New-York tribune., 1903-03-01

district They declare that pooIrooms were Al
lowed to rim at No ST Marks place. and at
No oo3 Bowery from April Is. 1N9l- TO June
:. 1901. and at No. III East Thirteenth-sf from
AprfI Is. 1899 tn December II. 1900 The On fT-A
IN each specification declares that as IN in
enector of police Cross could have SfSTt4lnA1
the character OF the places men'l''h-l. anu
could have been aware Of the vl"lafi"nS "f ''-e'
Ia7r at-ttese places, hut he neglected. 10 prevent
such violations.
1rsnactor Cross looked rIrevor and anxious
when he appeared At Police headquarters yes
,or5a,- He had known for several dfES that
,bargas against him were being prepared some
< bfe friends said he would have asked ~ ~
ra+frad on a pension if he had been elslhi4 ~
reason Of age and length of service. nut NJ "iS
beInIaes The order nf Friday evening. trans"
farring him back from The Bronx - the Fl'SI
District which he commanded at the tiFle 'H@
charges say he Was guilty "f hegieS' 81 NU'S'
,,,s . rr,t1 intfn7arfon to him that the charges
were ready His transfer meant tha' IT, "'--'-
h.. tried at Police Headquarters by Deputy
commissioner Piper. Nno i eNl9''s' ~
before March &
U-bf1a Cross was waiting IN General Greene
o,ter office and General tireene, Chief Inspector
c,ortrirht and Assistant District Attorney MOT
gan ere in the inner office. about II a III.
yesterday A vender Of thermometers managed
. ,,,, into the outer office and then push his
,-a,. INTO tho an;e room " here General Greene
s.-r,tlrv sits. He was s'oL1ed ny rleeal'-
,s,,-.. am, ordered cur Of the office and he said
his Thermometers showed a rise Oh twenty u1
grees. .r-... r-ro-,
Il guess there's hot W"rh III 'Ii5'9'
remarked in n joking way
After Cross was called before General Green9
and suspended from duty he went home. looking
oI,,,ost like 4 sick man. He Was asked II ne had
anvthiug to say about the charges. out ne SiiooA
his head and replied. L have nothing to say
Gross WAS told that he need not report 10
Inspector t'ortright daily pending his trIal' al
though Il rule requires suspended oIiIcerS 10 re-
mort daily. hut he was told that if he changed
i,is ,1ara of residence in the mean time he must
make a report of the fact. Cross dId not say
,,.br ,,ouId he his counsel his trial
Ire,actor Cross was graduated from the Al
bany Normal School and frCm the Albany Law
School before ne came to this city from Albany
with the expectation of practising law IN $50
Hs entered the law Office OF Cloyd & bay Ills. dI
No 40 Broadway. that year. not then OeInS
tyenty-one years old. Not seeing good pros
-. ,ba.,d as A lawyer. cross applied for ap-
pointruent as q policeman. and Was made pa
troIr,an on October I6. 1SIS As a policeman
g. som came 10 he regarded dS a Superior
ma, in noint of ability. and he Was promoted
a. ro,,rdsr,an in ISS2 sergeant III 1S>4 and cap
I'll, in 1Sgp The disrI Of tie LeNow
Committee found cross captain III the Fifth
st station. in the precinct where houses "i III
fame were permitted to flourish Tor years tie
was accused of blackmaii by LeN"" Witnesses,
ard in 1894 he was tried on charges ~ black
wall ard dismissed from the fore Ey the Police
commissioners. The courts rrirsta;ed him a
r.otaln on March 26. lS:E'-
When Tammany returned 10 power In i>0I
Cross was made m Inspector. and he, anne one
~ Tievery.s first lieutenIuts. He wLs placed
command Of the iistriC; in which he had served
- CAPTAIN previous tn the Le~ow disclosures
He was accused. in company with Captain HeE-
uhy of permitting houses Of prostitution To-
four,sh in the district. the Rev. Il l. Paddock
leading in the attack The Fonce Commissions
ers tried and whitewis.rd HeTIihy on charges
hui would not entertain charges III gsinSt Cross