New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-13
SlPP AND DETECTIVES
QUIT PHILADELPHIA HOTEL
Message Conveying Threat Re
ceived Just Before Departure
To Be Operated On.
rBy Telegraph TO The Tribune. ]

Philadelphia. Jan. 12.-George A Sipp,
the former New York hotel keeper who
asserts the New York police System is
after him. left the Hotel Walton. where
he has been registered for several days,
shortly before o'clock this afternoon.
Just prior TO leaving the hotel Sipp was
called TO the telephone. and over it a
voice. after being assured that 1t was the
former hotel keeper at the telephone,
said:
you better do all tho talking YOU want
10 do now. When We get through with
our plans you won't do any more talking.
After making this announcement the
person at the other end OF the telephone
hung up the receiver, and all attempts to
trace the call were Intellectual.
Sipp was here with his son Howard As
sistant District Attorney Groehl. OF New
York. and two detectives who have acted
as his bodyguard since he was released
from jail I'm Atlantic city. where he had
been committed on charge he declares
was trumped up by the New York police
While at tho hotel Slpp was registered
as George \. Wilson" and his son a.
Howard Wilson" Assistant District At
torncy Grochl registered under his own
name.
That Sipp is entirely AT the disposal OF
District Attorney Whitman was demon
strated by the fact that he protested to-
day against his flight To some place
where his identity would remain a secret.
He had no desire TO leave the Walton.
Mr.. Grochl insisted that he go.
Il don't want to leave here" Slpp told
Groehl to-day. III the New York Sys-
TEN Is going 10 get me- II will get me
sooner or later. There isn't any use en-
deavoring to run away from It, | know
the System has several men watching me
all the time"
Notwithstanding this Groehl insisted
that the party leave the hotel immedi-
ately. lie refused to tell the next stop
ping place, but Sipp said the next stop
ping place would he Jersey city. If he had
has way.
"Dougherty wants 10 get me back in
New York if I will go back" said Sipp.
He has called me on the telephone and
has asked me TO go TO Headquarters and
talk to him. | refused and informed him
that il he wanted 10 see me he could
come out of New York State and ! would
be perfectly willing to talk TO him. /
did this against the advice Of my attor-
ney. Mr.. Newell
Il am not afraid Of Dougherty or any
other person connected with the New
York Police Department. The only trouble
il that there are ten thousand men CON
nected with the New York police 'Sys-
tenn and when YOU hit one of them you
hit them all. am hitting one now. II
isn't Policeman Fox. TO whom | paid the
protection money either 1t is the man
20 whom he gave that protection money"
'Who IL that MANI was asked OF Sipp.
-"Dlstrict Attorney whitman knows" and
that man will be placed on trial. and he
will be convicted. and he will squeal. He
will squeal worse than any pig going TO
slaughter ever squealed He will feel how
il Is to be placed in n cell and be unable
10 get out. That is the way ] am going
to make him feel"
Sipp said he did not expect to be SNUG
gled Into New York as Sam Schepps was,
but that he did expect TO return to New
York with sufficient guard TO protect him
at least until he had given his testimony.
III should be killed. he added. my
testimony is all down in writing. and
/ District Attorney Whitman can corrob-
! crate IL. ] am not the strong link in the
! chain. Now am tho informer. and |
have been very nearly pumped dry"
Sipp declared that so far as he knew he
was going to Jersey city. where he would
go into a hospital TO undergo an opera
ton. He said he did not believe the
Grand Jury would hear his testimony
' next Tuesday.