New-York tribune., 1901-06-08
CORRUPTION ALL AROUND.
JUSTICE JEROME MAKES SWEEPING
CHARGES AGAINST THE CITY
GOVERNMENT.

Justice Jerome yesterday declared that practi-
cally every department of the city government ex-
cept the one in charge of Controller Coler, was
corrupt and that the police force IAN organ
lied gang of blackmailers He spoke with sharp
ness of the failure of the judges try cases in
which the Committee OF Fifteen interested
His criticisms brought out by an inquiry II
complaints against police officials would follow the
tipping OFF, that spoiled the raid at the pool
at Nos 291 and 295 Bowery on Thursday He
replied by asking what the use of making
charges when the Police Department was in its
present condition. Then he said:
We find poorooms crowded with bettors and the
paraphernala of poolselling there. and Police Com
missioner Murphy says II is only handbook 1t
is difficult TO get gambling and poolroom cases into
court, and am dissusted with the way IN which
Judges refuse to try any cases but those which
enough hy the State OF New-York TO try any case
which comes up before them from adulterated
Henry Stedeker. who it was said. ran the place at
The police force is an organized gang Of black
mailers Everybody knows 1t. Prominent police
officials have been charged by respectable citizens
with feionies. Why don't they bring crlmiha! & noel
suits? They haven't got the sand Why. in Eng
land land men VINO have had charges MADE asanSs hIss
thrown At them would have twenty -four hours 20
not as bad In New-York az they were-that is
things going on more quietly-yet one can take
and enter places where bets can be made from 80
cents to 800 and yet Long Island city IS part OF
have power there.
am sick and tired OF the Hypocrisy of it all
Respectable citizens assert that there is not
single city department which is not corrupt, eX-
cept possibly the Finance Department The
charges are made openly. and are not refuted. A
prominent rammluy leader understand Dock
Commissioners said 20 have been the PROPRIETOR
of "A pooiro9m at Twenty -sixth-st. and Thtrd-ave-
Has ne brought a criminal libel suit:
District Attorney Philbin said yesterday that he
had not noticed any inclination To hold over cases
Of the Committee OF Fifteen. Assistant District
Attorney Schurmau said II was necessary 20 keep
prison cases disposed Of prevent the ,overcrowd-
Ing Of the Tombs In weather, and therefore
other cases had TO wait
Representatives Of the Committee of Fifteen said
yesterday that although the gamblers who were
wanted managed to escape at the time Of the raids
on Thursday the raids served the purpose OF prov
ing that pooseng going on. and that the
police talk about having closed all the poolrooms
in the city was unworthy of notice. The Commit
tee Of Fifteen II was declared. would continue TO
make raids and keep the public informed about the
true methods Of police protection for the poorooms
and gamblers.
At the office OF the Committee of Fifteen yester-
dnv n Tribune reporter unable to get informa-
tion as TO recent contributions TO the committees
campaicnine fund. IL has been said that Andrew
Carnegie sent "A check for $500 10 the committee in
Yesterday declined To give Information on the sub