New-York tribune., 1921-02-02
l3 Witnesses Testify Be-
fore Grand Jury and
Are Believed to Have
Given Evidence of Ring
Four Indictments
Likely This Week
Station House Reported
to Have Been Employed
as Distributing Center

The testimony Of thirteen wit
nesses, examined yesterday by VIII
lam Chilvers, assistant to former
Governor Whitman in his grand jury
investigation Of the city government,
is expected to show that number
Of members of the Police Department
have been engaged in illicit LIQUOR
traffic.
The Tribune was informed last
night that the money made by po-
licemen who have not only assured
the safe transit of liquor, but have
personally sold it to saloon and res
taurant keepers, will make the sums
involved in the automobile SQUAD
scandal seem small.
Information which is said to have
been furnished to Mr.. Whitman and
his assistants is reported to show
that famous police station on the
outskirts of the Tenderloin has been
known as "booze headquarters" for
the last six months, and that MANY
resorts between Thirty-fourth Street
and Columbus Circle depended upon
it for their supply of beverage barred
by the Volstead act.
Trail Points Higher Up
Neither Mr.. Whitman, his assistants
nor any of the witnesses examined By
Mr.. Chilvers would discuss the sensa-
tional rumors, but it was said by
person close to the Investigators that
sufficient evidence had been obtained
to warrant the indictnlen. of at least
four members of the Police Depart
ment this week. The liquor trail is
said to lead to higher officials in the
department than those involved in the
automobile squad expose.
Process servers connected with Mr.
Whitman's staff left the Criminal
Courts Building Monday afternoon
armed with twenty-five subpgnas. Ten
of these papers were left in the West
Thirtieth Street police station, COM
manded by Captain Joseph A. Howard,
who succeeded Captain William A
Bailey, now under indictment for hav-
ing accepted an unlawful gratuity.
All of the subpnnas left at the
West Thirtieth Street station, which
were served under the personal super
vision of Mr.. Chilvers, called for the
annnarapco oc Y,oa,,lor- &c tI,,+ ,~.
cinct who were formerly attached to the
West Thirty-seventh Street station, re-
Gently discontinued by order of Com
missioner Enright.
While the subpnnas were being
served in the police station other mem
bers of Mr.. Whitman's staff visited
various we'll known saloons in the
Tenderl0in and what was once known
as HelPs Kitchen and handed papers to
proprietors and bartenders.
In all OF the places 1T IS alleged that
members of the Police Department ara
well known and are frequent visitors.
The information gathered yesterday by
Mr.. ChllVers is reported to show that
several of these places acquired theix
liquor supply from the police.
Many Police Questioned
Among the saloonk epers who were
questioned by Mr.. Chilvers yesterday
were Charles Badenuerger, Wnvsu "a
loon and restaurant is only few doors
from the West Thirty seventh Street
station, and Martin Fitzgerald, pro
prietor of cafe at Seventh Avenue and
Thirty fourth Street.
Badenberger's place is said to have
been headquarters for policemen at
tached to the West Thirty-seventb
Street station, and the proprietor is
reported to have admitted that he was
ca intimate terms with many of them.
A dinner was given at his cafe recently
TO Acting Captain Capper by the pa
trolmen and detectives of the station.
AS a result of the VISIT Of the sub
pena servers to the West Thirtieth
Street station Captain Joseph A. How
ard and eight of his men, four of them
detectives, were in the Criminal Courts
Building at 8 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. The questioning of these wit
nesses consumed so much time that De-
tective Jimmy" Finn, the last caFsed.
did not leave Mr.. Chilvers's office until
nearly O'Clock.
According TO a rumor circulated
freely about the corridors of the Grim
inal Courts Building yesterday, a first
b 8iIR
the West Thirty-seventh Street station
was the money man or 'doughboy" in
the police booze ring.
Timothy Shine, proprietor Of a res-
taurant on Seventh Avenue, was also
called before Mr.. Chilvers yesterday.
He is said to have admitted that no
was on friendly terms with a number
Of policemen recently connected with
the 22d Precinct
Detectives Finn, Morrison, Patton
and Foley We're put through a long
griliing by Mr.. Chilvcrs after Captaig
Howard had been questioned Several
civilians, each one Of whom is al eyed
to have had liqaor des'in~s viii he
police, were closeted with Er. chiivers
during the afternoon. They refused TO
discuss the nature o. thee te tim ~.
Mr.. Chilvers announced last nighs
that the investigation would c Mt sa
to-day, but he declined TO say when
he would be ready to present the mat
ter to the grand jury.
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