New-York tribune., 1913-07-23
TOOK PURSE IN FUN,
SAYS CAPT. DULFER'SSO
Ran Away with Girls Pocket.
hoOk to Tease Her, He SwearS
at Trial for Larceny.
HIS MOTHER EXAMINED
IN Tears After Testifying Before
Grand Jury-Husband Is
Charged with Aiding
Woman to Get Away.

C.ntain John Dulfer. the suspended
,ornander of the Richmond Hill police
,,ecinct. Queens County. and his son. Ar
,brr figured in the court proceedings in
prooklyn Yesterday. the father being the
,,hiect Of a grand jury investigation into
eborres Of spiriting Agnes Anderson.
.,h,r his son is charged with robbing of
q, on: of town. and the son was the de-
,,ndsnt i'm the trial held in the County
roprt on the robbery charge.
rhe third phase of the case was the
,,,nJamus proceedings brought before
,ustice Scudder. of the Supreme Court,
- compel the Police Commissioner TO re-
tire Captain Dulfer on half pay. which
was adjourned by consent until July 2S.
district Attorney Cropsey had trouble
!, getting the testimony of Mrs. Dulfer,
wife OF the captain. before the grand
i,rv and had to take her before County
lpd-e Dixie. who instructed her as to the
law in the case before she would give
testimony Mrs. Dulfer is supposed 10
have carried on the conversation between
.he Barr family. who formerly employed
the girl. and her husband. regarding the
naymcnt of so TO Miss Anderson TO leave
Brooklyn.
During the taking Of her testimony.
which occupied one hour and three-quar-
tsrs Captain Dulfer nervously paced the
corridor of the County Court House.
Al the termination Of Mrs. buffers
examination she came out of the grand
Jury room in tears and was led from
the building by her husband.
Deputy Police Commissioner Dillon.
who is supposed 10 know considerable
about the police side of the matter, was
also a witness An indictment against
Captain Dufer is expected when the pro-
ceedings have terminated
At the trial of Arthur Dulfer. held be-
fore County Judge Nieman. Agnes An
derson. the girl who was robbed, told
her story OF how she was followed out of
Prospect Park on the afternoon of June
ss and her mesh bag. containing $50
taken by Dulfer. Magistrate Louis Rey-
nolds testified to assisting in making the
arrest of Dulfer
In his own defence young Dulfer tes-
tilted that Miss Anderson, as she passed
sitting on d bench in Prospect Park,
smiled AT them, and after some conver-
sation offered them a bottle containing
whiskey She sat on the grass talking
with ore of the trio, when, Dulfer said,
he pl1yfully took her pOcketbook, which
he Immediately returned. and after re-
peatins this he ran away to tease her
When she began screaming, he said. he
became frightened and did not remember
what followed.
Dulfer denied that he said in the But
ler street court that his father would
hx things all right. Joseph Donovan, OF
No. 1882 Putnam avenue, and Eugene
Koch. of ROckaway Beach. Long Island,
cOrroborated Dulfer. The case IS expect
ed 10 20 10 The jury this morning.
Hugo Hirsch. the lawyer who represents
Captain Dulfer. was not present when
Mrs Dulfer was taken before County
Judge Dixie by District Attorney Cropsey
but came i'm few minutes later. and
tod the court that in a proceeding TO
determine whether a conspiracy existed
the witness should not be compelled to
testify against herself.
Judge Dixie assured Mr.. Hirsch that the
Code of Criminal Procedure specifically
provided that a witness so testfying was
immune Mrs Dulfer then went before
the grand jury.
District Attorney Cropsey steadfastly
refuses 10 tell anything regarding the
proceedings before the grand jury. His
desire, however. TO find out how the Po-
Ice Department so quickly learned enough
about the robbery Of Miss Anderson and
the cause Of her leaving town, TO justify
the suspension of Captain Dulfer. is suf-
hciently keen TO lead TO the belief that
the entire facts will be laid before the
grand jury in the effort TO clean up the
whole affair.