The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-29

the detectives With part of the Dlack hand letter still in his possession.
 Every thief leaves his track. and there is no exception said Burns You have only to apply the same common sense methods and business judgment to this that you would to anything else,, to get results"
 Speaking of legislative corruption, sent to the penitentiary are the big fellows, the brains of the crooked deals, not the little fellows. like for instance the Columbus sergeant-at- arms. More men are sent to the penitentiary than ought to be sent there,'' said he. Men are not re- formed by sending them to the peni- I don't mean that am moved by any Idle ridiculous sentimentality. Not at all. But I do mean that there are many, many cases where the ends of justice can be subserved without send ing men to prison.
 1.-The men to send there are the men who are primarily responsible for fill up penitentiaries with little fellows and within week everybody would forget that they had been tried. But send the big fellow away, the brains. and he will be subject for discus sion for long time to come There's your uCttTTcuC 010CC TOT Crl1n6.
 The investigation at San Francisco did more to make people know what 1t meant to convict corrupt political bosses and corrupt Mayors and chiefs of police who were derelict in their duty than you can possibly conceive.
 He reviewed with a wealth of detail the circumstances of the San Fran cisco investigation. They had farm ed out every form of crime, he said, even to the pickpOcket privilege.
 But don't think for a moment '' said the speaker, ''that because I tell you about one chief of police who is corrupt, think there are many who are corrupt. That is not true. Nigh ty few are corrupt
 He told of the persistent attempts to blow up the men active in the prosecution, of the 5000 price placed on their heads and of the providential interferences with the plans of the would-be assassins.
 He told of how the detectives had created distrust among the grafters, and then found it easy to get evidence of bribery and corruption.
 Dwelling upon the conditions of San Francisco, he spoke of the farming out of dives, "the only places in the country where this particular sort of place was permitted to flourish were San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seat tle," said the speaker.
 Turning from the political to labor conditions, the detective said: Just as the political boss was entrenched there, so these corrupt labor leaders who are today the menace of this country, are entrenched in the labor organizations. And now," he added, I've come to our old friend, Gompers 9 He told of the arrest of the McNa- mara brothers, of his refusal to di- vulge the evidence at first, until Com pers forced him to make a statement Then he told of Gompers' visits to Indianapolis. He told of J. B. Nc Namara's offer of $50, 900 for his free dom
 He told of Gompers' conference with Darrow, of the terms, that Darrow was to get $5O,000, also $1OO a day and expenses. .'And don't forget said Burns, "the expenses were import ant.''
 Then he referred to the Debs mass meeting in New York city, with the waving of the red flags and the hiss ing of the name of Burns.
 '"The red flag!" exclaimed Burns. Liberty indeed! Treason is what I call it!"
 Burns told of the attempts at bri- bery "The program" said Burns, was to tackle, first the judge, then the district attorney, then Burns, then his men, then the witnesses, and final ly the jurors" He told of the sue cessful bribery of the first witness, who could identify J. B. McNamara, of the witness flight to Darrows of fee in Chicago, and of the recreant witness return with Burns son.
 '"The confession Of the McNamaras meant more to the people of this country" said Burns, ''than the hang ing of ten million McNamaras.'