New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-09

inspector.
Several years ago, according TO this
story, Captain Walsh suddenly began to
go after" saloonkeeper of Harlem so
hard that he eventually drove him out
Of business. Neighboring saloonkeep-
ers shook their heads and remarked
that the fellow couldn't expect TO stay
i'm business without coming across.
Tine man, Albert Curley by name. got
a job as bartender i'm saloon IN
Walsh's precinct. but such was the cap
tain's ire against him that the saloon
keeper for whom he worked got tip
from one. Of the powerful captains men
that he'd better fire his new bartender
if he didn't want Walsh to get sore
on him"
Curley lost his job then. and found
that he was i'm the systems bad
books to such an extenet that he
couldn't comfortably stay in the pre-
cinct He disappeared, and his Ole ac-
quaintances in Harlem said the "sys-
tenn had broken him completely
As the story developed. however, it
appeared that the system hadn't
done anything more than bend Cur
ley, for when the aldermanic commit
tee was well started in its probe of
police corruption, Curley came TO
Emory II. Buckner the committees
counsel, one day in December, with
the statement that he could bring for
ward witness who would put it
square up to Walsh and Sweeney
Curley told Buckner that this pros
pective witness was dead sore on the
ring up in Harlem and that he be-
lieved he was sore enough so that he
would take the stand and make his
accusations in public.
The witness TO whom Curley led
Buckner was George \. Sipp, and al
though Sipp was at first unwilling to
take the stand. Buckner persuaded him
that ii was his best move. The trail
from Sipp led TO the indictment Of Fox,
10 the confession OF Walsh. and on
Of Sweeney, the inspector, and the i'm
plication OF one OF the deputy commits
sioners who took a split" with the
Harlem inspector
From the reports that were circulated
around Police Headquarters yesterday
il appeared that Mayor Gaynor has
again personally stepped into the po-
lice situation. with definite and specific
orders as to the policy to be followed
10y the police against disorderly hotels.
The new instructions. ii was said,
were that policemen were to be as
signed TO cover" all hotels suspected
of being disorderly houses. by taking
their stations inside the hotels beside
the registering desk The policemen
would then be called upon 10 observe
the general character Of the patrons
who registered, to note whether they
mad baggage, and to keep general track
of the length of time which people re-
manned in their rooms or in the hotel.
Those who asserted some such pro-
cedure'was about TO be put into prac-
tice pointed TO the case Of the Hotel
Lincoln., where, after the recent con-
viction of Philip Blau, as manager, in
Special Sessions. policemen were as
signed to and did take up their stations
inside that hotel.
On the other hand. il was contended
that any such orders could not have
come from the Mayor, because of their
apparent contradiction of his general
policy of keeping policemen outside of
suspected places Of any kn6-vice.
gambling or excise-unleSs they had
evidence enough on which To obtain a
warrant.
Police Expected Instructions.
The police have been following that
general method in their dealings with
gambling houses. That is, they have
stationed a man inside gambling houses
after an arrest or raid had been made
on the premises, and some Of the po-
!icemen at Headquarters yesterday adj
mitted that they had heard that in
structions TO handle disorderly hotels
in the same way were to be promul-
gated.
Louis j. Grant, one of the lawyers
who represented Patrolman Eugene r.
Fox. when that collector for Captain
Walsh pleaded guilty before Justice
Golf last Monday. called on Assistant
District Attorney Frederick j. Groehl
Yesterday TO find out about a story In
an evening newspaper which stated
that Grant had received $3.50 from Fox
TO be passed along through various
hands to George A. Sipp.
Grant was told that no one in the
District Attorneys Office had made any
such statement, but he learned at the
same time that an accusation Of hav-
ing handled that $3.50 was made
against another lawyer. Fox's lawyer
said he intended to see Mr. Whitman
on Monday. and il the story he head
proved TO be true, he, Grant would
lend all possible assistance to the Dis
trict Attorney in going to the bottom
of the whole affair.
The Curran aldermanic committee at
it's meeting tomorrow will call Lieu
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