The evening world., 1911-03-23
got such a vacation. OF onc-duartsr
Of It, during the hard winter.
What Mao.s- IS Say.

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" It, during the hard winter.
What Mag. IS say.
Al the City Magistrates were deep
~ Interested In Magistrate Corri-
gan's deliberate pronouncement last
night that New York was a wide-open-
t~imorously policed town. In which tho
grosser forms OF vice and violence were
on the Increase. They were especially
Interested In Magistrate Corrigan's bold
ness In charging the condition OF things
described by him directly upon Mayor
Gaynor and "nfteen months OF govern
ment by epistle."
All the Mag strates were open in their
admiration OF Magistrate Corrlgan's in
dependence In voiclng his ideas. None
Of them vas wilnng to back his state
meDs OF facts or his conclusions. Mag
lstrate BUTTS in Harlem Court aid ne
though; this the most important bear
ing Of the statement.
Called Fearless Public Servant.
III Judge Corrigan believes all the CON
ditions he describes 10 exist has
fixed the responsibility for them In hi.
own mind after careful consideration Il
was his high duty to speak out 10 the
citisens Of New York. III go further
and say he has rendered a grea; public
service and demonstrated to our citizens
that their magistrates are fearless and
Independent public servants"
Magistrate Herman said the state
ment was exceedingly interesting. but
declined to talk about 1t for pubiica-
ton
squareiy Up TO Mayor.
Magistrate Corrtgan had carefully
prepared his statement and sent a copy
OF It TO each new spaper in the city. He
began with tho bald statement that
crime was Increasing and tho appre-
henEon and detection OF criminals de-
creasing. but that some people we're not
able to hx the responsibility. Then the
statement continued:
That responsibility rests upon n
man and on him alone, and that man
is tho Mayor. The prevention and de-
lection OF crime are In tho hands of the
police, and Gaynor rules the force. He
has curtailed the power OF tho COM
missioner. attempting to exercise II
himself. and by 30 doing he has de-
morallzed the force and made easy the
way OF the transgressor."
Later In the statement Judge Corrigan
enumerated eight Ways in which the
onstrated:
l. Complete disregard OF the excise law.
.. The prevalence OF crimes OF
violence n robbery. connected with the
social evil.
J. The failure OF the police to modest
except with a few spectacular aid
and the Whit OF the collector" open
gambling houses ms pool rooms.
4. General graft or partnership between
policemen and ~law-breakers.
8. The city Is oyerrun with impudent
strong arm beggars.
8. Criminals from all over the count
have gathered In New York for q pre-
sumably safe harvest.
z. Grimes OF violence, murders, high
way robberies. gang battles Increase
and the criminals are undetected and
unpublished.
s. TIT police are confessediy afraid TO
do their duty. III a man keeps out Of
trouble he Is doing we'll" The safest
way In the presence OF q crime. Us to
turn the other way"
Government by Eplstle.
The statement concludes as follows.
1t u to this condition OF the force that
all the other evils must be attributed
When a policeman feels that he has not
the support OF the dominant authority,
that the word OF any convicted crook
will be taken IN preference to his and
that he must submit to a beating at the
hands OF the criminal or a complaint
under the Mayors orders, II Is idle TO