New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-01
Risks Life To Be GriIIed and Is
Unbending Under Cross Exam
inatiOn, Which Only DAM
ages the Ex-InSpeCtorS.
TOTTERS FROM THE STAND
Prisoners, Smarting Under HUI.
initiation of Handouts, Vince
as Sick Man Dramatically
Tells Anew the Sordid
Story of Harlem Graft.

one feeble man. prematurely old,
whose ability to sit W was due TO a
! hypodermic injection OF powerful
heart stimulant. proved more than y
match for the combined wits Of four
high priced lawyers who sought 10
break down his story OF a police con
spiracy ia the Criminal Branch of the
! Supreme Iurt yesterday.
The man was eX-Captain Thomas ".
Walsh. The lawyers who cross-eXam-
ined him for nearly four hours after
ne had finished his account Of the plot
Of ex-Inspectors Sweeney, Thompson.
J Hussey and Murtha 10 keep George a.
I Sipp out OF the jurisdiction OF the
court, following sipp's revelation Of the
profitable alliance between the police
and keepers Of disorderly houses, were
Francis L. Wellman, John Il. Stanch
field. George Gordon Battle and Abra-
ham s. Gilbert.
Walsh accused the inspectors OF rails
| ing S1O.C - bribe fund TO silence Sip?.
and he charged them with sharing in
the graft ,e collected in Harlem.
Not only were the efforts OF the
cross-examiners unsuccessful in dis
crediting Wa,shs damaging evidence,
but the most damaging testimony OF
the entire day against the four for
mer inspectors was brought out under
! Stanchfield's cross examination OF the
weary witness.
Ordeal Almost Exhausts Him.
Walsh. who had been on the stand
from the opening Of court, at 1870
I'm the morning until q o'clock in the
| evening, save for an hours recess at
midday, was almost exhausted when
the ordeal was over. He tottered few
steps and then stopped. court at
| tendant assisted him 10 an outer cham
| ber. where he was examined by his
physician, Dr. William II. Upton.
walsh took his life in his hands
when he went on the stand" said Or.
Jpton. after the examination. He
came through all right, though. He in
sisted on telling his story, and had 1t
not been for a dose of digitalis | adj
ministered before he began to testify
he would never have been able TO last
as long as he did"
Walsh's condition was so serious that
he was not told he would be witness
{ until early yesterday morning.
| The four former inspectors were far
from calm when they took their seats
within the rallied inclosure at the open
ing of the days session. Each was
srnarting under the humiliation Of hav-
ing been led into the Appellate Division
bandcuffed together, and the disap-
pointment attendant upon the refusal
of that court to sustain the writs OF
| habeas corpus sued out on the preced-
ing night by their counsel. They
showed plainly that the dismissal Of
the Writs. which meant that they
would have to remain prisoners in the
Tombs until the close Of the trial. as
originally ordered by Justice Seabury.
was a heavy load to bear.
Mrs. George J. Gould There.
Walsh's sordid story. on the direct ex-
animation under the friendly question
ing of Assistant District Attorney ].
Kirkland Clark took up the entire
morning session and part OF the after
noon. Before the noon recess was over
Mrs. George J. Gould, accompanied by
Mrs. Allen G. Wellman. whose hus-
band. an Assistant District Attorney,
is aiding District Attorney Whitman In
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