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Show WHITMAN REACHING FOR HEAD GRAFTERS District Attorney Encouraged By the Conviction of Hartlgan for Perjury Now York, March 10. Having scored a victory ln tho first trial by Jury of nu alleged ugent of tho police po-lice "system" through the conviction yesterday of Policeman John J. Hartlgan, Har-tlgan, District Attorney Whitman plans to follow up his advantage by pressing other pollco department graft cases resulting from recent sensational sen-sational revelations beforo Investigating Investigat-ing bodies. Hartlgan wns convicted of perjury growing out of his activities In assisting as-sisting high pollco ofllclals to Induco a witness against tho "system" to leave tho stato. Ho will bo brought up Tuesday for sentence nnd directly afterward Mr. Whitman plans to niovo tho case ot George A. Newell, tho lawyer accused accus-ed of bribery In the same connection. Sergeant Pctor Duffy, onco attached to the staff of Dennis Sweeney, the teen Indictments for levying tribute upon vico ln his district, Is also slated sla-ted for early trial. All this is to pavo tho way for tho trial of Sweeny himself. Mr. Whitman has been informed thnt Hartlgan'sconvictlo n has thrown Indicted policemen nnd others Into n panic and that a scramblo among suspects to savo themselves is not unllkoly. Tho district attorney has mado It plain that only through Ills ofllco lies cscapo for tho men ho Is after. Thus, through confessions of tho underlying ln the graft comblno ho hopes to bo led to tho men "higher up." |