New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-18
cate NAY ATTACK VICE.
-, NOT LIKELY TO PROSECUTE
POLICE INDICTMENTS.
.,rrr pRloHTESs THAT a SPECIAL
.-,-.-y ATToRNEr-GESERAL MAY
FAKE CHARGE OF THEM AND
rAMMASY siiivERs.
rAMMASY siifvERs.


-. -he oresent crusade against vice IN
'ssa'1 u ,r, who did not how that could
'as -,,lished II the indictments found by
.,.-,h Grand Jury we're to be left TO Asa
.a -e-siner 70 prosecute. are cheered by
S'u so.,-a of the situation which developed
SEQ This new feature is the possibility
s..ta March Grand Jury may be continued
ua Anil as & Special Grand Jury to investi-
,oI;ce protection OF gambling rooms and
,uaeaI resorts. and also the wrecking OF
o..' -,,,d Avenue Railroad. coupled with the
N -. sppointment by the Governor Of a
-, renutv Attorney General TO prosecute
~ ,-s,ctrnents before Recorder Golf.
- .,courag ing outlook has been brought
- ,ba range Of possibility by the alleged
.. Mr.. Gardiner TO ''get square" with Re-
coT who turned him out of the Grand
roon1 last week at the request OF that body.
~. Tss-riet attorney, it is said. has learned
-. The Recorder wants the March Grand Jury.
- rinse moral calihre he entertains a high
--s m continue its sessions until 1t has fin
80 ,ts Investigations into the two important
--,h,sc.s already mentioned, and he desires this
-. under his own direction. and not under that
- snv other judge. To attain this end, the
,ts-,b Grand Jury may have to sit through part
:. .nrr and the Recorder wishes, 1t is said, in
hat case. 10 continue to sit In Part of General
sessions throughout April also.
p,, Judga Warren W. Foster, prominent
..r,hsr Of Tamnany Hall and thorough or
.,zsrion man is due TO sit in Part in April,
s,.N- Gardiner. il is said smarting under the
br,pd of suspicion publicly put upon him last
,rAss. will 90 all he can TO persuade Judge Eos
,e- not 10 give way to Recorder Golf in this
matter but 10 insist upon his right TO take
T,--1 II In
The criminal Courts Building yesterday that Mr.
Gardiner holds that the continuing of a Grand
Jurv from one month to another can only be
done 'qf in the opinion OF the District Attorney
and the presiding Judge the public business re-
ou:res IT," and that therefore the District Attor
news sanction is necessary and the Judges
alone not operative. OF course Mr.. Gardiner
viii not think the public business demands the
continuance Of a Grand Jury which has had the
temerity TO bar him out of its room One OF
the Judges, therefore, must give way, ii appears,
but II Il is the Recorder who has to yield. it was
said yesterday by one Of his close friends, he
would move TO Part II Of General Sessions, and
continue the March Grand Jury as a Special
Grand Jury until It's work was done. Moreover,
# is confidently predicted by many that If Judge
Foster allows himself TO be used by the District
Attorney in the way outlined II will be consid-
cred such open, eager and bold effort to
bring these important cases under Tammany
direction that the Governor Will have good
ground for the appointment Of Special Deputy
Acknowledgement TO prosecute the indictments
before Recorder Golf. Tammany men shiver at
the prospect, and may pull Gardiner off.
Should this be done. however, and should the
Grand Jury indict the Police Commissioners
Chief Devery. Inspector Thompson and Captain
Thomas. or any Of them. even DR.. Parkhurst
might be induced 10 alter his rather hopeless
view Of the utility of the present 'arousal OF
public Indignation against corruption among
city officials.
a great deal of satisfaction was expressed in
many quarters yesterday that, according to- all
reports the Grand Jury was not going to i'm
peru the conviction Of the police authorities by
indicting them for bride taking, but for wilful
neglect Of duty And the reason given for this
Satisfaction was that under the present in
genious system Of levying blackmail practised
by Tammany Hall il is well nigh impossible to
trace the money home to its final destination;
out, on the other hand, the evidence of wiful
neglect OF duty on The part of the police in not
SURPRISING the Illegal resorts which pay black
mali abounds on every hand, and is compare
lively easy 10 procure.
The one admitted fact that Chief Devery, only
me other day, at the request Of the District At
torney, forwarded TO Mr.. Gardiner a long list Of
lAegal resorts IN order that Mr.. Gardiner might
make show Of vigilance by warning the own
tenants, is in itself one strong proof that the
cheI had known Of these places and Of their
character FOR a long time, and yet allowed them
70 flourish undisturbed. Another piece of evil
gence is already at hand regarding Captain
Ihomas. His official report Of March ] last to
Chlei Devery omits, il is said, any reference to
me I1Voh and the Haymarket as disorderly
PAGES and yet has detectives on March IA in
me JEFFERSON Market Court swore that these
places were frequented by disorderly persons
again, the minutes Of the MaZet Committee
SHOW that a list Of 10 active poolroonS was
compiled by the committees counsel, and sworn
70 py the committees detectives; that this list
vas shown to Chief Devery the stand; that
ne promised 10 investigate the places named
Sho report 70 the committee, but never did So
IL Is declared by those who know that almost
az endless chain Of strong evidence Of police
neglect Of duty could be adduced by little
systematic search from the records of the police
courts the police stations and Police HeadQuar-
ueIk showing Enthusiastically that the police know
Wen The character of notorious resorts all over
me city which have been doing a roaring bust
ness lately