New-York tribune., 1910-10-21

tists OF else the offender IS
the offence be worthy OF attention. a. ani
= / The victims OF these petty, needless 49, 49,
unlawIui arrests had TO get pan u.o~efore
s Than lie IN station houses. ana M a ca Ne
the business OF professional bondsmeh Dc
came correspondingly large. po,,or
! | Fourth-The enforcement Of the nquoI
tax law in the way provided therein
was next taken up. The statute ea eog
liressly provides thai the curtains. shades
or window screens az everv barroom be
up on Sunday and during all closeu
e hours. and that there be no obstrucuon
he able 10 see all of the barroom anu .li
whether any one is there, any uaIlIs
the state excise and local police oLi a..
shall make and file with the District AZ
torney OF me county an affidavit o. .tat 1;
violation OF the liquor tax law, ana IIas @
& tile District Attorney shall cause arrests
e therefor on warrants and prosecute tnss
offenders. Instead Of following this metho1
prescribed by the statute the police OF
this city had followed the method OF
arrestinE such offenders on the spot ana
prosecuting them before a magistrate
: without notifying the District Attorney
better method for the extortion oI
D now is could not he devised and the re
suit was that the saloons were generally
q month for protection. The general order
which was issued 10 proceed IN the way
: prescribed by the statute. and stop such
summary arrests, and see that every
, hsrroom was exposed 70 view in the way
1 ir-euuired by the statute on Sunday. which
had not been done heretofore. and that no
= one should be there was carried out so
: promptly and intelligentiy by the force
as 20 lift II high in my estimation | as
sure you that in the main the patrolmen
> are honest and intelligent fellows. and
p you can rely on them. Unfortunately
there Is a corrupt minority and some OF
the higher officers are thoroughly corrupt
Let II be your object to weed them our
or course. there IS liquor sold and drunk
IN the rear. or landlords. room in private
That the local police and state officials
! over oeo0 saloons and less than that
number Of policemen that matter has its
oh,ious dif1culties policeman -S,5a eannot spe re
other things for the force 70 do. II the
officials were made public its effectiveness
would be rninimized- But il may be SAID
that all neighborhood complaints are vel
ccrned and examined into and If found 20
he true. means are taken TO summerily
suppress the violation It is fair to say
that the Sunday closing law is a. least
as well obeved and enforced in this CITY
as throughout the state Wherever you go
in the state the side door is quite gen
orally open on Sunday
The PlalncIothes Evil.
Fffth-A systematic effort was begun and
graft hv the Corrupt officers Of the depart
- rnenf and their outside allies from liquor
saloons and unlawful places generaIly. IN
order 10 make any headway, we found th6I
! We had 10 abolish the system or each cap
, tain and inspector having a STAFF or PLAIN
3 clothes men. Although an order was issued
that these plainclothes men should not GO
p into barroorns and hotels, evidence multi
piled that they were going mere me e ia bs
, true In respect Of unlawful places generally.
That is why finally abolished these
plainclothes Staffs. Another system-naTne-
iv OF having all men who serve in plain
, clothes under one authority. namely. the
head OF the regular secret service. or de-
+ac+i1,e fnroA-is row natured, and il will
he for you 70 carry II out under the deputy
commissioner who is 10 take charge OF that
: branch OF the service. unless Yo~can sGg-
gest a bstter course.
We have now arrived at a point where
other forward steps must be taken with
; system and patience.
In intrustfng the Police Department 10
YOU let me say that, although / can devote
only a little time TO ii now and then,
shall always be glad 10 confer with you
-, ! about the policies and general management
! OF the department. but for the enforcement
Of outward order and decency first, and
= next FOR the detection Of secret Illegal
places, I shall hold you responsible You
which confer the powers and prescribe the
duties Of peace or police officers. While
they iealOusly preserve the safeguards OF
: individual right and liberty, they also give
ample powers 10 deal with criminals For
instance. unlawful places, like gam9Ilng
{ house, or house Of I'll fame. or a disorderly
! house are by law public nuisances, and the
police. or any citizens, for that matter.
L have the night TO take possession or tnem
- and hold such possession until the nuisance
is thoroughly abate6. This method has
already been inauguTateo
Warns Against Notoriety Seekers.
And. finally. let me say that all sensa-
L tional noise and scandalizing OF the CITY IN
2 the work OF your department shouio be
i, stopped. Let the work be systematic ana
q constant. all complaints from citizens be-
| ing specially attended to. There are clergy
men and other good men and women, and
- 1 societies Of the same kind, who are con-
7 4 srantlv Al work TO prevent and minimize all
. / kinds Of vice in this city We seldom hear
II OF them through the newspapers Ihey
- are genuine and in earnest. and seek no
sensation or nOtOTiety. Work with therL-
- on the other hand there are a few cler-
- gymen. and other men and women, who
- profess 70 want 10 DO the same gooo of2 ~4Lh,
4 but who are IN fact mere sensatloha@ilsIs @
ana notorfery seekers, and some OF them
@ 4 are extoTteTs OF money You must oe az
/ patient as you can with them 1heZ vii
] DO much 70 Illustrate and hurt you Nhen
, they come 10 you and confer with YOU
1 as though they meant 10 help you. but only
n 10 70 out and publish IN certain newspapers
- / sensational statements. you Will know them
once for all. They will often try TO f%Tgs- rus
/ traJe. but viii never try 70 help. YOU But
- be as patient as you can with them.
1 And as a last word let me repeat L'eS
( out ward order and decency be enforced
0 first Of all. for that is the first duty OF the
police force. Very truly yoIrS; y;-, ,,.,-o-
. James c. Cropsey. Esp.
# Whether Mr.. Bakers resignation was
= voluntary or not was not said at the
s Mayors Office. There was no letter given
n out for pubiication-only a short note
= from the Mayor TO Mr.. Baker In which
n the latter's resignation was accepted.
Z Nj. Baker paid three visits TO the
= Mayors office yesterday and remained a
% long time with the Mayor OF each oc-
: casion.
Glad To Be Free, Says Baker.
p When seen al Headquarters shortly
h after ne turned over his Office 20 Mr..
> Cropsey Mr.. Baker said that he had re-
o signed entirely Of his free will and that
e ne was very glad 10 be rid Of the burdens
T Of office He said the same thing last
- night al his home in Brooklyn when an
I effort was made 10 get further state
ment from him.
At 4:45 the new commissioners ap-
peared at Headquarters. They went di-
4 rectly 10 the Commissioner Office. but
2 found the doors closed. Lieutenant
3 Dobson tried 10 find keys TO the office.
: but failed Mr.. Cropsey refused 10 walk
|, TO the back door and walked up and
4 down the corridor until. after five min
e utes the door was opened and Commits
q sioner Baker invited his successor to
Q come in They held a shor- conference,
: and after half an hour Mr.. Crospey left
= the Office for mis- home in Brooklyn.