The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-18
BAKER RAIDING A LITTLE
PLAIN CLOTHES vEN GO or
AFTER DISORDERLI MOI SIS

His Place aRa Net WSrryInG Mseh
The only manifestation oG new police
ACTIVITY against Unlawful resorts yesteT-
day was = raidinG OF disorderly house,
last night by Commissioner Bakers mon
: IN plain eliot has
Acting Mayor Mitchell has put the Job
OF reclsGnpinE the lid up TO DiS,rict A.
tOrnsy whitman. and the District Attor-
nsy u going TO have the acting Mayor
b,III-..lf aud . bunch of police Inspectors
before the regular Grand Jury. Both
agree that the business ot hooking
suckers .. more nourishing than Il ought
10 be. bat Police Commissioner Bak -
sui ia danger 81 losing hi- job. He 70
To- have a ciAauUe To make good.
A did-reoce % opinion has arisen be-
tween the acting Mayor and the Distr,ct
Attorney 49, "a whose province II 10 10
collect the evidence necessary to CON-
Wet gamblers aud crooked police Of
bc,Alu Mr. Whitman AVS that n .Oo0
/ police ought Ia do tue jon IN twenty
/ four hours and he makes u plain that he
do--ut intend Ia follow Jerome methods.
G,vr him The evidence and he'll get ao-
ion. bat IA. doesn't believe IA going ont
uI police duty himself
Mr. Mitchell. not relying altogether On
hs Police Commissioner. ",nce he turned
over to Baker only the addresses Of sis-
pectssl places aud the names ~ the owneru
- the real estate but not the sworn evi-
d-hos taken down by hi'I stenogra pherH,
-av. that the district Attorney has a
Perfectly good weapon in the Downing
law. van which Mr. Jerome shut up Can
held I.n Betts I.udhIm. Honest John
k.Iiy and u string ~ other Easy money
experts u. doesn't think il necessary
to appear ~ person before the Grand
Jury. but he intends To Civ. Mr.. Whit
Hsn list VI police inspectors and cap
Iain- Who ought lo trt able To interest the
Inors. snd =" give him also the evidences
secured bv his special sIsuthr. How
ever both the acting Mayor and the
District Attorney insist that they are
Norklus ~ harmony aud that the I'D will
10 back. nO matter what COmmis.ioneT
baE-r dos
wh,I- the county Law otficsr and the
acting Mayor we're cranking up the
prosecution machinery the story per
sisted that a pole. INSPECTOR Who has
ruled a district where the rouletts wheels
Shattered from sun 10 sun had lost his
nerve aud wanted To confess HE sinfil-
u-~s aud that Of others TO one who could
guarantee immunity ASSISTANT District
Attorney Elder ~ BroUkly who has
h..n '-..,i,ug evidence to IN. Kings county
Grand Jury ~nuld not taxi. the respon-
-'b,l,ty Of d-nying the story. Suggesting
nat the acting Mayor WAS the man to
-" Tue actinE Mayor sad
W pOl,c- ofhcial has come 10 the With
confession of bribe taking or other
rascahty oniv nope that on. will.
T. would -rmuitfy or vorL immensely
Nave N"u any -videnc. ~hatevsr
hat oI- ~ more police officials have
'IN-n Dr,D-~ irum the gamblers as pay
meat Tor protection or other s-rvices'-
Not a. shred saIH Mr. Mitchell. MY
nN--ti CATION was not started for that
purpose wanted 10 get evidence that
80 violating REPORTS were open. got
u aud wilt s-ud " ~ the District Attor-
.-v fHfih-rin"r~. I vii help the DE
irrr Attorney ia every ~ay possible.
W are NorkIuE ~ coGc-rt
the rCting MaVor gave ont = letter
~ hsd S.-n' - p.s,~iCt Attorney whit
nan H'' sent It along with copy Of
ms i-''-r 10 tue POLICE Commissioner
sh,'h iuiorM.-d IG- Commi al Onsr that
n-I frnH tue Mayor Office mad found
..-N-u gambling houses and notified the
oniH --,pu-r to round up all eIisting
S"iuh ,ns pla'..s and send tne,r addresses
to he District Attorney MT. Mitchell
~fut" Ia Mr. Mhnman.
Ur,-sth .u.lo... ,or ,our tn,oTmst,oa
= '".'-i ~b,'n hg,e ms hsv iTsnsmi'tsd
80 ih- 'utnUtsSioB~r Of Police You wni
u"i~ i'si Ler-in cnil has attention To ne
p'", iisn'" 81 gambling suh open prosi'u-
't1u o. fhi- COMM, ! have suggested 10
hlm th1' ~ fOrvard p yea rv'depc- ~ 'hs
inaiu'"G,n,- NJ up,-iu,e- 81 his ohsT.
A,'eT ~ order ina vou may tsk. sppTo-
pTi1t" s'1s"n -Ss'1-f Tho "~uer- ~ ne
tretuI-r- uu,i-' -~r't"1- p5A sOd Iits Of
ihP p-UII .an
have further susgested 80 he Com
uii~sioI-r Of PDlU~ he he fOtvR ri to YOU
. fun l's "f AL AUoon oT susp~'te Ell ~ N bling
houses NUbtn his county Tor The purpose of
he ever - 81 he rowef- conferred upon
b az b. ~estiun ssa al the penA lap ThTouEn
~" UB-Ts, 'on ~ his sia ute al nd the ofh'iAl
f~ls'l"us ia th~ IrEnd luFv 80 under
sand 70. ,ou are spprl..,i v,'b ne means
uf collecting =, lden'e sEh.rst such ola ce-
Sh' b sr- Isoss~r-.-,i DN 80 her onCtsl
III order hEi Ou ms not be WITHOUT he
MEANS ~ S-,ur,uE vIBSas%r have 70
siruo'ed The Police ''mm,--ouer tempc
fGriit - d-tsii "a NouT ufr'r upon fequest
from lU,. y u,uu-t 81 'er'fsl owe nc"
-urnc'-ni O." 'afr' "u Ihrs s"Tk IT"mEN
b nd ~1rttiNrp
~ have pOiut~,i "ut ID" he rol'" cor
~ s."u-r ne pr~,al~n'~ ~ rambling -
New lJIk 'CuitN ,-s~ur III" - v~ll s-ian
b-hs,i aud tbr onudt'r,U- 20 'au Tot 'iEo'
,,u- ru-a .urr- 90 Tho psr 81 mo off7ots
.t,rx,-i 18Th r--ts,t-tbttit, 80 tho premise
after The Drir,'t Attorney read 20"
eit-r he -tid that ne was Wiling ~ hslp
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