The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-04
Pleads Guilty to Indictment
and Confesscs to New York
District Attorney
POLICE CAPTAIN is
NOW UNDER FIRE
Former Plainclothes Officer
Says He Collected 500
Monthly From OneHotel
for Protection

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Eugene FOX. accused by George A.
Sapp ana Ihomas =. Dorian ~ coi-
lector OF police protection money
pleaded Enllty 70 an indictmenA Dc,
fore Justice Gon IA Ane cfam.n. .a
branch 81 tns eupremo cour. ~ 49,
afternoon Foxs surrender 70 tne
district attorney was unconditional.
The extraordinary 8rano july wni
be reconvened on Monday. FOX Ano
e lcs1 TOUT ~, csns ~. 49,. $3.50
s....o ia ~ ~ - 49, ss..rsSt atscrr.v ~.
assr ro,tea r.rs.sr
49,. cnrresssor tndsv aYso n nm
s.rstcod r. hsva imnifcated An In
$1,000 Tcr n fha hcitcf az the
,,re..s@.,.t.~:. rssce h.s <,,.ned tha vvay
80 ~ s,vsstirattor MIR vviII have
~. ~. x.rr|ss i ~ .rt th~ snnretrnd !
re ~ tss nan .shiw,er nn.. connected
,sssth az rrItc> dsna rtn,ert.
Arnsh.r nhase ~ For.s surrender
1. his nror1i.e 10 nseist the district
sstarn.v II ~et.in~ aftAr those who
49,. 80 co,is~sssr rrnhIinr rraft.
.rr,. r~ltc.,,sa,, srsisfs 9h.t ~ had no
,art "A ty,ss ff,af The lire was closely
f-s~sr $500 Graft frnyn nrexfIf,n-
III. 1900 ga rraft frnm ramhlinr
$3.50 ard shet asnerenf coIiecfors
.,,s-s .rrn,avea Tar the two Kinds Of
work
- ,rter~xtsnr ssds urhf that de-
$3.50 - go 49,. ,,,ade ~ the dts-
III. . - 49, ~ : hrr.hsr ~ Enx
.ras,s hrS.har q - satd dnctnreds II
-. 10 1870 r,,,n csrrisss ~ 4 '1nwver
sssa ~ ~ ~ nsn swhjch ann has
s1s.s -. rs,.sa sar ths n,irpnsA M
s 1879, 80 N 80 stats unffl thr
49, 49,, ~. - a,s~r.
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ksiatn SaoInesa ss u.
Fox. who was dceaIeu 81 psAIn
clothes work q the 49, one a IN
under Captain Thomas ". WAisns xcr
several years. was accused In the
story told by Eipp and Dorian on
the witness stand before the Curran
aIdermAnic COMMITTEES on December
18th. Eipp said that he had paid FOX
$100 q month for the I'VE years pre-
ceding December. 1911. for protec-
lion fnr his baltic hotel. at One Hun
dred ana Twenty-fourth street and
Iscxinrton avenue, and that after that
he had collected the protection money
frnm thn new owners OF the hotel and
turned Il over "a Fox. because, -
~ ern1nfned. Fog said Athe boss
wouldn't treat With the owners who
hnd bought the hotel from Sfpp on
49,
sx;rr axr,.srAd that by s.the boeess
FAX had INDICATED Inspector Dennis
s 6sssss nav nnp,s u tooI m the stcry
vhere aipp left OH and told Of max
sn~ tha navrnenta To Sipp which Gipp
sstA M nns.ed an. and. later, 0f pay
tnr $50 4 month direct 10 For FOR
4 eorfea al twelve months tfofn Ism
uarY Is December. 1914. the last pay
mest. ~ aid. having been made only
n,s ss~sw n.csms nuhlic
rcw 80 indictsd On January 18th
Tar nrtharv ma rave himself ND the
ssrre 49, Arter three days il the
To-srS n. u,es rrIeased On d. 900 easia
hsii. aipp and Dorian previously had
..disa ppeared.n The former was sub
seuuently found, and put himself en-
-. - - mn.sn.n ara returned 10 New
yrrn an saturday last Dorian rot
tn4c carsmunicatior with tho district
.ffr,vs~vs ma late Sunday night re-
furrA6 10 New York and conferred
VII. NJ whitman. This act Of DO
rt.n n Il believed. had much to do
with Fcx making overtufea TO the dis
trict attorney which resulted In his
Ast.r thu mry had been obtained
~ frv rnr today. Fox and HIS lawyer
went IL Mr.. Whitman'n once for q
cnrS~r~rre which lasted nearly. two
i hn,, q q. s''''s =
f,utIincs His story.
..s Il ro.tnone his plea
FOX wAnted g pcss .rnra the
Until auer nc nau ss,csman fsnaiiy
grand JnTy - LIN ~ nrnun-
yiesdeo tnis penn 800. IVA statn beran
Is q any civ. M MA story. 1t was
sI ',.. an .s.ssrA ana = rough one. FOR