The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-24
COUUIGAN WRONG, THEY SAY
~ or THE MAGISTRATES DIS.
PTTE HIS STATEMENT.
The Mayor. whom He Held Rcspon,,b,e
for Police Conditions. says Hes
Helped to Dismiss Others for MIscon.
duct Less Grave -Rosal.ky.s Views.

Uripru W USU'ss Vthers Tor MiScOns
duct Less Grave Rosalsky's views.
There was an informal meeting Of the
City Magistrates yesterday afternoon 10
consider what action should be taken on
The matter Of Magistrate Joseph r.
Corrigans letter regarding crime in New
ycrk and placing the responsibility for
present conditions on Mayor Gaynor The
board comprises seventeen Magistrates
Thirteen Of these signed a statement
disapproying OF Magistrate Corrigens e
course and contradicting his statements.
Magistrate House was out Of town, Magis-
,r,,e Frederick r.. Kernochan attended the
meeting. but refused to sign the letter,
ard Magistrate Butts. who had given a
settlement earlier in the day supporting z
Mig strate Corrigan. was not reached by
the call Magistrate Corrigan was not
present.
The meeting was hastily arranged
Chei Magistrate McAdoo decided that
some indication Of the position OF the
Magistrates ought to be given and in.
ttrIcted the clerk Of the board. Philip
Plock 10 telephone the members The
fourteen Of them who could be reached
gathered at 300 Mulberry street after the
dav courts adjourned and after consid-
srshle discussion issued this statement:
The undersigned City Magistrates dis
sent emphatically from the statements
printed by the newspapers this morning
bv Joseph f.. torrigan and signed by him
officially. We most earnestly dsapprove
c' CITY Magistrate. judicial offlcer,
undertaking to criticiss or exercise censor
thp over the executive branches OF the
ci,y government. We believe that such n
,oIrse tends TO bring the judicial ONCE
into dsrepute and sub jects us as IA body to
meritpd criticism.
We are not appointed to a position which
calls upon MS either 20 attempt 10 control.
direct or publicly censure the conduct OF
TIE city government. We reserve and have
tie right to make such criticisms OF in-
o'viduais as come before ms as is well within
cnr judicial province. But not otherwise.
We agree with his Honor the Mayor
that statements Of this character made
by such an officer make the police force
in>nbordinate or indifferent to their duty
and also tend to unduly alarm and mislead
orr citizens Our experience on the benc h
rorflrms Ms in the opinion that the best
government Of the city is attained when
there is hearty and earnest cooperation
and harmony between the executive and
judicial branches thereof. and therefore
We condemn attacks upon another branch
OF the government such as contained
IN this letter
WILLIAM MrApoo Chte' Magistrate.
krYaAK ]. q COMMON
HBNRy SrRINYPT.
MATTHEW p. BRHEN
HEvRy W. HRRBERE
PErxR T. FARLow.
tHARLKs v. APPLETON
Ohm =. rREscHI
cosss HERMAN.
RorERr c. COkkELL
DANIEL r. NpRrHi.
ArL kRorEL.
CWIRLRs n. HARRIS
When the Mayor reached the City Hall
Yesterday morning he was inclined to say
nothing in answer to Magistrate Corri-
gans statement that the Mayor was re-
sponsible for any shortcomings in the
present policing OF the city. But when
Chief Magistrate McAdoo brought offi-
cially to the attention Of the Mayor the
typewritten document given to the news
papers by Magistrate Corrigan Mr.. Gay
nor decided to make formal answer to 1t.
The Mayor thinks that the attack which
was made upon by him by Magistrate
Corrigan was prompted more by his re-
fsal to appoint Mr.. Corrigan to the Court
Of Special Sessions or to the Chief Mag
istracy than to any particular concern as
10 the -orime wave in the city.
This is tho statement issued by the
Mayor:
Chief Magistrate McAdoo has communi-
Gated with me with regard to this seditious
statement Of Magistrate Corrigan and what
measures his brother Magistrates should
take TO disavow II and prevent the like In
the future. This is now the third time. l
think. that Magistrate Corrisan has issued
such seditious statements. They are in
tended TO make the police force insubordi-
nate or indifferent to their duty.
have been instrumental by persistent
effort in having two Magistrates removed
by tho Appellate Division Of the Supreme
Court In the Brooklyn district and one
forced TO resign. None OF them was guilty
Of sraver misconduct, in my Judgment.
man this Magistrate is guilty OF. II 10
evident that shall need TO take tho samo
course over here. In fact the matter has
been mentioned among US for some time.
Magistrate Corrigan has just returned
from nine weeks vacation in Florida and
ieels SO healthy that he cannot contain him
seN and must attack those Of us who have
been right here all the while working for
The city wish could have got such a
vacation, or one-auarter OF IL. during the
hard winter
Magistrate Corrigan was asked last
night about the possibility OF the Mayor
proceeding against him. Tho Magistrate
declined TO add anything to his letter
Friends of the Magistrate last night took
occasion TO reply to two statements given
a. reasons behind his letter attacking the
Mayor
me OF the statements was that Magis-
,,d'e Corrigan was grieved because the
mayor had not appointed him to the
mel Masistracy of the board at the time
nav oiiice was created. MIR. Corrigan's q
friends said that it was true that the
Magistrate had written the Mayor at that
nm" mat he would take the place IL IL
Snoula he offered to him, but declared
ma mat was all he had done TO get il.
mother statement was that Mr.. Cor
Kan had wanted place on the Special
sessions bench and Mayor Gaynor would
~ CIV" II to him. To this Mr.. Corrigan' e