The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-01
CHAPMAN TALKSTCO MUCH.
so1IcE BOLRD CONSIDERS THIS mrs
CHIEF FAULT.

S.u,, steps to Prevent aiua ana Mta Cell
" Leagues, Including Coniin, from OnendtnE
4, Tn,s Regard and Aise rron ArrestiuG
women on tho Streets without Coed Cause.
Tn. Police Board decided yesterday that
n.n,. Chapman was u jealous ofnccr, but with.
st much discretion. and that ho talked too
inch. Mr. Bolton Hall precipitated tho dis.
s,.,Ion OF chapman with q letter inclosing q
,lInpine from THE EVENING Sun commenting
anon the Captains raids on women. The
ntemen wero uncontrad.ctod, Mr.. Hall
vrote; In fact, 1t had been said that Chapman
claimed tho power to arrest all women found
IN the streets after nightfall, and that no had
usrcifully abstairod from exercising 1t. Mr..
Hall offered to make formal complaint, as n
citizen. against Policemen Leazenbec, King,
and Deboc for arrosting g~uiltless women. His
offer was filed for the present.
President Moss said that no had investigat-
Al many complaints Of affairs in the Nine
,,snth precinct and his conclusion was that
there was little reason to believe that women
OF good character had boon annoyed. An evil
existed in tho precinct that ought to bo sup
prcssed, and previous commanders had been
much moro indiscriminato than Chapman.
They had all proceeded on the assumption that
when women got to be too numerous in the
streets they ought to be taken off,. As the cas-
lest way they had arrested them. He, Moss.
had repeatedly condemned that modo Of pro-
cedure. He believed that the presence of the
evil argued existence OF houses that ought to
Be- broken up. The city was better than It had
But since the enactment Of tho Raines law q
number Of hotel proprietors had entered tho
class. He himself had pointed out. notorious
resorts to Capt Chapman and got mo. result.
Then the officers Of the Society for the Proven
A. - Trt-.a had taHan bald .-N L. 4. -~,n
psrativciy short time accomplished what the
police could not. There were several such
ss.ss; Again gal 4. had been NOTICED that special
Mr.. Moss spoke for half an hour, and wound
decnccyy to sensationaiism and lack Of tact in his
work. He. submitted reports of tho Deputy
Chief and Inspector favorable to Chapman, and
letters from q number of citizens arguing pro
end con, Mr.. Faulkner Of the Third Avenue
i laugh NJ. Moss moved and the board passed
the following resolution, Col. Grant alone with
holding his vote until he had looked into the
"Resoired. that the Chief of Police is hereby
Instructed to notify precinct commanders Of tho
disorderly conduct called night-walking, to wit:
Every common prostitute or night walker lettering
or being In any thoroughfare or public place for the
snce Of the inhabitants or p~assers-by.-Sectiou 1853.
chapter +lo. Lava Of 1852.
And notify them to instruct the officers of
not to be arrested unless they violate such pro-
vision.
Annie Schlable, Emily Hefker. and others, re-
Gently charged with disorderly conduct In tho
Esi ssissrass q RFs sSe Second onS 6 Sisshets cdur = w III
0 view of determining whether the complaining
officers were guilty Of making a false accuse:
whether they charged them with being common
prostitutes vhen they had no knowledge or
ssSG1 sU against any sne ofiieer eV who 'n may n Be R5S1Sdi
guilty; also that he inquire carefully into tho
cases Of discharged women and ascertain
II think" said Mr.. Moss, that this trouble
has occurred largely because Capt. Chapman
ion too Ueen freely reafrDs On s'c causes mssn and a%p tendencies siSsn IL that Iaa
arc no concern of tho policeman. / think it is
time nR. se pss' f ffnet the th hsf Is tsi hereby directed
to instruct the subordinate officers Of the police
force that they must not make newspaper or
legislative policies in dealing with vice and
crime, the duty Of police officers being not, to
moraiize or to express their personal opinion
discreetiy, and faithfully"
The other Commissioners thought the Chief
the resolution was made to read that every
member Of the uniformed force must not com
%sn1, &s; 50 AZ. it Pa passed e sn fSs 1sgRsGy4 h The
after.
Nj. Moss had one more trump up his sleeve.
He referred to the weekly reports which the
Captains make to the Chief OF suspicious re-
sorts in their precincts. Previous to Byrnes's
they had under surveillance. Byrnes put an
end to 1t by demanding that Captains should
ind means of raiding any house they held to be
suspicious. After that they simply reported
no suspicious houses" and the Chief was en-
sbled to say that he was informed there were
return would, upon Mr.. Moss's request, furnish
him with a list of places in his precinct which
he suspected of being gambling houses. He
offered the following resolution:
The Chief of Police Is instructed to direct
the commanders of precincts when making
specify every place which is reported to be or
which they suspect to be a gambling house,
pool room, policy shop lenumerating the yari-
GUS kinds Of disOrderly houses). or place where
any law or ordinance is habitually or fro
quently violated"
Grant, and Andrews paid tributes to Capt.
chapman, Mr.. Andrews with the qualification
that he had repeatedly warned him rather to
it a hundred guilty escape than to arrest one
bnocent woman. Mr.. Moss complimented
Deputy Chief Cortright highly for his ability
70 get to the bottom Of things that baffied the
captains and the rest of the force.
The two complaints against Complaint Clerk
Peterson were dismissed by n vote of three to
two. Commissioner Andrews voted TO dis.
miss Peterson.
The Chief reported that neither he nor the
Board OF Aldermen could permit the obstruction
q the sidewalks downtown at any hour OF
the day. 1t was a matter that was regulated
oy law, not by ordinance. Mr.. Moss laughed
and said that the Chief was turning out quito q
lawyer. He interrupted the reading OF the re
port and ordered it sent TO the Mayor, who had