Morning journal and courier., 1894-03-14

Haven, information that one Ike Hafteu- stein (of blessed memory to many classes
 of Yale gfadustee) kept @ gambling room
 at place then designated and described by me. And further was not told by | MT. Astthswman, nor did know at what | issus. warrant for the arrest of said | Hartenstein, nor did at any time give in- | formation of said warrant to any person whatsoever.
 Dated at New Haven this 18th day of March, A. D. 1894. NEWMAN SMITH.
 Sworn to before me this 18th day of March, A. D. 1894.
 LEONARD M. DAaaKrT,
 Notary Public.
 Upon this statement and these afadavits now leave with your board for the secoDd time the inquiry. How was "timely notice" given of that raidi
 In my previous statement you will find detailed narrative of the varying for tunes of . second warrant which was Issued against that same gamblers nest. If you
 wish to inquire further into the matter
 will send to you the witness who is ready
 to make oath to what stated occurred on
 four successive nights, February g. You
 can examine him as thoroughly as you may
 desire. shall stipulste only the privilege
 of sending . stenographer with him in or
 der that the public, as well as you. may
 judge as to the competency and credibility
 of his testimony. At the time the raid
 was attempted, realizing that in spite of
 whatever we might say the failure to serve
 that warrant might possibly be charged
 upon some one connected with the league,
 so soon as 1t became evident to me that the
 raid had been given away, took the pre-
 caution to send our agent out of town, and
 after giving the police some further infor-
 nation which had come to me confidential
 ly concerning 8 change in the hour of the
 game, had all persons connected with the
 league withdraw from any further ehare,
 knowledge or participation in the effort of
 the police to catch these gamblers. For
 about two Wkks the police had the war
 rant to themselves, but for some reason to
 me unknown their efforts were thwarted,
 and what finally became of that ill-starred
 warrant have never heard. Possibly one additional clue or such further inquiry as you may care officially to pursue may be furnished by the curious fact, given to me
 by the person cognizsnt of 1t, that one night
 while that raid was pending, the following
 remark was accidentally overhead over Q
 telephone wire which runs not far from
 headquarters: 'I have just got . tip from
 the office; there is going to be raid to-
 night" I know nothing more than the T6mhIk ltb6ll1 Uut Wuou tuo tetcpuOh6 lS
 used for tips, police secrets cannot bs over zsslously kept. I have thus put in your
 possession the facts in this matter which
 may be of assistance to you in preventing similar fate from ovsrtaking, or rather
 preceding, other warrants. Gentlemen,
 permit me to add that what do know,
 you ought to find out.
 might at this point rest my answer, so fo rap1u io oo1lod for ho cent communication to me. D The import ance, however, of our object jasti3es me in pressing once more upon your attention, |,
 as well as before the public, one matter
 with reference to which I made bold to speak in your presence. The efficiency of
 the police force cannot be ex )ected to rise above its fountain, nor It's morals to be purer than Its source. The city charter,
 therefore, expressly provide that "none
 of the police commissioner shall, as prinoi-
 pal, agent, or employee, be engaged in the manufacture or sale of Intoxicating H. quors." (Sec. 3O The spirit and intent
 of this wise provision of the charter, if not It's letter, would be violated, if any police commissioners should stand in @ relation as bondsman to the ealoons whereby he would be liable to pecuniary loss if viola tions of the liquor laws should be reported in them by the police; or if the custom and favor of saloons should become @ part of the regular business solicitude of the police commissioners. The evil of such 6 financial interest ou the part of @ commissioner in the saloon is not relieved by the rep orted statement of one of your body that it Is Ca matter be- tween him and the saloon keeper" and that "thsre would be no harm in it, if 1t were not found out" For 1t is easy to see what might be in many ways the demoral. izing influence upon the police force of a community of business interest between liquor sellers and police commissioners. The temptation would naturally and con. | stantly arise to exchange patronage for protection. And even though both psrties,
 the commissioner and the liquor seller, | should steadfsstly resist this temptation with most skillful virtue, still an imprts l sion could hardly fail to gain prevalence
 throughout the police force that too active interference on their part would not bs de-
 sired if any of the commissioners patrons | and friends should wish to do @ little more business than the law allows. Should ( | patrolman, for example, happen to notice | after light fall of snow on 8 Sunday that | @ distinctly marked path led around to the back door of saloon where often he hsd seen his commissioners delivery wagon standing before the front door, 1t needs nc unusual knowledge of human nature to | predict that policeman might go along
 his beat, thinking to himself, rather than turn and follow that path towards evi
 dence, conviction, and possible loss of hi. own livelihood. Moreover, even though a | commissioner should with conspicuou,
 honor refuse to allow his official position to help his business, either through hie
 own premises, or his sons, oe his agents or any policeman whom he may have
 had appointed, or put upon a ia vorable beat, still crafty and design
 ing men would take pains to be his l customers, would be sure to take sdvan. tage of his unfortunate pecunisry relation to them in their threats and demands up l on the policemen, who might see too much
 and make them trouble. So that 1t goes disinterestedness on the part of both the police commissioner and his saloon GUS toner, or an extraordinary obtuseness on l the part of the policemen to their own in. terest, must be supposed, or else the effec, of such mingllng of soda water and whis l key or beer must be weakening and de- | moralizing to the whole police force. And we urge this argument from known ten. denoles of human nature with the more | confidence because of @ large amount of in. formation which has come to us from vari.
 ous sources that such effects as might have
 been anticipated, have actually been ob
 served and talked of in the police depart. ment. We do not report merely vague and general rumors that the belief obtains | in the department to the effect that favor Is not to be gained at least with @ domi. l nsnt part of the board by too evident zeal
 in reporting violations of the liquor laws; but definite and specific statements to this effect have been made to me, personally, ,as
 we'll as to others, by officers whose names
 could be given, were we in a position to protect them from the consequences of tell ing the whole truth which they know. From careful memoranda of what has been | satp, in which names, dates and words ! have been noted, can confidently affirm ! that police officers have repeatedly been given to understand that the were "to go slow, and not see too much;" that they "were not to tackle such thinge;" that l they have not reported violations of liquor laws which they could not help seeing, because no notice had been taken of such reports, and they had found it useless; that they had been warn ed, to quote the language of one commis- sioner in particular, ''not to be so damned ohcious" in watching certain saloons-a remark which not only carried some inter- nal evidence of its genuineness, but which on account of its frequent repetition and its somewhat emphatic significance, have taken pains personally to verify. repeat
 It because I know where, when and by whom 1t was made from c man of charac- ter who happened to hear a commissioner say 1t. If you ask me for the names of