New-York tribune., 1903-02-28
"RED LIGHT" FOR CROSS.
INSPECTOR SHIFTED.
While an ByonG He Could Not BE
Tried Here.

IL was learned late last night from a source
almost semi-official that Police Commissioner
Greene had ordeTsd the transfer OF Inspector
Cross from the Sixth Inspection District. In
The Bronx, TO the First Inspection District OF
Manhattan known as the Red Light district,
and where Inspector Cross was in command at
the time charges OF neglect of duty were pre-
ferred against C.splain John D. Herlihy, Ward
man George Bisyert. Acting Captain Churchiil
and ex-Captain Diamond The decision to trans
fer Inspector Cross reached at O'CLOCK
last night the Information was. after the teie-
phone wires had been busy between the Criih-
iual Courts Building and Police Headquarters
Several other transfers We're made as the re-
suit of the transfer of Inspector Cross, and the
fact that Captain Brown of the Atlantic-aVe-
station Brooklyn, is to be retired on SUNDAY.
The orders icr the transfers were given py teie
nhone. and will take effect at { o'clock this
morning
There h.ee oeen persistent rumors for some
y,,ortbs fhat charges were to be preferred
orainst Inspector Cross for neglect or DUTY
while he VAS in command of the Red Light
district These rumors grew out OF the COMES
sion of ex-Wa Tdman Bissert the Johh doe
proceedings begun by District Attorney Jerohle
and the fa~l that Captain Herlihy, Blssert' eA-
Sergeant Cnur2hili and ex-Captain Dlamohu
have been oalled to testify in the John Doe
proceedings which being conducted oefore
Justice Mayer. of the Court nf Special SESSIONS
by Assistant District At-orhey Morgan justice
Mayer sitting a Magistrate
At the time of the confession by Btssert MI
Morgan gave out statement in which he SAID
that Rssert had told all he knew about police
bIackmail and had implica ted somebody higher
M" It was also said that Bissert had maze
q full confession because his friends had gone
back on him after his conviction on charge Oh
bribery Inspector Cross was in command OIL
the Red Light district at the time OF the orloe-
taking by Bissert
Soon after the confession Bssert was called
several times within a period of two weeks 10
the District Attorneys office, and each time was
closeted for hour more with Mr- Morgan.
At the same time Lena Schmidt, from whom
Bissert was said to have accepted 5000, was
summoned to the District Attorneys office.
There we're others too and each is said to have
made deposition touching on police biackmail
in the Red Light district
There is A rule in the Police Department Whlch
says that when charges are preferred against
uniformed officer of the department he must pe
tried in the borough in which he is at that time
doing duty Since last summer Inspector cross
has been doing duty in The Bronx, ana were
charges preferred against him while ne was
there he would have to be tried in that borough
charges
Manhattan he can be tried at Police Headquar-
ters.
The transfers made by General Greene last
night as learned as follows:
INSPECTOR Adam A Cross, from the Sixth Dis
trict to the First: Inspector Kane, to take com
mand of both the Fifth (his present dstr1cD ana
Sixth Districts Inspector Elias r. Clayton, from
the First to the Ninth District; Acting Inspector
Campbell relieved from duty as acting lnspec-
tor in command Of the Tenth District and trans
Nf Rot
Brooklyn: Inspector Thomas l.. Druhan, from the
Ninth to the Tenth Inspection District: Captain
Edward J. Kenny, from the Bath Beach 10 the
Atlantic-aVe. station. Brooklyn; Captain Ed
mund Brown, of the Atantic-aVe. station. is re-
lieved from duty twenty-four hours from
a. m. 2Sth inst, preceding his retirement from
the department.
The transfer of Inspector Cross has increased
the persistency of the rumOrs that he is soon
to be tried on charges of neglect of duty. Ihe
fact that the transfers were not made PUBLIC
appears significant. in showing that General
come public until after they went into effect
One who was in a position TO Know the mean
ing of the secret investigation of East Side
police methods that has been going on recently
with the aid of Justice Mayer, of the Court
of Special Sessions, said at the District At
torney's office late yesterday afternoon that
charges against Inspector Adam A cross would
be prepared next week. The charges, it was
sa i'd would accuse Cross of neglect of duty IN
falling to suppress dens OF vice in the time when
his inspection district embraced the precincts
aet of the Bowery and before he caused the
raids 10 be made in the precinct where Ser
geant Churchill acting captain. Cross was
in command of the district when Captain Dla-
mond in command In Fifth-st and cap
tain Herlihy in command In Eldrldge-St.
George Bissert was wardman for Diamond IN
Fifth-st Diamond and Bissert were convicted
and sent off the force Herlihy has been tried
several times, but has escaped conviction