New-York tribune., 1900-03-22


TO TIE POLICE.
,-sve r,owtng in Part " Of General Sessions
90, ioined Recorder Goff in indicating by
.,,csr+ain means his opinion of the hypocriti-
~ -, n which the Tammany officials Of this
= -,.lze a ureuence Of suppressing vice when
- sv any outburst Of popular Indignation
-. ,sr,t,ling indictments handed down lately
- he Grand Jury were placed on the calendar
7. hts corrr Yesterday. and the first one called
.ha+ n Anton Cuba. who had slot machine
=. his liguo- store. at No. 2,U24 Third-ave
,..-ol,,,an Halloran, OF the East One-hundred-
- 4o,,-rl-st station together with Patroman
T7tv,, n the same station, who made the raid,
-.<5eas thar for one cent they placed in the slot
-,ocbine they got five cigars The jury acquit-
ted Cuba
r., rav+ case was that Of Frank Gazzola, Of
-, 200 Fast One-hundred-and-fourth-s who
,..,s liquor store. a policeman Of the East
,o,s-b,,ndrei-a i-and-fourth-st. station testified
..- he 5ropped three cents in the slot machine
and zor two cigars GazzoIa was also ac-
,ri,red by the jury. This prompted Judge
Cowing 10 say
T. seems 10 he the opinion Of jurors that they
should not convict IN Ine5e tas' as -l,s+ - - oniy
re small fry that are arrested ana brought mo
oouri for tia IN every soPlng & fis al1, o,,r If
q eEelt i9 - 80, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS a woman
VIZ % -,s o,,- hare living for a large family and
Is sA--s as -c-1f-g behind him Why don't you
VIC nss - he 5oIicon1a1l 90 after the big fellows
VIC some Of The jurors apparently oelleNe ere
making thousands OF 5ollars-yes. millions of DOL,
1oztion Of ne law and the IMPRESSION must % not
II such crime can 90 free
This remonstranca seemed to have some effect
~ rbe next Jury which took up the case of Clio
ami T.ovag7io. Of Nc. 300 East One-hundred
sn5-1freerth-st He. TOO. had slot machine in
his licuor store. He appeared 70 be poorer than
ne -ezr = policeman testified that he got four
cigars for three cents. The Jury convicted Lo-
-sgio and recommended him 70 clemency. He
vas fined So
po1toz Cso-a,r Thomas of the Tenderloin pre-
c.ncr zndes-ored yesterday in his report to
Chief Deve-v 10 clear his detectives from blame
r compelling Magistrate Cornell, in the Jeffer-
son Market Court On Tuesday. 70 discharge
Aclz-7n and Smith. proprietors &C the notorious
Tfvoli and Arcadia, for lack of evidence. He
saws n MS report
II reply 10 your order for investtgat1on and re-
per- II reference 70 an article n certain news; news
,9e 4F2- 5 4--G i5 ,-5 "a -T4,IT, -anor as 4oiioWs
A5-ea - w9la re (gs is ne svi5ence in the
above cases presented 70 Magistrate Robert
Nagtsr-sfe reserved decision uEtI ne 10Th inst,
granting the counse! for ne prisoners PERMISSION
% present briefs, which they aid 40 on the lsth
lnsI. Precinct Detective Haro.o 4. LOCKWOOD ana
Ps-r1lmeu John Barry. .OE1 L. ta-Cone-- tioperl
B.nulug and Chester 4 Marvin attended court
on the morning Of March q, and were told by the
cour- clerk. John Doran. mar j was not neces-
Te1de- Decision in these cases and that the de-
cision was rot TO be given until the afternoon
However. The officers again went 10 the court in
ne afternoon when they found that the decision
mad been gwen n the forenoon without the pres
ence II either -he defendants. Charles Z Ackron
and George r Smith. or any of the officers
President York when he read this report di-
rectsd the chief clerk Of the Department 10 send
for transcript Ct the testimony given at the ex-
animation II court in The cases Of the Tivoi and
ne Arcadia. Mr.. York requested the transcript
10 Dc furnished al once. He said thar ne wished
70 examine The testimony Of the officers which
Magistrate Cornell had made reference TO. He
wanted 70 see Jusr what the testimony was and
until ne had done so he had nothing 10 say
about the case 10 reporters Chief Devery said
the same
A. the District Attorneys Office II said
thar the reason why no evidence from that quar-
Ter had been presented against Ackron and
Smith vas because il had been reserved for an
other tribunal. L is understood that this evi-
dence has already been presented to the Grand
Jury
For the purpose Of throwing light upon the
holowness Of The pretence that the Police Com
nissoners are personally ignorant Of the exact
character Of -he disreDutable resorts which
flourish al over town. attention was called yes
Lerday 70 a I1al thar took place before President
vas charged with the ownership OF the Arcadia.
ana n the course Of the hearing the Commits
sloner asked the defendant. What sort of a
place Is The Arcadia? ?"
Like any ordinary restaurant" was the reply.
Don't you know, officer, that il is a resort
lot olssoluTe women who go there TO pick up
men VIII you attempt TO deny what every
man knows?" asked Mr.. York
After scnle hesitation the policeman admitted
place