The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-20
mitchell WOULD
REMOVE BAKER
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District Attorney ONCE, since IL il en-
tirelv a police matter. neither misde
meanor nor felony. lie insists that tn,
Police Commissioner shall gather tn
evidence against gambling houses AM
turn IL over 20 the District Attorney I
office and he reasserts that while he n
District Attorney there will he no doo
smashing or forcible entry Of gambling
houses by county detectives
! The clash between the acting MayoI
and the Police Commissioner In largely
over the use If plain clothes men IN Oh
tanning evidence Mr. Baker saws that
the gambling houses cannot be put ou'
Of business unless enough plain clothe.
men are used. view 81 the matter with
which the District Attorney agrees The
acting Mayor has consented To the use
of small force Of plain clothes men to hN
sent out from the Central Office. hut he
says that the embargo laid by Mayor
Gaynor IL still on and that plain clothes
men from the precincts will not he toll
Grated. The Police Commissioner think =
he can handle the job The acting Mayor
has made It apparent that he doesn I
believe the present Police Commissioner
can
II was s3o r. NJ. yesterday when the
acting Mayor made II known that he was
going down To - James to talk things
over with the Mayor He stopped long
enough To- talk with tho reporters, who
wanted 60 get "a fat answer as to the natur"
Of his business with MIR Gaynor. II was
known that he had IN his pocket Com.
missioner Bakers letter complaining that
gambling couldn't b" wiped out unless
plain clothes mon were used
Mr. Mitchell. replying TO questions, said
that ne regarded MIR Baker a. re-pon-ibI"
for laNity in police work. since MIR Baker
i the head Of the police force AMI that he
considered Baker guilty Of insubordina-
ton IN writing such a letter.
i want To- lay this letter before Mayor
Gaynor.- said Mr.. Mitchell
Why Is that following out your an.
nounced intention not To remove Mayor
Gaynor's appointees without the Mayors
CONSENT
II ] were a r"por1 or. said Mr. Mitchell
THAT would he the natural inference
Will you remove Commissioner Baker
even IL you cannot get the tacit consent
Of Mayor Gaynor'-
i shall make public Mr.. Bakers letter
tomorrow with a statement which will
describe the interview | am going to have
with Mayor GAynor.
suppose the interview with the Mayor
shouldnt lead to the removal 81 Com
missioner liaksr'-
! shall have statement to mAke to-
morrow morning and hevond that do
not care 10 say one word
There was an impression ~ tho city
Hall that Mayor Gaynor might not b"
willing a. tNIS D"riod NJ his Conval.scanca
to 10 bothered with civ AFFAIRS and might
tell IN" acting Mayor 20 70 hack and run
the administration according to his own
] Rhtz In thai ent the g'Ie-s was made
that COMMISSIONER Baker would 60 quick
Hut Commissioner Rnkers unconcarn was
~ =, Ident that some folks near the admin
istration felt that he believed the Mayor
would object 20 his dismissal
District Attorney Whitman said vester-
day that 80 far he had received no owl |
ience whatever from the acting Mayor |
" the Police Commissioner The District /
Attorney Office had been informed that /
he "vid"nC" gathered by Commissioner
Fosdick's men - faulty. especially IN I
placing responsibility on the proprieIors
4 houses used for immoral puTposas
action cannot be- had against such pro-
rrisfOrS unless accused tenants have been
81 least once ~ carving on an
Illegal business unless the proproetor
laz been notified NJ that conviction and
Inle~S the business has continued after
he proprietor has been notified The
District Attorneys 0ffca has been told
hat these essentials ar" lacking IN the
'vidence held hy Nj Mitchell II was
'ald also ~ the Criminal Courts Building
hat Mr.. fo=dick's detectives who went
about getting evidence against gambling
lous.'s did not Cinch their cases With such
acts rs grand Juri"s demand. and that
'nine reliance had been placed by them on
nearSay and nimor.
District Attorney Whitman has not
iSked Baker for detectives He has init
mated that he doesn't intend To ask Tor
them. Tie told Bak"r Yesterday To- get
the -vid"nc" and he would attend To the
d
Deli"v" that gambling has got 10 the point
81 scandal IN this city aud know that
You must stop u That's police business.
won pe-rnlt thi- nfiic. to he used as 4,
branch detective bureau ! am not
giving you any orders. Connissionsr
lecatIre ] arm not your official superior
v hat IN doing II hy way ~ prophecy
Il you don't clean up the town there viii
70 peopl" before the Grand Jury who
rent gamblers
The Commissioner gave the District
attorney his word that the cleanup would .
" made He left Mr. Whitman with The
ssurance that impossibilities weren't ex-
'ected. and that he would have sufficient
line 10 make good Comm issioner Raker
aid yesterday that he had order,r he
hole force 20 get busy
Every policeman. sergeant lieutenant,
aptain and inspector will be exnected
, do HE full duty said the Commits
loner My men are working secretly
nd their reports will b. fled 80 that the
will not know they have h..sn
nder suspicion until they are called
D account. This IL no time for suec-
ocular raids NV object - 10 give the
eople clean city and We must do ouT
'Ork with a view TO presentinR legal
' idence which will he respected by the
lagi=t rates
He declined to make public what he had
rItten 80 acting Mayor Mitchell. bIt
lid the letter was spirited
He pa, tie new -shoohy- men IN york
Ist night. Operating them from q meeting
lace uptown. the location ~ which has
zen kept secret
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