New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-17

Nv" ~, 20 hiring him hack. And the legal
and proper attempt 10 subpoena oipp
called an attempt 10 rescue nm -
the District Attorney. These idlse ne
naper tins are being given Out by pupnC
officials The surprise to me Is tuat
neWspa pers swallow them so eagerly anu
quickly. 49,. e,c,s ~
me case. ] am the one who gave ~
order TO have him arrested IN Audh''
city and brought back. M, r.J
I'p to that time no other oHcidl W ,t''
stirred I'm inc matter ] did not puDlis',
ali these things 7 am not SURROUNDED
BY newspaper tipsters ana press aStn,s.
| do not call such people ~ ana S'Nt
them either true or false UPS. j."
all I can do TO attend 10 my uut,e9 ,,,,,,,,.
And ! have no desire 10 De ht"sPdngi
hero Newspaper heroes do not last IoIih'
Those who live by the sword one OH Iht
sword and thOsa VINO i've DN lMe NV
papers die by the newspapers. nat d.
been my observation.
When the Mayors statement vas
shown 10 District Attorney Whitman
with a request for his comment upon
il. he dictated the following
ma Mr. Sim been brought back to
N,NV York under indictment for the crime
which the police charged. he hdd cum
mittcd. he would have been so thOl
ouChly descrcdited that his tesuilom!
Whoever engineered or was resPohs!s!e
for his arrest iu Atlantic city on TINS
charC. was clever enough 10 uHu'ISldI'u
that. II seems TO me lncrcdl3,e lldl any an,
decent man IL willing 10 assume Inc le-
SpOnsibility for this most wicked plot as
a result Of which the warrant Tor Slpp
arrest was secured. Two poor creatures
were prevailed upon TO make most as
founding afidavts. Upon these the mag
iStrate here issued warrant, ON account
a. which Mr.. Sipp was arrested and I'M
pisoned i'm Atlantic city. When these
women and the police officer were brought
before the grand Jury IL required but
few moments examination 10 convince
every member Of that body that every one
Of them was lying. and the complaint
against Siup was promptly dismissed.
The outrageous abuse of legal process
by which Sipp was arrested and impris-
oncd I'm Atlantic City was TcSOTted 10 not
for the purpose Of assisting the people of
the State Of New York. but of assisting
police officer accused of bribery.
I hold no brief for Mr.. Sipp. lie may
or may not have been guilty or some OIL
fences against the law other than that OF
paying for police protection. But the fact
remainS that il was not until after he
had testified to corruption I'm the Police
department before the aldermanic com
mittee that he was falsely charged win
an unSpcakdhlc crime committed, as Al
legged four years ago, and ii was tnen
known that he was an important witness
for the people against a police officer. :,
After his discharge Sipp came oaCN
willingly. asking only 10 be protected. un-
III he could testify before the grand jury;
m m the very people who now pretend
that they wanted 10 bring him back a
prisoner, so that he could testify
Not Hampered by Mayor.
mayor Gaynor's latest attempt to dis
credit the activities of the District At
torney's office did not hamper that
farce i'm it's preparatory work 10 any
noticeable extent Yesterday. BY re-
ports from his Investigators, as well
as by personal complaints and letters
Mr. Whitman was able TO pile up ad-
ditional evidence Of the police plot 10
save the police politicians ring
which has controlled the Harlem vice
graft for many years. and it is expect
ed that when the extraordinary Srand
Jury convenes again or Monday lndlct-
ments of men higher in the graft scale
will be handed down.
Two lawyers who have been con-
cerned in the Sipp case. from diiiereh'
angles. are in imminent danger OIL IN
dictment under Section lao OF the
nonal law. That section provides that
"a person who gives or promises 10
give 10 any witness or any person
about 10 be called as a witness any
bride" is guilty OF a felony. and the
two LAWYERS referred 10 are implicated
under the terms of the section, ae-
cording 10 testimony which is now IN
the hands of either the District Attor-
ucy or the grand jury.
Eugene 4, Fox. the indicted patrol
man. remained in the Tombs yester-
day. Two attempts to get him out on
Iail were unsuccessful, the first be-
cause the property offered as security
was not satisfactory to Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Lavelle, in charge Of the
bail bond department, and the second
because the property offered was not
certified as being clear Of dover rights.
Henry Moynihan. who made the sec
ond attempt to give bail for Fox, is
son Of the late Police Captain Daniel
G. Moynihan. on whose staff Fox was
a plainclothes man for time.
sIt is expected that the police-Tam-
many ring" which is threatened with
exposure II Fox decides 10 become a
peoples witness. will make every pos
sible effort to get him out on bail, and
every bail Offering will be subjected TO
the closest scrutiny by the District At
torney's men before Fox is allowed to
leave the Tombs,
Hioh Police Officers in Danger.
The police end Of the combination
ring" which numbers among its most
active members at present an inspector,
a captain and former inspector now
holding a captaincy, is also in danger OF
indictment for conspiracy in addition
TO the graft charges. Conspiracy
charges may be laid against these po-
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