Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-15
WALSH SWOONS
DURING TRIAL
Doctor and Nurse at Cap
tain's Side In Court.

New York, March 15--Captain Thorn
as w. Walsh, the confessed grating
police official, after being carried bod
lily to the witness chair, haggard and
almost inaudibIe, told Justice Seabury
and the jury ia the criminal branch
of the supreme SQUIRT how be delivered
$3.50 hush money to Policeman John
J. Hartigan, formerly OF Inspector
Sweeney's star and now on trial
charged with perjury.
Walsh was white and l~feless, bis
head fell back when he was placed In
the witness chair. and his answers
were so low that the st~enographer had
to repeat them.
Captain Walsh had collapsed when
he reached the criminal courts build
ing, having been taken there In an
automobile, accompanied by DR.. W.
Fl. Upton and a nurse. Until called to
the stand he lay on 4 couch, a pillow
under his head. nerving himself for
the ordeal Of publicly confessing his
guilt while testifying against a man
who had been his trusted favorite.
Led by District Attorney whitman.
who interrupted his other duties to
examine Walsh In person. the grating
captain testified that Hartigan said
he came "from the Inspector when
he brought an envelope containing
$500 to which Walsh added $3.50. Tho
captain said Hartigan WAS told to
count the money when he gave 1t to
Policeman Eugene Fox. whose silence
1t vas to buy.
Tells Of Bride Money.
On the night OF Dec. 20. 1912. said
Walsh. Inspector Sweeney visited him
at bis home and they conferred about
saving Fox. who was to be arraigned
~ 4 bride taker the lei day. and
TO buy the silence Of George A. 8ipp.
Foxs ccuser. Sweeney said he would
send over the money. The following
day. said Walsh, Hartixan. who had
bssn his clerical man until be became
swesnsy's. appeared at the Walsh
home
"Hartigan gave me an envelope
which contained eight 500 bills said
Walsh II put in q 500 bill and .
$50 told John to count It and give
It to Eugene Fox"
Walsh denied he tslephoned for Har.
ti9an to come 10 him and said that the
prisoner said "ths Inspector sent him.
Knowing Harugan was On Inspector
sweeney's stan. he supposed he re-
ferred to Sweeney.
Some days afterward Hart1gan
came to my house crying. I was very
ILL., His noise bothered mo. He said
that Mrs. Walsh had told MI. Whit
man he had brought the envelope from
Sweeney to me- -. Didn't your
He said. Yes. 1uu I didn't know there
was money in it. l said, You knew
there was $500 in 1t, and you saw me
put in $780,"
James A. Donnelly, counsel for Har-
tigan, took Walsh on cross examina-
ton and went savagely at him, asking
If he had had any drugs. Walsh de-
MED it. Further questions along that
line were stopped by Justice Seabury.
Donnelly eIdeavored to make Walsh
admit that he sent for Hartigan and
that he q not sent by Sweeney.
Walsh could not remember whether he
had sent word to Hartigan on Dec. 20
to visit bis home.
He Memory Fails Him.
"Didn't you tell Lieutenant Walsh to
send Johnny aarhgan to you that
nightr'
Il can't remember" said the captain.
He thought he sent Hartigan to Fox
three hours earlier than the time Don
nelly named.
Didn't you say: Johnny, I can trust
you. Here IL nine Hfty-not dollars,
Johnny. It's for Eugene Fox. 1t IL
for his counsel feesf" Walsh couldn't
remember. He denied that his wife
said, Tom. he's sticking up for swee-
ney,' when Hartigan vent to the
Walsh homo to learn II Mrs.. Walsh
had testified against him.
Walsh admitted he had a house In
Teaneck. N. j., and that he knew
George A. sipp. Questions to show
that Sipp conducted a disreputable ho-
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