New-York tribune., 1912-08-30
SAYS FLYNN IS WRONG
Dougherty Denies Getting List
of Gambling Houses.
WARRANTS DEAD" ONES
Deputy Commissioner Says He
Made 40 Raids and Took
174 Prisoners.

When William J. Flynn was appointed
by the aldermanic investigating commit.
tee TO act as chief scout I'm the city's graft
territories he declared that when leaving
the Police Department he had turned over
TO George S. Dougherty, his successor.
lists of gambling houses. lists of paroled
gamblers and their photographs and abou,
thirty unserved warrants against gam.
blers. which have not since been utilized
Deputy Commissioner Dougherty said yea.
terday that F'lynns statement was not
true, and he declared that Flynn had left
with him only q list Of twenty-one petty,
clerks in gambling houses and batch Of
unimportant and unseryed warrants
"Mr Flynn got me into the Police De.
partment and himself out so quickly" said
Dougherty that there was no chance for
the confidential chat | expected 10 have
with him before commencing my duties
Yes, as far as know, Mr.. Flynn did Sc
cure my position for me-
When asked for greater details the
Deputy Commissioner said
FLYNN called me on the telephone and
said ne wanted 20 meet me away from
Headquarters. After few minutes talk
he took me to the Mayors office. We
talked few minutes with the Mayor and
then went to Headquarters With COM
missioner Cropsey merely stipulated that
as long as | was honest and industrlousr
should not be removed from Office. II was
agreed. I was most anxious 10 make a
showing, and II had been given the list
Flynn speaks Of most surely should have ,
gone out and made n killing Those war,
rants were what are known as dead ones.
They wero nc dover warrants from raids
which Flynn had made. At the time T
asked Flynn why he wanted to put me ina
a position that he was quitting, and, asr
recall II. ne said that A. was because he''
was so very anxious to get back into ths,o
government service again" 80,
From May 10 August s Dougherty.
said that he looked oyer Flynn's detectives
and found that there was not one that tho
gamblers were not "on to-" Then he said,
he visited station houses and selected a p,
new batch OF detectives. G
However" H. continued. II found con. p
ditions In the city so wide open that de- .
cided that gambling would have TO receive. 4,
my personal attention. I'm the three and
a half months I handled the gambling
situation / made about forty raids and
took III prisoners"
II was said that one Of Doughertys
methods In securing evidence against gam
blers was to insert In a few sporting
papers such an advertisement as follows:
"Win pay any ore literally who can Oh.
tain evidence against gambling houses.
Address. Pastor" Tho Second Deputy
Commissioner admitted that he was the !,
pastor" referred TO I'm the advertisement
Some of the gambling houses which
were raided by Dougherty during the
period OF which he spoke-prior 10 the
time that the three special gambling
squads were organized-were "Beansey'
Tom" Lloyd's. Bob" Smth..
Regan and Considine's and the Wyndham
Club In 46th street. owned by stewart &
Diemel. Later Dougherty learned that
"Sim" Diemel was a neighbor of his down
at Sheepshead Bay, and 50 he straightway
raded him two or three times more.