New-York tribune., 1908-03-23
INSPECTOR rs REDUCED
First Result of Charges against
"The System" IN the Tenderlo'n.

As result OF an investigation into allegations
made BY THE World that there Is chain Oh
erof, Iink;rr together the gambling element OF the
CITY with members of the Police Department., from
the patroman post TO the Inspector ol inc us
trict Commissioner Bingham yesterday reduceo
Inspector John O'Connor up to yesterday in charge
OF the Sd Inspection District. to the rank OF cap
tain and assigned him to the Amity street sidtioh
In F,rooklvn To command this district. which
takes in the whole of the old 'Tenderloih he sent
CAPTAIN Max Steinbrucil. who has been In Anity
street.
Although official confirmation OF the 1act coulo
not be obtained yesterday, 1t was rumored through
ont the department that there is going 10 pe d
wholesale cleaning UP of the districts concerned III
the allegations and that charges VIII also pe pre-
ferred against the men mentioned. 1t was admtted
that the evidence submitted to Commlsslohei Diis
han, bv '.The World will be placed before ti'e
grand Jury shortly and that this pooy VIII JIG
asked to take action on the matter .
The transfer of OConnor was announced at o
O'Clock yesterday morning, after an aH-hhen' '
sion at police Headquarters conducted ps DePuts
Commissioners Wood and Hanson Eariy on oat-
,,,- ,,;.b, whom the evidence obtained by The
World had been submitted to Generai 'iisii,
peremptory orders were sent TO 'he Faiio
tions IN the city where the men ihNo'Heo
stationed that they should report lmIneuia'eiS "
,,oI;oo 1Ie~jouarters The men made their way
down to Mulberry street IN a dazed tashioi a anu
then the unusual midnight police lh'es'isa''o
IT,. ,-,o+a;,
Among the men summoned were Acting captain
r<oIobar formerly in command of the west 'V'
street station but now stationed at west o'''
street and four of his former plail-clo'ie' =,
John Bonser, Thomas Moore. John Horai anu ,,Tn "a
fred Muller Arthur Carmack and Daniel y sum ,
van of the West 37th street station Oh Tue ,
Captain Stephen O'Brien; Joseph be oai'ii','n' -
-orr,er Tenderoin sieuth; Detectives Johh LS ~
and John Eaton of the inspector 5 s'aii 1,,s 80
tective John Hughes, of Comnlssiohei - -
etsff were also called. The men "eie an ,rn
n +eu all they knew of the matter MI ih''
-A'-
49, what was learned from the men, IL any
..;,. was kent secret by the two deputy o
sfoners and the men themselves =. choir
General bingham and Mr.. Hanson were q. n.. ~
offices Yesterday afternoon as was 0-'' c.oo,
C1.+-erv the Commissioners secretary
~,-,.-a -.f,sed to discuss the case Out Ni
Honson answered a few questions ne Shiu - - -,
rneu nothing Of the rumor that y ooi'No' oos -
a.. gaIIarv in his home which cost 'ilo -
- ~ that LYONS was wealthy man I'm,
missioner Hanson also said that ne So 90
rniSsioiiei - ono EXCEPT Lyons of having re-
rectly accuse any ohe eF
ceived any money ,o which
In regard to the West 3:th street io"'o raft
..7,,. world uses as of the instances " 49,.
# the protection money was Paiu IL 10 -. +ho hill
some one got the double cross l'i " o on
t- go goods" we're delivered at the iouSe oh
Fehruarv Ii: nevertheless it Is matter "a 49,
record and was printed in The Ifipulle' '' t
tain Keleher. with Moore and bohseF' "e"' ~
on the next q ly, broke in the door ana ares
o.. urho paye the name of Ray ana Salu tiit'
he was a clerk living at No. Ill West -"o stree
which is the Crescent Cafe, mentioned IN Inc
World" story Wood also was arrested dt tiie
time as was McNaught, who gave the name oi
Clark under which he is known along olA'h
avenue Th s is the reason assigned LOT cdi'lns
CAPTAIN Keleher and Moore and Bonscr down to
FIeadouarters When the prisoners were arralgned
in jefferson Market court on February 10 they
were held in 81 G pa each for trial and Tomorrow
set for the trial
Commissioner Hanson at Police Head
quarters for several hours last night. and most
of his time spent in examining detectives meh-
toned in information and statements given to him
by Rose, who is alleged tc have had conversations
and made arrangements for the opening Oh poor
rooms with the police officials. Those who were
called upon b. the Deputy Commissioner 10 make
explanations were Detectives Lyons, Eaton, Car
mack sullivan Koran. Mueller and De Cantiilon.
According the Deputy Commissioner, the ale
cations which were made by Rose were told TO
the detectives, and every member denied the aile
cations All, the Deputy Commissioner said, de-
nounced the charges as being outrageous. Captain
T<eIeher the Deputy said, was very indignant
when he heard the accusations, and said that the
allegations were a mess of lies. Deputy toHl-
missioner Hanson said that he had not finished ms
investigation, and that until he had made a very
f1I investigation he would make no comment on
he charges.