New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-07
,rfossiop he made on Wednesday

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night.
Whitman found, on his arrival al
Walsh's home at ) o'clock yesterday
afternoon. that Commissioner Waiuo
had sent Third Deputy NewburGer
there with a stenographer to fores'aii
him. Newburger was attempting u
get a complete affidavit from WASH
covering his accusations against all po-
,ice ooiciaIs whom he accuses Of hay
ing shared his graft.
Newburger will have 10 report u
Waldo that Walsh finally refused 10
talk TO him, but also he will nave 10
rcport that Whitman. seeing that II
was a barefaced attempt to give ad-
vance information TO accused ponce
officers OF the prosecution case
against them. told Walsh that an afii-
davit given 10 the Police Department.
from which he was suspended, and IN
which the men he accuses are menu
bers. would not be Of any benefit TO the
people in the prosecution Of the police
officials accused.
Newburger finally fell back on the au-
thority OF his position as Deputy Com
missioner and ordered Walsh, as q
captain i'm the department, 10 answer
his questions. Walsh fatty refused
and ordered the Deputy Commissioner
out Of his house He then turned TO
Whitman. and they began confer
ence which lasted over FIVE hours
At its conclusion Whitman said that
Walsh had furnished the name OF a
new witness against Sweeney, and that
from that and other details advanced
by the confessing captain, he believed
he would have evidence TO warrant
Sweeney's Indictment.
Whitman admitted that Walsh had
mentioned the names Of Captains Hus-
sey and Thompson also, but it is be-
ljeved that the District Attorney VIII
confine his present efforts TO indictins
Sweeney. He feels that the Hussey-
Thomson connections with walsh
activities are too far back 10 be OF
immediate use. The question OF tue
limits allowed them under the statute
of limitations will have to be cons'd-
cred. and in addition TO that the iran!
from Sweeney back to powerful
deputy commissioner. who is now be-
lieved 10 be the head and front OF inc
system is clearly marked by the pre-
liminary information which the Districs
Attorney now has in hand.
Believe Sweeney Will Confess.
The District Attorney believes that
when Sweeney realizes the strength oil
the case against him he will be glad
to gain any clemency that he can by
following in Walshs footsteps and bar
ing what he can of the graft tran. ..
If Sweeney comes to this decision, as
Whitman believes he will, the District
Attorney knows now. from the infor-
nation already in hand, that one and
possibly two deputy commissioners
will be involved
The one who is most intricateiy in
yolyed with the Harlem inspector holds
a tremendous dual power in the machi-
nations OF the system He is trusted
and conferred with by high uniformed
notice officials as a comrade, but in his
position as a Deputy Commissioner. he
has been able to handle for them all
the details of proper assignments TOT
the men whom the inspectors ana cap
tains called right men,
In other words. this Deputy Commls-
sioner knows and understands the
needs Of the inspectors and captains
in the system as no other Deputy
Commissioner knows them. Those cap
tajns and inspectors who wanted GER
tain patrolmen for their "Wardmen'
for their Collectors" have been able TO
explain 70 this Deputy commissioner
inst why they wanted those certain
men. and ne has been able to put the
men wanted in the precincts where tney
were so wanted.
For all OF this he has extracted MS
need of graft share from the captains
and inspectors who demanded these
favors. and Whitman is now satisned
that Sweeney. as well as other inspec-
tors and captains who may be involved
in the graft net later, can deliver
this Deputy Commissioner bound hama
and foot,
ON that ground Sweeney's prosecu-
ton is the first thing in whitman
schedule at present, and to that END
he will move through the preliminary
stems lust as swiftly as the grand jury
can handle the mass Of information ne
has obtained since its adjournment
Commissioner Waldo took his first
and belated interest in the graft dis
closures of George A. Sipp and Eugene
+. Fox, yesterday. only after the evl-
deuce given by those two men had been
confirmed by the confession of Captain
Walsh. Sipp testified before the Cur
ran aldermanic committee weeks ago
that Walsh and Sweeney were growing
rich on graft extracted from the disor-
der,v hotels and saloons of the Harlem
district. From his testimony the un-
mistakable Inference was drawn that
former inspectors, at least during
Walsh's reign in the East l26th street
station. had been just as involved in
graft az Sweeney.
Fox followed with his accusations,
supporting Sipp's story, and likewise