New-York tribune., 1921-01-19
Books of a Publishing
Concern Said to Show
Illegal Fees Paid to
Accused During Strikes
Inspector Reported
Involved i'm Graft
Trail of Corruption Leads
to Headquarters, Is the
Belief of Prosecutor

Former Governor Charles S. Whit.
man, special counsel to the January
extraordinary grand jury, will pre-
sent evidence to that body to-day
with request that an indictment be
returned against police captain. he
announced last night.
The captain will not be Captain
William A. Bailey, who, as COM
mander of the West Thirtieth Street
station, was last week indicted for
illegally accepting fees
The request for the Indictment
will be based on evidence gathered
by Mr.. Whitman and his assistants
from examination of witnesses and
the books of publishing company
here. This company is alleged to
have been the clearing house for
illegal fees" to policemen and the
captain under fire, during recent
strikes.
ASKS Delay in Retirement
1t is known that yesterday afternoon
Ex-Governor Whitman learned that n
police captain whose acts have been
the subject of scrutiny had applied for
retirement 1t is, reported that at
o'clock he telephoned Commissioner
Enright, trusting to the Commissions
er's promise of cooperation made on
Monday, asking for delay in grant.
ing the application of this particular
captain.
Other developments of the inyesti-
CATION yesterday were:
Two witnesses sought by the nroea.a
servers from Mr.. Whitman's Office have
disappeared. They are wanted, it ia
sald, IN connection with a matter re.
ferred to Mr.. Whitman by Meier Stein
Drink, counsel to the Board of Esti-
mates investigation into city con-
tracts.
This case is said to involve thou.
sands Of dollars in graft and will i'm
pllcate city officials not connected with
the Police Department, but close to
City Hall.
Rule 1874 Not Publicly Revoked
Commissioner Enright did not pub
iicly rescind Rule 184 Of the Police
Department, which was considered a
'istener-ln' on any District Attorney
investigation.
Detective Sergeant "Al" Thomas.
whose services were requested by
whitman, refused by Enright and on
Monday promised by Mayor Hylan. re-
ported for assignment to Mr.. Whit
man yesterday and was put to work on
the investigation.
HAS the captain you have in mind
for indictment retired receutly-say
today" Mr.. Whitman was asked yes
terday.
Il refuse to answer that question"
was the prosecutors reply.
DO you intend to take advantage OF
the charges made against Mr. Enright
by ex-Deputy Police Commissioner
Frank Lord, in a speech Monday
nlghtl y was the next question.
commissioner Lord has been close
friend of mine for years. l know that
his information is at my disposal at
my request. Of course. there will be
no need of subpoena Frank Lord will
come here any time he feels that we
are ready to act on the information he
has to aid us.'
Leads to an Inspector
Concerning the Indictment to be
asked for to-day, it is said that the
case leads to an inspector and pos
sibly to Police Headquarters. 1t is
known that the prosecutors assistants.
William Chilvers, Arthur NJ. King, As
sistant District Attorney James E.
Smith and ex-Magistrate Frederick j..
Groehl believe that this case will lead
directly into headquarters.
Assistant District Attorney Smith
had before him yesterday man wiao
is reputed to have given valuable n.
formation which can be used as coz.
-cborative evidence against Captain
William A. Bailey, now under indict-
ment. and possibly will involve other
police officials.
A number of witnesses are under
subpoena to-day, and startling develop
ments are expected within the next few
days, the least Of which will deal with
the sudden and unexplained elimina-
ton of the West Thirty-seventh Street
station.