The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-26
MAYOR BEFORE GRAND JURY
ASKED To SET A TINE. HE
CHOOSES TO-DAY.
Two More Gamblers Plead Guilty and
BECOME Fiynn's Wards Jury Ol,.
'ained TO Try the One Who Pleaded
Not Guilty Roulette wheel In court.

tained 10 Tsy the One Who Pleaded
Not Guilty Roulette wheel In Court.
Mayor Gaynor will appear to-day before
the Grand jury which has been inquiring
into police conditions. After talking the
matter over informally Maynard Hollister.
foreman of the Grand Jury. and George
Gordon Battle. acting for the District
Attorney. decided that the Mayor should
be invited to attend. District Attorney
Whitman had directed that no subpoena
should he Issued fof him
Yesterday morning Mr. Battle and MIR.
Hollster went to see the Mayor. 1t is
said that at first he wished to decline the
invitation. feeling that he could not spare
the time. He was told that he could fix
the day to suit himself The Grand Jury.
which sits Mondays. Wednesdays and
Fridays. would be glad to see him on any
day.
Foreman Hollister spent most of the
afternoon with Commissioner Cropsey
at Police Headquarters.
After Judge Rosalsky had adjourned
court in Part I. of General Sessions yester-
day j. d. Hill. secretary to Commissioner
Flynn and Lieut. Collins of the Commits
sioner's Office superintended the setting
up of a roulette wheel in the court room
The wheel is not one of the crooked"
II mt, IN a ho,
in East Twentieth street where George A.
Noyes. now OH trial as common gambler.
was arrested. II is said that IL CROOKED"
roulette wheel is introduced at any of the
trials it will take at least two days prep
aration to make the necessary electrical
connections and see that it runs as it
should
The wheel was set up just in front of
the jury box and its operation will be ex-
planned to the jury. In order to qualify
for the jury each man had to testify that
he had never been inside a gambling
house. The choosing of the jury for the
Noyes case took up all Of the afternoon
session yesterday.
Eugene Goren and william Walker,
whose real name is said to be George
Whiting. pleaded guilty yesterday. Sem
tence was suspended and they were paroled
in Commissioner Flynn's custody Goren
was arrested in a raid on West Twenty
fifth street and Walker in a raid opposite
Tammany Hall.
James Smith. whose correct name is
said to be Stanley, and Charles Wilson,
both Of whom were arrested in a raid
opposite Tammany Hall. we're discharged
II is said that when one man OF several
caught in a raid pleads guilty. as did
William Walker yesterday, the others
are likely to be turned out. The police
say that Smith or Stanley il lieutenant
Of Sonny Smith and that there are other
indictments against him.
letter protesting against the sending
OF Fifty policemen. members of the Police
Band. to a concert TO be given tonight by
the Woodsmen Of America in Stapleton.
Staten Island. has been sent to the news
papers. II is dated April rs and is signed
"Bandsmsn. There is nothing in il to
show whether il was written by a police
bandsman or by bandsman in civic
life who thought that his band or some
other not connected with the Police De-
partment should have been called on
The master Of the lodge giving the con-
cert ia Andrew Fetherston of New
Brighton. His cousin is j. T. Fetherston
Of 10 Lenox place. New Brighton, Super
intendent of Street Cleaning. The an
nouncement Of the concert states that the
Police Band will appear by courtesy of
Deputy Police Commissioner Driscoll."
The Police Band was organized several
years ago. but was never officially recog-
nized until about three months ago, when
it was put under the command of Driscoll