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frssaAs.s Martin o. The Fsisss Dsera csats-
ssses The 0rssA Jsry.
This 10 what President Martin Of tho Police
Board said yesterday whom asked what he
thought Of tho presentmsnt Of the Grand
Jury:
"rhs Grand Jury open their pressntment
with the statement: 1T 10 conceded By eli that
che Police Department is splendidly organised
and 10 not exoelled In its ability to cope with
orime. The comparative safety OF travel and
freedom from disorder on the streets are svi-
dence OF tho ability Of the force No higher
praise than this can be bestowed on police
system. The function Of the police 10 not to
make mon good. but to preserve decorum and
to protect life and property.
Nobody will pretend that vice fiaunts itself
In our streets. In this respect New York will
compare favorsbly with any other city on the
globe. Even DR.. Psrkhurst coniesses that
when he sought vice he found Il only behind
closed doors and shaded windows where II
was hidden nom the sight Of the young and
the innocent
Tho accusation that the police are in the pay
Of the disorderly houses and gambling houses
is both inconsistent and absurd. Everybody
knows that bawdy houses and gambling
houses are the natural resorts Of criminals.
The they ~ Would ss s lsns sSs pay
the S4sna 5 Fs has s.aas .sS
II the Grand Jury had evidence to justify
tey they should have found indictments aeainst
svid;sIPee: Il thsy hsd s9y such eyidenee Il
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nave concluded that It could attack character
s q Ss while a. i nS Sns sls r 2 rss
e. lay sh Or any princiRls q morals WHICH iusti
police. and conseauentiy % to impair nj 't' tSe en- M
cheney ot the department to which the Grand
Jurors themselves pay such high tribute"
ARE DR. PARxHuRsT's AGENTS 1MpnooABLxf
:. Assistant Clerk Bernard H. Malone Of the
Tombs made this statement yesterday in reply
70 sne pEsSsefSmsns PSs & q the Grand Tur which n
state plainly and emphat!cally that any
srd iS ;.fss 'A''a
Technically. the presentment Of the Grand
e Sar eni hss. q a.
svna I Shout shs ssuins y the
y: :ess.
were told Of 1 saw neither one Of ths war; ws,;
no e. .hs e hi that d
refer Ito,.tw to two SsRertsIss who per:on;.llly
5osstiss,ss 5Jssttiss &. room room Ehlls "a: IL S!t SSaIs
said In q published interview that could not
have given the information because knew
Cooperating the second wsrrant the afidayit
and warrant were signed by Justice Du6y
sloPs; sna E.rs PIT e a. sayslG%Rs snS sealed
and In Justice Duffy's presence he WAS told
that Justice Du6y alone. OF all the court on
ctAls. knew tho contents Even the Sergeant
did not know whom the warrant was for until
Superintendent Lewis placed It In his hands
thirty minutes before the arrest was to have
Why q i that while Mr.. Gardner. Mr.; Lewis.
and Mr.. Parker. who knew for twenty-four
hours that these warrants we're TO be issued.
nothing about them, am accused OF having
given the proprietors Of the alleged ram bling
his. own men first. Ny position Is sworn one
is liberal and ! do not need to resort to
peculiar means to obtain funds for my sup
port. In this l am unlike Dr.: Parkhurst's
agents. to whom an opportunity to make few
dollars BY any means 10 little short OF god
Justices White and M.Mahon said yesterday
that they believed Malone was innocent