New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-06
District Attorneys Views.

! in the police courts which were later sub
| mitted TO the grand jury. one OF these
was at the request Of policeman: the
| other was at the request Of one Of my
! assistants. An indictment was found in
| tho former case: in the latter no Indict-
ment was found.
But ] want 10 gay that 7 don't hc-
! liave that there is a magistrate in this
! city or a judge on the bench who would
refuse TO hold prsoners against whom
! the police had presented valid proof.
IT'S an old, old story. It's older than
/ Commissioner Waldo himself The police
| prepare case for the magistrates court
! In such a way that the defendants are
| held But when that case comes before
IN" grand Jury. for some uuaccourtablo
reason the police testimony g far weak
o.. While In tho magistrates court the
police swear that they have seen the
prisoners engaged at the roulette wheel;
before the grand jury they say that they
saw some one al the wheel. but whether
It wac one Of the prisoners taken by
them they cannot say positively.
ut has been said that II should be easy
to stop this by prosecuting such police
men for perjury. The general public does
not seem TO understand that contradiction
I'm testimony IS not perjury. II Is neces-
sary 20 prove that a certain specific state
ment made under oath is lie. You can't
take both statements and argue that since
they are directly opposed one Of them Is
lie You must take the statement that
the policeman saw certain man at the
roulette wheel and prove that that IL a
falsehoOd, or you must take the other
statement that lie is not sure that that
WIS the man he saw and prove that lie.
1T is the old story-as old as the hills
and almost impossible ~ prove.
Records Of Raids.
Commissioner Waldo's statement gives
T. list Of raids "a follows:
Arrests made AT places controlled by
Sam" Paul al the following address
giving dates and u!spos tons: SO. ~
Cooper Square. Nos. l% and l3o East l5t1
East 18th street 90,
street entered by members OF the De
tective Bureau, IN charge Of Li"utendht
Jones: seven prisoners; two discharged
on November 10. 1911. :. : Judge Moss;
five discharged on February -, 1871 =.
:. Judge Foster.
August l2, l9il-Nos 1874 and lS5 East
Central Office squad assigned 10 First
Inspection District Office; FIVE prisoners,
violation Of Section o. ~ the penal Ia"
discharged, Magistrate Kernochan.
september .. lgll-No. - cooper Squar"
! entered by members OF the Central once
/ squad assigned 70 First District ono
| three arrests FOR violation OF Section $40
OF the penal law; discharged Magistrate
] Oh
December 0o :. isIiDNos. 1874 and l35 East
! 18th street entered by members OF the
! Central Office squad assigned 10 fNNL
! District once; three arrests for violation
OF Section go Of the penal law, and one
| FOR violation Of Section ssS o. the penal
! law; discharged. Magistrate Krotel' Thlrd
March 2. lsl2-Nos. 1874 and l35 East 18th
| street entered by members % the 'entA.
/ Office squad, in charge Of Lieutenant
! Costigan, seventeen prisoners; three dis
charged magistrates court. eight as
charged srsnd Jury AND and =, ,S e o9hV'o'"'
/ April .. lsl2--No. l05 Fourth avenue en-
( tered By members OF the central once
squad assigned 10 First District ono:
three arrests for violation OF section -"
Of the penal law; discharged; Magistrate
! McQuade, Third Court
April II. l9l2-Nos 13i and 1876 East
! 18th street entered By members OF the
Central Office squad IN charge or Lieu,
]
with violation OF Section ,9s6 OF the
penal law; one discharged and two
fined $50 each: Magistrate Russell. 5; :.
May ~, l9l2-Nos. l34 and 1876 East
| 18th street entered by members or The
| Central ONCE squad assigned 10 lst Dis
| trict Office; four arrests for violation OF
Section go OF the penal Law and three
for violation OF Section sSs Of the penal
July 6. isI2-Nos 1874 and 1876 East
18Th street entered by member Of the
Central ONCE squad in charge OF Lieu
| tenant Becker; six arrests for violation
| of Section 9S6 OF the penal law, one dlB-
| charged. Magistrate House, Third Court
july is, i912-Nos 1874 and 1876 East
18th street entered by members Of tho
Central Once squad assigned 10 the 81
District Office: two arrests for violation
| Of Section $40 OF the penal law; dig
charged. Magistrate Krotel. Third Court
| March g. l9l2--No. 218 East 18th
| trial Office squad in charge OF Iheutena NJ
Costigan; one arrest; discharged, grand
April g. 19Ic-No. 2ls East 18th street
entered by members Of the chief in
| spector's squad; two arrests for viola
ton OF Section go Of the penal law: lis
charged, Magistrate McQuade, Third
April II. 1sl2-Nos. 1874 and 13s East
Central Office squad In charge Of Lieu
tenant Becker; seven arrests: I'VE dis
charged, grand jury; two fined $50 each,
3. s.
The commssioner' statement con-
tiuues:
on March q 1912, al $40 p m. gambling
| house kept by sam Paul. az No. 1876
/ East 18th street. was ralded on warrants
| issued by Chief Magistrate NcAdOO on
| evidence obtained by Detectives Henry
Q. Jessup and Lawrence J. Beinc. OF
|, Special Squad No .. Seventeen prisoners
were arrected and arrsigned before Mag
istrato Corrigan, In the Sd District Magis-
| trates Court on March 2. They were
held for examination March s. on that
| charged with acting as doormen were
discharged on accommodation Of the AS
! sistant District Attorney, and fourteen
| held for trial, eight being charged with
| felony and six With mlsdemeanor.
| On April is. 1912. officers Jessup and
! Beine appeared before tho grand jury.
| Of which Joseph /. Day was the foreman.
| and testified against tho eight prisoners
| charged with felony. but no indictment
was found. In May, 1912. the same Off
| GERS testified IN the Court OF Special SEES
! sions against the six prisoners charged
| with misdemeanur. who were convicted
and fined 80 each. Chief Justice Russell
| presiding.
! nv the two officers mentioned on Febru-
! ary %. 81 %. - and March J of this
| year. and was given before the grand
| Jury In the same manner as IL was In the
| Court OF Special Sessions.