The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-24
CREELMAN POURS OUT
HIS Walls OF WRATH
President Of New York Civil
Service Commission Calls
Lawyer a Liar.
SCOUNDREL
Accuses Waldo Of Putting
Crooks of All Kinds on
the Police Force.
By International News Service.

BY International News Service
NEW YORK, Sept. 23-Crowded
galleries alternately cheercd and. hissed
and grave aldermen Of Greater New
York shook their fists and passed the
lie at the aldsrmanic graft investiga-
tion committee session today when
James Creelman, war correspondent,
author and president OF the civil ser
vice commission, put the responsibility
for the alleged employment of en-.
bezzlers, thieves and perjurers on the
police squarely up to Police Commits
sioner Rhinelander Waldo.
Creelman caused sensation when he
denounced the probing aldermen as
scoundrels, declared petty politics the
motive for the investi tigation, and called
Alderman Bowling individually a ly-
ing scoundrel. 1t was by far the hottest
hour the graft investigation, brought
on by the murder of Herman Rosenthal,
has produced Creelman, on the witness
stand, flew into a rage when Special
Counsel Emory Buckner pressed him
about the appointment of unfit men to
the police force, the respon sibility for
which was laid on the civil service com.
mission by Police Commissioner Waldo.
Calls Lawyer a Liar.
You must not lie all the time he
shouted to Buckner. "I absolutely de-
cline to be submitted to any further
examination if you are going to put
such lies in my mouth. [ decline TO
submit to an examination by linr,''
You are uttering lie when you
say that I did not take into account ell
that was shown me by the police
records. You put lies in my mouth.
1t shows that the police maintain
lying bureau up there blackening ev-
erybody and blackening this fair city's
name.
~ decline TO be made q butt by
petty little ring Of Republican poll
ticians. 7 won't be examined by lot
Of petty politicians"
Alderman Bowling jumped TO his feet
TO defend tie aldermen under fire.
owe are not petty politicians" ho
exclaimed
Says Alderman Is ScoundreL
"You are lying scoundrel II you
say that!'' shouted Creelman. "You
are ali scoundrels for allowing such
things as this to go on. You all ought
to be ashamed of yourselves
In his testimony Creelman flatly con-
tradicted the charge that the civil SER
vice commission was responsible for
the appointment Of unfit policemen to
the force, He said that the men wore
accepted by Commissioner Waldo with
out giving the commission II chance to
investigate charges.
The witness told the aldermen Of a
visit paid by Waldo to the civil ser
vice commissions offices one evening
shortly after tho commissioners ap-
pointment as head Of the force and
how at this time Waldo went over to
the records Of men rejected by former
Commissioner Cropsey.
Puts Blame on Waldo.
Waldo selected a number from the
list--according to Mr.. Creelmhn--and
said he would appoint them as patrol
men. He did not ask for any verifica-
tion in regard to them,
Creelman further declared that Com
missioner Waldo had requested the COM
mission to re-certify applicants with
out further investigation and he added
that this left the civil service commits
sion no option In the matter what
ever.
Commissioner Waldo, when on the
stand last week, declared that the ap-
pointment of these unfit patrolmen was
no concern Of his, that he had merely
selected the names in order from tho
list supplied by the civil service CON-
mission, The witnesses thus flatly con-
tradicted ench other,
1t become known this afternoon that
the members Of the commission also
purposod recalling Mayor Gsypor to the
stand. this time, however. not by In
vitation, but by subpoena
Richard yelling, member Of the
civil service commission, also testified
that Commissioner Waldo certified
men for appointment on the police
force whose records had not been in
vestigated by the commission. He laid
the blame for the appearance Of crooks
In the police department on Waldo and
substautiated Creelman's Testimony to
the same effect.
Salt Lakers in New York.
Special TO Tho Tribune,