New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-03
"Red Light" Prober Charged
with Attempt to Bride.
VICE RAMPANT IN ALBANY
Witnesses Say Every Form of
Gambling Flourishes
Unmolested.
tsy Telegraph TO The Tribune !

Albany, Nov. The story OF the arrest
early to-day OF William Dugssn. one Of
the private detectives engaged by James
w Osborne to investigate the red light"
district, was told on the stand before the
Albany Investigating committee to-day.
The arrest was made by Patrick Sheehan.
a detective attached to the Albany police
force, who Duggan testified Yesterday.
expected So after releasing from custody
2 man Of the red light district following
a street fight.
On hearing OF this testimony sheehan
apparently kept close eye on Duggan
last night. and followed him to the Globe
Hotel. where he heard him say to Frank
Armstrong. whom Sheehan had let go.
that all he had was S." Sheehan immc-
diately placed Duggan under arrest and
On the witness stand to-day ne told the
committee that the private detective was
endesvoring to bride Armstrong to leave
| the city, so that he would not be called
es a witness Sheehan denied the testi-
mony which puggan gave about him yes
! terday.
| -Wpen the private detective was called
he said that he had been friendly with
| Armstrong during the DAYS he was posing
/ as hsbitue Of the RED light district and
! that at the Globe Hotel he was merely
paving back money owed 10 him DuGg Ill
was released after Messrs. Bryan and
| Peckhsm, Of Mr.. Osborne's legal stan
| communicated with Chief of Police Hyatt
Gambling in Albany was again taken W
to-day by the Investigators One Of the
witnesses vas Arthur !. Roy, an assist
ant at the Dudley Observatory, who re-
peated the testimony he gave before
George D. Beatty. appointed by Governor
Hughes in 1905 10 hear charges preferred
against Sheriff Joseph Bosch by the CIyit
League As 4 result OF Mr. Beatty's re-
port Governor Hughes dismissed tbs
charges. n fact which was not brought
out in the testimony TODAY.
After other witnesses told Of gamblint
at the White House and the Eastern Tel
| egraph Company on Broadway. the Cor
poraton Counsel. Arthur i. Andrews. IN
! formed the committee that raids had bee
made on these places many times and The
owners had repeatedly obtained injunc
tons from the courts restraining the 20
lice from interfering with them. Mr.. An
crews suggested that change I'm the Law
! 20 prevent this be recommended. The sug
gestlon was thankfully received by IT,
coHimittee. Several private detecti'e
swore that all forms of gambling had beer
conducted for years without moles.ation.
John J. Magolton, an inspector under tn
| state Controller. who had examined tn
| hooks of the Board Of Contract and sup
! ply, said that i'm this city no attention
was paid to the section in the uniform
| charter Of second class cities. providin'
| that all supplies or contracts aggrcgatlh'
more than $50 lee had hy public bidding
| He said the law WAS evaded by spittin'
up the amount of = contract go that eacl
item is less than so. lie gavo from hi
notes many Instances showing the prac
tice.
| .ir. Magolton also told Of an instance
where he required the city to compel IN
| Union Trust Company Of Albany to sun
stitute 10000 in hegotia bic securities 20
securities which he held were not neEo
! table. the trust company having Deen des
| ignated as depository for certain cit
funds He testified that the CorporatlGi
Counsel. Arthur L. Andrews, acted for tn
| trust company In this transaction.
Mr. Osborne. chief counsel to tho com
mjttee went IN Ballston Spa about moor
to-day 10 argue before Justice Kellogg ~
| his application for a writ 10 force William
! Barnes. ir., 10 answer certain questions
and the hearing was continued here thi
afternoon by Mr.. Bonney. his assistant
The committee may sit on Saturday.