New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-09

call al his store and this man, but the police
took action whatever.
Mrs. j. Clark. OF No. 200 West one-hundred-snd
thirty seventh-st. told of the merry time burglars
had In her house last Christmas Eve They pried
open the door and turned the fat upside down.
drinking whiskey and smoking cigars she had pro
vided for her Christmas callers. When they went
away they took iewery and wearing apparel 10 the
value OF 5000
Have you been robbed sncer' asked Mr.. Moss
Yes, twice"
What was taken on these oocasionsT
Wearing apparel"
Did you report these 70 the pol!cn7"
mo. did not" snapped Mrs. Clark
Why not?"
Il believed II to be a useless waste OF time They
never did anything about the first burglary, and !
had 10 believe they would be more sue
cessful In these later cases"
Mr.. Moss continued to call witness after witness
who testified that they had either been subjec' ed
20 personal robbery that their places had be"n
entered. In every reports had been mace o
the police but in instance was the properly
recovered or any arrests made. When the usua
hour for the luncheon adjournment arrived MT
Moss had examined some dozens Of witnesses. and
he announced that he had in all 100 people IN court
who could relate similar experiences 10 those VINO
had already given evidence. Mr.. Moss said now
ever that ne had sufficiently proved his case, ano
u would seem 10 be waste of time to pursue the
agreed with counsel and excused the remaining
witnesses from further attendance
POLICE RECORDS ADD PROOF.
uo., +na committee resumed its session Nr.
Moss read from reports OF trials before the Police
Roard incidents Illustrating the phase Of the
n4olice administration considered during the early
session. Il appeared from the report that on Jan
uary lest Reuben Koenig. Of No. % WiHett-st.'
reported 70 Sergeants Baker and Hildebrand ana
NIFD1 lurar y
livingstone Of the Thirteenth Precinct. that ne
had reason TO believe that there plot 10 rob
his store Koenig testified before the Police Com
rnissioners that Nesbitt recommended that HlI
Deane be employed a Waterman. Al O'Clock
in the morning thieves attempted 10 break IN. ana
Deane struck ore and chased the others away
Koeng had ~ pay Deane for his services MI
Moss said that Captain Thompson who was N
command Of the precinct preferred charges against
the officers for failing report the matter to MN
or To take steps 10 apprehend the burglars. Ia
April the case against the FIVE officers was us
said that this was only one OF many cases on ne
records where the police had failed 10 exercise due
diligence and where the cuprts received oHy
Charles F: Dillon, detective Of Nj Mo-; stat
scripts of the robbery book Of Chief Devery
which he had made for the committee 4 sum
mary showed that from January L 1ss to- NAY 1o 10
OF goods stolen $330.944 lie found that cases
where no arrests had been made were not entered
Dillon made COMPARISON Of the Twentieth Pr Pre-
seven entries in The Chiefs book forty-three ar,,
pear the precinct book. That book contalnea
reports of 5S complaints OF robberies and Oursla-
ries that not entered in the Chiefs BOOK
Some OF the precincts Dillon said keep robbery
D;eint,, hooks but no general system was followed.
and it impossible, the witness said to discover
burglarfes had been committed and reported TO
the police within any given time. .,ou4-, .no.
10. Il West One-hundred-and-sixt The ROB
quarters. score or more OF robberies were men
toned by Mr.. Moss as having taken place IN me re
the record OF the Chief Of Police The blottter 81
the Thirtieth Precinct contained records of the
sent TO Headquarters OF these occurrences.
DISCREPANCIES SHOWN
Mr. Moss said that II was evident from the blot
ter OF the Thirtieth Precinct that from June !.
1898 to the end Of that year the total robberies
amounted 70 1884. while the book OF the Chief OF
Police showed that only s2,432 the amount
stolen Mr.. Moss referred to this negligence be-
cause Of the many stations in which it had oc-
CURED that robberes had been committed OF which
no record was made at Police Headquarters as the
regulations OF the Department required.
M. Moss read from the records Of various pre-
cincts. in the effort 10 place before the commit
tee that discrepancies existed between the
precinct blotter and the books kept by the Chief
The Nineteenth Precinct. the Tenderoin. was
next taken Up. Mr.. Moss said the purpose OF con-
tinuing this line OF examination 10 show III.
extent Of the territory In which robberies and
burglaries had been perpetrated.
In 1897 there 2l0 arrests for felony I'm the
Nineteenth Precinct. while in 1885 there 3s7.
Mr.. Moss explained that he had brought out the
figures 10 show the increase OF crime In the dis
trict during the year In the first six months Of
1899 the number 1876
From January ! 1895 10 July l. 1899 there was
total of SS5g1 stolen. reported on the felony book.
most of which represented money stolen from
men BY the women OF the Tenderloin.
The committee adjourned unit! 1870 O'Clock this