New-York tribune., 1901-12-15
TANNING WILL STICK TO IT
SAYS HE WILL LEARN HOW EVERY CITY
PRISON OFFICER WAS APPOINTED.

\. O. Tanning. D-r1.y Commissioner Of Cor
ec+ion. last night gaze ouJ the following state
-oanr relative TO h.s attitude toward the City
prison and the men who have the administra-
ton Of its affairs:
l2 M2nfPS Pso S Befofe haRg m ns6s Snail ii
sLsnine every official in it, and others who pos
ind Violations Of the law ! shall employ every
power OF ny o1tleS 70 oLlsn Ihe 1scLs
n is certain that this institution has fallen into
ejl authority. defy ell law and transgress every
ccoonItroi the CoInmissioner Of Correction viii
main 2E 91 Institution ii ne for tSe @ pnbc 5 e eood " fhe
must be Identified and their guilt established.
pointed the name Of his sponsor and the degree
q o6g2on ne may pc cn9er 70 peISGs 6s 6na & M
nsrInaent IF possible. I shall discover every ele-
ability and inclination 10 serve the city honestly
meet him, py a1hliation or interest with the Police
% o4a y tSs Of sa fad9as WssF Sg gFotta gaHa IN hf CITY
proves thar the evil branch OF the police service &
better Of the Commissioners office during the time
S-orn a house of prostitution. 4 q wardman ne
had no power 70 supply this resort with the pro
the connivance Of superiors in the Police Depart
While in the City Prison, both before and after
conviction, certain of Bisserts superlors aId
ones WeTe his w Constant 1isi5ors ana Even enter
-einers. They entered and left the prison without
masses from the Commissioners Office, which they
were required under the rules 10 have They TOOK
ez3raoTdlnary liberties, without rebuke from the
T-srden The warden himself, by his own contes-
sion entertained Bissert at his private table with
and granted him tre Of his private
room for consultations Charges now in The harlcS
prison helped the warden 10 surround BlSSeTt
with influences obviously designed 10 place
obstacles In the way Of the District attorney
zvrose duty il first 10 convict BlSSert OF his
When Warden Hagan Confessed 10 these @SSSo-
cations Of intimacy with Bissert in prison ne Jus
fjfed his instant dismissal He was SuSpellaeo,
rending investigation He refused 10 opey- ttle
6r5er and deied the power Of his superior oI1lcer
II is not the first time he has done Ihls he mas
-sreaTedlv failed 20 obey the Commissioner nm
Warden -Hagan can use his Office for the guilty
s,5vanrage of conVictS like Blssert- n WEoIa cor
-10r police interests centre and at the same JllIe
co1rinua in the illegal exercise oI his functlonS
beyond the reach OF department authoTltS11 -,
What interest has John B. Sexton IN warden
What oxigencies exist IN the SIXth Assembly
District or elsewhere demand ms protecIloh OF
T99as Commissioner Sexton indorse Hagans In
-erest in Bissert? If so. what is the reason
Who arranged with Warden Hagan the Iree en-
france OF Police Captain Diamond 70 lllS 1CLtS
missioner Lantry or myself. Was II Commissioner
Se8ton2
Hagan is the banner election district captain
in the XIxth Assembly District of which Sex
+on is the leader In the campaign Of 1888 the
defeat Of Robert B Nazet by Perez NJ stew
er+ Of the Citizens Union, who was lndors7a OS
Tammany Hail. was due more 10 Hagah thah
any one else.