The evening world., 1911-04-05
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re ne might have had with Mayor

shook ais head.
'reh the truth advised his lawyer,
III Won went 10 the Mayor. or II YOU
had any Communications OF dealings
with him. own ~ and tell
BN November continued 20 say n 4.
Then Magistrate Corrigan made him
admit tina; he had once boon arrested
for gambling and had been fined 81.
The lawyer broke IN 20 say that there
we're underlying motives in the case
which id not appear on the surface,
and that his client occupied the nm
happy position Of being ground up 81
make girls; for the quarrel between
high city omNils. hut Magistrate COR
rigan angrily halted him.
"Th.. man is plainly guilty Of wing
under OATH he said. II an going TO
try 10 chcck perjury In police courts,
and ] propose to make an example OF
him. | hold him ia bonds Of 500 for
carrying q revolver aud ! direct tho
detectives to prepare a charge o. per-
jury against him.
Jacob Levy was next held on a charge
OF imporiling the morals OF the young,
the basis OF the charge being that his
lNNl AffANN " ~Nfl vi w - W. Nv w."
club whc then the raiders came. Then
Magistrate Corrigtn set himself TO the
TASK OF dis2o.irg Of the other prisoners,
a number q whom. the detectives
claimed. were well known as general
thieves and rickpo,kets.
Whitman Co,fers With Mayor.
White this Mas go.ng on down the East
GtAa TNFaHYNat. AYt,Vy.Ns NHhRsW.aV taa
leaving his Office FOR the CITY Hall -
confer with tho MAYOR regarding Misls.
traje Corrtgan's charges hat the police
force s denorallzod and crime Is ram
part. There was u report tina, the new
April Grand Jury had been requested by
the Mayor to take mp tho issues raised
In the Corr!Ean-caynor row. but judge
Rosalsky o! tho Court OF Genera Scs-
s.ons. VIII ir2ineled this Jury. said lie
had heard nothing Of such q move.
The March Grard Jury went ahcsl
: this afternoon with It's own inquiry
into the crime conditions. Among the
witnesses were Magistrate Corrigan,
Inspector Russell Of the Detective Bu.
reau. Lieut.. Cohen. who has charge Of
the "squcal book' at Headquarters. In
which secret complaints OF robberies
and ~holds-ups are preserved, and DE-.
George Mcpherson Hunter of No. 20
Wal street. n director OF the Sea-
mep's Friends Society.
Before entering the Grand Jury room,
Dr. Hunter told an Evening World re-
porter that at least fifteen sailors had
been robbed or assaulted In the vicinity
OF the society's mission near the Chelsea
do0tss He said his work had taken him
intos hfteen great scaports and that IN
onk one other was crime so Migrant
aidngrhe waterfront as in New York.
Assistant District Attorney Frank
Moss announced that he would set
aside-Fridny for hearing statements of
citizens who might have anything to
saH either in favor or condemnation
of the police. He extended a general
invitation 20 the public TO come to him
on thas date.
q :, Filled Ten Wagons.
I'm spatrol wagons and forty de,cc-
tlves Today brought to the court. which
Is tenYporarily at First street and Sec
ond avenue. ioi supposedly bad young
east siders-the fruits OF the raid which
i'tkaA2 'piHltilHSlpllfl IIg mn leu ldHt
nlgh1 upon the Delaware Club. or the
lot .nff<en carried themselves with an
addcd @pride OF bearing. as bentted
youths who had achieved the distinction
OF Rogues' Gallery pictures.
The others were mainly rodent-faced
stun players and amateur gangsters,
not yet risen to the dignity OF being
classified as thieves. but nearly all filled
with the hope Of som day attaining
such police distinction.
In the course Of his controversy with
maSorGaynor Magistrate Corrigan Lad
said the Delaware was an open resort
for -ctminals and that gambling went
on fhere constantly. He had named as
itr managers no less a pair OF under
world celebrities than Yiddel Novem-
ber.- the former lieutenant OF Monk
Eastman. and Benny Slyfox tZweisachD,
a ypunger brother OF the famous Kid
Twtt.. who. with Cyclone Lewis. was
kiliea-by Louie the Lun? at Coney
island- two years ago.
Accordlng to the police, Benny Slyrox
left me Delaware yesterday afternoon
just ten minutes ahead OF the coming
OF the raiders, SO that his Scared faco
WAS not to be found In the group "
prisoners to-day.
Overlooked the Cells.
The others had spent the night In the
cells under Police Headquarters, There
were so many Of them that they over
flowed the male section and were
housed partly in the part OF the lock-
up where women are sometimes kept.
1t was a ~sleepless night, not only for
the Delaware club members. but for
every other inmate Or the hold-over
jail. Friends brought to them 400 roll
sandwiches and ten gallons Of coffee.