The evening world., 1903-04-13
Police Inspector Takes the
Witness Stand at Ills
Trial for Neglect of Duty
and Denies All Charges.
RED LIGHT HARD TO RULE.
He Paid Thousands Of Visits to
Station Houses, Investigated
Complaints. Ordered Disor-
derIy Houses Suppressed.

quarters, Lawyer Abram !. Elkus sprung
startling surprise upon the District
Attorneys office by calling Cross NM
self TO the stand the moment Deputy
Commissioner Eostein raped for order.
Inspector Cross stepped briskIy to the
chair and answered every question In
frank tones.
when were you appointed patrol
man?" asked Elkus.
October 16, 1875" was the reply, and
then: "lf may volunteer. let me say
that was a patrolman until 1882, then
advanced to roundsman, TO sergeant in
1884, captain in 1890 and inspector IN 1897"
O. You were acting Deputy CHIEF, were
you not? A. Yes, for few weeks.
O. And were there ever charges pre-
ferred against Won? A, Why. YES. 1 was
fined a for getting a bite to eat one
dav. bv Commissioner Macl,ean. the
sar,. tho, o,,.ru,o "a ,,,, n. mo cantain.
sa''e '''' "t'o' ""iu '''aue -'
,,,,,. .o.,,.,. MI,
Inc lhSpec'oi Su'e '.iis tes'i'it0hS iNs
a man telling story. being interrupted
but seldom by either of the attorneys
lle tolu apou. Tue sf'"ue" eos "u'
gave statistics of traffic and population.
Everything was adjusted by his astute
counsel whereby the presiding judge
,nIrh, be impressed as 10 the duties of
-''e, w ~, 90, =, NJ, WI
an inspector IN that part oi NeW io'N
,-ro.v sbow..d re,l genius in narratInc the
- 80, ,,,. q, ,ho ,o,,,,,r
RED Light" district.
~, ts TN ros, cro,y,,sd snot ON the
1t Is the mos CROWDED spot o" '"e
face OF the earth" said he. Two hun
dred thousand people live in one pre-
ur.u ~. '',Vr ,vasa ara T ,mo,t,, ,,m,,,as IN
cincti mere are twenty td"hii'es Ill
house; twenty persons In a room. The
neo,Ie there are mostly foreigners; they
hardly speak our English tongue they
have little respect FOR the police.
.As for the women. they wear wrap
nv -. ,. a.,
pers for the most part. They barter IN
the streets Instead VI in stores and In
fair wea,her that great population is
fillng ali to be seen OF sidewalks and
stoons
Such testimony as this, Of course, VII
r. has been TO distlhsuIsh decent places
from dtsorderly ones,
'''''' u'''' ''
Objects 90 Ad1ectives.
., ,ugpeat Mr. EIkus" here ,ntar-
runted Sssistant pistrict-A ttorney Nor
gan, That We eliminate these adjec-
lives and get down to facts"
.Conane yourself to plain answers"
Cross was not exactly disconnected,
but his feelings were hurt a little and
that would have moved tax collector
10 tears.
The most minute details of an in
spectors hardships were all recited at
ha
had made $50 visits 70 station-houses
and received, 1000 complaints,
BY way of showing that the captains
and not the Inspector should be held
for any neglect or duty, Elkus asked
Cross whether he mad not dismissed the
special officers who worked under his
II did" he said. after talking It
over with Inspector Cortiight, We de-
cided that the RESPONSIBILITY should not
be divided, l gave % orders to the cap
tains to instruct their men to arrest
every woman, whether on stoop, in
doorway or on the street, were she dis
Dress disorderiy houses ~ ''p
EGor,s IN suu,r.s. uor...
Mr.. Elkus then referred the Inspect tor
back to the year 1900 when forty men
collected from various precincts through
out Greater New York were sent to
clean up the Tweirth Precinct. 1t was
In the Twelfth Precinct (Eldridge Street
Station) from which reports OF fiagrant
accomplished he did not say.
Stacks OF type written reports were
submitted In evidence. These reports
were not read. but examined by. counsel
at these houses at different times when
Mr' Morgan announced that he had
reaeiHeS nad @ sudden Gnro SaIi out OF the city,
morr"cw n,oTnlns II vas dnaIIv nnraed va