The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-26
.CHAPMAN'S WILL Is LAW,
NO CHECK APPARENTLY ON THE
TENDERLOIN'S GEAR.

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The Captain's Invasion OF n woman's Redroon
Wttheut . warrant 60 Pass without Pro-
test-That and other OF Rfip vaEaries Fhditiy
Approved by the Poiee CepmissisnerA.
1t is probable that Police Captpin Georke s.
Chapman, generally known ~. .fBs WhiskerH."
will escape punishment for 1ffS latest vdcary,
that OF breaking and entering the bedroom OF
Mrt. Clement La Cassee at 122 West Twenty
sixth street carly on Friday morning n week
ngo. 1t Is not likely that there will even be q
complaint made against him at Police Hoad-
quarters. Tho reason OF this is that tho Cap
tain's superiors have uniformly approved OF
C%hapman's vagaries, whether they have con-
Glsted OF the breaking and entering of buildings.
Of the Wholesale and illegal arrest Of in
nooent persons. Of the abusive treatment
of prisoners, OF the prying into things
thai arc none OF his business. OF the
employment of spies to induce women to
commit crime, or OF the arrest Of women on the
street who may or may not be guilty of the Of
fence charged against them. Tho uniformity of
tho approval Of these acts of Chapman has
taught the people Of the Tenderloin that the
Polce Captain makes tho law OF the precinct,
that whatever he docs 10 right, and that any
person who doesn't like the way things go there
had better move out or shut up. Mrs. La Casses
told THE Sun reporter yesterday that she would
make no complaint against Chapman, even IL he
had climbed into the basement window in the
dark. and into her bedroom. and into tho room
Off young woman boarder. and the rooms Of all
tho other boarders. "Td better not" she said.
.'Ho is the police. II I make o complaint, / know
not what will happen next time he comes"
Tell me exactly what happened" said the
reporter.
Certainty said Mrs. La Cassee. ."He can't
hurt me for that, can hot" She asked this a
moment later. Knowing Capt. Chapman. tho
reporter made no promises. Mrs. La Cassee
hesitated a moment before she told the story.
She stood In the front room in tho basement at
tho time. She said:
81 was in my bed here" pointing to q folding
bed in the corner. II was asleep. Before I
went to bed i closed the window blinds and
locked them. left tho window open q little, for
1t was warm. All at once / heard q smash. 1
woke up. and the light was coming In at the
window. saw q man climbing In. OF course, I
thought it was a burglar. II it had been in
man broke in, it would have been a burglar. /
wan scared; screamed ,murderr 'thievesi,.
=. RI The he man man, jumped into the room and
Mrs: La Cassee stopped and shrugged her
What did you do then o. asked the reporter.
what could q p Sai { 'eoa sGia M enii IL La no oSss1 e
put 2em out when zey were 20 police. What
would call re police for when 20 police were
EereT
asked the reporter. Mr.. La Cassee Shrugged her
shoulders again. She said then that Chapman
and she told OF his search through the premises,
Of his entering the rooms OF the dodgers, and Of
s aas aaash Pip pe,s t Ns. Pe sse to sT a eha Iasy Ta r..
turn to her bedroom and Of his accusing her of
eernf%ies Z TS Gsrh he seo W m9h " n%a ns sa and were Ss
hasn't been back since. and he hasn't sent any
he Amaalei tn get into the house
This latest escapade OF Capt. Chapman. it was
o 9s%sT6sa y re-, I'D ls.I raises Is ss several i1t9restins
woman TO do II she is awakened in the middle OF
the night and secs . strange man climbing in her
y for help, or ought She % wsit until tS Sa'm msn
gets inside and she can see whether or not 1t Is
oassos is in will prevent her from making
e complaint against Capt: Chapman. and
the people in the Tenderioin are at pres
f fns w Ibnsy t Say P %hat e the sss Of complain n P ain;
Chapman is doing right II they wake up In
the middle Of The night and find strange faces
i RssssPSs ei ,n a. To sof CAPT plt SSspim shss I pSscs WI 4f tes
% niISs NOT %sib resent sSnir it t, ", i t hey are no out walking a.
woman and dni ins Mis'I he snd tb q m kno iSer 1ba o. f fhs
chances are nine in ten that the man who does
1t !; : one me- Of I, Chapman,s police II in plain clothes.
isss. he Poiiae Hes ssu viii shir'i never SSrHi punish As
avenue with his wife, between Twentythird and
He wanted a smoke. He took lis vile to the
very door. He didn't take her inside. because
there were a lot OF men there. He asked, her TO
wait just u moment He went in and was pur-
chasing a cigar when he saw a man go up to his
wife and say something. He dashed out OF tho
store and the man skunk away. 1t was one Of
Chapnian's policemen In plain clothes.
what did you do g. asked the reporter,
He was q policeman"
1t WAS officially stated at Police Headquarters
yesterday that Capt. Chapman was only per-
forming his duty; so. of course, Mr.. Andrews,
Mr.. Moss, Mr.. Parker, agd M. Grant and Chief
Conlin approve Of all these things. After this
official declaration from Headquarters Capt.
4 Chapman said he was going 10 30 right ahead as
he had been going, unloved by citizens and un-
checked by the law or by anything else. He said
be was going TO clean out the Tenderloin. He
didn't say whether he was going TO make all the
tenants move or only those he didn't like.
While the people OF the Tenderloin don't like
Capt. Chapman, there are many in the Sixteenth
precinct, which adjoins the ,Tenderloin, who
would like 10 have the Captain transferred to
that precinct. They say that there Is o house in
Twenty-second street that ought to be cleared
ont, and they understand that he's been gather
ing some evidence against Ii.
ANOTHER ZAP FOR LEAEENBEE,