The sun., 1893-08-11
rAnKHunsr DISCIPLES Asr1R.
They Fire n List OF Houses nt Capt. Devery
aud Lecture the Police Board.


aud Leetu-- the Police Board.
Police Captain William &. Devery. while in
command Of the West Forty-seventh street
police station. arrested Charles W. Gardner.
chief detective Of DIR. Parkhurst's society. for
attem pting to extort blackmail from Lille
Clifton. the keeper OF q disordery house.
Gardner was convicted. Dir. Parkhursts ad-
herents. notably Lawyer Frank Moss counsel
for the Parkhurst society. charged that Gard
ner was the innocent victim OF police con-
spiracy to injure the society.
Capt Devery was transferred shortly after
Gardner's arrest to the command OF the FL
bridge street squad ono Of the big police pre-
cincts. He has been there ever since. and
spies have been nosing around looking at
things.
Yesterday series OF letters charging Capt
Devery with neglect OF duty In knowingly per-
mitting gambling houses and disordcrly
houses to be run In different parts OF his pre-
cinot was. issued from the United Charities
building. Tho letters all bore the three sig
natures c. H. Parkhurst, I. ID. Kenneson, and
Frank Moss. OF the Parkhurst society. One
letter Is to Mayor Gilroy. one to President
Martin OF the Police Board. one to Superin-
tendent Byrnes.. and one to Capt Devery him
received tho copy sent. President Martin. Su-
perntcndent Byrnes, nnd Capt. Deyery are all
nc,sday on a twenty days vacation.
The letter to Capt, Deyery calls upon him to
letters aiIege the three Household ders. Park
hurst kenneson. and Moss. have learned by
repeated nspee,ion made by us are now Ths. be,
follow tho numbers Of ilve houses In Allen
street. seven in Bayard. ak in Canal; ilys in
four in Forsyth. two in Hester, six in Riving-
ton. ,. and six N Maanton: a. Eleven l,s houses IN
East HOustDn 6treet. Grand street lullDW
street. Norfulk street, and Orchard street are
described as gambling houses.
The letter to superintendent Byrnes is
couched in similar language. and makes the
same demand for prompt suppression OF the
The letter to President Martin Is the longest
Of the four communications 1t says that the
Boad Is ne OF tS ntpaF M
non-enforcement OF law. and adds:
vo s snS wS. n r., is
sSsg@,ye no, rs CropFsy esns
aN an opn" n%n S NOT a" u
function t" act no, to ln tn, = atter Of
gambling houses and houses herewith fnrnished S
Se ", y04
current thai such inaotion "a due to mer,ennry
as ms BE-
nuH" e ps m de-
vovins upon the department met with an earnest
|osminaus @ @ scTe"is give. no .sh,es ia.ima.iSS We
s,snon snG at Hs ~ nppN Ts the free
the closing OF the places Of whcn you hereby
notified
The letter to Mayor Ciiroy was mere for
NAL announcement that the letters enclosed
had been forwarded to the other officials
Copies OF al! four letters were sent to the
newspapers, tog ether with an unsigned tyne
written statement asserting that the Park
hurst society is not extinct. and containing q
violent attack on the Police Department. and
particularly uron Capt. Devcry. The state
ment asserts that both Superintendent Byrnes
and Capt Devery know where the houses COM
planned Of are and that they have them on
their list" Tho statement re ers also to the
presentment OF the Grand Jury last March
agaiznt the department.. and declares that IL
ing of gambling and licentiousness is for the
sake Of the money made out Of It for tho police
and Tammany." and that the Police DEPART
ment is only ono OF the many tentacles ~
is afioat in tho air is drawn into Tammany's
cRpaciouS maw.
and said: Il have nothing to say"
complain will be investigat ed. and II they are
found to re true. the law will be enforced
Capt. Devery gave UP his vacation ana came
back to town la,t night and resumed his com
tempt al. persecution. Lawyer Moss is tho
author OF 1t. He threatened to get square
with me. and he has been in the precinct try:
Ing to 10 It: My detectives .H have aye shadoTed
on in the precinct openly. and with my knowl-
edge. Ia a de!iberate @ and malicious lie. There
Is no gambling saloon open in this precinct
and hasn'; been. l have never received a
that disorderly houses are n NUISANCE or q
menace TO morality in this prec net. They are
governed with a rigorous hand. and they get
Mr.. Moss as do for mongrel cur. l know
DR.. Parkhurst and know that he would never
sanction such baseless attack on me-