New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-05
SCANDALOUs POLICE DISCIPLINE.
WHOLE DEPARTMENT SHOWS SIGNS OF
GENERALIZATION FROM CHIEF
TO DOORMAN

The extreme Generalization OF the police force
OF this city is made apparent from day 70 day BY
police records Facts multiply 70 prove that con- I
ditions in the police force to-day are much tho I
the conditions revealed by the LeNow IN
vestigation Many people think the police are
once more hard-in-hand partners with gamblers.
thugs. bunco-steerers. confidence men, greengoods
operators and all sorts Of swinders and propretors
Of disorderly resorts The town is wide open"
II is generally known that gambling houses ares
more numerous than ever. and that dsordery re-
sorts hsunt openly No; only are these protected
lawbreakers doing a rushing business. but records
would indicate that crime Is the increase In the
city. and that the police. apparently do not wish
10 make arrests or else are too badly demoraHzei,
70 do
with murder walked out Of the West Forty sew
enth-st police station prison some tlme on SUR
day night Is fair example OF the loose ana ire
sponsibe method OF control in the Police DEPART
ment at this time. ,, -, .A.
cell insecure but this seems % place mem
all the more in fault. for it would appear that X
should not have been placed there; or n ~ vas
necessary to place them there, no other piace %
she hdAi be kept over vert them en-
1t is generally known that the discipline In the
police stations well IN the Department ger
erany. is exceptionally lax. and such iliusiratlons
OF police negligence are not wondered a. uy sn"
The usual course OF the police ~nen toO"stJ
or holdup is reported to them II 10 T@r ~ lie
napers as pnbcity will prevent all possibility %
catching the criminal In this way not a Few OF
the cases that come TO the notice or ne pom .
never become generally known. II Is neh-Ved py7
many that the old police system Is once more IN
full swing This system. as revealed oy -
Ifxow committee. T. that when person y mo
victim Of a confidence man highway man or
sharper and the police learn or II, they se,, -
good a description of the culprit as posspie anu
possible run him down. Having warned me
victim 10 say nothing. they know there VII ne 10
hue and cry and II the thief IS caught u Is inote
nroha HE that there will be division or the spoys
between the police and the criminal than that INC
victim will get back his own. - -, A.,
some strange things have been taxing pace ~
Nanhattan-ave within the last ten days ulat
seem 20 call for police explanation. scorr W
more of robberies have occurred along mp -
nue. Goods valued at several tnousahas q u"liAiS
nave been taken and the police are dumb
n F Strong No. Manhattan-aVe II salu 20 y y
one OF the Victims although the police are uSts
10 cover UP the facts. Nearly every h nous
twssn One-hundred- and -frst-st and one. hundred-
as is customary warned those VINO nave mao
complaint 10 say nothing Inc ponce NV Nv - g.
etda5 nv this secrecy have failed 70 make any az
rssts The police station al one hundredtn-s y
,aid 70 be the only one In the city without u
tective attached TO II A..tA.- A., ,bs
CITY that gambling houses poolrooihs to' ~ ~ e
an the races and other games or chshoe ar
ot,e wide omen Aside from this. the oln iotlriy
svsfer IS once more hourishing LEU -
SSre ~ more OF places In the Tenderoln WneIs
io,.erv tickets emitting one 70 parlc pair Ut IT
80 are for sale Barber shops ana CIGAR stol-
10 ,bs chief depots for the distribution OF she-s
ttcksts and a fourishng business II carr v,,
one lottery company has an asehy rsn6srioin and
waT known 10 frequenters or the lenurtloi.' 80
~ .an he seen walking along BroanWdy a'Iho,.
arv eYternoon distributing tickets AT the Fa'''~'
| headquarters or agencies.