Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-05
Waldo Welcomes
 Police Probe
HIS FIRST FORMAL STATEMENT
 IN RosENTHAL CASE
PUSHING THE SEARCH
Trail Leads Towards Boston-Throuqh Courts Failure to Convict Gamblers Obtain Practical Protection.

New York, Aug. 4-Police Commits sioner Rhinelander Waldo tonight | gave out his first formal statement relative to the Rosenthal case. The | commissioner recommended an impar- | | tial and thorough investigation of the charges made relative to the alleged | | connection between the police and | gamblers. At the same time he de- | clares that gambling can exist only | because the gamblers can obtain what | | amounts to protection from the courts | and asserted that gamblers do much | of the corrupt election work of the po- | litical parties who place the judiciary | on the bench.
 Close On The Trail While the issuance of this state | ment was the most important develop | ment today it was reported at police | | headquarters that detectives were | 1 close upon the trail of Lefty" Louie | and 'Gyp" the Blood" (Harry Horo- | witz), the two remaining gangmen l sought by the police in connection | with the murder.
 | Inspector Hughes spent his third day in personal charge of a force of de- l tectives near Tannersville, in the Cats l kills.
 It is known positively that "Gyp the Blood" Lefty Louie" and "Whitey'' Lewis were in TannersvilIe last week. | Lewis left the others to go to Fleisch- manns, where he was captured. Horo- witz and Lefty Louie" however, are | believed to have remained in Tan nerville.
 Fight Expected.
 Both Lefty" and "Gyp the Blood" are known as desperate men, reputed to be dead shots. A hard fight is ex- pected by the police when the de- tectives finally attempt to arrest the alleged murderers. Meanwhile pri- vate detectives and police officers are securing Boston and vicinity on the strength of the report that both Lefty" and Horowitz were recently seen in that city.
 Becker to Plead.
 District Attorney Whitman, who has been spending the week end at Man chester, Vt, will return to this city tomorrow morning and resume his | work in the case. Lieutenant Charles Becker, deposed head of the strong arm" squad, was today preparing him self in his cell in the Tonhs for his ordeal tomorrow when he will be ar raigned in the court of general ses- siens to plead to the indictment eharg- ing murder. Neither he nor the other eight prisoners made any statements today,
 Commissioners Statement.
 Commissioner Waldo declared in his statement tonight that at no time in it's history has the police department been So we'll prepared to stand an in- vestigat1on as at present,
 4The best interests of the public and of the police department itself demand that a thorough and impartial inVesti- gation be made without delay in order that the guilty, if any, be brought to justice and that the confidence of the people be restored in the police My only desire is that every allegation which has been made shall be thoroughly investigated and that everyone who is guilty of any wrong doing shall be dismissed from the po- lice department. to the members of which they may have brought dis grace, and that they may be sent to prison as q warning to other mis- creants
 Gambling can exist only because the gamblers can obtain what amounts to protection from the courts. Gamblers do much of the corrupt election work of the political parties who place the judiciary on the bench. Members of the police department could not ob- tain graft from gamblers if they did not have the excuse that, while it was a matter of common knowledge that gambling was being carried on in given house, they could not obtain evidence which the courts would ac- cept as even sufficient proof on which l to issue warrants.
 Where Courts Come In ) Gambling would not be a police . problem if the courts would convict a man of gambling on the same evil dence as they would convict him of murder or burglary, However, under = conditions which have existed for many years in New York; the enforce ment of the gambling law has be-
 come most difficult and has led to much rascaIity. Gambling cannot be ! suppressed without the cooperation of the courts.
 g Securing Necessary Evidence. ! No attempt is made by any mem bers of the department to deny the
 existence of gambling houses The ex- ' cuse of an honest or dishonest inspect
 or for a house that is running Is that
 he Is unable to secure the necessary
 evidence on which he can obtain war
 rants for entry to suppress the h nuisance
 - Tt is possible to say that. under the q system of checks now employed, there n can be no grating in the police de- t, partment but 1t can be safely said that s there has been no protection sold if which anyone has been in an official s position to deliver,
 n The systematic circulation of false Il rumors against the police administra- .
 tiOn cannot be attributed entirely to
 malevolence. It is necessary to seek
 some other cause. For months prior
 to the publication of the Rosenthal affidavit io was common rumoI T amongst gamblers that a fund was be- U ing raised and that young newspaper e men were being employed as press n agents for the purpose of discreditine II the police administration which had y caused the gamblers to close their q doors
 The police department is made the
 object of attack by every self seeking
 politician who is willing to sacrifice Ia the public good to his own desire fol IS publicity and political preferment." It Fugitives Not Surrounded n Catskill. N. Y. Aug At was re- ported here today that New York de- "a tecttYes at Tannersq file, N. Y, neal
 here, had definitely located and sur
 rounded 'Gerty Louie" and "Gyp tht
 Blood" (E1 1a1ry Horowftzj the t&t
 sangst6Ts wanted iii connection W1ll Ill the Rosenthal murder, but this prov ei tonight to be erroneous. The fug1tivei al have not yet been found but the de l. tecttves are continuing their searcl le in that vicinity. large force of meI Id under Inspector H ughes is using ever] Id effort to round up the two missin!
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