New-York tribune., 1921-03-03
Whitman Charges
Hirshtield Seeks
Grand Jury Facts
Prosecutor Declares All the
Evidence to Repudiatc the
'Whitewaslling' State
nent Is in Its Hands

Charles S. Whitman yesterday char
acterlzed the statement issued Tues
day night whitewashing the policemen
now under Indictment as an attempt
to provoke violation Of the law in re-
vealing the proceedings before tie
grand jury.
"All the evidence necessary to repu-
dlate the statement made yesterday by
the Commissioner Of Accounts are mat
ters which are now or have been before
the grand jury" Mr.. Whitman said.
"ls the Hirshfeld statement trap
10 involve this Investigation into the
position of violating the secrets Of the
grand jury" he was asked.
"Certainly none Of the members OF
the Police Department called before
the grand jury have talked to report
ers. You therefore can judge the pur-
pose of the Hirshheld statement" Mr.
Whitman replied.
Witnesses in Charge of Records
"All can add is that the indict-
ments thus far returned against men,
bers of the Police Department have
been based on testimony furnished by
the men who are admittedly in charge
of the records referred to by Commits
sioner Hirshtield in his statement Of
yesterday.
"To-morrow may tell the real story"
he concluded.
Late yesterday afternoon Mr.. Whit
man issued duces tecum subppnas for
all Police Department records on which
Mr.. Hirshfeld based his report
Mr.. Whitman viii 20 before the
grand jury this afternoon. 1t was
understood until Tuesday that he had
planned to return another batch OF in
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them superseding indictments against
prominent members of the department
now under arrest.
This plan has been abandoned, The
Tribune learned last night, and the en-
tire session will be devoted to the
Street Cleaning Departments letting Of
certain contract This case, it is
learned on unimpeachable authority,
involves a prominent city official who,
while not member Of the Board of
Estimate, is known to be particularly
close to Mayor Hylan.
Get Friend of Missing Witness
Arthur NJ. King, one Of the Whitman
aids assigned to running down alleged
graft in city contracts, got closer TO
his missing witness when Detective
Sergeant Joe Russo brought to the
Criminal Courts Building woman
known to have intimate knowledge of
the activity of the missing witness.
Sergeant Russo Immediately after
delivering his charge to Mr.. King
started ter another woman said to
be equally important as the woman
questioned yesterday. The woman un-
der examination yesterday was accom-
panied by A. Parker Nevin, lawyer
who few years ago was Republican
candidate for the Supreme Court.
Neither Mr.. Nevin, Mr.. King no1
Sergeant Russo would reveal the iden-
tity of the woman, who was short, trim
handsomely gowned and extremely good
looking. When she left Mr.. Kings
office she covered her face against
photographers, and refused to talk to
the newspaper men.
William Chilvers, another of the
Whitman aids, is known to have had a
number of surety company underwrit-
ers before him yesterday under sub
pmna. 1t is known that this probe is
leading to two we'll known detectives
Mr.. Chilvers merely said tomorrow
when asked for a statement as to the
( progress of the case