New-York tribune., 1905-01-30
TOUR OF THE EAST SIDE.
Policemen Who Ride and CORUerSe
One Patrols.

Doubling tracks. but bearing mainly north
ward. attempt made principally to learn
how much and how far the average law-abiding
citizen might rely the aid of the officers of
the law in of distress or emergency 1t
not long before the quest resolved itself
into hunt for a policeman. with the officer
ever in the distance
The first patrolrnan encountered loung-
ing inside the mouth OF the subway. laved In
warm vapors, for the night was cold. Two more
formed mutual admiration society we'll under
the lee of the Brooklyn Bridge. watching from an
appreciative distance knot OF badseIess news
boys badgering citizen who did not wish to
buy In the space between the Bridge terminal
and the junction Of Old and New Bowery. which
experience has shown to be OF the worst
downtown districts. and where. strange 10 say.
disorderIy house Of the worst type raided
the same night. not bluecoat in sight
AT the junction two were discovered propping
up the windows of a closed oyster counter.
These. again. were in close but easy conversation
apparently more interested In each others gos-
sip than in anything that might be happening
around. Throughout the tour the same gossip
ing was witnessed in fiat violation OF the rules
of the department.
Perceiving at length that some one was watch
ing them. the patrolmen betrayed their troubled
consciences by their hurried nudges both at
once walking rapidly hand in hand in the di-
rection Of Park Row.
Thereafter. for long distance the scent of
the patrolman was lost. A tour down East
Broadway. where thousands OF dollars Of gooda
Is stored, as far riverward as Gouverneur-st
across and back through Grand-st, with many
glances up side streets, failed to discover the
fash of shield. Finally IN Grand-st. a patroI-
man was encountered walking rapidly north
This was the only patrolman Enthusiastically pa
trolling encountered throughout the night.
WAS BOARDING CAR.
Westward again to the Bowery. and a second
officer came TO view. He was In the act OF
boarding a northbound surface car, and the
sight suggested the possibility that there ara
more ways than walking OF patrolling post
In the length and breadth of Chinatown
wnere rantan games and lotteries are adver-
USED openly IN Chinese crows feet and which
was recently the scene Of the famous gun play
affair between rival secret society members clad
In chain mail. only two policemen were visible
one Iounged at the corner OF Peu-st. and the
Bowery, and the other. when first seen, was
walking toward him. some twenty PAGES down
the street. Thereafter the reporter made the
entire tour OF Chinatown. encountering no off,
cer until he returned TO the same SPOT In that
time the yellow man and. worse still. his white
parasite and under world visitor might do ss
tney liked So might the various East Side
gangs for which Chinatown forms a battle
ground.
IN completing the circuit the twain were dis
covered chatting before the gray locked polics
'eiepnone preparatory, IL seemed. to their hourly
report Back again into the Bowery and nm
Town oiock. and the reporters ear was cheered
0S tne lihAIe OF patrol wagon. Following. he
plunged into Forsyth-st.. to discover the ers+
police captain OF the night-Captatn Nrrr+ba
Who' with a squad OF detectives also in Mai,
clothes. had just raided the disorderlv house ra-
ferred to-
DEAD HORSE LONG IN STREET
An offset. however. in the Same strea. -.-
the sight of a dead horse lying outside +ba
livery stable of its owner On its Owners al
mission the horse had been permitted IN Ia
'here Tor thirty-six hours. and, except for +ba
eold weather. must already have constitutad a
menace TO the public health Throuxbout the
town dead animals OF various kinds Usra saar
IN the streets. Now. one OF the last orders
troo1 at every rollcall before the policemen
troop out Tor duty-an order so hsbituaI +hno.
II has become a comic opera test-is tbo1 @ etIa'
mandlng officers to look out for ali das5 80
sioner McAdoo personally discovered +STS ILLS
Is nagrantly ignored. detail perbans he.
not without significance ApS' Dut
Back again into the Bowsrv Il a..
stretch between Pen-st. and 9thst - eil1LIe t
SSAceptlons or one Datrolman at a corna- 80
Si Ms ana another sossiping Of the latest
snaSe-up 20 sergeant in full uniform in Tba
shadow OF the Germania Bank nor o btao9
was In evidence. That is to saw hasije ~
gosslpy couple at Pell-st the taIking tyyaI, e
the Germania and the solitary suardisn ~ t C1 at
ton-st not a patrolman was apparent the an+tr
length or the Bowery None the less ~ @
1E;oo IN tne morning. and the Bowery Stn mills
ana grogger1es were disgorging their natrons
inhamed by cheap spirits and fhair a+,IS Syi iIS
SUBSTITUTES The thieves kitchens were ey,,r+
lng' ana the doorway of every chean Io5ai
mouse mad its dado of loafers The nigb+ ISSIs
or all varieties were abroad Hera 50 ,1 DIIuS
timber for crime. yet in all the district H He-y
only recently. at the very steps OF q banL
aS raeprew dneIcndnt was held up in full view and
roDoed. q single patrelman and two gossintn-
couples alone stood between the IauS SSttsins
and the lawless man 3oiuihS
The next patrolnan encountered was n, .b
southwest corner of 9th-st where he ." o'i the
IN the act OF trying the side door of soIo c1h
Out Whetnsr Tor pleasure or duty Ia NOT -,
record; re From there up 3d-ave to 14th-st
showed another break in the chain A. IT,
st. framed against the door OF a saIoor Io nssh,
tne next seen patrolman, again in desuIto~- 80
6na In ms IlIle with citizen Recent evil
9ehce mas ulsclosed that the saloons s.df,as :.
dance nails and some delicatessan storss a. 90;
I I1sTlot especially within gunshot OF Tannn,sn%e
b1n are ene lavorlte resorts of the so-caIIa5
TWO ago 14th-st. in this nsishborhoo. @ ~oeH or
tS r1i9 VI an innocent citizen being shot fropc =
csmeS Union square has been freouentlv
oateu T 10 Mr MoAdoo's attention as ~t-e,
walkers promenade. Yet the off,car ,.iL,reet sereet
q citizen was the only one encountered o-, So 70
~. Ny hlsnt between the Square and pdsI-a
Murphy. 0t Charies f. |
NO POLICEMAN HERE
walk along 2d-ave. from 14th-st to 1st-.,
aHa PACK 20 lnh-st. with frequent giancss un |
tary policeman soil