New-York tribune., 1911-04-02


from personal observation and from what
had been told him by competent observers.
He read first letter from Miss Kelso OF
the Womans Municipal League In which
She asserted that the city had never had
so many prostitutes in its streets as dur
ing the last eight months. That II should
be So the letter added went without say
ing. If ore familiar with the fundamental
law of business organization stopped TO
consider the chain of evils that must re-
suit from the chaos Of mismanagement
publicly exhibited by those at the head Of
tho police system This letter. the magis-
;rate said. was written about four days ago.
Another. from James Forbes. agent for
the Association for the Prevention Of Char
liable Imposture, than whom. the speaker
| said. nobody was better informed on the
subject Of panhandling and strong arm
msn In New York. expressed the writer's
conviction regarding the truth OF the maGis-
! trates published statements. and said that
the way in which beegars now infest Fifth
avenue was point in confirmation. visible
TO any who wished 10 see The speaker
went on:
The Mayer. in his letter TO the City Club,
the manner that the excise laws are en-
forced by going around on a Sunday and
Looking into the WINDOWS. | did that my
self. In many cases the screens were up
or down, as the law prescribed. but ! no
tced that in almost every case when
looked through the window ] from
one to four bartendcrs drawing beer as
fast as the force Of gravity would press ii
out of the spiSot.
Now. the policeman may have noted these
screens ana the way they were used ana
what was going on inside but he is not
allowed 10 20 in and arrest the man he has
seen drawing the beer although il is proof
of misdcmeanor committed IN his pres
ence. In former times he was allowed to
do 1t and, in fact. he was ordered to do II.
And now. if | may touch on this ques-
tlon lightly for a moment, the Mayor in
MS letter says that We have as effective
enforcement of the excise law in New
York as we have anywhere else IN the
state. and in a few paragraphs further on
he says that in the rest of the state it is
not enforced at all.
! agree with Inn absolutely in both con-
tentions and that is one of the points
was en1eavoring TO make.
a police officer the other day, a man
high in the Department. don't want to
mention his name. because | know what is
apt TO follow too free conversation TO a Sc
ditionist on the part of a policeman-told
me that in one certain district downtown
there were now eight hundred unlicensed
places, selling liquor every day OF the week
in direct violation of the excise law. and
his hands are tied: he cannot go in and
enforce the law. He has TO so through all
this 'riSamarOle' Of going 10 the District
Attorneys office with a suspicion ans try
ing TO get things reduced to aflidayid form
and all that.
List Of 3!2 Criminals Given.
The code distinctly provided. Magistrate
Corrigan said. that ii was the duty Of an
officer TO arrest any man who sold him a
glass Of liquor in a place which had no
license. ana any officer who failed to do so
was ncglectins his duty. Another bit of
interesting Information which had come
into his possession was a list Of 3l2 Grim
iuals. all of them out Of towners. who had
come To New York since the opening This
list was dashed off by two policemen he
had asked for such list on the spot. He
continued:
This list of men have AZ my command
now has some very interesting facts on il;
from ii could give you the names Of
eighty-cight pickpo .ketS. Of twenty-five
hold-up men who are IN the streets now
and you are liable to meet them tonight
on your way home if YOU stay out too late:
and assure you Fog ODay aud
Knockout Sheehan' are among them. and
assure YOU they are not pleasant custom
ers to meet on dark street Each one OF
these twenty-five has been convicted at
least once and some of them three or four
. times.
could give you the names of lot of
confidence men YOU can see around Broad
way and 42d street any afternoon. or fifty
four badger women plying their trade oi
forty-six burglars and al of those ! got
in two or three minutes from d policeman.
johnny Dalton was here, but he left
town. The reason johnny left town was
that one day last week there was little
dispute in Chinatown and Mr.. Dalton with
some If his friends went TO the office OF
Or. Post when they got him there tnoy
tortured that man for a couple OF hours
and then Dalton pressed revoiver To his
stomach and shot him. II was in the news
papers. After shooting him he thought he
would like 10 leave town Dut ne didn |
went around to a gambling house Wlth ms
friends and went in and there he drew a
revolver and held Up the gambling house
the way Western outlaw holds up a
stage. went through everybody there took
the bank roll fired a few complimentary
shots at the dealer and walked out. Now
he is gone That Is not an aToai iTola'em NV III,
more | could give you names and places
all Won have TO do iS 10 look AT the news
papers to see how often that thing Is done.
Look at the gang fights. All the gang Lead
ers are in town.
Burglars in Cigar Store.
can tell You. for instance that if YOU
drop into the cigar store at hlvinston o, ana
kid" Twists biothsr. whose name Is
Denny" SlyfoX. YOU would meet num-
Der Of our noted burglars. such as "'ock-
eve" Harry. Abe the Lush and some
more
Eut there Is one man | think that even
the members of the city club must lecOg-
nize. who stands. I might say. as the apeA
of criminal outlaws. That man IS Monk
Eastman You have all heard OF him: YOU
an know that he was convicted; YOU know
he was sentenced 10 states prison for ten
wears Perhaps a few OF YOU know that he