The sun., 1896-09-11
P1RKHURsr SOCIETY REPORT.
City Government Retter. says tho Doctor,
hut II sltlll Needs Watching.


Several years have passed since DR.. Park
hurst's Society for the Prevention Of Crlme re-
ported its doings TO the public. This silence Of
years IL explained by Frank Moss, counsel to
the society. In the pages of q pamphlet just
issued as a report Of tho organization. He says:
The results Of the unprecedented investi-
CATION by the Lexow committee, the defeat OF
Tammany Hall in 1894, the reconstruction of
the Police and other departments (less perfect
than 1t should have been). and, better than all
the rest, the awakening of patriotism among
the common people and its application to the
politics of our city; they have been recorded
from day To- day in the pross of the city and
country. These were reports of the Society for
- tne tT,svention ,,,1t OF Crime more eloquent and
ours conld possibly have been"
In the introduction to the report Dr. Park
hurst says over his own signRture:
since November of 1894 our relations to the
municipal administration have been entirely
changed. We now able to work with the
different commissions instead of being obliged
to work against them. Friction is therefore
abatement OF effort and no dminution OF result.
those Efforts and results. on account OF the
less in syide1es Indeed as W. think win Hna be.
come apparent from the accompanying report,
the sGeies5 sg is aseompiishinE @ more q, present
ments were resisted by tho city Government,
and now all Its movsments, or nearly all OF
them, find In tho city Government supporter
we commend, therefore, to the public and
especially to those who, with their means, have
90 generously supported the work OF the ,ocoty.
the accompanying record of the society's work
during the year past. The city has not yet set
tied down into that condition of uuietude and
stability that enables US to state confidently
along what line our efforts will most wisely %
full OF the old roots Of fraud and lawlessness,
fostared by many years of coarse and corrupt
Tammany administration, and hardly moro has
been done yet than to NOW Off the tops No ono
can be knowing In tho history of our condition
out realizing the long strides forward that have
been made since Tammany went out OF power
and at the same time 1t is very difficult for q
city that has been for quarter OF q century
art OF decency. rhere is constant tendency to
revert to old methods whenever for an instant
the bonds of vigilance are relaxed. Our hope is.
however, that tho honest citizens of the town
In 1924 and maintain and add to them In years
to come: and we pledge the services Of the So
cety for the Prevention OF Crime as an agency
that will show itself faithful and watchful In
helping the public TO execute its hopes and pur-
poses OF municipal betterment, promoting what
10 good, discouraginR what Is bad making crime
hated and the law respected"
Mr.. Moss recounts the work of the society In
securing the Indictment of police officials as a re-
suit of the Lexow comm! m!ttee' yestlgations and
deplores the fact that the indictments against
most of the defendants have been quashed on
motion of the District Attorney. The report,
drawn up by Angel" Dennett, goes over the
ground covered by the society in It's prosecution
gambling OF every description, and tho excise
Much space Is devoted to the work o. prOsecut-
ing keepers OF disorderly houses and to the trial
of Capt. Easins. No statement Of the funds re-
amount OF money disbursed by tho society ap-
pears in the report.