New-York tribune., 1905-01-20
NO0T'S LIFE.
Confirmed from nrst page.

-coms as District Attorney Jerome had used fl
,rainst the gambling houses. and he had caused
q postponenent OF the usual police trials so that
r,enutv Commissioner Lindsey might have time
:, tear the expected confessions OF the roolroou,
-~e- Only q few subpenas were a.swered
bo,rever and il became known that uaost of the
men Who had received them had torn them up
,onteurptuousiy. on the advise OF counsel thar
,bsv we're worthless paper.
~srtafn Robert a Tighe. recently transferred
s,onn the Mercer-s;. station TO Police Head
ouarters. was last night served with papers by
77oundsn,su Ward. Of Police Commissioner Nc
A6oo's star. charging him with neglect OF duty
v.b1a in command or the Mercer-sf station
0srtsin Tighe SAID The charges were that he
failed 70 close poolroon's-
DANIEL OReilly. counsel for several OF The
gamblers who recently were called TO District
Attorney Jeromes confessional was at Police
t4es6ousrters apparently watching the situation
here as counsel for the booksellers who had re-
cs;ved subpGnas from Mr.. McAdoo. He de-
clsred that his clients were tearing up the
suhl,aenas and that the subponss were OF no
,slue because Nj. McAdoo Gid not have the
legal right TO issue them under the Downing act.
They are not worth the paper they are writ
-er on" said O'Reilly.
are the men who receive these subpnnas
.ssv3nR them up by advice Of counsel?' he was
asked
.-7hey are no good. Mr.. Jerome is the only one
xho has The right TO issue them" he replied,
declining 10 make more direct reply.
=, became known st Police Headquarters also
.h.+ vigorous protests against Mr.. McAdoo's
var on The poolroonls were being made by Tam
-rsrv leaders who had been using the pool
rooms ss means of getting employment for
poitIcsi workers who were unable TO hold city
SD N have reached the City Hall. the leaders
declaring that they could not be expected TO
os~~r their districts in elections If they were
unable "a. keep their workers employed. and that
the closing OF the poolroons would throw hun
6-ets Of such men out Of employment
Commissioner McAdoo went TO the City Hall
ans hss talk with Mayor Mcclellan lasting
over an hour. In his absence from Police Head
quarters his secretary gave out a statement
which NJ AcAdoo had dictated. II complained
~ an editorial in one OF the city newspapers,
e-t!cisi7g his failure 10 enforce The Law against
gambling and pool selling and intimating that
The failure was due largely 10 outside intu-
ence.
TIE Commissioner said this transcended the
limit OF ruth and the facts OF the case. He
soded 4 DO not expect that any OF the news
pspers viii publish this statement. ] am only
having MI Howell make it TO you In my abb
sence that you may understand my attitude
toward this class Of attacks"
Mayor Mcclellan and Mr.. McAdoo went 10
luncheon together. As they were leaving the
CITY Hall the Mayor Was asked Il he had any
thing 10 say 4 have supreme confidence in
NJ Nc adoo" he replied and 1 have every.
reason 70 believe that Mr.. McAdoo has supreme
confidence in me"
on his return 10 his Office Mr.. McAdoo was
asked about rumor that charges OF neglect Of
duty were being prepared against Inspector
George = Titus of the Second Inspection Dis
-sct
II have not signed any charges to-day"
When told that the inference would be that
h might sign charges against these two OFF,
csls or others another day. Re said one could
draw mis- own inference.