New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-10

Brooklyn.
LAWYERS for each Of the men stated
that there would be no application for
certificate Of reasonable doubt.
Francis l.. Wellman for Hussey. said
that though an appeal would be taken
i'm Hussey's case the former inspector
would not attempt 10 evade punishment
i'm the meantime The lawyer added
that the conviction Of his client was
due TO the fact that the air Of New
York is surcharged with a prejudice
against the whole police force at pres
emit"
Home Visit Oepresses Murtha.
The visit OF Murtha to his family IN
/ Brooklyn had A depressing effect on
him. in spite OF few attempts by
neghbors and policemen stationed on
posts near his home. in East 32d street.
10 hearten him. His two Youngest chill
dren. charlotte and Cecil are still in
bed with an attack Of the measles, ana
though their cots We're pulled up TO the
windows. where they waved a brave
farewell al their father the big in
spector would not trust himself to look
back once h. had left the house.
Sheriff Hamburger. with three depu-
ties. one named William Whitman.
took charge Of the four convicted men
soon after = o'clock. The Black
Maria" which is actually painted
rusty red. was backed into the Tombs
ward so thar the crowd which sur
rounded the old prison did not see the
men while they were entering il.
Then with the Sheriff, duly uphol-
stored with an automatic Of which
ne whispered eleven shots In eight
seconds" mounted on the front seat
and Deputy Sheriff William Whitman
on the back seat. the prison van went
mo Lafayette street and around 10 the
Centre Market Place entrance TO Police
Headquarters.
Another crowd augmented by the
curious ones who trailed up from the
Tombs. watched the Sheriff escort
Murtha and Sweeney handcutfed to-
gether. and then Hussey and Thomp-
son. also handcuffed TO each other.
into the Headquarters building. Each
of the men. except Hussey. shielded
his face from the crowds. but the in
spcctor who was termed by NJ. Well
man. his lawyer. as the gamest Of
them all" outstared the crowd with
defiant grin and smoked an uptilted
cigar
Sweeney seemed ~ have been con-
fused los the short ride ia the dark
ened prison van. for he blinked in a
questioning manner as he got out OF
the Black Maria and. apparently
not realizing that he was at the back
door Of Police Headquarters. he turned
10 Murtha, saying
Wei. where do We 60 now
They were IN the basement rooms at
Headquarters where their Bertillon
measurements and photographs were
taken. about twenty-five minutes. dur
ing which time the original crowd was
increased by perhaps two hundred per-
sons When they entered the prison
van again that disreputable looking
vehicle was pulled over to the Bowery.
and then over St Marks Place to Sec
ond avenue. The crowd melted away
and thereafter. until they arrived az
the sd street dock Of the Department
of Correction. the convicted inspectors
attracted nothing more than an occa-
sional shout of There they go" from
sharp-eyed urchins.
Detective Gives Them Cigars.
/ Although 1t was noticeable that
+ there was no uniformed policeman in
sight while the crowd waited around
/ Police Headquarters. just after the
van turned toward the Bowery. a de
/ tective jumped on the tailboard step.
and reaching down into his pocket,
pulled out a handful Of cigars, which
I ne patiently wriggled through the
closely set shutters Of the Black
/ Maria. Some one on the inside took
| them and that they were appreciated
was evident from the clouds OF tobacco
smoke that soon drifted out between
the shutters.
At the dock in sd street there was a
( half hour wait. which the inspectors
endured in the prison pen waiting
room. while the Sheriff discovered that
neither of the two boats of the regu-
lar fleet was available.
Then the Lowell OF the Department
OF Charities was borrowed from the
/ 10Th street dock. opposite the Metro
politan Hospital and the former in
spectors were placed aboard that boat
/ There were no other prisoners TO be
taken over on that trip. Within half
an hour Sheriff Hamburger had his re-
ceipts for his charges and they had be-
come a part Of the prison routine.
Their jewelry. cufflinks and scarfpins
were taken from them and deposited in
the penitentiary safe after which their
pedigraas uere taken still in tho ca ma,