New-York tribune., 1899-06-08
REMARKABLE POLICE IGNORANCE.
CAPTAIN PRICES PRECINCT DETECTIVE
SHOWS HIS QUALIFICATIONS.
IN Henderson sworn.

John Henderson sworn.
Mr.. MossIWhat is your first & name ms A'-'ohn'
Q.-An officer of the Nineteenth Precinct. are
SSoS--on special duty? A-Precinct detective
Q.-Precnct detective? A-Yes, sir. ,...
about SS BEGINNING ePF hnge Of fVa August gust last
O-Yes and you go out in plain clothes. don't
y-Giye me list of the suspected policy shops in
that precinct. A.-WeH. l haven't got the list with
o-TeI me them from memory then al DOM don't
the Ru%ssr: That %sr1,5yOg is y0gr DsPtsi sPsSsl
'ng g1ETPerything u Pehi pertaining to police duty? A
eoSBut you don't go around on regular beat?
QNYou have the whole precinct to travel over at
YSSl YYon are not restricted to any particular part
fiyd Of y what Rst is IS going e D OF? A-Yes, -.
Q-Now give me list from your memory cau oi them en-
az oAre 10 there so many that you can't remember
them toinwhy is it that you don't remember them'
A%wel don't commit tsem 10 memory moves regu
'aGiyD ao.yEDid you visit them yesterday A-NO' was
mere Dd YOU visit them the day before yesterday?
Al oIfid 9d vou visit them last week7 Ayes There
is record every time visit then, then, Al did.
ODD you visit them last "een
GIVES FEW Or HEM
owha places ala y0q yis last week '0"'Y
''or@What number? Al think NO III twenty
apsak NT Sp please No 100 Twenty-fourth-s
A%And Twenty ,ninth,s :,
n n nWhat number? A.-No o. .A,.,, 81
SNo "a West Twenty-ninth-stg Al s think SO;
S.-ls that policy shop? A'-InA' l SuPP0Ss0
TO be gSoliSO is difference between policy shops
ana pooroos isn't there? A AC6es 16ol1oons or policy
,N1osa Those gave you are pooirSon D..
snSps gave me poolrooms. and asked you b0s f0s
policy esh shops WHAT a4G are s'6 they?
Q.-No: you know they are ,fttI wgis ''~'
shops A ant S deren are tReyi Aoss on sos IS
betting on horses sbdnt %nn tf this policy business
thIs -asi polIcy Us played! pgs Al don't know never
say' You Sdn are sSs sSs SBfseaci fs
iiSe thers ask You. as an officer. skilled ofiicer
precinct detesstiye hSs, hSw Is don't exactly know
92You cont? why don't you know? Al never
poyefH oHow ~ long have you been on the force? A
tse oGo~ Ss css have been precinct
40 oh 1S tSat GTs1 presnct all the sI AN
Sssnx wnas Have You been with Captain
Price before? Al was ..,rc, Adjective for any
other captain than Captain Price? a;5c,S ASS9 AsYes
Q-You came with him 10 nnert snns on policy Tell
how II is played Al not an expert On POLISH isd
Q-YOu don't know how " Is p"''
YOU that never played IL
A REGULAR HAwKsHAw-
oHouy would YOU know given place was "a q
policy ssopS How would you know III can you
answer A.-No. -. No
STWshat snsWfp ans the signs Of policy shOP' Al
can yan a51s~sr CAM nan answer that? A.-No
6-fiave you ever seen poiGy sh9pt knoS Xs-o"p-
20 Won testifed a t;le while ago that last week
YOU visited policy shops? A.-Poorooms meant n,,
'o%S Have You ever Visited policy shop IN your
ut93 ASot that know Of; have been In pool
rooms. t.,..a - ,oi,oy shon IN vour
uss9 Ayes a suspected policy shop
o-Where? Al can't remember -.
60 ~;he Ninteepth Precinct? A.-Yes -,
O-What did II look like; what maze you thiiA