New-York tribune., 1902-03-17
REPLIES TO BROOKLYN LEAGUE.
EPSTEIN SAYS HE DOES NOT CONSIDER
CONDITIONS THERE UNUSUALLY BAD.

CONDITIONS THERE UNUSUALLY BAD.
DEPUTY Police Commissioner Ebstein has sent to
the Brooklyn League a reply TO the resolutions
sent to him on Saturday regarding the preVdle''e
Of vice in Brooklyn. He said in It that ne "dS
somewhat surprised to get the comInuiS'''Di
'rorded as il was. he did not believe ''a' III,
conditions were any worse than they @ Ia"
ever been and. in fact thought them much pellei
than in most cities of the size of Brooklyn. me
Commissioner said that the communication ol '"'
league would receive his most careful cofSloeia
ton and that he would be glad at any tlne 10 Ee'
any complaints Ct evidence that would aid nm III
seeing that the law properly enforced.
It seems that some nformality occurred IN hrlnE-
Ing the subject the attention OF Coh.iiSs'o''ei
Fbstein and several prominent members oi the OK
ec,,tive committee OF the Brooklyn League called
on him on Saturday night TO assure MIN that lie!
we're sorry that their res solutions were IIeS'i'e'
in Just the form that they were. The resolutions
passed by the executive committee and !ong
statement purporting describe the conditions III
BROOKLYN were sent to the newspapers and IN turn
referred to Commissioner EbStein before ne nae
received the resolutions himself The statement oI
conditions was not sent the Commissioner at all
and be felt that 1t would have been courteous 81
least for secretary Of the league to send that
him also.
The wording OF the resolutions made it appear
that the Brooklyn League was critcising the police
end Of the Low administration, and this caused
considerable annoyance to some of the members
of the executive committee who had not seen the
resolutions. Judge Hiram r. Steele the president
Of the que. said yesterday:
We want It distinctly understood that we were
not making an attack Mayor Low, or OF the
administration in passing this resolution We are
confident that Commissioner Ebsteln VIII MAKE "a
thorough investigation and that. If he finds the
evils that currently reported. he VIII reprcsS
them. We do not call our action crusade against
3 FGe are PHt rooted %G rGR2Fe Gg 10 see '' the ' "
The statement of the Brooklyn League mentioned
only two specific places where Il alleged that
the law violated. Commissioner Ebstein said
last night that he had called up Captain BeGel OF
the Adamsst. precinct. in which one OF the places
is, and had told him that hereafter the place in
question must be kept under the strctest survel-
lance and that II must be closed II the law were
being violated. Inspector Mclaughlin, in charge
OF the police OF the borough. also told that
he must to II that all places having bad repu-
tatOn were watched closely.
The injunCtiOns evidently had some effect. for
there six arrests for violation of the excise
law yesterday. many more than any previous
Sunday for several months. They We're: Peter
stanton. No. 80 Sands-st.: Charles Davis. No. So
Fiatbqsh-aye.; NJ. Macdonald. 10. g. Flatbush-aye;
Joseph Sacharino. No IL Washington-st.: Carmen
Grinn!a45do Carr9ll-s m and Third-ave and Michael
also charged with assault by Peter Keeley one of
his customers, who alleged that he was thrown
into the street and his leg broken