The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-22
mug ONLY The CONNECTS
CANNON ORDERS POLICE TO
WIND THEIR WlTS

Mere Arrest Ns I.snGer EantaiAs sCPusla,
the Rogur~' s!aiiegy 4 Case Iyike
~ nat Duny's o. the Mayors C@e.
Mayor GaynOr directed Police Com
missioner Baker yesterday to end the
system Of photographing and measuring
prisoners who had not been convicted
of crime He AlsO told Mr. Baker that
within fsw DAYS he would send tn Police
Headquarters list % men whose photo
graphs should he removed from the
rognes' gallery
Commissioner Baker. t 10 understood.
= thoroughly II accord With the Mayor
and will begin to-day to revise the long
standing methods % handling ARRESTED
persons before they have been tried
The Mayors step has been expected
since the day he took once. but an Oppor-
tunity TO enforce the position which he
took In the Duffy case did not arise until
yesterday. Taking advantage OF . case
similar To DIhys submitted To him IN
Friday. the Mayor sent . letter TO Com
missioner Baker - HIGH read In part:
sra The Reverend james V Chalmers.
vicar 81 The church Of the Holy Trinity
complained TO me Ia person last Friday
% the measuring and Photographers of
Walter Farndon for the roG,lca gallery
I examined the case to-day and found the
facts TO he - fOllc~s
Four police Detectives arrested Farndon
on last Thursday evening At Q street corner
on = charge OF writing q letter 20 one Froh-
man 70 extort m oney of him. He was
takeE TO the Central Once and locksd up
for he night he asked to communicate
With his family and friends. hut WINS not
permitted to
Next morning he vas stripped aud meas
ured and then photoSra phed for the Roeuss'
gallery Then he was viewed by Q Isrss
number Of masked detectives and pointed
nut nv the chief % them ~ one who eHt0yted
money nv lettsrs threatening to kill We
was then taken before \ Magistrate and
held IN o. Ooo haiti
Finally hts family and friends learned Of
hIs plight hut not through the police. for
they refused 20 send word TO them and
they bailed him out Next morning MaRis-
trate Barlow heard his ease and disc hAg eed
HIM
There vas IN fact no evidence against
ham Ne simply vent nut for . walk sud
because he stopped a. q certain corner he
vas accOs'ed and arrested becsuse some one
had written an anonymous letter 20 . he .aid
EYOhman saying that unless he cams to
lat cor ner that evening and paid 1iOO Ia
the writer he would be killed He has
hitherto borne q good name snd has never
b~en arrested.
" NAV he possible that the srre-i was not
very unreasonable. all things considered.
but the Urea menf Of Mr. Fsrndon after
ward was un worthy % a civilized 'Ommu-
ntfv
Ne - good 40 10 .~e thai he measure
nd MI AZ I'D
The measuring 81 hun and the taking Of
hi- ptrture nv force - a. al unla WfIl battery
upon him l.@' no such thing be done IN
future except IN The oase Of persons con
viCted Of some felony or mi-dsmesnor %
the nature ~ felony our Su-
pr-me Cour' has explicitly decided that "
.aunOi hs lawfully done IN any other ease
am aware that my dis' insutshed pred
., e--or de- ,ded In the Duty case that The
police we're not 20 follow the said decision.
bat / ,snnot follow his decision as q pre-
adent The reason assigned ny
nay Predecessor for OverTulinE The ~ ID
do ision Vas that II the Court had Consid-
cred that u = person arrested should break
iail or forfeit bis bail and run suay be could
not h. easily followed and taken unless me
authorities had HE measurements and
photograph
Thar any court could have made s,ch
consideration IN mind 10 not TO BE- c0n iec-
iured And when consider the small
percentage OF decimal Of thOse under ar
re-t and awaiting trial who break iAn or
run away We see that u - no, worthy Of
Con~iderat ION az an argument To make ~
= reason for allowing every one arrested 10
10 measured and pho'osra phed and put IN
the roGue-' gallery AZ the will of the police
would be 20 ALLOW . great and oppressive
evil for the purpose Of preventing . trihinG
Ons q thing Witch ALWAYS has 10 be avoided
in government
have the names 81 IaTEe number Of
other innocent peraons Who have been
vrOnEed In this same Way ! shall now send
you 'he lisf for youT prompt action
Les the police remember OF all things that
'hsv themselves must keep uRhin the IN
regulating and limiting their powers and
conduct, The way 10 efnctently enforce
the criminal law IL the way prescribed by
tho Law itself Whatever the law avs OF
any court decides the police must obey
VERY truly yours.
W J GATNoh. Mayor