The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-06
ARMY BUILDING UNSTAlNED
MINED THESE CORNERS IP.
DID HR. HITCHFI'S NV.
Four Mistake Played Three HsSSeS To
Win which lost and NIssesi q one Ia
Three shot NJ the RIEhi Csrner Moro
ApolSEy Results and M PinrhinE.

NpsIsGy Results and M Pin-hInE.
Despite the charges submitted To- Police
4 Commissioner Baker hv John Purroy
Mitchell that. the Army building AZ White
hall and Pearl streets and the United
/ States Appraiser Stores At Iod Morton
street were running wide open games
neither vt these well known resorts was
pulled yesterday. Isookouts disguised az
! elevator starters. office hoys usually of
tender years. and In som" case made up
a. telephone girls kept a -hdri' watch for
/ intruders however.
As "A result e this watchiuluess even
well known gamblers could not get into
the inner rooms said To be the private
Offices IT Lieut. Col Zalinslh Deputy
| Quartcrmaster. q $. A. in the Army
Building. or IT United States Appraiser
George Nanmaker IN the Appraisers
/ Stores without fret handing a card Ia the
disguised lookoujs
One difficulty that will confront Mr..
Mitchell and Commissioner Raker the
minute they start IN together To- wipe out
these two resorts - that the municipal
/ police have no power To- pinch either the
Deputy Quartermaster or ~" United
States Appraiser n long a. these officials
remain upon the Federal properties which
were charged with running wide open.
although there are telephones N both
places and numbers IL men have been
seen TO enter or leave the buildings while
races were being run IN South America
and Mexico
Mr. Mitchell admitted Yesterday IN a
letter Of apology addressed To- LlcYt -Col /
Zallnski that 20 far neither Mr. Mitchell ,
nor HI, colleague tommIssIouer Raker
has the goods on the Army Building or ,
the Appraisers Stores. although tho .
letter repeats that charges Of gambling
have been made against the Army Build /
ing neiyhbnrhood The latter SAYS that
Examining Inspector Amos picked THREE ?
horses - win at Montreal and PLACED the I
bets m what was described on his list "a
the pgolroom az the southeast corner II
Whitehall and Pearl streets
Now since Mayor Gavno-s letter 81 /
apology 20 Lieut. Col ZalnskI. INSPECTOR I,
Amos has admitted Ia MIR Mitchell that
there arr four mistakes IN thls-'ha
three horses lost that = three mistakes.
and h" meant the southwest corner. that's
four
Friends of the Inspector voIntsd out
W ste rdaV that thus mIStah" readily can
H.. 'Inds r-t pDd by any one familiar with
the intersection of Whitehall and Pearl ,
streets CpnfusIon. say tn. inspector
friends - not only possible but probable.
hecausr tn" southeast corner and the
southwest corner arr - Close 10 each
other that they arr separated only by the
width ~ narrow Whitehall street In
fac, Il me of the corners was moved the
width 1T the street the corners would ,
CnInCida becausa the southwest corner
would then ne resting directly upon the
southeast corner.
To max. matters worse two other cor
-. ~
streets, one known locally as the north
east corner and the other as the north
west corner. In several cases known To
the police. men coming from the saloon
On the southwest corner have got the
southeast corner confused with the south Z
west corner and have been compelled To
rt'urn ~ the saloon
Mr. Mitchell explains m hrs letter that
the complaint about gambling AZ ioS
Morton street which ~ the Appraisers
Stores cam" from a woman who said that
her son was losing money az that address.
and that he had turned this compliant
over 20 Police Commissioner Baker with ,
INSTRUCTIONS 20 investigate The Police | ,
Cnmmlssoner violated instructions MIR |,
Nitchal says. II without first invest eating
he sent notice - IN" Appraisers Stores
TO put on ~" I'D
II was m. duty ~ IN. Police Commits
Mr. M-ch. wrote 80 Lieut. Col
ZalinshI Yesterday. TO lnvesticat. the
With urf"r"nre - - Mort ,
street and - verify or dispruVo u II h
the ToIIc,. Commissioner did IN fact .
ias - 10 i,c inferred from Mayor Gavnor's y
l"ttsT - NDII. follow III" same 'Oursr a.
IN n" ease If tn ARMY and Navy Build I
ing no did 50 m direct violation ni IN" ,
Iss'i'.d 20 ham by IN"
Police tpumIssIon.r Baker would not
DISCUSS ,h" matter yesterday Eddi"
Burke. nanny Newman Sol IiChfsn-l
stern. Frank Farrell Whitley Iaugdon
AbI" Jacobs pa'" Johnson and others .
u h. f'-IT" fo improve m" breed ~ m"
hopo remained away from both IN"
Army Binding and IN" Appraiser Stores
,"st"riav lack Adler and HummIng y
Rri Tyler mr." said 20 have approached .
IA" Army Binding early m the aftcrunun
hu' they w"r" unfortunate enough .
- select iusf ~" moment that q s-pIt was n
on IN" beat they na--"'i b" ~ n they had q
had no intention II entering he building v
IL--pI'" l.l'lt -Cul Lahnski's outward r
show - calm Yesterday there hsv" been a
time. e late. y ~ alleged. " hen b" has
worn a uniform m order 10 lessen IA. a
suspicion that b" Is connected IN anv "A
way with Nh" sl-p"ct"i plaC" Yesterday
FOL /alinskI was disguised a. n civilian w.
When a reyorter hrok. INTO tho build :,
ing ami rang N" elevator hell crowd !,
e men we're found inside Telephones a
were IN sight wherever one looked Three
doors had To be- gone through before "A
one came upon Col ZalinsLi A num-
Der Of men IN the room where he was
found immediately began 20 busy them p
selves az what appeared TO be ONCE desks
Suspicious smoke arose from one corner
where one 81 the men found in the place
had lighted a bundle 81 papers or some {
thing. placing one end 81 the roll in his 2
mouth then as n To give out the impres- =
-Ion that the cigar wrapping on the out r
side - the bundle contained regular to- u
DacCo
m bet anything tha, that blonde :,
hlly Tommy was tTotting with out on '
the vest coast. began one - tho men y
a. the place was entered hut he was
y ~" enough 30 60 no further about his =
bet and tho trptting ilv m the pIcs.nc. .
u m" investigator 80 gambling nara =
phernAlia could he seen IN tho room
but Col Zslinsk had huttoned his coat
II can b@ stated authoritatiyelv tina,
IN the Appraiser Stores al" many rnys
i"rious objects which even Appraiser J