The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-18
Inspector Hayes, Demo-
ted, Is Preparing
for Fight.
SAYS THAT MAYOR
is RESPONSIBLE
No Secret That Gaynor Has
Been Running Police Depart
ment and Opposed Making
OF Raids-Hayes and Becker
Said to Have Been
Bitter Enemies.

New York. August l7.-Inspector
Cornelius G. Hayes. reduced. suspend
cd and ordered TO trial for falling to
suppress disorderiy houses and for
laying the blame on Commissioner
Waldo announced to-day that he didn't
intend to be anybody's scapesoat lie
said his defense will be that he held
back from. raiding disorderiy houses
because he had been told By the com
missioner taat the Mayor did not
want raids made.
That is the truth" said Hayes Il
expect that they Will break me next
week. out l am going TO make i night
before they put me out OF tho depart
ment."
The denoted inspector outlined the
uv.-nse he will make when he appears
for trial on Thursday. lie Will sub
nit nrst. that from Commissioner
Wa4ao he received numerous orders.
as the commander OF the fourth in
spection district. not to enter dis
orderly houses for the purpose OF get
ting evidence. and that he was told
further that the only evidence neces-
sary was seeing { sufficient number
OF men so into SUCH places; second.
letters and speeches made by the
Mayor advocating outward decency'
and TO how policemen should act
as regards disorierly houses and
gambling houses: third. that Commis-
sioner Waldo over the telephone or
oered him not TO raid disorderly
houses, saying that the Mayor be-
lieved that such activity was likely TO
increase police grating rather than
decrease II.
Every Inspector knew 1t.
one difhculty in NY case IS that I
pay no; he able TO show in writing
tthat my orders came from Mayor Gay
nor" said Hayes. But knew. and
every inspector in town knew that the
Mayor was running the police depart
meni, and din't approve Of the Gus
tomary methods OF getting evidence 90
Hayes said that short time ago
he raided nine disorderly houses about
which he had received complaints. I'm
mediately after the raids Commission
or Waldo. Hayes says, sent for hin,
and ordered him not 70 DO any more
raiding unless he got specific instruc-
lions from headquarters.
The commissioner told me" said
Hayes Tho Mayor has informed me
that he doesn't want raids OF that ma
ture made because they make graft
possible took it for granted that I
Was nor 70 secure evidence until con-
suited the commissioner. tried TO
explain on Friday. but he wouldn':
listen and suspended me"
Hayes said that he did not sc, to
police Headquarters Friday afternoon
until the other Manhattan inspectors
had been questions by Commissioners
Waldo as to whether any % them was
responsible for the interview accusing
the commissioner
was at the West sixty-eighth
Street Station the inspection district
headquarters. when l got an order to
appear at the commissioners ONCE. "
said Hayes I was ushered in without
delay. The other inspectors were
there. The commissioner looked as if
lie was angry lie pointed finger at
me and asked what my orders had
been. l didn's understand what the
row was about. I merely said:
You know what my orders have
been"
The commissioner pressed me abou,
the orders and told him. said:
Your orders we're that shouldn't
take any action until YOU gave orders.
That made him madden that ever.
and he ordered me to take off my
badge, and notified me that had been
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