New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-18
Hiuh Police officers. Lawyers
and Tammany Leaders
Lieutenant May Fall
ON Sipp'S Story.
FOX KEPT UNDER COVER
District Attorney Also Fights
Against Intimidation by Hav-
ing Material Witness in
Another Case Held in
Higher Bail.

-Four separate instances Of attempted
"back-1ring" or intimidation, were
subjected to investigation by District
Attorney Whitman yesterday. with
view TO laying them before the eXtraor-
binary grand jury when that body con-
venes again on Monday. The first cen
tres around the suspicious efforts Of the
police ring 10 keep George A. Sipp
away from the witness stand Of the
grand jury room, and in view of Mayor
Gaynors admission that he alone was
responsible for the police attack upon
Sipp that matter promises to assume
the biggest proportions when it comes
TO the grand jury.
Entirely apart from th&graft indict-
ments that are practically certain to
result from Sipp's testimony. the grand
jury will take up with that same wit
ness the details Of the attempt to keep
him out Of the jurisdiction.
Sipp does not hesitate to swear that
$1,000 was paid over as an inducement
10 him TO keep out of the state, and he
likewise makes no secret Of all the de-
tails Of that transaction. Those de-
tails implicate one police inspector, one
former Inspector who is now captain.
a police captain and two lawyers in the
direct violation of Section 2.440 Of the
Penal Law, which makes it a felony to
give money to "a person about TO be-
come witness"
Tammany Man Under Suspicion.
Aside from the direct participation
Of the persons indicated, Mr. Whitman
will investigate thoroughly the eX-
tremely suspicious activities of one
man. not connected with the Police De-
partment, who has been known for
years as the right hand man of one Of
Tammany's most prominent Harlem
leaders, If Sipps story can be cor
rcborated-and it is believed that Mr..
Whitman has, already been able to
verify ii to some extent through the
records of the bank from which the
bribe money was drawn-a conspiracy
Indictment against the six men indi-
Gated above is a result that may be eX-
pected early next week.
The Tammany leader involved is said
TO have been warned frequently within
the last two years by his own friends
i'm the Wigwam that his increasing
financial interests in Raines law hotels
slct ho
organization" in the end, but he has
steadily refused to withdraw from so
profitable a business, especially as his
political connections were strong
enough 10 enable him to drive out COM
petition through his political influence
with the police.
Mrs. Thomas J. Dorian, who is said
10 have admitted 10 Assistant District
Attorney Frederick J. Groehl that her
husbands regular wages were being
paid TO her each week, has "let in at
least one prominent member of the
crowd that controls a large number Of
Raines law hotels for possible prosecu-
tion under the same section of the
Penal law. Mr.. Whitman is seeking TO
get corroboration for the statement
from Dorian's wife that the money has
been guaranteed "as long as her hus-
band stays out Of town." and II that
statement can be supported the man
responsible for paying her husbands 8
wages to her is liable under the stat
ute.
Patrolman Charles Foye's defiant
contention before the aldermanic COM
mittee that Henry II. Curran chair
Continued on fourth page, Afth column.