New-York tribune., 1900-12-01
CLEAN, SAYEOU, EELlERf
YOUTH REFUTES TAMMANT
WHTTEWASH REPORT
SUBCOMMITTEE EINDs THE WITH
PLACE or SWEETNESS AND LIGHT.
BUT EYIDENCE TO TIE cox
TRARY SPRINGS UP.

Richard Crokers little band Of intrepid Dazs
nsrs held a meeting Yesterday afternoon AZ Ss.
100 0rana-sL There was a full Gttendanes.
Commissioner Murphy who has been ill. Ean
able 20 attend The most Of the time taken
up listening % the Fe9ort Of a sub-cOmmittsa
appointed TO investigate and report upon ths
conditions IN the With Assembly Distraca,
which includes the Twelfth Police Prs0ineL
This report was a wondsr and. to Judge from
H. the district Is absolutely clean This Is mdi-
erous to those who are familiar with the ccndl-
tons. The report got the lie direct from young
man who testified few moments after the re-
port was submitted The witness was Paul
Klopstoek president Of q young mems Shake
BpeAre Club. the East Side. sad ne frankly
told the committee OF dOzsn or more immoral
places stin open in the district The COMMITTEES
was chagrined. but weakly announced that ths
evidence would be given 90 Captain Titus %
act upon.
The meetings OF this COMMITTEES such PAL
pable Bhams that every Ohs IL laughing over
them. Persons who have idea Of testifyiag
and who have no business before the COMMITTEES
attend each meeting II became known yesteF-
day that these strangers were the agents % the
immoral resorts, and that they ~, re on hand
70 get the first lakLng OF any EFFORT 20 close
NJ Places they may be interested in.
Al the meeting yesterday Lewis Nixon pre-
sided. The subAcommittee appointed FOR the
purpose OF investigating the conditions n the
With Assembly District consisting OF comaals-
s.Oner Keller and Mr.. Piatzek. handed m a long
report on the results % their work MsssgA
Keller and PlatEek reported the district clean
and the dives closed for good but before ths
meeting was over an abundance ot evidence was
offered tending to show that this was not thS.
case.
THE COMMITTEES REPURT. 81
The report In full reads a. follows.
To the Tammany Invest CATION COMMITTEES.
Gentlemen: The subcommittee appointed 60
inquire into and report upon the information
lodged with the COMMITTEE by the Fducational
Alliance. by It's president. Hon Isidor Straus. Rs
to vicious houses and IesOrtS IN the With Az
sembly District. and 70 confer with Captain
Titus. OF the Eldridge-st. station, az % the
means to remedy the evil complained Of, Bubmis
the following report:
That on evidence derived through tha EducAa
tiOnal Alliance and from various sources and On
complaints submitted by q number Of people
your committee was enabled to prepare q list e
substantially all the houses and resorts IA ths
said diatriet complained OF a. dlsOrderly. ans
submitted the same % the police authoritiee. ~
cslyinG assurances that these evils WoR4 -
TSsl 3 ths DrOea-ias oG the evidence a. %
the location and yiciops character q ths hsugaa
the gitnsseas vac a29eassa = -
eeanH.Issss sitiT5g 70 an szamhaaEiss.
InSEse4s : solaH.n pledge. of secrecy ana =
rhst sGsS,Ansialiy al OF the information so
| received was obtained IN the presence and hear
Ing Of the superintendent OF the Educational
1 Alliance.
1 subsequently, IL was reported to your sub
/ committee that the police authorities had taken
/ ahirmatiye and vigorous action. and that houses
| and resorts complained OF had been closed Rnd
| the evils abated.
/ ASSURANCES FROM TITUS.
| That on Wednesday. Nov -lber 2S your coms
mittee conferred with Captain Titus. OF the El~
| dridge-st precinct, and compared the list there
| tOfOre prepared by your committee with that OF
/ the evil places which had been closed IN this
| precinct. Captain Titus went over the list with
/ your committee. and gave his personal assur-
| ance that every place complained OF Was closed
| and that he as long he remained IN charge
| OF the Eldridge-st. precinct, would noG permit
| any OF them TO be reOpened.
1 That the committee has other evidence t9an
the statement OF Captain Titus that all places
submitted to him BY the COMMITTEES have been
i closed.
/ your committee that the evils In the Twslf n
/ Precinct have been abated, not merely ~ the
closing OF places complained Of. but By drfVh 3
/ out the vicious Characters which have brought
| the district into such III repute.
/ That your committee also reports that q has
not stopped at placing list OF places complained
| OF before the police authorities oTt Y has %
| tained and now Is IN possession OF avtderHs %
| ownership OF houses and buildings n Will u tho
| evils referred TO heretofore existed.
I That Captain Titus also has similar eVtdence
and has began service upon ne ownsEs -, os
a notice OF that fact-a form OF which 10 hereto
! attached.
/ That IN the endeavor 20 obtain the names OF
/ owners OF property leased or used Cor vicious
I purposes In said precinct. your COMMITTEES 10
| credibly informed that many OF the alleged rec
ord title holders are apparently mere dummies
/ That the method which obtains 70 conceal the
| names OF parties in interest Is as follows:
/ building is sold for given figure. and pUr-
/ chase money mortgage is given as security for
i an alleged loan, In amount fully, ana IN many
| case more than sufncisat TO cover the whole
/ e. IIty in the property. Thus the mortgages Is
| n real owner OF the equity while she individual
/ holding the record title has no pCcuntary inter-
| est whatsoever IN the property, and, IA many
' Instances, your committee believes. ~ a mere
/ myth and dih1cult TO identity or locate. Gner-
| tInued by Captain Titus and your committee %
( discover the actual owners and hold them Rmsn-
l able for all the violations OF the statutes
/ WON'T PUBLISH DUMMY OWNERS.
! That your committee does not deem il feasible.
! untn thorough investigation IS made as 60
/ the knowledge Of the Ian nilords N regard 20 tne
( purposes for which their houses and premises
: have been used, 10 cause TO be published tha
names OF the record title holders Ok the premises
K In said precinct used for vicious purposes ee-
\ fore mentioned IN that Il mighI ilterfere w!ih
\ the ends OF Justice. and Tor 80 Further reason
/ that many highly csssetsd citizens and lnstita-
/ IiOns whom the committee believe 70 be in-
nocent OF the rental uses OF the premises, mA8hs
i thereby suffer d8graee.
/ that 70 the best q is8 knoWiedgs and BELIEF me
i Twelfth Police Precinct Il now comparatively
free OF those forms % vice that had aroused
i the Indignation Of the self-respectlng aud laW-
! abiding residents Of that section Of our city.
| THE LIE GIVEN TO THE REPORT.
| when this document had been read, Chairman
Il Nixon asked u there waa any one preasns Who
/ had information 70 give the COMMITTEES. Pau
/ lIlopstoek who said he was president % ths
| ghaksspears Literary Club. boys club. Whleh
meets at No. 4S4 orahd-st.. then eaHs saFwaFa