New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-06


grand jury within a week.
Walsh's Indictment will he asked for
in spite OF his confession, Whitman said
last night. His statements will be of
value to him as bid for clemency
after Indictment. not before.
Walsh himself declared he did not
care whether he was indicted or not.
He said he had known Whitman since
the days when the present District Al
torney was police magistrate, and
was willing to trust him absolutely.
Walsh Sends for Whitman.
Walsh sent for District Attorney
| Whitman at 10 o'clock last night, with
the avowed intention Of barring every
thing in the police graft system OF
which he had knowledge.
Walsh has been in his home. No.
1858 Madison avenue. on sick leave
since the dav in December when Wit
nesses before the Curran aldermanic
committee named him as the police Of
/ fcar responsible for the vice conditions
/ in Harlem.
His doctor. w. II. Upton. was with
! Walsh and Whitman last night, taking
/ precautions TO see 10 il that the nervous
excitement of the job Walsh had laid
ont for himself was not too much for
one in his physical condition.
Walsh sent word to Whitman yester-
! day afternoon that he was ready to-
throw up his hands" To save him.
self from the possibility of spending his
| last days in prison. for his physician
told him he could not withstand prison
sentence at his age, Walsh said he
would tell the District Attorney and a.
grand jury everything he knows OF the
police system
Walsh's statement 10 Whitman en-
braced the proposition that he would
! hold nothing back. and Whitman made
/ ii clear that he would accept nothing
less than everything that Walsh can
give him.
Indictment for bribery and extortion.
similar 10 the indictment Of his police
man collector" which is almost sure
to he Walshs portion next Monday
when the extraordinary grand jury
meets to hear Fox's testimony, will
make no difference in Walsh's attitude.
Feared Death in Prison.
He told Whitman last night that he
did not care whether he was indicted or
not, but he did care very much whether
he was convicted II was TO avoid
that, with its tragic probability for
himself If he was sent TO prison, that
Walsh decided TO make clean breast
of his grating and his associates in
grating.
The Indictment of Walsh will be de-
manded by Whitman next Monday.
Just as if Walsh had maintained his
previous silence. but the District At
torney has promised to use his in
nuence with the court TO avert prison
sentence for the accused captain in re-
turn for Walshs aid in his general
! search for the police grafters.
Walshs immediate superiors are the
first i'm the direct line OF fire from his
disclosures. but back Of the line Of oak.
leafed inspectors who shared the Walsh
graft at various times are men still
higher up at whom Whitman is now
aiming with confidence.
The grafters at Police Headquarters
the men who, according to the stories
of both Fox and Walsh, centralized ths
gambling and saloon graft under the
present police administration-and
above them the Tammany political
ring" which has always been the back.
bone Of and the dominant power In the
police graft system" can both Be
reached through the medium Of this