New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-10
CARNIVAL OF THIEVES.
MOSS PRODUCES CONCLUSIVE EvI
DENCE OF THEIR IMMUNITY.
MAzET COMMITTEE HEARS MANY WIT.
NEssEs WHO WERE ROBBED BY DIS
ORDERLY WOMEN AND GOT ONLY
ABUSE AND INTIMIDATION
FROM THE POLICE.

FROM THE POLICE.
The Mazet Investigating Committee heard
enough evidence yesterday 70 convince any un-
prejudiced mind that the police are in a fright
fully demoralzed condition. and that property
is not safe by day or night in many parts OF the
city. In addition 10 this the testimony afforded
ample ground for suspicion so strong as &c
amount almost TO a certainty that colluson ex-
lists between the thieves and the force which Is
highly profitable To both
The police records seem 20 be practically
valueess 20 show the number of robberies com.
mitted, owing 70 the recently acquired habit Of
the sergean,s Of various stations 10 take no
notice OF citizens complaints unless arrests are
made II would seem II the police were
afraid that the public would know the real ex-
tent Of these depredations
Mr. Moss produced records of the arrests OF
women for robbery in the Nineteenth Precinct
since January I. 1s9s They numbered 160. and
the amount Of their thefts was about $4,000
He also read a list OF ninety-seven houses IN The
precinct which are resorts FOR thieving women.
and where robberies had occurred and arrests
had been made; yet only nine OF these addresses
were on the police book OF suspicious placex-
Chief Devery. who says he relies on these rec
ords for his knowledge OF how things are going
record Of them az Police Headquarters and this
shows that in eighty precincts there are only
eighty-three houses suspected OF being d.sor-
DERBY. forty-four places where policy Is played,
twenty five poolroOms and eleven suspected
gambling houses.
The poor innocent CHIEF is being badly footed
by his subOrdinates-perhaps
OUR WIDESPREAD NOTORETY.
The city has acquired such a reputation fna
being wide open" that disreputable characters,
particularly women. have focked here In larys
numbers from all over the Union. The police
collect money from these women. and COM
planants against them are treated harshiy and
rudely They often arrested. and every dis
couragement is thrown in their way Il they
show desire 70 prosecute.
The growing negligence OF the police on pos,
was also strikingly shown. They talk and frt
with the women. and lor about. watching dog
fights and demanding drinks at the side doors
OF saloons. instead Of patrolling their beats
| Mr.. Moss declared that It was really the faulf
| OF the Commissioners that such officers were re-
tained on the force.
An instance OF reckless driving by Chief
| Devery in Eighth-ave. was also adduced, which
served to show that this august official thinks
| the laws made for ordinary citizens 20 observe
| do not apply TO him at all.
| Assemblyman Hoffman made himself conspic-
uous by trying TO discredit one OF the commit.
tees agents who had been robbed IN the pursul,
OF evidence, but not able 10 observe the
fact that theft had actually been committed
and that although the police were informed, no
attempt was made TO arrest the thief
TO ADJOURN TOMORROW.
II had been announced that Mr.. Moss In
tended TO examine Nathan Kronman, who was
arrested the other day on suspicion Of having
murdered his wife. and also Acting Captain
Cconey who is responsible for Kronman's ar
rest They had both been subpenaed. bur Mr..
Moss changed his mind. saying that in the Hight
OF certain information which he bad received
| since the service OF the subpoena he had decided
not 10 put either of them on the stand perhaps
It would not be right" he added. IN view OF
the fact that the police claim 70 be making out
] their case
Assemblyman Costello. who was absent from
the dav's session sent a dispatch from his home
/ in Oswego explaining the reason for his non
/ attendance. The Republican Convention was IN
/ session In OswegO yesterday and Mr.. Costello 8
/ telegram said "Ren1minated by acclamatlon"
! Ii was said at the afternoon session that TO-
/ day and tomorrow are 20 be taken up WIN
the Building Department, and that after me
/ Friday afternoon session the committee VIII
/ adjourn for two weeks. When the work is taken
| up after that adjournment Croker. Carroll and
| Freedman and the entire commanding force OF
| the police department will be examined