The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-31
hose district was In question or

Inspector whose district was In question Oh
against the Chief OF Police, a,,.-
"On his branch OF their lnluiry. the ,2liow:
ing questions wcro snhmlttrl totne b,s.a,e'
Attorney In writing, anu MS hlSWers 'hereVo'
also In writing. were ror"lVehi
IIt,t llaSthr UNurt Attorney any complaint OF
evidence ~ lay before the Grand Jury 81 lh' failure
ut neglect " any orirlal ~ OflclHl, To enforce the Law
gene tIIy or partculatly IN reference 10 the publ ely
alleged prevalence ~ gambling pooiroomH policy
An,wrr have no complaint % evidence 10 lay be.
fore you covering the matter Of your inquiry unui
you reply - the suggestion contained IN ny rusfs, 70
y.u Oh March lg,h aud goth Inst, II %Subpoenh per
sons connected with the daily newspapers that nave
iudulgcd In the allegation Of The prevalence on vice:
The examination ~ these persons may or may not
lead TO thr discovery Of evidence on "hhch 70 oa~"
C.nrlHlnt
captain to enforce the law be sufficient for his, lndlct
meIi. does It not legally follow that his ~supeHorS are
also re, pom blr, aud should he indicted
Answer .Nul necessarily.
Third Afo y,u prepared to submit similar or other
evidence - that winch hst be introduced which VIII
show that II cher police oi,clals tnan me one accn,sn
law In mat particular precinct, or In any Other
Answer have 40 such evidence nor do kno" oil
foutth Have you any complaint or evidence n
present Of any. public %ofhclai In the Police depart
mcnt, of rlSew here, either protecting, ptfmlttlng ti
Grating or being In COLLISION with any gambling. pool
room or policy interest In this city
Finh Have you any complaint or evidence to sub
nit against any onlrlal whose duty II Is, under see.
ton dio Of lhr Penal Code 10 lmlo,m sxalnS. ana hs
iityr h,Nr violated the law against gambling ANA
who have tailed t. do so''
hn'vrJ No. No such r%Dnplslnt mas been made -
me ard no such evidence furnished except In The case
already inve I gated by you.
A. forming part Of is presentmcnt. the
Grand Jury submits the correspondenee De,
it, in Investigation OF the Third Avenue ralkoad
matter and the police. The correspondence Is
voluminous and is summarized in the pre-
sentiment.
TALK OF JURY ROOM IRREGULARITIES
Following the publication OF tho presentmsnt
there was much discussion both OF is subject
matter and Of the possible consequences OF the
document, There were some who made light
the leliberat Ions OF the Grand. Jury were
known TO have been marked by irregularities
that would destroy whatever force the presen,
that Foreman Putnam had on several occasions
carried home with him papers that should not
have been permitted. 10 leave me Jury room
that copies OF some OF these had been made 10y
his daughter. and that certain .papers OF i'm
p%ortance were now missing. Regarding this
Mr. Putnam said last night:
These reports are all rubbish II any paDer
or report is missing or was lost, It was not lost
from the Grand Jury room. Everything that
went into the Grand Jury box remained in the
room, so far AS I know. | ca FRIED none Of them
away. We heard rumors " q missing paper or
report. II any such was lost, IL was lost by
the District Attorneys ofice-and possibly for
good reason.
porter. that Police Captain. Thomas report
TO Chef Devery about disorderly resorts in the
IenderloIn precinct was lost from the Grand
jury ROOM.
II any such report was lost" was the reply.
1T was lost before II reached the Grand Jury
room. Nothing, as ! said before. that went
into the Grand Jury room was lost. so far as |
know"
The reporter said that objection had been
raised 10 Mr. Putnam employing his daughter
as "a steuOgrapher or secretary,
Il did some Of my letter-writing at home
Court. by advice Of the. Recorder. Everybody
who knows anything about Grand Jury work
knows that the foreman spends the most Ot
his time in putting questions to Witnesses, and
that he has no timU To write in the Grand Jury
room. | consulted. the Recorder and on his
advice ! used my daughter as a secretary at
home. | told my fellow Iurymen that was
GO NJ to do certain work at home. but | also
said that nothing that happened at my home
would 60 beyond there. | selected some one at
my home to do this work rather than go to my
Office where things that | said might by some
chance have reached tho public. My daughter
was not sworn in or anything OF the .ort. 1t
was not necessary. impressed Oh her the
Importance Of maintaining strict silence as to
what passed between US. h was all"