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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-12-29

ne incident was assuming scandalous
aspects.
But Mr. Van vechten is in no con.
dition to-"
once more she unceremoniously
checked him, this time with an ire.
nressible sob Of Impotence and an i'm
eetuous command to stand aside. He
oaeEed mechanically, and the caller,
brushing by him, rushed through the
reeep'ion-hall into the living-room. and
IGFeW herself upon her knees beside
we unconscious figure on the daven.
port. ~ :
Bamicle had never heard tell of
anything like it; he was mortified.
but Whether or not the extraordinary
occurrence was novel in Barnicle's ey-
perience, he was beginning dimly to
realize that it represented nantes
I&tioN g, emotional forces with which
II would be dangerous for him to med
Ole. II the lady was so disregardful Of
third PERSONS presence that she
would make no effort to hide her feel.
ln8s, tnan he-Barniclc- better
P so!oSi TINS was no place for a
N'u W '.a.e servant OF mature years.
IIe GirI cave not the slightest heed
" ms o''",'0'e; to tell the truth, it
seemed more than likely that, with at
best only . Ealy ira vssion of him in
- HI" passed utterly
a, A.. " '''1,. "ul 'IIe room ~
~ -, -. S't44o '''n9' her left hand
f.. ,,'," ",N u G''" heF throat as II
~, -.'',o ''"i 1ie' 'DeIe. Inc right
~ ''''- .,'-.e1' $" nSt tightly
.~,--... = ~ ~ excess OF tumuttuous
i,
''VNI3' S'5.1e0' ana WIN sud
- w, ''"eu'' ~"l5peu me bandage
- ".9 S'e9, i'' stared oiahhly up
~ ~ 800 on ,.'pou 1llu tecoliea
i" u. s','', = .i'lh'
IT. ~. 'E Wv van Vechten
l." ,,u '.,'.l' y i''S senses, or
- M ,l,'' I'l9 uleaShS iiau
- l',' =. ~ "'n'' at any fale'
!. '.'.-' - '.."l ms "' 'll' VISION
"-, -.r N"piV" 80 uluch 0,
III, -, u,''Il y o'M ".
'... ~ W. clS1hs. men
- t.l'''n'''Ion lilat
.a,.4,. IT, :, Y 7" - LiS', ~,
10y .',S.' "'r r!SAt aaHu
~ 49,, ~" '1'N,
I'M, yI'pN,hEiy,
~" '''''l' Wv a'iou'u
u" "o5A,' .'o0onu - 7uller'
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= =, W. ""o"y '""Ne' al
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-12-29

f III 'n ~ mouse Van Vechten ana Tom
s sfr.9T me man and ind him dead in the
c7r,p,,,,r, I
81 ~ -, :, - IVAN Veehten is attract
o1,a " t.Ae lace Of girl in the crowd OF
b, a Gjsoaf s4I FOUNDING the BODY Later
T,I noqN q s.o,n from the windows Of the
"''",s'ious mouse,
ct54,,-.-,,,
! w Sai4F it.l. F-,petactive Flint caus nm
| +r ON ecllttn to set his version of the
''6euy'
IN Idl% ',aI., Wilton Ph'nney goes alone
two men vh,,, u tassln5 motor boat
House of Nt "o ido seen enter the
Mr. Calls M sbd lnS Sega o!!e III them.
him. Tom Il s,t5. S"4 vii ialgE alld follows
e :" ! s.3%se He hears girl named Jessie,
authority, oa ti|T ht ~ o,o q W SH' man IN
y SS,o3a E,rl ,;er protests agalns, the
GooE u.
CHAPTER Ivan vechton ,o,,s !, Il,
ron sf IN sea rn@ Il EnG%n as tha Man Of
NlS VI 1dI6e CaFeW.
crr,p,,-n
ya6 yehto6 sod I @esh p r1, o5 s9qT ;9
Hi H., l1og@4 Al Nlvs'"ry Van recognizes IT
w. - o"i'"
49, i Ton' rfS lift IL. sweet-Noicea girl
Use her egtity 70 Tom 9u de I,5qeSs b 10
VIII meet her e4ln
CHAPTER rv-no+oo+,,o u,,,. am, va
vechten he Nns 4 theory that paigo has s
5 5gTn .'I hs gn Nan goes e lay the case
r'I ila IL f !, y H35ages are , sent to
tplls Fan varrton he Is in love and re-
'a'ss ms adventure /
CHAPTER VIA message from london
7gf rIg, 5 'sas "2 ladies' r,esem4ling
Dovcroauv. 1lcl for NV WIN, some p,n,
TINE previously. reward Of $500 Is Of
G ,i tPT2R VII deye4ps ;hat the
Die Bonn ayaar a. No r t" ~ ~ Mys-
tery FFtt theory TINT they ara
'o''''eo'' :" " IL II ~ s.eiS = nm l'I''
CFAPTTT TTrT-Tt IS rccallal that
5.ngli. 3 g ,-, d y .lye t,n
RED Max willard TIE other daughter
ner and Eiliayd were intimate friends, A
search is started for W.II3.J
rr1,I,r,7p ~ vaa v,,,.4o, ort,rs -.
House OF Mystery BY the nock door IN
He lnterferae ana helps he rirI escape,
but is rondorod unconscious IN tho strug
gle with Calls
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-12-29

co G1aAPTER III-Van vechtep exnrsssas
concern concern to his friend Tom Phlnnev e'S Tes
e end5ut agg the Whereabouts of his Cousin
a atti, 4llhcee. Paige Carew. A fasbIonabiv
@ - 2, woman Is seen to enter tie House
from rtI tbe XII, 4 nan is forciby elected
follow ~ tbo i, r van vechten ana Tom
street 9 LII ueaa IN the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-12-29
Book /.

vo UmaFiER l-Ru4olph Van yechten j.
s soaIs man Of leisure, is astonisbed -
tbe Ina. man enter No. 1913. a house across
S S.le street e from the Powhatan club T5s
s aoJSe mas og !, !ong bgen unoccuped and is
'poNen OF as the House OF Mystery. :
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-12-29

la Sai ,stf 1I-Seyeral persons at ree,,.
lar intervals enter No. 1918, D' a. feeu-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-12-29

-, ShaPTFR VI--Tom Ph,nnev goes alone
On 3nraa yachting trip. He recognizes among 9
two ,I pr' 'n4S n passing motor boat
tlouse Of Aly .ary, IIe SEN ona t N the lme
[ lr Sails on shore later aud g5llows
nm. Tom is seized bIndtalded an1 talen
- ~, 2 Rouse. He hears a girl named Jessie
e1t4ehtly the daughter OF the man in
5Q[.Lhnfglty, GU ton his carJors. A gweet-
n9.g,d girl later protests aeains, the
folghncsS Of his clJlors ~'e
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-12-29

Cd Ii ~ tho = IVAN veehten is attract
9nlookers surrounding The b 'tG 9ioWo d.o OF
ne ,o aliscoyers the sirl gazing At him With
Z ruoN q sso'n from the windows Of the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-12-29

CHATTER Ivan vcchton calls on hia
444le;e' Theodore Van Vechten, big man in
roa sl IN s[o2 ana 4 f0@Ta as ha Man Of
tho vhoreabouts of Paige Carew. 60 >''''s
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-12-29

OH APTER IN--Detective Flint tells Van
,Nechten he 'os 4 theory that Paige has
rpean sianano' Van goes to lay the case
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-12-29

C'itPTER IT-Tl- sweet-voicaa girl
arlJs Tom luey ape. but fuses to
use her entity Tom declares he
%iil meet her l4ln.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-12-29

. W. Sh4 NJ, F-Detactive Flint ca,,s IN
+r an pod y cAten to set his version Of the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-12-29
Book III.

CHAPTER Tom Phlnney gets job
as master of Brownows Yacht Kohlnur
which has heen chartered for some mys-
ferrous mission.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-12-29

Look here, Willarn he began,
meeting the others record with a level
look and addressing him with a plain
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-12-29

Continued on Page ST.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-07

tim. on condition that he would take
his medicine" and keep his mouth
shut"
Fox decided not to so to prison to
save the big grafters behind him, and
on the basis Of his evidence Walsh was
indicted and pleaded guilty on Feb
ruary n.
1t was as direct result Of the evil
dence that accumulated on the heels OF
Sipps exposures that Edward j. New
ell. the lawyer who was concerned in
the attempt to keep Sipp out of the
state, was indicted. Newell pleaded
guilty on March 81 and after obtain
ing the blanket Indictment for con-
spiracy against the four inspectors. the
charge upon which the big four were
adjudged guilty last night, Mr.. Whit
man turned aside to another graft in
duiry which had developed side by side
with the Sipp- Fox Walsh disclosures.
The other lead, which also Involved
Sweeney. was developed from the evil
dence Of Luigi Tancredi. Harlem
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-07
GAYNOR SILENT ON VERDICT
Mayor Spurns Reporter Who
Ask Him About Inspectors.

Mayor Gaynor. as he was leaving the
dining room of the Aldine Club. in the
Fifth Avenue Building, last night, was
asked this question:
"Have you any statement to make, Mr..
Mayor, about the conviction OF the four
captains after the jury had been out
thirty-eight minutes?"
Get away from me, you loafer," cried
the chief executive OF the city TO the re-
porter and then. turning to Commissioner
Waldo. at his elbow. he remarked:
This scoundrel has been bounding me
all the evening"
AS a matter of fact the reporter In
question had not before approached the
Mayor. Another reporter. while the after
dinner speaking at the dinner given for
the Mayor at the Aldine Club by the Cen
trail Mercantile Association was In prog
ress. had sent a note TO the Mayor ask
ing him TO comment on the conviction.
The Mayor had Immediately crushed the
note in his hand and flung IL on the floor.
Commissioner Waldo. after the Mayor
repulse. was asked II he cared to make
any statement relating to the conviction.
He replied:
This is no place for an interview.
have nothing to say"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-07

Many lawyers in the courtroom at the
winding up of the trial Of the four inspec-
tors. said if there was any doubt in the
minds Of any juror at the end OF the
case as to the guilt of any of the de-
PENDANTS. particularly Murtha, it was re-
moved by the summing up Of District At
torney Whitman.
All who heard the summing up agreed
that il could not have been more direct.
more eloquent. or more convincing. Not
only did he lash all four defendants fer
cCnSpiring to keep the two Sipps out cf
the jurisdiction Of the court. and for their
grating generally. but he eXcoriated
them for what he called a baseess at
tack on the character OF the elder Sipp
This attack on the man who more than
any one else was responsible for the
bringing Of the four inspectors 10 the bar
of justice was conceived. the District A.
torney declared. solely for the purpose of
siencing him. and he eloquenty reviewed
the whole history of Sipp. whose moral
character. he insisted with all the power
at his command. was cleared of the po-
lice-made charges by the grand jury. and
was as good as that OF any mans in the
courtroom.
Nor did he neglect 10 defend the other
witnesses attacked by the defence. par
ticularly Patrolman Fox. who, he said
was an angel compared with any of the
prisoners at the bar.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-07
FOURTEEN CONVICTIONS IN WEiITMANS
GRAFT CRUSADE AGAINST THE SYSTEM

July 10, 1ol2-Herman Rosenthal murdered
October a. 1ol2-Charles Becker lieutenant Of police:
murder: sentence death.
November 49, 1el2-"Dago Frank" Crofci Whitley" Levi.
"Gvp the Blood Lefty Louie gangmen murder senten.
death
February l913Eugene F. Fox, patroman; graft; await
ing sentence.
February "a, 1el3-Thomas w. Walsh, captain of police;
graft; awaiting sentence.
March u.s. l93-John Hartigan, patroman perjury; SEN
tence from three years.
March H. 1e3-Edward ]. Newell lawyer; tampering with
a witness; awaiting sentence.
April 49, 1e13-Thomas F. Robinson, patroan graft SEN
tence, from six to years.
May 6, 1el3-Dennis Sweeney James E. Hussey, James
Thompson John J. Murtha inspectors of police conspiracy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-07
POLICE BATTLE WITH
THE STRIKING BARRIERS
One Patrolman Badly Hurt and
Others Have Close Slaves
Many Are Arrested.

The strike Of the BARRIERS which had
been taken as a joke in Brooklyn took a
serious turn last night when fifteen ar
rests were made during riots in Browns
willie and East New York. Police charged
q mob of several thousand strikers and
their sympathizers who marched six
abreast through the streets, and as re-
suit one policeman is in the hospital with
g fracture of the skull and badly LAGER
ated face.
Trouble began early yesterday after
noon when several thousand men
marched through Liberty avenue, Chest
nut and Fulton streets, throwing stones
and defiance at BARRIERS doing business
along the line of march. Nine arrests
were made toward evening before this
inoo was dispersed.
About 8 o'clock last night a mob OF
5000 men and boys singing socialistic
sorcs marched through Brownsville. AS
they proceeded their ranks were aug
mented by hundreds of children who
hurled potatoes and other vegetables at
barber shops. Their elders threw stones.
Come out and ioin US, you scabs" the
mob shouted at BARRIERS who were doing
business. II the invitation was not
obeved a shower OF stones and vegetables
followed. Growing more uncomfortable.
the mob marched through Pitkin avenue
10 Sheppard and Liberty avenues, and
then back to the Brownsville section
vrecking windows and emptying barber
chairs.
The reserves from several police sta
ticns were ordered out Fifteen men from
the Liberty avenue station, under Cap
tain owen Rooney. were charged upon
several times by the mob, which they
met with drawn clubs. Six men were
arrested for disorderly conduct.
: Patrolman Oscar Jones was struck by
8 stone. which bounced from his head
into a window of Charles Margiotta' s
barber shop, No. 1861 Pitkin avenue.
Jones was taken to the Bradford Street
Hospital in a serious condition. Several
men who were being shaved rushed out
with their faces covered with lather and
were met with a shower of vegetables.
At Arion Hall the BARRIERS held meet
ing last night and at a late hour had
come TO no agreement as 10 what they
would do to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-07
CONVICTED OFFICIALS
ALL LONG ON FORCE
Hussey Often Promoted and Reduced; Swee-
ney and Murtha Had Good Records;
Thompson Faced Charges Before.

against Sweeney by Commissioner Blng-
ham on March II. 1906 On the former
charge he was asked TO explain why the
Fort George Hotel. at Amsterdam ave
nue. and l9ith street. had no license for
either concerts or the sale of liquor. The
charges We're said TO be technical and not
criminal
When Sweeney was captain at the Leon
ard street station he handled the Nan
Patterson case.
James r. Thompson.
James r. Thompson has been in the
department for twenty-six years. lie
was appointed to the force on October |.
1881 and promoted to sergeant after nine
years duty. Two years later he was made
Lieutenant and placed In a district
where he remained seven years. October
81. 1906. he was promoted to cap
taincy.
April 10, 1907, he was detailed as an
inspector. and on May OF the same year
Commissioner Baker placed him In COM
mand OF the 9Th Inspection District as an
acting inspector. He remained In charge
OF that district until September %, 1909.
He was then placed on trial because
of the disorderly condition OF his district
and was reduced to captain. From June,
1911. until January /. this year. he was
in command OF the 36th Precinct.
Thompson was born October rs, 1864 He
lives at No. 50 Charles street. Manhattan.
John j. Murtha.
Officials at Police headquarters last
night refused to give out any information
regarding the record OF John j. Murtha
I'm the department. They would not even
say when he was appointed an inspector,
though it Is known he held that office
In 1911. and was then In command OF the
9th Inspection District. which includes
Harlem. were George a. Sipp had his
place.
In describing himself last night to the
clerk OF the court, Murtha said he was
ffty-two years old. and was born In New
York. His parents. he said, were born
in Ireland. and were dead. He said he
lived at No. $50 East ed street. Brooklyn.
Regarding his habits. he said that he had
been a moderate drInker. He declared
he had never before been convicted of
crime.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-07
TOOK $500; MISSED $1,000.

Thieves entered the second floor Of No
rs East Houston street early yestertsy
and after breaking open safe belonging
TO Samuel Ershowsky made off with Jew.
elry and money amounting 10 800 IN
their hasty departure they left behins
iimmies and drills and did not touch
box which Ershowsky said usually COZ
tanned his wifes jewelry, valued at son
He had no key. so could not tell. he said
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-07

restaurant keeper, who swore to ha,.
ing paid graft to Patrolman Thom,,
f. Robinson, Sweeney's wardman
Robinson was convicted April Is.
Thirteen graft indictments and m.
indictment under section 24iO OF IN.
penal law for tampering with a VIII.
ness still stand against Sweeney, and
graft indictments are still awaiting
trial against each Of the other thrss
inspectors who were convicted wifi
Sweeney yesterday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-07
Of the law covering the offence charged
in the indictment.
Names the Accomplices.

ct is Of paramount importance 10
these defendants" said Justice Sea
bury at the outset. because their rep
utatons and liberty are at stake; anu
it is of paramount importance TO ule
state because if these defendants nave
entered into a criminal conspiracy TO
prevent and obstruct justice they
ought TO be punished for their crime
The court then charged the jury that
George \. Sipp and his son. Howard
sjpp. the two lawyers, Jacob Rouss dnd
Edward Jackson Newell, were accom-
plices. as well as Patrolman Eugene
T. Fox and Captain Thomas W. Walsh
He refused to charge that any or thc
ether witnesses were accomplices.
In ending his charge Justice Seabury
said:
You are not trying the police force
or the so-called police system. 10
not be prejudiced against the defend
ants because they occupy high posi-
lions in the Police Department, and in
dulge in no sympathy for them be-
cause of the plight they are in
Justice Seabury finished speaking at
7:U1 o'clock. and Immediately counsel
for the pendants made motions TO
have the jury charged on one or an
other roint. But IN almost every case
he court refused the request
Justice Seabury. who spoke exactly
am hour and thirty-two minutes. fol-
lowed District Attorney Whitman
whose attack on the four defendants
lasted two hours and thirty-iive min
utes. ending with the following;
III this thing can be done-if the Po-
lice Department and its commanders
can consp,rc together TO prevent JUS
tice from being done--it means an end
10 civilized government and the people
and law and order are worthless
things. We ask you to find all four de-
PENDANTS guilty. We ask that because
they are guilty: we ask that because
they have been proven guilty.
Bribery Charges Next.
The District Attorney began the peo-
ple's summing up with the calling of
court at the beginning of the afternoon
session. the last two addresses to the
inrv for the defence having been
finished as a midday recess was taken.
Abraham 5. Gilbert, speaking for
Murtha. began. and when he sat down
John &. Stanchfeld pleaded not only
for his client Thompson, but summed
up on behalf of all four men.
The next move aft the four prison
ers are sentenced on the conspiracy
charge, the maximum penalty OF which
is only one year and 5000 fine, is to
prepare for their trials on the bribery
indictments, more serious charges, in
volving an extreme sentence of fifteen
years.
Mr.. Whitman's present plans are TO
trv Sergeant Peter j. Duffy, who is
said to have cen Sweeney's chief col
-lector, lirst, and 10 put Sweeney on
trial next. The order in which the
other inspectors will be tried has not
vet been determined upon. Sentence
on the four convicted police heads will
proba bly, be pronounced in the course
of a week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-07
Sipp Gave the Basis.

the aldermanic committee, and as ne
unfolded his sordid story seemed 10 be
pleased with the sensation he was max
ing. Emory Il. Buckner, chief counsel
to the Curran committee, drew from
him every possible detail that could
ossiblv furnish a basis for future
prosecution of the men named by Inc
Harlem hotelkeeper, and when Slpp
left that witness chair Whitman's real
battle against power Of the "Sys-
tenn" began in earnest.
The District Attorney started then TO
prepare his case against Patrolnan
Fox, but Commissioner Waldo stepped
I'm ahead with an arrest of Fox. when
had no available evidence TO support IT,.
Through Sweeney, Hussey Murtha ana
THOMPSON with Sweeney as the chief
factor. the wires were laid for a plot To
get Sipp out of the way, and that
scheme, which would have temporarily
wrecked Whitmans plans, was barely
thwarted.
sweeney UfSdll oNN"N'h -
means Of the "framed-up" affidavits
attacking Sips character. and Mayor
Gaynor ordered Sips arrest on the
basis Of the alleged evidence obtained
by Sweeney from two women OF the
underworld.
IL was here the System" oyerstepped
itself. for Whitman. taking the police
activity against Sipp at its face value,
put the case before the grand jury
which Immediately threw out the police
case against the hotelkeeper as a
"frame-up" which bore traces Of con-
spiracy Meanwhile Fox was dis
charged in the police court because the
Police Department had no legal evil
dence To present. but Whitman had
reached Sipp and convinced him that
If he would come forward and tell the
truth he would be protected from police
persecution.
Before that. however, Patrolman
Hartigan had been sent on his fate
full errand from Sweeney to Walsh 10
Fox, with the balance Of the S1,2OO
bride, which the System had figured
would be enough To keep Sipp out OF
the. state and away from the witness
chair In the Fox case.
Sipp returned, after putting himself
In the hands of the District Attor-
ney, and in spite OF riotous attempt
by detectives from Police Headquar-
ters TO get him out OF Whitmans
hands. he testified before the grand
jury. and the indictment against Fox
was returned. In this case. Fox, after
carrying out bluff until "A jury was
actually selected TO try him. threw up
his hands. pleaded guilty, and himself
went before the grand jury with his
evidence against Walsh.
Systems" Economy Fatal.
Between the time Of his arrest and
his pleading, however, the police
ring" got busy again and held out
financial Inducements to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-07
Graft and Murder Linked.

With his conviction Of Becker. Octo-
Der q. 1912. and that of the four gun
men. less than n month later. he COM
pleted the murder prosecutions and
cleared his decks for the more difficult
fight To expose the Systems" graft
methods. How closely the murder and
graft investigations were linked. how
ever. was. demonstrated by the fact
that on the summer nights between
July Is and October Whitman inter-
viewed more than one hundred men.
whose evidence. inadmissible in the
murder trials. furnished the ground
work for the graft inquiry that fol-
lowed
From one Of these voluntary wit
nesses who came to see the District At
torney at his home. because. like most
Of those who brought real information.
he was afraid TO be seen going To the
prosecutors office. Whitman got a story
of a bartender. who had formerly owned
q saloon. but had been driven out of
business and then out Of "A job in the
9Th Inspection District because he had
incurred the enmity OF Sweeney and
Walsh
That man. when induced TO call
upon Whitman. confessed with terror
that he did not have the nerve to
openly charge the police with the