The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-09

{ partners in his pool ruoss< Senator SUI
livau, and the chief himself. DeE1ry
I denied that he was partner Of az
I reu. He knew nothing Of s'arr=.ll rela-
tons with Sullivan. Devery said ne
{ had not had time TO make a persona
! Investigation Of the many alleged pJ2I
rooms now open in New York city.
( Devery said that both in pool room aid
{ excise arrests it was hard 20 secure
I convictions.
He said there were no mora pool
rooms now than there were when MI.
/ Moss was president Of the police hoard
There was some sharp passages De-
tween Dev@ry and Moss. but on the
whole they were good larursd- DAv2ry
satdt he was unable to tell the NUMBER
OF pool rooms and policy shops now
running In the city. There might be leQ
/ pool rooms The records would snow,
Devery said, that he depended entir. "
upon written orders % make MS
wishes known 10 the police captains.
The witness explained that COM
{ plants reaching him Were submitted 10
( the precinct commanders for lnFes-l-
cation and that every captain was
made to understand that he would De
I held strictly accountable for the aoI1I-
/ ti0n Of his precinct. The chief said he
| depended upon written orders and
upon the deputy chiefs and inspectors
I to keep the captains posted as ID ais
I orders
Chief. I want To ask you broad
question, % said Mr. Moss DO you con-
slider the city wide open?'
1t has always been wide open. 1
/ never knew it closed and I was born
here"
! Mr.. Moss took I'D one by one some
I Of the lowest dives in the city, and
asked what the police are doing to
stamp them out. When the chief said
Iarrests were made there frequently
| Mr.. Moss asked him if he did not know
Z that the men who haunted those dives
We're liable to % years in states prison.
I The chief said nothing and Mr.. Moss
asked: DO YOU think any one in his
senses would apply 10 you II ne want
ed q disOrderIy house raided?'
Certainly. We are getting COM
plants all the time, and doing what We
can"
Mr.. Moss brought to the attention Of
Chief DeVery a number Of alleged
houses and resorts that were operating
in direct and fragrant violation Of the
law One place in particular COM
planned of by 4 woman Of refinement
who lived next door, was mentioned,
but Capt. Devery said that though he
knew well where the place was, he
had never been able TO obtain sufficient
evidence TO warrant police interior
ence.
What about the places Of a disrep-
utable and immoral character in which
your friend, Senator Sullivan, has in
terest? What do you do about them ,"
asked 3Ir. Moss next,
Give them police attention when We
get evidence, and arrest them the same
| as others" replied Chief Devery.
Mr.. Moss took VI the question Of two
: disreputabIe papers which are pub
iIished in the "tendeTlOin' district and
asked why these papers had not been
suppressed.
| Chief Devery explained that the pa
! pers had been toned down considerably
under his orders, and that ne had asked
Anthony COmStCck to handle the mat
I ter. Mr.. Moss asked if there was any
/ particular form Of law broken in New
! York which Chief Devery had person
ally investigated, with an idea
of getting at the perpetrators Of the
wrong. Devery replied that he had
I been Investigating by his men.
/ Personally, I mean" said Mr.. Moss.
/ Personally I have had all I could do
/ to attend To my own Office" returned
! Chief Devery. 4 suppose that is an
answer to the question"
! You have not made a special effort
/ to investigate any particular kind Of
J CRIME or vice OF law breaking per-
s0nally2"
Personally, no; through my staff
and my office. yes"
| 4 noticed al the time that you de-
MED the accusations of Mr.. Matthews
! and the accusations Of others in the
same line that Mr.. Richard Croker
made the same denial do you remember
| that"
| NO, I don't"
| DO you know Of any way in which
| Mr.. Croker may have been possessed
| Of the information in this matter sufi-
| GENTLY TO give him personal founda-
| ton for denying those accusations?"
4 do not" replied Grief Devery.
| Did you have any communication
with Mr.. Croker at that time?"
! Didn't he ask you or send word
| somehow or other to the department to
find out from the records what know
! ledge there was concerning these ac-
| cusations?"
| No sir he did not"
Did you authorize him to speak for
| the police Department."
'Emphatically no."
The hearing then adjourned until
| Monday,