New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-10
Under POLICE PROTECTION.

UP CROsBY,s VIEWS ON GAMBLING HOUSES.
bribery IN THE POLICE DEPARrMENr-How 1T IS
CARRIED ON-UNsUCCEssFuL DEsCENrs ON LOW
REsoRrs-rHE REMEDY FOR THE EVIL
Areporter of The TRIBUNE called upon DR., How. low.
ard Crosby yesterday at his house. NO. Ilo hasC
N,neteenth.st to ascertain additional facts IN reI
erence to dcscents on gambling houses recently
made nv tho Society for the Prevention OF CRIME
osss pa R SaSs'S in THE
UNE on Monday WAS 10 let the public know that
there does exist bribery or blackmal in our CITY
government Now, what in brief Is the history fHc OF
the raids we planned, at which we ialIee ,a
TO make arrestsf | went to superintendent wall
ing, III whom have the most perfect commence hat
and whom know TO be honest, and told MN ABOUT
the raids we desired to make. We talked ne mat
ter over and planned that nobody should know
absolutely. necessary 10 inform. The detectives res
in four PGe n. on ams OF % sverv de-
scnntion was going on. We knew this. What was the
result AT O'Clock. only one hour aiterward, wnoh
the police made simultaneous raids on these Tour
places there was not tool TO be seen. Inc lew
men present were lounging about. apparently dong
nothing. 10 all appearances the rooms were clnD-
rooms. Now can any one doubt that the proprletors
had been informed of the contemplated police raids,
and that these law breakers have friends IN the he,
partmcnti saw Mr. French and he acknowledged
that such must be the fact. do not know the 10,
lice Commissioners very well. The old board
knew intimately, and We used to talk freely, they
frequently admitting that there was otnciai pri-
berry, What 40 Won think is the proper way to break
P"As told Mr. French there is only one thing to
do. That is 10 have the police captains or lnuch
better class higher morally and pay them three
times the salary they now receive, SO that thcy
wonId not take the risks OF Matchmaking At pres,
ent many Of the police captains are OF low moral
" How Is the alleged bribing done"
cit is done in this way: The captains who want
to get az income from these Places 90 not :" G ys1y
brave, aud to order tue houses to be CLOSED.
But woman goes into the place and says
Won't 'nS You help me little The proprietor says
Yes, here take this, and gives her what thosc pre-
sent suppose to be al note. Instead OF IT'S
being ST. it is 49, Now. can You make anything
out of this Certainly not, because he would say
bave done nothing except 10 assist Il poor woman
little That woman meets TREND ma al LAG gr"gGGry;
The woman replies: Yes, aud here is tho money
handing the proprietor $40. The man goes to some
official, may he Sergeant; and says BY the way,
here is that $50 you loaued me- The next day the
captain finds 500 III his drawer. lie does not
know how it got there By ne puts 1t INTO
bride 2 He indignantly answers No; who
ever saw me take a bride 2 Now, what can you dot
that the man was guilty, We have had three, live.
or eight afdavits to that effect; but they have
been made by women of bad reputation. This evil
dence we cannot go INTO court with, and the man
gets of. high Official told me that one captain
made $4,000 year by Matchmaking and he
cautioned me not to mention tho fact. lie may
smoke there must be some fire."
Have YOU thought of any other way to get rid
Of the evil 7"
Yes there is, think. way to strike deeper.
would have only Police Commissioner and give
HIM autocratic authority. Make HIM supreme.
Give him the power to appoint, remove, or do any
thing he wants to, on suspicion even"
Would not that put toe much power INTO one
mans hands
Not at all. This system in use in Paris
"What do you think of the Police Department as
it n0His
men do not do their duty There is lnzines' and
general slugglshncss. When Captain Williams was
in charge of the Twenty-ninh Precinct,
we planned a raid without his knowledge.
We were not successful and he laughed at us for our
failure. or course we can draw our own infcrcnces.
Since LIE was removed things have been only little
better Captain Bergho.d is wholly incompetent
Commissioner French seen i'll relation 10 his
interview with DR.. Crosby, lie stated that he did
not inteId TO have the public understand that Dr.
Crosby Lad mentioned the names Of Captains lyman
and Caffrey. lie (Mr Frcnch) had named these oi-
GERS after DR.. Crosby had stated i'll what precinct
the descents of Saturday had proved failures but
not with the intention OF casting any blame upon
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