The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-19
NEW YORK POLICE
SCANDALS NEXT
Trials Are TO Determine Whether OFF,
Gals and SubordinAtes Are Guilty
of Failing to Suppress Vice.

New York, April l9.--Police scandals
in New York, which have attracted
much attention in previous years, are
scheduled to be aired before trial Jurles
this week, Monday having been set for
the beginning of efforts to determine
whether officials OF the police depart
ment and subordinates are guilty OF
failing to suppress vice and proiiting
thereby as charged in indictments.
Arrangements have been made to be-
gin trials OF an ousted deputy police
commissioner, an Inspector and one de-
tective next week and later dates have
been set for trials of two other detee-
tiyes. a restaurant owner and three OF
his employees.
Augustus Drum Porter. who was re-
moved as third deputy police commits
sioner when indicted, will be put on
trial Monday charged with neglect oil
duty and intimidation of detectives as
the result of the testimony of Detee-
tiyes Hilbert Wheelwright and Fred
Sorger that they found him in a house
which they raided and that he enIoinedi
them to keep silent about him and
promised in return to take care OF
them while he was connected with the
department,
detective John J. Gunson is seized,
uled to go on trial Wednesday charged
with bribery and coercion as the result
Of the testimony of three women, one
OF whom said she posed as his sister
that he shared in the earnings OF WON
en- and prevented them from reforming.
Thursday has been fixed for the trial
Of the man whose indictment caused
the greatest sensation in the crusade
Dominick Henry, an inspector, who mas
been responsible for enforcement OF the
law in the district embracing the heart
az the Great White Way, with its
many hotels. restaurants, cabarets and
APARTMENT buildings He is charged
with neglect of duty in failing TO sup
press more than 100 disorderly houses
In his district, more than 20 Of which
are speeified in the indictment.
While the formal charge against him
was confined to neglect OF duty. As
sistant District Attorney James r
Smith announced that he was attempt
ing to link UP bank deposits Of various
police officials with payments for pro
lection, and through the district attor-
ney's Office came the allegation that
Henry was specializing in stocks
through three different accounts, which
showed payments Of more than $4,000
for stocks in year. Henrys salary is
81 400.
In court W. Bourke Cochran. Henry's
counsel. sought to have Asst. DIST
Atty. smith held in contempt az a re-
suit Of publication Of news Of Henry ;
stock dealings. saving that the inspec-
tor had been bcqueathed from s4eooV
to $4,000 by an aunt in Ireland some
wears ago and that he had revealed ms
stock transactions himself before the
extraordinary grand jury.
The detectives awaiting trlai were
all Henrv's subordinates, besides Iun-
son. Frederick Franklin, who has been
indicted on bribery and coercion
charges and Joseph Maloney, who with
Cunsor i accused II perjury in testi-
monv against a brokers' wife whom
tbav arrested in a west side apart
mont She was acquitted and her bus
hand told the grand jury that be had
besp informed that If lie paid sl,OOo
there would be no prosecution.
Gurson's trial next week = on me
bribery and coercion charge HIS trial
and that Of Msioney on the perjury
charge and the trials Of the restaurant
men are expected after next week;
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