The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
THE NEW YoRK POLICE.

If stories that are appearing daily in
the newspapers of New York are well
based, the people of that city are sadly
in need of protection from the police.
The taxpayers are charged millions for
the support of the police system, with
the idea that their lives and property
are to be protected as a return for
their money, yet it seems from the
newspaper stories referred to that the
police system is largely a gigantic
scheme of graft" that many of the
officers are in the business not as
guardians of the public peace and pri-
waite life and property, but for what
they can get out of it, by hook or
crook And it has been broadly as
serted more times than one that not
only do the police compound felonies
and encourage bribery, but that they
have been implicated in various deeds
of violence, including murders.
Some time ago Wardman Cor Detec-
tive) Glennon was convicted of having
received bride money from a violator
against Glennon was a policeman of
the name of McAuliffe. McAuliffe was
to have been a witness against other
accused policemen on similar charges.
1t is said he knew that high officials
in the department got money for ''pro-
tecting" illegal places. He was dan
gerous witness for the system. Some
weeks ago McAuliffe was arrested and
carried to one of the police stations on
the charge of being drunk. A short
time thereafter he was found on the
sidewalk not far from the station in
dying condition from wounds all over
his body The World believes McAu-
life was murdered by somebody con-
nected with the police system, to pre-
vent him from testifying.
A week or so ago a woman of the
name of Voepel was murdered in her
room. The police theory fixed the
crime upon her son, aged II, who is
now in Jail. Some weeks ago the Voc
pei woman pawned certain jewelry. in
Guiding a gold watch chain. The ticket
at the time of her death. few days
ago policeman's wife presented the
ticket at the pawnshop and tried to get
out the chain.
Gambling rooms are prohibited in
New York. A day OF two ago it was
reported that certain rich young New
Yorker, son of one of the most promi-
nent families of the city, had gone
against a game" in Canfield's and in a
short time had lost $4,000. Canfeld's
has long been one of the most notori-
Gus gambling places in New York, and
If 1t was doing business, it is perfectly
safe to say the police knew of the fact.
The gamblers, it is charged, regularly
pay the police for protection.
Justices Hinsdale, Wyatt and Mayer
had before them in the Special Sessions
Court few days ago two boys charged
with stealing copper wire. After the
inquiry the boys were discharged, and
Justice Hinsdale declared it had been
shown that police and detective off,
GERS, with the aid of an ex-convict,
had lured the boys into stealing the
wire, so that the officers could secure
the reward for arresting them, recov-
ering the stolen property and sending
the boys to the penitentiary. The JUS
tice denounced the affair as vicious
and damnable conspiracy."' The attor-
ney of the company from whom the
wire had been stolen testified that the
company paid $50 to precinct detectives
for the conviction of each wire thief
and 5000 for the conviction of each junk
dealer receiving such stolen property.
One detective, of the name of Burns,
had received $3.50 during the last month
in rewards. and that within a short
time the police had been paid $500 in
such rewards.
This is a very bad showing for the
New York police even if the charges
are only half true; and especially is it
bad under a reform administration.