National Republican., 1883-01-10
T1IE DETEcr1YEs.
They May Wind Up Before the Grand
Jury-Thc Police and the Gamblers.

They May Wind Up Before the Grand
Jury-Thc Police and the Gamblers.
1t is not yet settled whether there will be
any further investigation by the commission
crs of the mass OF testimony furnished by the
citizens committee under the head of " Mem
orandum No. g." or whether the information
will be made use of by the district attorney.
The whole matter was submitted to Judge
Wells, the attorney of the committee, before
it was transmitted to the commissioners, and
1t is said that sufficient facts are presented to
warrant the consideration Of them by the
grand jury.
In the interviews with O'Leary and Murphy
1t will be remembered that mention was made
of " Little Horace and FRANKIE Buck" In
looking up the record of these two criminals
it is found that Horace Hampton, alias Horace
Koran, alias Little Horace" alias w. W..
Fisher, was tried and convicted at Philadel-
phia some time since for the robbery of u till
in lager beer saloon in the Quaker City, and
is now serving ont his time in what Is known
as the Cherry Hill ponitentiary i'll Philadcl-
phia, where he will have to languish until
February, 1881. Horace is known to the pro.
fcssion as of southern birth and professional
Of great experience and notUriety, having
been the principal in many great robberies.
lie was indicted by the grand jury of this city
for the robbery of the government printing
office.
Frank Buck was a confederate of Horace in
the Philadelphia till tapping, and is now in
the same prison serving n similar sentence.
Buck is said to have been one of the profess
sional thieves who with Horace, robbed the
Office of Mcssrs. Fitch, Fox * Brown, Stott's
drug store, and the National Metropolitan
bank II is alleged, as has already been
stated, that the detectives were interested in
all these robberies, and received percentage
of the proceeds.
Many communications have been received
by the committee in reference TO dCrcliCtion
of duty on the part of the police in allowing
| the continuance of places not allowed by law,
and among them is the following, which
refers to tho gambling places:
WASHINGTON, d, c., Jan. 5.---J. W. THOMPSON.
investigating the rascality oil the detective force OF
this city !, us one interested in the matter beg
leave 70 inform you that, in addition to the many
acts of " crookedness' already satisfactorily p owed
porance to the public rs any Of those which nave
| been exposed, which your committee have not
yet made any allusion TO; The system OF gamb-
| ling tolerated in this city by the police
| department is daily growing and thousands OF
citizens and strangers from other places are daily
| robbed out of their money by those wicked men,
who live and prosper on the .plunder of their fell
| low-man. The police rs well us the detectives,
are cogniZant of this fact, and If their superior
| officers were prevented from receiving regular
percentage Of the money stolen from the gam blcrs'
victims the neflrious business would soon cease TO
| exist. The captain and major Of police are more
culpablc in this matter than the patrOlmen. They
not only know of the existence Of these places aud
close their eyes against them, but 1t is positively
asserted they receive their share oil the percent
age, 1t ould be the duty of every patrolman to
| report the existence Of any such place upon his
beat to the district attorney, and II should be his
| duty to bring the parties 70 justice.
| am, sir, your obedient servant, w. j.. LONG.