The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-04

Screens anu tne penetrating Eye
Among her numerous literary distinc-
tons Massachusetts, has the honor OF
containing the two foremost letter writ
ers of the world, the most v%oluminous,
industrious and persistent. The Hon.
GAMALIEL BRADFORD is the unofficial
complete letter writer and addresses the
universe twenty-five hours a day. The
official complete letter writer is the Hon.
JOHN b. MORAN, District Attorney OF
Suffolk county. He has to have two
new ,typewriters every day.
One of Mr.. MoRAN's letters is worth
preserving for the light it throws on
iniquity in Boston:
" To the Board OF Police Commisstoners.
GENTLEMEN: The proprietors OF the Hotel
Essex claim that the screens used by them in their
windows between May 1 and December 1, 1909,
we're Of such a gauzy nature as not to obstruct
the view OF the interior premises.
81 have one Of the screens in my once. and l
desire the use of Lieutenant LEE and a couple of
officers to act under him to make an experiment
with this screen a; the Hotel Essex for the purpose
OF presenting their testimony TO the Grand jury.
VIII you klHuly ulO hV Nv ~ "'N'NN'
Lieutenant LEE will be allowed 10 call upon me
this afternoon for this %purposef Respectfully.
JOHN B. MORAN.
MARCH /, 1905. District Attorney"
The Police Commissioners, properly
mindful Of Mr.. MORAN, decided to lend
the three officers. The programme for
the thorough investigation of the gauzy
screen in stu Is admirably Bostonese
and Moranesque:
II was expected by Mr.. MORAN that Lieutenant
LER, With two lnteilige nt oficers. would be able
to go down TO the hotel, place the screen In posi-
ton. and then ascertain II an interior view OF the
hotel could be had from the outside.
" But 1t was growing rather late, and darkness
had so settled down that lights undoubtedly had
been turned on In the hotel, and Mr.. MORAN. want
ing the investigation to be made In daylight and
not By the aid OF electric lights. ordered that the
examination and test should go over until to day at
a o'clock.
NJ NOLAN has directed that the examination
shall be made at that hour because he feels that he
will then be able to get a good idea Of the general
conditions.
AFTER the test has been made. Lieutenant LEE
and his men VIII return tht hCltth IL 'uo'ouS
OF the District Attorney. and then will hold them
selves In readiness to tell the result OF their work
to the Grand Jury Monday or the following day
1t is possible, however, that Mr.. MORAN may be
defeated in his attempt 10 make a hest under day
light conditions, II the electric lights are turned on
before The time set"
Boston awaits the result with baited
breath. The reason Mr.. MORAN doesn't
Trust his own eyes is that he sees through
awbar of pig iron without difficulty.
In fact, he emits light. He can see in
the dark like a cat. His aureole is so
brilliant that horse owners complain.
The proprietors Of the Hotel Essex
strive to please. They will not only
take down their screens, transparent,
translucent or Opaque, but they have
put in a big megaphone Immediately
over the street door. Beginning with to-
morrow, as you pass-if you can pass
that temple Of thirst, you will hear the
%thunderous bawl:
Ladies and gentlemen. Sergeant soAKs of thu
Anclents is about to wet his whistle with a Martini
cocktail. dry. CONF and look at him"
And the Bostonians f1atten their noses
at the pane and cape happily. Ifthere's
any drinking going on in their village
they want to know it, by cracky!