The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-02
DONOHUE HITS AT CONLIN.
ACCUSES HIM OF NOT SURPRISING
GAMBLING.
Specified Charge. Made In n Statement Con-
tanning correspondence Bet " zen the Former
Supreme Court Justice and the Police Chief
Roosevelt says They viii Bo Investigated.

tice, took n share yesterday in the dispute be.
tween the Police Commissioners In reference
TO Chief of Police Peter Conlin, by making pub
lie n statement, In which he explicitly charges
the Chief with failure TO suppress certain gam.
bling houses. which tho cx.Justico alleges are
still In operation, after his attention had been
called to them. Ex-Justicc Donohuc's nc.
tion was n surprise, for the reason that
he was supposed to have been q friend Of Con.
Inns OF many years standing. and was con.
sidercd in police circles TO DO the personal legal
adviser OF tho Chief. Ex.Justicc Donohuc's
statement was brought out by the publication
ofan interview with some anonymous friend Of
Chief Conlin. who protested TO reveal the real
secret OF tho trouble between the Chief
and the Police Commissioner that has
brought on another deadlock In the Police Board.
This anonymous friend OF Chief Conlin asserted
that ex.Justice Donohuo had given to Chief
Conlin n list Of gambling houses alleged TO DO in
operation, and that the Chief investigated tho
cases personally and found nothing to Justify
the ex.Justice's complaint that the law was
being violated.
Ex-Justicc Donohuo accompanied his statement
with the assertion that he proposed to lay be-
fore the Police Board the evidence that Chief
Conlin had been negligent and partial. and dc.
clares that his action In Issuing the statement
""o "o'a"e. nv II Prluo III lhe CIT! Oh MS
o'lth' NV tnat III SIMPLY uosired 10 nave tho
police OF the city do their duty.
Ex.Justice Donohue was formerly an ardent
Tammany Hall adhercnt. Ho was n candidate
for reelection to the supreme Court bench In
1887, but did not receive tho nomination. lIis
acquaintance with Chief Conlin began when the
latter was a candidate for promotion TO a Cap.
taincy. In his statement Justice Donohuc says:
sent MN 'ohllh' n ilst OF u number or
san'oihs houses lie saw mo ana SAID that
","eo", ohc VI .hch'' was an oiu s'hooitnatc OF
nis " ne saio also tnat some OF inc others nc
hho"' II ne hIlma'ed that ne disllked 10 move
against 'heh'' he thch SAID That Shcehan was
oehihu some OF them' ana That he didn't want TO
quarrel win sheehan ana Martin because they
had over a hundred Thousand votes behind them.
MY answer was that no matter who had votes
place like that. and that he must net. Mother
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name was mentioned.
81 TOLD hin, ,hn, ,ho o,,r,, ,. +, ~
dition than It ever had been and that he knew
u.s. p",'' ~ 'umni"e' ~ "cHicu lnut no
did. He denied his ability TO close them. I told
mn 'na' nc iieu' th"' ho khc" perfectly wen
that all he had to do was to give AN absolute
order for ,hcir clnsIny md Tim, M nl,c. NJ IN,
of"er u ."e'F V'osihs' anu 'hat II" pia'e OF inc
kind could run without protection.
- / Ia nttlrlr tnfrtta that ~ Tho 10Th -
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October called ut Headquarters to give him
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quarters since ! wrote him n letter telling him
that he knew he was telling what vas fnlas,
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.nal III wanted mn 10 10 was sifip'! 10 90 MS
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body else nut he had gotten his position partly
through my cNcrtions and that was deter.
uinod IN ~ n rho city c,,iJ No, no rro,ori,
govorn.d Tho droccir, In a, Nrrrn, urrrs
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''"'o' '"'''''", MI" IL o'up! '"'r! anu
get their sympathy with him in his present man.
ae.mcnt or mismnnnrcmcn, ~ tho dcpor,mcnt
after had written him II letter in which sub
stantially told him he was not doing right.
oh the "a Oh oclobcF l wrote MN TINS letter,
1920 80 ST. =" " nIn W az. ''"''"s
.n". no s"mo.s n9u'v' "er' running Or II
ocro,r,o ,sos
DEAR sir, return Won TN. ,nrins.I a. L.i,v
.imply a fake, whether YOUR own or The iar,ies ky t
you put to do the work is a matter OF no earthly i'm
OF places that what l stated was true, and know II
now. suppose, II you will direct the same man to
examine John bGiy,s two houses. sherdy's house.
10 get his certificate that NOT only the men are not
carving on business there. tut that no such houses
tim" and time nUs aslin n q , All c ! .DS. and hf ! rrs suSsn now now
70 let somebody else rail- thn>" places, ami YOU may
not md VIA, syefySody ri.s SSH. why 20" '''''
The gambling houses that | have mentioned you
hHbN tAiHN' ahI III 'H'T W Ir'Nf't lntH VIII SIM
ply lead Ia the ruin Of III" man who does II, have
tried hard 10 bo fair with you. but you seem deter
mined not 10 b" fair with me.
Let US consider all my Information tn you hs some.
Thing that YOU have acted on and nnd nothing in,
thAt neither DAly. at either OF his TWO places, clark
at his. Sheeiy at his, Canfrld at his, or either ~ the
other men are doing anything wrong that you can
ma, anu then De prepared 10 face the music when
tho commissioners mud that you cannot suppress
what IL openly being done. ! haNv no further feeling
In the matter than my firm belief that you are simply
tfning with me. Yours. &C. G.. DoSOHrR,
Elm r.tprn ,bis man who ,rea,a ,y,rv,bi,,
with contc,nnt ,yri,es ihis.
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,oiI ME ana vriev d n; IN. lanrur ~ one " 6Sn u"
e. e, a. ami res G / hold most ',"nt 70 OF VIII
l believe % lie your unju.t ia p,ci ,ns. Either YOU or
l have been thrown aid dec ", d. I nav. not de-
you. ave been open aud sincere. aud have not
trlned with you AS you 'ay.
Inc hrst ar, nt next week ] wll take u upon my
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