The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-02
Names and Figures to Show
That Crooks Have
Hurried Here.
GAMBLING ACTIVE AGAIN
Murderer Who HsId Up q Gambling
House for Money to
Escape With.

talked for two hours yesterda, after.
noon ct the Saturday luncheon az the CT,
Club in defence of his recent open letter,
declaring tha. the city is wider open thao
in the ncvcry dP's and that thrrp is II
general reign of lawl0ssnAss n" won.
into details in his effort to support hil
stand that the police are tcrrorincd u,
the attitude OF the MAJOR
Foreman Maynard Hollister and lou"
other members Of tho Grand Jury tha.
present. It is said ths. his entire tall
il to be sworn to by Magistrate Corrigan
and presented to the Grand Jury a. n
basis for examining Commissioner Crop
sey. probably on Monday.
Magistrate Corrigan was introduced
by ex-Assistant District Attorney Howard
Cans, chairman Of the City Club COM
mtttee on police, who read extracts of
the report of the Lexow committee and
said that from his own investigations
he il satisfied that conditions are ius-
as bad now as to graft from disorderiy
houses and gambling resorts and said
that from statements made by high
police official he believes tha, graft t,
the police at the present brings them we'll
over 81 900 900 year and possibly as much
as 5000. .OO0. He said. however. that '.
believes the Mayor is sincere in his at;
tude. and ia also convinced that MGS;s
trate Corrigan is sincere. He believed
that graft 10 the chief canse Of the demon
alization Of the police and that grst.
would exist 40 long a. there are laws which
the majority Of the people don't wa.
enforced.
At the outset of his talk Magistrair
Corrigan read an extract from niagizir
article written by Mayor Gaynor in 1905
when he was still on the bench. in which
the Mayor said that he believed he had
a right to speak Of the lawlessness of tic
police although he was a Judge. anc
Magistrate Corrigan thought this gave
him right to talk on the same subject
As to my removal" he added, that
can be done in only one way I, rest.
with the Appellate Division. a body al
learned and upright Judges. and to them
am willing now and always will be
to entrust my fate. ! challenge him 10
bring proceedings to have me removed
from Office"
Magistrate torrigan said he never
claimed he could produce a specified list
of crimes or of excise violations or houses
Of i'll fame, but that he had acquired a
large amount Of information from his
own observations and from com! etent
authorities. He thought a Magistrate
who is onto his job at all" holds his finger
on the pulse Of crime and conducts "a
great criminal clinic. He said that it,
has heen intimated that he should have
given his information to the Mayor di-
rect. but said that on October Is last
he wrote to the Mayor saying he would
like to zee him to give him some informa-
ton. but has never received a reply.
He read "A letter from James Forbes,
the mendica ncy expert. stating that the
Ma gistrates remarks concerning the
prevalence Of panhandlin and the bolo-
ness Of the beggars are true.
As to excise enforcement, he said any
one could see that although the saloons
have their shades up on Sundays. as til"
la directs, from one to four bartende..
are drawing beer.
He said that high police Oh cial told
him that in one district downtown theIs
are more than 500 unlicensed placer selling
liquor every day. He insisted that u
policeman who sees q drink sold on
without making an arrest 10 liable
TO prosecution himself for neglect OF duty
Magistrate Corrigan said he was re.
ceraly talking to two friends of his, one
a detective and the other a store detec.
tive, concerning the influx of foreign
crooks since the town was opened up.
He asked them to name as many Of thu
foreign crooks as they knew. and in %
few minutes he had the names of 3ia
foreign criminals who have come here
since the police relaxed their efforts to
keep the known crooks out.
The list contains the names of eighty
eight pickpookets and of twenty-five
holdup men. whom you are liable To
meet on your way home tonight IL you
are out late" headed by Fog O'Day and
Sheehan. He said that he
ooulo name many confidence men to be
seen about Forty-second street and
fifty-four badger women and
forty six burglars.
Johnny Dalton was here, but he left
The reason Johnny left was that one day
last week there was a little dispute In
and Mr.. Dalton and some OF
his friends went to the Office OF DR. Post,
When they got him they tortured him for
a couple OF hours and then Dalton pressed
n reyolyer 1 n hia atomach and shot him,
After shooting him he thought he would
like to leave town, but he didn't have any
money. What did he do' He went
around to a gambling house with his
drew q revolver and held up the
house like Western outlaw OH the stage.
went through everybody there. took tho
fred q few complimentary shots
at the dealer and walked out Now he il
gone"
Magistrate Corrigan said that tno