New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16

first sworn statements that he thought il
was a list Of the disorderly houses In the
precinct and his later admission that il
was money.
Former Inspector Dennis Sweeney fol-
lowed his former clerical man in the Wit
ness chair Under Mr.. Donnellys guild
ance he entered declamatcry denials 10
any statements that he had sent Hartigan
TO Walsh with an envelope or message of
any kind. either December 50 or at any
other time.
Mr. Whitman. on cross-eXamlnation,
took sweeney over the question Of hav-
ing permitted Hartigan TO absent him
self from duty for three hours on the
morning Of December 80. without pre-
ferring charges against him for violation
OF police rules. Then, as If discardng his
denials Of participation in the Sipp silence
fund as unworthy Of attack, he shot a
series of questions at the inspector which
made Sweeney vince as from so many
blows.
Whitman Surprises Sweeney.
Have YOU ever taken brides from Ser
gcant Peter j. Duffy he began.
Il have not sweeney was plainly sur
prised at the new line the attack was
taking. but ne faced il out grimly
Have you eyer taken brides from the
propretors Of the Hotel Monument
81 have not
Have YOU ever taken bribos from the
propretors Of the Hotel Braddcck|'
81 have not"
Have YOU ever taken brides from John
TONES. of the Colonial HOTEL
II have not
From man named Tancredi:'
u have not
From Captain Walsh"
II have no.
From James Wren"
NO
Nh Whitman turned from the witness
with gesture Of almost physically wipine
his hands Of ihe whole Sweeney testimony
and let Sweeney leave the stand The dis
comfited official found a seat in the court
room. where he remained until after the
jury retired II was noted that Sweeney
when coming into tho courtroom 10 testify
turned as If from the habit that must have
grown on him within the last few weeks
toward the prisoners dock. whore he
pleaded 10 thirteen different indictments.
IT is on the opposite Of the courtroom
from the witness chair, and sweeney
smiled grimly as he corrected his mis-
leading feet
Jacob Rouss. who WAS one Of the law
yers for Eugene +. Fox; William Weber
| he Harlem produce ana market man for
whom Hartigan worked before joining the
police force and Richard Trettler, HART
gans next door neighbor, testified next
the last two as character witnesses Al
fred j. Talley, Sweeneys lawyer. who was
also sworn as witness, was like Rouss.
unable 10 give any material evidence
James A. Demilto. a policeman. testified
on the redirect examination that Walsh
had asked him TO tell Hartigan TO call
but he fixed the date as about December
81. and as he could not be positive he was
excused.
Mr.. Donnelly. in his closing address.
asked the jury TO disregard the sentiment
of distrust OF the entire police force
which. he said, has grown up in the city
recently. He said his own father was a
patrolman on the New York force for
forty years. He declared captain Walsh $
testimony was perjured and that Mrs
Walsh stretched the truth"
District Attorney Whitman, closing for
the state. said that because of the brevity
of the trial there was 10 need to review
the testimony. lie chose to emphasize,
rather. the attitude Of the defendant tow
ard the law and its requirements as to the
giving OF testimony. and 10 mark par
ticularly the significance II the stubborn
stand taken by HartiGan when viewed
from the viewpoint OF the tremendous
| effect Of his refusal TO admit the par
ticipation Of any one but Walsh in the
silence fund"
There IS no feeling against this de-
bid, There is no desire to send him TO
| prison no desire to make him . felon.
II never tried harder In my life TO get
a man 10 tell the truth than / did with
Hartigan. But the extraordinary grand
/ jury wanted the truth The truth was all
we wanted. but this younG man. relying
! on the system that has protected him,
stands I'm the way"
Mr. Whitman reviewed briefly the chain
of circumstances as 10 the fund raised 20
keep Sipp out of the state. and he named.
one after the other. Spp. Fox, Walsh,
Sweeney. Husscy and Thompson.
Il hold no brief for Walsh. for l. ~.