The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-30
SHEEHAN NAMED
IN BRIBE CASE
WOman's 800, She Thought,
Went to Waldo's
Secretary. s
SWEENEY Is ACCUSED
Disclosures at Trial of Pc.
liceman Sicily Before
Justice Seabury.
MONEY Is PAID BY PROXY
Resort Keeper Under Pressure
Tells How Supposed Col
lector Called for Cash.
MONEY Is PAID BY PROXY


lander Waldo, until he lef, Office. and OF
former Police Inspector Dennis Sweeney
were brought out yesterday al the tria.
OF Policeman John J. Skeily before Jus.
tice seabury in the Supreme Court. Grim.
inal Term.
SkeNy. who was attached 20 the Yves,
Tooth street station house when Capt.
zimmerman. now retired. was In com
mand. is charged with taking II Sos bride
from Alice Walker. who swore she paid
the money TO run "a disorderly house In
Manhattan avenue. This was in Au-
gus 1912.
She swore that a man who gave her
the name OF Mr.. Norton had called and
asked for 800 and that supposine he
came from Mr.. Sheehan she paid him
money.
This testimony was given BY Mss
Walker in answer TO questions put TO
her by Clark l.. Jordan, counse! for
Sheliy. Miss Walker attempted to evade
answering the questions and appealed TO
Justice Seabury. who directed her 70
answer. Tho question that brough, about
the testimony was:
Name those to whom yoa paid
money"
Forced TO Give Names.
Must I teli-' asked the witness. ap-
peaiing to thu court At that. moment
Assistant District Attorney Weller OBJ
jected to the question. His ground of
nhfagt inn hn
relate to an investigation now being made
by the District Attorneys Office After
the Judge had ruled the question was
repeated and Miss Walker answered:
'Mr Norton"
.. What about Norton? Who Is he?
Where is he? A. have no Idea where
he Is.
=. Where was he from A. Why. ne
was supposed to be the collector for Mr..
Sheehan.
q. Mr.. Sheehan? Who was Sheehan?
A. At the time he was secretary to COM
missioner Waldo.
@. That is. you paid money TO the rep
resentative of Commissioner Waldo? A.
Yes. sir.
@. The secretary? A. Yes, sir.
Q. How much did you pay? A. Only
once.
q, How much? a, one hundred dol
lars.
Mr.. Jordan then continued his examina-
ton by asking tho names of any other
persons to whom she had paid money.
She replied that she had given money to
a man known to her as John Cooper.
q. Who was he? A. He first said he
came f%om the Comptrollers office and
then said he represented Inspector Swee-
ney.
O. What authority did Cooper give you?
4. He said he had been sent to me by
"A friend OF mine named Jerry Brown lie
told me he could take care of me for $50
u month, and l made two payments.
Works Now As u Nurse.
Miss Walker. who was stylshly dressed.
gave her age as - and said she was now
In decent employment as nurse In "A
city in Virginia. She appealed TO the
court again for protection from making
the name of her employer public. Tho
Judge held that she need not give il. She
said she was a graduate nurse from the
Garfield Hospital In Washington and
finally came TO New York, where she
went into the business of operating disor-
derby houses. She admitted employing as
many as fourteen girls at "a time
Miss Walker then went on to tell the
jury how she had first seen Skelly In the
street. He had been pointed out to her
by "a friend. She testified that nc first VS.
tied her Manhattan avenue HAT in Au-
ININ
the privilege OF running the business
there.
when he first called" testified the Wit
ness, "hc told me he had been sent
TO investigate Il complaint against me.
told him hoped he would rot make any
trouble for mo and no wanted to know
Why. ! told him ] was very friendly with
Inspector Sweeney and told him We had
been paying his men. He told me That
absurd Then he said Il am Capt. Xim-
merman's right hand man and am the
only one that can do anything for you"
At the time of the appearance Of Sicily,
Miss Walker said. she had but one steady
girl In the place She was Florence Halo
way. She heard IL great deal of the con
versation and corroborated the first wit
ness. AIter eNpidlIlng tnlnss 10 Skelly
the witness swort tho officer said ~
have to make "a report ON tho place"
"Hc said ho would put me down as I
nurse and Miss Holloway as a salesgirl.
Then he told me II would cost me So
month to run n disorderly house there
! asked him II that was the best he could
do and he said II wiI ] told him that
Was too much for ny to pay,
~ said TO him. Can't You do better"
and he replied No. they are raising he'll
down town and IT'S the best I can do
Then I agreed 10 the plan and when
Skelly came around for the money as