Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-10
BRIBERY CHARGE
IN POLICE CASE
PatroIman Weiffert Denies AZ
cusation at Trial Before
Commissioners.

Patro!man John Weippert, OF the
Fourth precinct. was placed on trial
before the Board of Police Commits
sioners yesterday afternoon. He was
charged by Mr.. and Mrs. George Bur-
bingham, negroes, of 259 Bank street,
with having entered their home with
out cause and with having assau ted
them. Decision In the case was re-
served until Commiss oner Philip
: Scanlon, who was absent yesterday,
reads the testimony. In the mean
time Weippert stands suspended.
Accusations of attempted bribery
were made by the Burlinghams They
declared that since the charges
against We. ppert were brought they
have been bounded by strange men,
who purpose was to compel them to
drop the case. Offers We're made,
they said. to FIX" them financially II
they dropped the case.
The al eyed assault is said to have
taken place March 8. Weippert is
alleged to have entered the Burling
ham home and driven Birmingham
and a Miss Wright, a negrt IS, of
135 Academy street. a visitor. from
the house. Then. according to the
comp .ainants, Weippert attacked
Mrs. Birmingham.
The accusation was denied by
Weippert He admitted entering the
house, but said he did so In response
20 a call for police. This statement
was corroLorated by Thomas j. Nc
Menamin, of ~ Twentieth avenue,
lIvington.
Speaking to Birmingham, President
Baader asked:
do you think this pc iceman would
come here and commit perjury?'
Birmingham ansN cred that he be-
1ieved he would, inasmuch as he
KIN, the facts In the case.
Complaints again. other police Of
fcers were disposed of as follows:
Patrolmen Frederick c. Pickel and
Harry L. Miller, roth of the Fifth
precinct. found guilty of neglect Of
duty IN failing to report at fac
tory fire at 654 Third street on the
morning of April .. each fined five
days pay; Frederick Nessler, Second
precinct; James A. McAndrews,
Fourth precinct; Eugene c. Buerle,
Sixth precinct, and John B. Meow
ern, Seventh precinct, all charged
with sending in late duty calls, each
fined two days pay.
The hoard set Wednesday, May 20,
as the date for the annual spring in
spe' ton of the police department.
The board yesterday placed the
names of Policemen Schroeder, Bau-
mann and Donnelly, Motorcycle Po-
liz pman Francis Cleveland, and Ed
wi rd H Schwartz, chief of the Ber-
&, pm bureau, on the merit record
4 lis was done on recommends ton of
Police Chief Long. Schroeder and
Baumann were honored for their work
in round ng up fake clergyman and
the other three for their good work at
the recent Baker Printing Company
FIRE
Eighth Precinct" Petition.
A petition was received at yester-
days meeting signed by one hundred
residents + the north end section of
the city, asking that the commiss on
ers place Captain John E. Brown, of
the Second Precinct, in charge of the
Galked-of Eighth Precinct, should they
decide to add another precinct. While
there has been no formal action re-
garding the new precinct on the part
of the comm ssioners, the petition is
taken as a beginning of the citizens
campaign for Captain Brown.
Rumors in police circles have it
that in the event this change is made,
Ire might capita ncy, which was
created last fall, win be d .sposed of
and Captain Cordano shifted to the
Second Precinct.