The Washington herald., 1907-08-03

Bingham to-day started on his vacation
He is to be gone until the early part
Of September His destination is not
made public. but he says he will keep in
touch with his department affairs. and
in the event of his being needed win cut
his vacation short and hurry back.
Il think Secretary Slattery and myself
are entitled 10 a good rest" he said. land
with four husky deputies think the de-
partment viii be well handled. They are
capable Of administering police affairs, and
If they are not. then they are no good. I
feel perfectly satisfied that the depart
ment will be in good hands"
The commissioner attention was called
TO criticism Of his action in taking his va
cation at this time, when his department
has several unsolved murder cases.
I want to say right here that the po-
lice department is not responsible for
these Crimes he said. 1T is absurd TO
blame my men for these outrages on
women and children. To prevent them. I
would need a million policemen.
He Bismes the Mothers.
IT mothers would be careful about their
children We would not have any OF these
crimes The fault lies with mothers who
don't exercise due care OF course. the
children have no place to play. but on the
streets, but even then. if they were looked
after properly and cautioned about ac-
eepting pennies and candy from strange
men. we would not hear Of these crimes q"
Put New York under martial law Is
the way 10 check New Yorks crime wave
suggested by the Rev. DR.. G. Campbell
Morgan.
DR.. Morgan is a celebrated London
preacher and is pastor OF the Westmin-
ster Congregational Church in London.
lie has been coming TO New York and
Mortified. Mass. every summer and
spring for ten years, and has travelled
all over the United States. He Is here
10 deliver sermons at the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church.
It is amazing, he said that the great
city Of New York, with its Wanted police
system, its reputed civilization. its alert
ness. is pOwerless TO stop these crimes.
clever, and even a wen-regulated police
department viii not suppress them. sum
mon your military. Only that will end
the daily horrors.
Immigration Laws Lax.
Your immigration laws appear TO be
lax. You are in part to blame for ad-
hitting so many foreigners Of the lower
classes Once here, they are given the
privileges Of the same type OF American
citizen looked on with so much respect
In Europe
The dregs Of European civilization.
or perhaps rather the scum that is left
after a failure to civilize. seem to be
responsible for many OF these crimes
against little girls and women"
Joseph c. Mott, a contractor and
builder, was arrested tonight. charged
with attacking a girl After having
missed being shot by a brother of the
girl, a policeman caught Mott while he
was being pursued down Eightieth street,
near Madison avenue, by a crowd
Despite the fact that they had made
four arrests-three men and a woman
having been taken prisoners-the police
to-day admitted that they were prac-
tically all at sea in the hunt for the
slayer OF eight-year- old Katie Tiretscb-
Ter, OF 249 East Thirteenth street who
was found dead in the cellar of the
tenement at 203 First avenue yester-
day.
Another Arrest Made.
Detectives Body and Kennedy, Of In
spector Dillons staff, to-day arrested
Myron L. Carter. q mulatto, nineteen
years old, Of % East Eighty-slxth street.
on complaint Of John Bauer, uncle of
Katie Tiretschler. The prisoner was held
for examination. Carter came here. It is
said, from Washington, D. c., and for a
time worked for the marlborough, but
was suspended. Carter, the girls uncle
says, told him at the time the child dis
appeared that he could find her within
three days.
Coroner Hamburger committed Dora
MeSsmeT TO the TOmbs without bail this
morning pending an inquest into the
girls death. The child's uncle, John
Bauer, swore that the Messmer woman
had made threats to Katie's mother be-
cause she refused to rent her a room.
Gaetano Rippolone, the cobbler. whose
shop the murdered girl frequented. was
committed to the house Of detention as
a witness.
The Messmer woman had already been
put through a rigid examination In the
early hours this morning. The police asked
her about every circumstance in conneo-
ton with the girls disappearance. the
crime and the manner in which she her
self had been ordered away from the
house where the Tiretschlers live, bv the
uncle Of the child, John Bauer. Tt was
after Bauer had put her out into the
street, it was said, that she moved 10 90s
First avenue, the tenement in the cellar Of
which the girls body was found having
been left there probably a few DAYS be
fore The woman denied that she had
anything whatsoever to do with the
child's disappearance OF knew anything
about the murder.
Woman FFeGuents Shop.
The police have learned, however. that
when the woman left the Tiretschler
house she made a threat TO get even" on
account of the attitude Of the family
toward her.
Gaetano Rippolone, one of the shoe
makers, acknowledged that the Messmer
woman. who is also known as Louise ED.
stein. had visited his shop several times
since her ejectment by John Bauer. The
police learned, too, that Rippolone had
gone to Bristol, Conn, on Friday morn
ing to purchase a shop. as he said. and
had remained in that place several days.
The police also have a shirt found IN
the rear Of the Thirteenth street shon
On 1t are some stains, which may OF NAV
not be blood Rippolone's father identified
IL as having belonged TO his son.
As yet the only charge against any Of
the prisoners is Suspicion" and Il NAV
develop, as they assert that they have
no knowledge of the child's disappear
ance and death