The New York herald., 1921-10-05

my sons handwriting the other day was
practically violation OF law"
II never knew anybody to refuse TO
answer such question. unless they
said II would incriminate them to do
So" Mr.. Brown said.
And furthermore. Senator Brown, !
want to say to YOU now that the per-
son that gave you that lease. notified
you who signed II. and she was present
when that lease was signed"
"I never received any such informa-
ton directly or Indirectly from any
body"
1T is my opinion that your summary
last week regarding the special mem
bers OF the Police Department Is an
insult to the 26,0o0 Home Defence
League men that served prior to and
during the war"
Brown Answers Dwyer's Charge.
1T Is intended to protect an entirely
! respectable body from having in Its
membership certain members who vio-
late the law and do not properly dis
charge their functions
II consider 1t outrageous. You are
down here supposedly to investigate
conditions In the city OF New York.
! would like to ask you. sir. with all
due respect. to investigate II a Republic
can district leader in Brooklyn. Charles
#. Murphy, did not receive $1,000 to put
the detective bill over. You find out
also and summon their bank accounts
and see how much more was gotten
II hope, IL anybody did anything of
the kind. there will be a committee ap
pointed to investigate IT,"
"All right. sir. You can also find
out what connection Senator Lockwood
had. who lives In the district with Mr..
Murphy. and want to make It
! clear"
II don't know Mr.. Murphy and /
cannot speak for him. but the charac-
ter OF Senator Lockwood 10 entirely
above suspicion. to my personal knowl-
edge. And any suggestion to the con-
trary Is vile SANDER"
Gets After Newspapers.
You can investigate It."
There are q few things more. Tc
show what malign influence some OF
the press of this city have on the Gov
eminent. doubt whether this committee
dare examine their bank accounts
II was UP in the Fourth District some
years ago and there was a man named
Edward Denice. representing the New
York Tribune. He came to me and asked
me II I would not put his son to work
In plain clothes in my office, and that
he was a very good policeman. I said
1 will try him out and / made applica-
ton and he was transferred to me,
Shortly after found that the news
paper man, Denice was very friendly
with disorderly resorts and gambling
houses.
"Denice had an interest in a disor-
derly resort known as The Green Tur-
| tle.' learned afterward, and because
would not violate Mayor Gaynor's order
to close all such places by A. NJ. he
became dissatisfied. I thought I had
better get rid Of his brother and had
him transferred"
In his testimony Dwyer spoke oi
Denice's son and brother and did not
make clear which he meant.
The Inspector then related In detail
how he prepared evidence against the
keeper Of a disorderly place In the Ten.
| derloin. Denice offered $4,000 to have
| the case thrown" the witness went on,
and threatened to make trouble through
the District Attorney. Then tho Tribune
started an expose Of conditions In the
Tendcrloin. he said.
IT want 10 say here that your great
Governor. Charles s. Whitman. let Rose
| Barrick, the woman in that case, escape
l
Another case that the distinguished
Governor let go was that Of Josie
! Palmer, q notorious person. She was
convicted and Whitman let her 60.
Martha in whitman's Homo.
'T recall being called TO Gov. Whit
mans office one day, ana later on I got
a message that the wanted to know II
I would not call to see him at his home
! called there. He was the District Az
torney. When arrived I saw poor
drunken man being led by Detective Al
! Thomas into Whitman's home. That un-
fortunate drunken man was ex-Inspcctor
! Murtha, who was later dismissed from
the department.
II was ushered in and Gov. whitman
said he wanted to speak to me on a very
! confidential matter He asked me II
wouldn't have drink, and you know
Gov. Whitman was q temperance man.
told him yes but was watching what
he was putting in that glass with his
back to me. and he poured into it--and
II was a large tumbler, known in the
vernacular as a schooner--at least a
ialf pint Of whiskey. was not fool
enough TO drink that poured II down
inside my coat Gov. Whitman thought
I would drink II and would be an easy
marx to pump me.
Whitman told me. when he finally
got down to business. that he wanted to
get Tammany leader, and it would be
a great feather in his cap II he could
convict some Tammany leader Of a
crime. asked him who the leader was
he wanted to get and he said Jimmie
Hagan. / said. What do you want me
to dor He said. 4 want you to go 20
Hagan and ask him II he hasn't any two
policemen that he wants to 60 in plain
clothes. You ask him for them In the
regular way and make application for
them and Commissioner Waldo will send
them TO you
Then he says: The chances are that
Hasan will start to open UP gambling
houses and do business with those two
policemen. and between you and me we
can get him. would be no party to
such dastardly thing as that
Here Is where the newspapers come
in again. The next morning Murthas
confession was spread under headlines
In the newspapers. and II was also men.
toned that Inspector Dwyer was there.
waldo After Him, Says Dwyer.
That was only the beginning OF my
trouble, Senator. because when Commits.
sioner Waldo saw in the papers Whit
mans statement and that I called on
Gov. Whitman without Mr.. waIdo's per
mission he was furious. When he sum-
moned me down the next day to his Of
flee he said:
Dwyer. l made you an inspector and I
fhought you would stand straight. Now
you are going. and---I beg your pa r5nr