy and Third Deputy
Commissiensr NsWburGsr. who was Ap.
pointed Yesterday.
Commdsaones waldo. tmmedlatsly
upon reaching die Office. sent Deputy
Commissioner Nswburgsr to see Mr..
Whitman for the purpose Of getting
official corooosatien Of the Newspaper
rsports Of Walshs confession. The
corroooratien came from Nj. Whitman.
WALDO GALLO oWEgNgvsS
PLAIN cloTHGo MEN.
Inspector sweeney visited Headquart.
srs and was olosstsd with the Commits.
sionsr for twenty minutsA When at
Headquarters yesterday. Sweeney was
asked BY Commissioner Waldo about
the charge made by Fox that the graft
collections we're split between Walsh
and Sweeney. The inspector positively
denied that ne had taken . cent Of
graft. Whether he repeated his dsnials
to-day 10 not known.
Soon after Sweeney left EHsadquarte~
and returned 10 his once In the West
One Hundred and Twsuty-Afth street
station house two Of his plainclothes
men APPEARED at Commissioner waido's
door. They were Denis Mahonsy and
Harry Horn. and they said they had
besn summoned to the Commissioner
once.
Nstr:ct-Attorney Whitman positively
said to-day that he had made no prom
ises Of immunity to Capt. Walsh. liz
says he 10 through with granting i'm.
munity. What coUsider&tion IL TO w
given to msu who confess hereafter Il
70 be left to the courts. The District.
Attorney 10 OF the opinion that he ha,
started something In the nature Of Z
SNOWFALL rolling down hill. and thai
cumulative evidence viii pile up suffi
cent to reach Into the heart OF tn,
system Of graft collecting and stamy
Il out.
!. The confession Of Walsh - reported
In the newnpapsrs to-day was q grea
: surprise to Commissioner Waldo Fol
! lowing Fore confession to the nstric;
J Attorney yesterday the Commissions
; sent his new deputy. Nswburver. I,
Walsh's home In Harlem, where Wals!
! was supposed to b In q dying condl
ton. according to reports made by po
lice surgeons.
: Newrburser. In the presence Of wit
nts,es. Questioned Walsh for nearly u
, hour. Walsh stsadfastly denied tn
= truth Of the allegations Of Fox that "a
, twAlsh) had shared In graft. He wa
|. fearful in his protestations OF limo
. cence Deputy Nswburger reported tn
, result Of his vis!t TO COMMISSIONS
. Waldo. and within two hours WAls
was tearfully making q complete con
:. fesrion to the Distriot-Attorney.
excisE GRAFT STILL COLLECTED
. Despite MAYORS ORDERS.
. Both Walsh and Fox say In their cor
q fessions that Mayor 0Aynors rule r,
( curing policemen In uniform to kes
A out OF saloons and observe excise cond
!, tons from tbs sidewalk did not sto
the collection OF excise graft In III
: East One Hundred and Twenty-sixt
o street precinct.
= The order did efsctualfy stop captain
I and minor officers from getting saloo
o kraft. but according to Walsh and Fo,
b. that source Of income was at once M
propriated III the Harlem district by II
spector sweeney. who sent his own ma
= out after It. Hartigan will be questions
as TO his knowledge OF collections frol
u saloonkeepers who kept open during FOL
1 hidden hours.
4, Payments from other precincts In N
n Inspection district. Walsh believed. ne
!, ted the Inspector equally as much .
that OF the East One Hundred an
y Twenty-s!xth street station. but he ha
= no personal knowledge OF the collection
In them. There are four other precinct
Yesterday afternoon the District A
n tornsy had an iutimation Of what wi
n coming when representatives OF Cap
A Walsh visited him and asked what Il
Captain could expect II he told what
knew OF police grating. As in all Il
: recent cases In which persons escap<
4 punishment BY turning states svidsnc