New-York tribune., 1890-05-24

That is the only place that We have tha. know Of,
o-who was the patrolnan on auty the night oei0re
lasti A-oHleer Devine.
oI, ls p,rt OF the .'Devins" functions 10 SEQ what Is
going on in this pacei A.-well, saw him coming out
with ps and asked what was the matter anu nv
told me. lie said he went In to arrest walker
opo YOU think this place ought N have license 70
o,I uouori A-Weu there is nothing going wrong there
any more than in any other place
q Do YOU rs an officer, think It is going wrong for
women TO come down from the stage and drink hquor WIN
the arst bhey meetl A--"eLi' uiihA 'hes ''e "
acquainted with them. ,..
i presume that. having no formal intFoduc'
ton YOU supposed they prior scquantances! A.
That Is what / naturally supposed Lausher)
Thomas T. Duncan, chief inspector OF the BOARD Oh
r,c,se said he was recommended for appointment by
richard Croker He belongs to the Tammsny Han
General Committee in the XvIlIth Assembly District
He said: -
The heavies: Of the chief inspector Is looking over
The nspecors report and making entries IN oooh' ih
hook IL kon, bv Mr. Hogan who is deputy inspector
me work OF the inspectors general thing done prop
crly >. ,oon
o-what steps DO you take as CHIEF Inspector !" Keep
rou,sc Informed o, tho most notorious places IN NOW"
yo,t 60 that they may fall under your disapproVal
NAV outn. fall under nv disapproval that would DC 'of
tho Commssloners A.. 49, r.so
The witncs, told senator Fassett that the hAosc
Denar-ment had 20 rely the reports OF the IN
'nao.ors I'm. that he. as Chief Inspector, could no'
,,.sb,y make personal investigation TO establish
the correctness OF the reports.
Senator FaSsett said 49,. ... -.
%, A. any actual investigation Of the character OF
, man or place Is concerned. the tnihs y ",'o
u,d not .ay so. They investigate 1t TO the best OF
rb.n II any immoral place IS licensed 1t Is
-.e.r,on on tho character Of the inspectors N'-'
They DO what thev can 49,, -,
o.-Do you mean they 20 O'' oV'
Yes. -ir. - 49,, al, ora ,r,rroner
pace and men licensed isn't It because inc inspector,
are no, up the mark At i oecaNSo "'' ~
got a knowledge Of the acts' ..
o.. there any reason why an inspector oa'ho'
,o, in Information that newspaper reporter can se OF
that persons occupying premises IN the ne9hoo'hoo ~
10, Tho tn.ncctor might inquire in the neishbor-
hood and the per,on would not wish to say anF'hhs tha'
would dcract from character Of the nan concerned
O Whose hult is It II place gets license 'na'
ought not to have onei At would De che o"S VI wv
lo.rector, to report about the place
a Then vou say II is the fault OF the inspector
If there l. any doubt existing police report Is sent
What Kind OF report is sufficient to raise doubt
, , 500 thc rcport Of Inspector Hoyle about Com
u,ss,', place. A.-No. Sir .,.. ;.
q wu Il a place was reported by an inspector 70
30 second in reputation to Billy Mc"loiy : anu ="
no resort for prostitutes and thieves, would II leave
any doubtl A.-Ycs, sir.
the p;,@ wo,,to, =, b. v,.,,y strong Doubt Ayes.
O Would you think that proper place to Il.
censcl Al could not whether the Inspector woua
| be altogether light or not.
O The inspector would not be reliable you mean
DO Won think that any the inspectors are not reaoei
Hu, .uposing report made. II the police AFTER
ward reported the place as one where lidie' anu scnt
con,orcd together saAo their thirst would not that
bc sufficient show that there was something III "ha'
| tho inspector said' Al should LAY So
| o-wcn. II place In this city Is notoriousy oao
rcsort where prostitutes and thieves male ana emae
hugs and persons bad reputc consor together for the
1 ,,,aI nd
in the unsophsticated and the unwary how would you
explain IL II 100. hty. or twenty-five sueh places
are lcnscdf Could you account for i'll Al could not
account for It,
mics. the inspectors oyerrddcn By police report
! A-That could not answer
Or II police did not report. could 1t happen
olc.s the Excise Commissioners bound TO issue
uccusc anyhowi A.-That / could not
o-You couldn't sayi You could not give this COM
rtt.e any light to how II happens II is true that
there az 100 nifty places in this city having licenses
trot ouaht not TO have them. A-No, could not say
! O-IIow we TO ind outl At Is not IN my
province.
@Whero are we going to inquire to find out whose
fault IL IS" asked senator Fassctt
You have begun at the rear end OF our Bureau
was the reply. If yon had begun AT the upper END
Won might have got the information
! We'll" said the chairman, "wc had to begin az
tho unindctcd end. Is it possible TO get licenses
7 through political influence ~
Il could not say said the witness once more
There some such places licensed In spite OF inc
utmost vigilance of the Inspectors ~
| think ~, SIR said the chief inspector. -. A.,
well. that Is a very comforting though', saiu '"o
| senator grimly. -. A.. I'm,
! On cross summation by Mr.. Lcventrt. Mr. % Dun
can said that II was part Of the inspectors apSoo c
sworn duty 80 10 the police In case OF any uouo'
about place ,. ,,h.,hor
named Francis Redmund. Mr.. Duncan repneo thas ths
complaints against his inspectors didn't eoie "'"'"
/ his province. ,., .ho Ex
Mr. Gale, who seems To know more about tic Ith rH
cse Depart ment than any other man cohneotru eH
H. told Mr. lvins that Rcdmund had been
three times. Thereupon Mr.. WINS productu. s 10
papers and stated that they proved the cony'cn%o % vi
Francis Redmund for burglary In the tnlu ucs'I, H.
and his sentence TO states Prison for hve years
was convicted In 1870 prior. Of course 70 ms M
inatOn by the State Civil Service Board n'~ so
came be passed by the State Civil Service b1aH
being a conviS do not know" remarheo Se""'"
Mr. Leventrtt got Mr.. Gale to give some more IN IN
i formation about Redmund. Mr. Gale SAID thaI ncn-
mund was veteran OF the and held his place as
/ a veteran Of the war. $4,000, .,.a
understand that he Is a Republican Laushterrl -
"That's reason why q conviction would hiah1 s1
! no difference under a Tammany administrator ss'u
senator FasSett .. ,s.n.,
Mr. Tate the committees expert accountant, identl-
fed statistical tables prepared by him In reference 70
/ the Excise Department. In his researches ne han
found among other things that out OF egoy em9ioy0