New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-02
CROKER'S MAD OUTBCRST.
HE THROWS WISDOM TO THE WINDS
AND MAKES ANOTHER ATTACK.
THIS TIME THE POLICE BOARD UNDER RoosE-
WELT Is THE OBJECT OF HIS RooRBAcK-
THE TOWN NOT WIDE OPEN. HE SAYS

of the madness which has taken possession Of him.
Goaded on by the accumulated and incontrovertibe
evidence that the town is wide open and that Tam
manys old system Of blackmail IS In fun op-
Grafton he delivered himself Of another state
mont which is iis best contradiction.
Stung 10 the quick TOO. by Frank Moss's speech in
Cooper Union and the speeches OF other men who
have shown the degradation and the designs OF
Tammany. he goes so far as TO say that there IS
no widc-open town. and that one has not eXlste1
since 'Roosovelts fanaticism turned New-York
open 70 murderers and thieves" The statement In
full follows:
,, believe that Frank Moss succeeded Theodore
should therefore be familiar with thc legacy or & un-
crimes Ieft him c aEs OF tc,ion ~idg %Pt a
The New-York OF Roosevelts day with whch ne
sorns to oe unfamar e seems 10 hrNe Dye ID Y' H
bunting women with the aid Of policemen IN hlrci
dress suits: when children Of tender age were u'9d
10 induce saloonkeeperS TO violate nc Jaw Oh & ST,
ing ing cans Of beer murder after murder vas con- COM
yelt's faciionai policy. nearly every. mur-
d"rer escaped Flats were robbed while the
Of men about town were trying 10 entrap women
10 commit crime Safes were blown open wniie an an
almost useless y lice force was Watching sue
thieves TOOK thsir pnnder av.sy Inc paid guardians
Of tho peace were cpendirG the citys money lor
wino and adding o. instead of decreasing. ne cry
a. fGGs & wae 1Eei r TSS E0osey9t Ihmse
m S' sens9iona night trips vas yyhE 1r 20 for fneas
During 'he time Theodore Roosevelt, and frank
iaurior. w,rc ,onmi'tcd. why didn't ihat fa!th-
~ nrhlic servant, who is now pedsag himself IT., to
tle TO protect tho ives of the people in the city?
WY he ya' TOO busy seeing ihe resPeesSls pee able
attention to such commonplace things as murders.
AN Awful CHARGE
Mr Roosevelt was the Of the police making
n splendid record in capturing men who sold soda
water sunday He kept the courts busy with
charges against poor dealers Of the East Side. who
sold 70 equally poor people the food they needed
FOR their Sunday dinner fIe raided those who sold
mix on Sunday after tho hour prohibited hy ono ot
tho worst of blue laws fIe used infants "a stool
pigeons
What spiendd record he made in those lines
But the people are not going 10 forget ~ tho polls
this wear that while he Was making IT, the very
wo~'t criminals rsre M king one Of Their own that
= unparalleled in tho history Of thc ci'v. II Was
Roos"''l ~ own ret, mat ma" II PoSsl99le tor
81 tho frs' things ho dil was iemorolze the
Detective Bureau SO thoroughly that II was made
absolutely helpless. He throw out AL the inexperi;
onced men and put in their places a lot who con,d
Fvoert iorectivcS mn Of long experience who hal
done splendid work suddenly found themselves as
vas George McCusky. now At tho head OF tho hu-
roau. who sert almost 20 tho northern limits
WIEN Roosevelt had made the wreck Of n"
bureau complete and bad turn9d N'%-N OK mo
N-rlusl1y back Gohn McCDllarh. whom Croker
s @ ri. @ S1s eRo ruB B'c4 am6r cad sd oGa as 's s
resisted and H. tsEee Roosevelt lona time ~
yield 70 public opinion whcn he has made IN his
i~dividuaI mind. ! have obtaneo record Of the
nineteen murd'~s commit'ed while he and M9ss
ybb ruHni1g 1aba bas ae e2 rqhTe Teen eunshfd
FI First Vast vas the Smous Bliss ,ase Eva Bliss was
sca Srcau 0 9G5 +, Rooeys, 9@S W ried to s rid q
case ard ruI on the inspect9r OF ne alsfITs' tI'
Bliss GaHrhter. Mrs. Fleming. vas arrested sun
The @ SHsed and STfPedd aTGnd Thn erme IS
e,i1 unavenged. Ii was committed September l.
Roosevelt's demorazed police force was an or
eanizcd board Of children hunters on November
murderer escaped. Max Eugene was killed Febru-
any No. 1896 and Roosevelts remodelel police force
manded too much of is attention. One Of the
shocking crimes II or History was was the murder on n
uuaverged Roosevelt vas engaged in the persecn,
ton of small ,raaers on lhe East side ant could
a. 1896 Roosevots police force let the murderer
escape.
MORE OF THE LIST
Mrs John 4 Runnels lost her life July ~
1seG Roosevel''s delight AZ that time to OBJ
tain evidence through the aid of children.
hnnie Rock was the victim Of helpless
police force She was murdered August t. 1896
Her slayer is still free.
Hannah Altman was murdered on September .
1896. Notice how rapidly he crimes accumulairel,
There no fear Of RooseNeltS sleuths. The
Altman murderer has not been caught;
Aynar Y. Cooper was murdered November =
Or on sspt(mSer % iSS James McNerney was mur.
derei. It VA. the same Ola story Ro2seyelt had
mo g dnTcd 70 O.,@bdr c % 10 Iss Her murerer Was
caught by Tho restored McCmsky
Frank p. Arhlrke slain November %. 1896.
Josie Lloyd murdered January :. 1897 Her
murderer has not been caught
50 the cases came one after the other with ter
r.he rapidly while punishment was being inflicted
Only On those who committed either minor offences
or 10 offences A. All % on the list Of victims are
Kate DAY murdered March Is 1871 James Moftett.
Richmond. May ?. 1897; Cornelius Glerowsky May
Il Mr.. Roosevelt insists in dodgng state issues:
he might take up lo'al one based on hat list Of
/ capacity 20 hold office And while he is explaining
why murderers went unpunished he might talk Of
other crimes committed during the reign Of terror
made Iy him en-. In his term Police Commits
siouer tohberios committed IN all parts Of The
city. 80 home was safe CD Nine hundred and
fwen.v-.wo fathouses were robbed. 900 business
blocks vere looted. 20 safos "ere blown open. and
7S houses were robbed by burglars. who entered
them through the roof
VIOLATING THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS"
There ..cre more than fifteen hundred crimes Of
that kind whose perpetrators were not caught
/ while Roosevelt was squabbllng with his col
eaguos violating the rights of citizens and direct
INK policemen IA detecting crime by first commit
ting f. themselves
Department the total number OF offences Of this
kind reported 70 the detective bureau IS 2O3 That
/ Is in = year What contrast between that record
and the ono made by Roosevelt, Only 11s flats
have been robbed and seventy-three stores. There
nav" been hye scuttle robheri,s and seven safe
capped. IN single yoar ther" has been 60 per cen;
decrease I'm tho numfcr Of safe hurgares and house
/ roopor'es. because tAe police have heen attending
! 20 'r'ir Legitimate" business. These are facts for
thos" 10 explain who are pra'ing about wide e-open
s.n'e Roosevelt fanatcism turned Nevs- York open
+ TO murderers and thieves
THE OTTLOOK ~ NORTH CiROLINA.