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New-York tribune., 1912-08-17
KILLED UNDER "a" TRAIN
Graduate Of Oxford and of Dub.
lin University a Suicide.

A graduate of oxford and the Univer.
sity Of Dublin. and a minor employe OF an
express company In this city. Thomas p.
OHaloran. about thirty years DID, throw
himself in front OF a southbound Ninth
avenue "L." train at 23d street during the
rush hour yesterday morning and was
ground 10 pieces before the eyes OF sew
eral hundred persons The motorman saw
him as he crouched to leap. but thought
he was trying TO pick up piece OF paper
from the platform. 81
The shrieking OF the whistle calling the
police brought greater crowd. and wom-
en- began to faint and scream One II
those most affected was Mrs. Rose A.
Read. Of No. 334 West 1lth street. She
wandered almlessly In the street, and
when she approached Harold Provost OF
No. 4l3 West 22d street, she acted In
such a peculiar fashion that he called IN
officer. She was sent 10 Bellevue, ell
IDENTIFY suffering under a terrific nervous
strain. 81,
OHalloran lived at No. Az West z4th
street, but was identified by Mrs. e. A.
Creelman, who knew him when he lived
at No. Az West 23d street. He was al.
ways quiet. well hammered young fel-
low, she said.
Traffic was blocked on the line for more
than half an hour, and trains wcrs
switched TO the Sixth avenue division a
63d street
New-York tribune., 1912-08-17
To Do His Duty.

When seen in his office In the West
6sth street station last night Inspector
John 7. Dwyer said that he had no
statement 10 make other than that he
would do his duty.
The new inspector is well liked by
the rank and file under him. and dur
ing his short stay as captain in the
West 6Sth street station had become
popular.
When asked about his service, In
spector Dwyer said that he had been
appointed n captain by Commissioner
Waldo on July IS of this year. and had
been assigned 10 the West 6Sth street
station. Previous to this. he said, he
had been attached TO the Harbor Squad
as q lieutenant. and had done most OF
his police duty along the waterfront
The new inspector was in his home.
at No. 436 18th street. Brooklyn, last
night enjoying AN eighteen hour leave
Of absence when he was informed Of
his promotion. He Immediately hur-
ried over TO the station house and as
sumed command.
Captain Edward Walsh, who was ap-
pointed a captain on June 90 last and
assigned 10 tho ST. Nicholas avenue
station, was transferred 10 the West
6Sth street station. and Captain Patrick
l.. Walsh. from Tottenville. Staten
Island, to the St Nicholas avenue sta
ton.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-17

The Bronx; J. o. Hammitt, secretary OF
the Citizens Union; Walter Lindner. So
licitor of the Title Guarantee and Trust
Company; Robert S. Binkerd, secretary
OF the City Club: Henry Green. organizer
of the movement to secure the abrogatior
OF the Russian treaty. and Charles p
Rowland, president Of the Public Educa.
ton Association.
Every borough OF the city is now repre.
sented on the committee. as called for
by the mass meeting resolution.
A committee on plan and scope was an.
pointed at the meeting yesterday, which
committee will report to the main COM
mittee on Monday or Tuesday OF nex,
week. at which time formal organization
will be effected. In the mean time Jacob
II. Schiff was unanimously elected treas
urer of the committee, to receive the con.
tributions coming in.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-17
sCHEPPS REACHES BUFFALO
Appears Perfectly at Ease-Msy Ar.
rive Here Monday.

Buffalo. y. T., Aug l6.-"Sam' Schepps,
one Of the central figures In the Rosen-
thai murder inquiry. whose arrival In
New York District Attorney Whitman
and the grand jury are awaiting, arrived
here tonight shortly after 8 o'clock.
Whatever secrecy had been maintained
as to the movements OF the party prior
10 their arrival In New York State ap-
parently had been laid aside, for i'm
naediately after leaving the train As
sistant District Attorney Rubin and tho
two detectives who are taking Schepps
back 10 New York took texicab to
hotel.
At the hotel Schepps stepped up TO the
register and wrote his name under those
of the other members OF the party. He
strolled about the hotel lobby for a few
minutes before going up TO his room.
Nothing to say tonight" was the only
reply that Schepps would make to ques-
tions from reporters.
At the elevator he met New York ac-
ouaintance, a bookmaker at the Hamil-
ton (Ont.) track. Schepps greeted him
with a handshake and chatted with him r
few minutes, apparently entirely at ease.
Mr. Rubin was not prepared 10 say
when he would arrive In New York, ap-
parently acting under instructions from
Mr.. whitman 10 make his arrival there as
unostentatious as possible. He declined to
say anything further in regard to his
plans for the next few days, except TO
say that he would spend tonight and to-
morrow and perhaps tomorrow night near
Buffalo and Niagara Falls. 1t is prob
able, however. that the party will not
reach New York before Monday.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-17
WARSHIP TRIP A MYSTERY
The Massachusetts Unexpect.
edly Speeds to New York.
TFrom The Tribune Bureau

II rom lHc Bureau.
Washington. Aug l6.--Much concern IA
felt by officials Of the Navy Department
over the hurried trip or the battlesh,p
Massachusetts to New York, no reason
having been given for putting in at that
port. II is believed some one on board
is dangerously III and that the purpose
Of the commander is to obtain special,
medical aid.
The bureau OF navigation to-day at
tempted to obtain some information, but
without success. There is a vague re.
port that u nidshipman has been strick-
en-. on board the Massachusetts arc the
third class men of the Naval Academy.
known as 1.-The Youngsters" while the
officers for the most part are instructors
at the academy. >
A record breaking run has been made,
and for that reason It Is presumed that
there was urgent necessity for the trip
New-York tribune., 1912-08-17
SCANDAL PUT ON FILMS
Delaney Street Residents OBJ
iect TO Murder Pictures.

AZ the old police station OF the 18th
Precinct. at No. IFS Delaney street.
which recently was taken over by NOV
ing picture concern and called the Ne"
Bridge Theatre, series OF pictures deal
ing with the Rosenthal murder will BE-
put on exhibition tonight. The police
have been asked to interfere, but It Is
not known what action will be taken.
In front OF the theatre is huge slSn
announcing, Actual scenes OF the Rosen-
thai murder or the great gambling scan
dal"
Accompanying this announcement are
drawings which show a man being shot
down by assassins in a motor car.
Several residents of the neighborhood,
who objected TO a show OF this character.
were the ones who asked the police TO in
terfere
New-York tribune., 1912-08-17
SAYS WIFE HACKED HIM
Manufacturer Has Her Arrested
on Assault Charge.

Mrs Elizabeth Bonnars. wife OF Gus
tave Bonnars. well-to-do fur manutac>
urer, Of No. lS0 Weldon street. Brooklyn.
was locked up in the Liberty avenue po-
lice station last night on charge OF fe-
lonious assault preferred by her husband.
Bonnars went TO the police station with
his head swathed in bandages. He had
two long cuts on his forehead, which ne
said his wife had inflicted with meat
axe.
Mrs Bonnars declared Bonnars got the
wounds by butting into a chandelier.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-17
Shake-up Follows.

After the statements have been given
out, the Commissioner next issued or
ders 70 transfer one lieutenant. two
sergeants and twenty policemen. Then
he summoned TO his private office Cap
tain DIVER and told him of his pro-
motion.
One Of the high officials in Head
quarters said he thought that perhaps
Hayes might have misunderstood a GER
tain order from the Commissioner.
six months ago" he said, "detec-
tives attached to Hayes's staff raided
an apartment in an uptown apartment
house. Immediately Hayes was sum-
noned TO Headquarters and was tolo
TO be very careful In the future about
raiding such places without first having
the proper evidence In his possession.
That order may have been the order OF
which Hayes told the Commissioner,
you see"
The official. however, thought II quite
improbable that the order could have
been mislnterpreted.
Hayes has been connected with the
Police Department for twenty-five
wears and six months. On July 6, 1911.
he was made an inspector by Commis-
sioner Waldo. II was said at Head
quarters yesterday afternoon that on
Monday or Tuesday Hayes would be
informed of the charges on which he
was 10 he tried. He Is allowed by law
forty eight hours in which TO answer
the charges and engage a lawyer. He
would be tried 1t was said. before
Fourth Deputy Commissioner Dillon
the trial commissioner" on Wednes-
day or Thursday.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-17
REPORTED IN DETROIT.
tBy Telegraph TO The Tribune.I


Detroit, Aug. 1s.-The report that Glib
the Blood" and Lefty Louie" sought by
the New York police in the Rosenthal
case. escaped the police here startled the
local force this afternoon.
The steamer Tionesta arrived In Mar
quette to-day. and a dispatch from that
city states that Burns detective was On
bonrd. The sleuth followed the trail from
New York to Buffalo and was satisfied
that tie two fugitives boarded the boat
at Buffalo. lie sailed on the same ship,
but failed to identify the pair when the
boat reached Detroit.
A man and woman left the boat at
Detroit, and as "Gib the Blood" Is sup
posed TO be disguised as q woman the
clew is being closely followed BY De-
tectlve Burns himself, who came to De-
troit to-day. Burns Is confident the
fugttives will be captured within the next
few days.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-17

IN the raids made Thursday night pS
Assistant District Attorney smith Ioi
feited $500 bail each yesterday. The other
four appeared, and their cases were az"
tourned until August 2l. the bail peihe
raised from $500 to $1,000.
Alice Smith, Anna Martin and winner
nina Thomas, negresses, and Grace WIZ
som white. were tho four who appeared
and whose cases were postponed hei.a
Krebs. Ella Lovett and Ida Richter dlo
not show up. It is thought that some one
who feared disclosures they might IhaAe
provided money to expedite their depart
ure from tho city. Mr.. Smith sald tna'
unusual efforts would be made to appre-
hend them, as he wanted 1t understoon
that arrests made in his RAIDS "sIe
serious matters.
Justices Forker, Moss and Mclnerney
were on the bench when the cases were
called In Special Sessions. II was JUS
t,ce Forker who. sitting az a magistrate,
issued the warrants on when the raiu
was made. The warrants were issued OH
the complaint Of Mr.. Holzer. superintehu-
ent OF the Society for the Prevention OF
Crime. Mr.. Holzer and Samuel Marcus
counsel for the society, were present III
court with Mr.. Smith
Afraid to Attend Court.
The cases did not come up unul All
other business before the court had oeeh
COMPLETED and there were few spectators
In court. Some attributed the lack OF
snectators TO the fact that those VINO
would have natural interest in the pro-
ceedings were afraid to show their races
IN tho Criminal Courts Building lest they
he arrested.
1t Is known that Mr.. Smith optalheu
warrants for several who were not arrest
-. The present situation, however,
far different from that prevailing wheh
the order goes out from HEADQUARTERS 10
"clean up." Such an order Is generaliy
known throughout the Tenderloin before
the men actually engaged In the ralu rear
ly know where they are going.
The four women who appeared were re-
manded until August 2l for further exam
nation. They had no trouble in getting
,ho hail. which was increased from 500 TO
1000 The bondsman for Refta hreos'
one Of the three women who ran away Is
Harry Goldsmith Henry }. Bolton lut-
nisbed hail for Ella Lovett and Ida Rich
ter, the other two.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-17
Entire State Shocked.

The citizenship OF the entire state has
been deeply stirred by the shocking ale
cations In regard TO an alliance between
the police and certain class OF law
breakers in New York City.
II IL is true that there exists q money
traffic in officially protected crime, OF
which murder has finally become an lnci,
dent that fact. howsoever terrible ana
terrifying, should be authoritsuvely oe-
termined and proclaimed in It's every az
certaina BILE detail, TO the end that every,
thing which has made such a shame1ui
condition possible may be trampied upon
and destroyed.
1t goes without saying that every ono
who may have participated In the levy
ing, collection or division OF money
tribute imposed as a consideration tor
police protection in breaking the law
and severely punished, and as no omcial
misconduct could be more sbhorrent
than a deliberate act OF murder under
the alleged circumstances on the part
OF one or more persons whose specihc
employment Is for the preservation OF
order, the prevention OF crime and the
protection Of life. failure 10 adequately
punish such an atrocious deed would be
too iamentaDie for words.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-17
COMMITTEE IS ENLARGED
All Boroughs Now Representation
panization Under Way.

The citizens committee appointed at
the Cooper Union mass meeting on
Wednesday evening met yesterday at No
l65 Broadway. The following new mem
bers were added to the committee under
the authority conferred at the mass meet
ing: William Allaire Shortt. OF Rich
mond. former Assemblyman William II.
Williams. president of the greensboro
Chamber OF Commerce: w. ". Niles. OF
New-York tribune., 1912-08-17
S5O,OOO PROFIT TO
VICE TRUST YEARLY

Attorneys office turned the work or get
ting the legal evidence against the re-
sorts over 10 the Society for the Preven-
tion OF Crime. because OF the better IA
cllities OF the society for securing IL.
The poor girls in THE Big Five" re-
sorts were subjected TO most rigid dis
cipline and fined heavily when they dis
Obeyed the rules OF the trust" the in
vestigators learned. They appeared al
tho stated houses at o'clock Gt night
and had to be out OF tho places by 4
They We're furnished with tickets, which
Were punched by the women in charge
Of the house. On basis Of 81 charge
nightly for room rent" the degraded
creatures found II hard to make any
money for themselves
Assistant District Attorney Smith oh
tained one OF the punches used at one OF
the places raided Thursday, and It's I'm
print on ticket" left the clear cut
shape OF heart. None OF the houses vls-
tied eheltered less than ten girls, and
some OF them as many as twenty-five. il
was said. The District Attorneys men
trailed twelve girls from one Of the
houses prior 10 the raids. 10 see where
they lived. They all went 10 a large fiat
building in tho neighborhood where they
dwolt in squalid rooms
The so-called board Of arbitration
which Mr. Smith had referred 10 in re-
gard 20 the "dIsorderly house trust" oc-
cupied Itself solely IN settling disputes
between the women IN charge. Of the
various .',sprtf and the girls over tho
punches on their tickets This kind OF
disputes were continually rising aud the
hard taskmasters Of the trust usually
gave tre complaining girl tie worst OF it.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-17
Expose tho Chief Aim.

And yet, even II all the abominable
things which have been charged are
true, regard the punishment OF an In
dividual as OF vastly less importance
with regard to the lasting welfare Of
the community and Of society at large
than that the conditions which have at
once led up to the final crime and at the
same time made It's contamination pos
sible shall be pitilessly barred IN IL COM
pelling and unshrinking judicial inquiry.
II there actually exists an infamous
crime syndicate, which has been so pre-
cisely charged, the punishment Of few
individuals Is only an incident in that
broader Justice which would. as far as
possible, obliterate the stain and infamy
Of the past by sternly providing for a
righteous future. Such a provision can
be effectively made only after a most
exhaustive and relentless investigation
which shall result in full disclosure OF
the facts
IL Is for these purposes that have ap-
pointed the extraordinary term Of court,
all proceedings before which l. of course,
expect and intend shall be In charge Of
the District Attorney
New-York tribune., 1912-08-17

"BaId Jack" Rose, self-confessed coli
,.ctor" for Lieutenant Charles Becker
and whose remarkable story OF pohce
graft and tho plot back OF the muroeT VI
Norman Rusenthal furnished the DistHC'
Attorney with the basic evidence needen
to indlct Becker and the actual gunneh'
was also the original source or iniorina-
tion which led 10 the wholesale ralnh
Thursday night on the places operated "
tbe "d,sordcrlv house trust" The Tribune
learned Yesterday This Is part or Rose
work" for the District Attorney "hlCh
has not appeared in any printed cohies-
sions" purporting 20 have come from 'he
Willy gambler.
The "disord.rly house trust" and the
raids conducted by Assistant Distr'c' Az
tornev Smith In conjunction with oNclais
Of the Society for the Prevention OF
Crime tn;a. on IN added significance
when Il is known that the grait from
tbis source leads directly into the same
police channels along which the protec-
ZION money from the gambling houses
was distributed. The information In the
District attorneys Office was tnat Becker
and certain police inspeetors-four nave
been mcntioned-shared tho gambHns
craft. The vice graft ia said TO nave
been shared by these same men, through
the ''disorderly house trust.
ono Of the men under arrest ana pfop-
ABLY facing an indictment for murder IN
the Ro.enthal case was the collector from
these resorts-the ones raided Thursday
for Lieutenant Becker. according to the
District Attorneys Information.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-17
SAYS HE WAS
FORBIDDEN TO RAID
Continued from first page.

,nand The 9Th Inspection District. IN
apectnr Dwyer's record is as follows:
Appointed patrolman october IL
1926. Granted leave Of absence APrLl,
i'nited states navy during the Spanish
American War. Returned TO duty No
venber I. 1893. Appointed a sergeant N
1908. Appointed a lieutenant In lsoS'
and a captain 1912, about six weeks ago
New-York tribune., 1912-08-17
ChauHeurs the Guides,

In the course OF getting the evidence
against these places the men on the case
found tnat many taxicab chauffeurs I'M
that district, as well as In the Tender
loin, were splendid sources OF Information
in regard to these and similar resorts
throughout the city. II was found that
many Of the drivers had lengthy and
similar lists Of the resorts, and promptly
referred mis- woud-be patron TO one of
them when asked.
The sleuths secured pretty conclusive
evidence that the lists the taxicab chauf-
feurs had were furnished them by mem
bers OF the "syndicates" which control
the disorderly house business. They wero
found to have lists OF gambling houses
also. II was said that many of the chauf-
feurs are known to be ex-convicts, and
naturally value their associations with
the underworld. They are supposed to get
their 'rake-off' from the disorderly house
proprietor" or from the proprietors OF
the gambling houses where they leave
their passengers
Rather than face trial in Special Ses-
sions, three Of the seven women arrested
New-York tribune., 1912-08-17
Organized Circuit.

Tho organized trust clearing house"
which the Assistant District Attorney
mentioned subsequent 10 the raids, dealt
with girls who did not prove a good
source OF income 20 the rapacity OF the
trust managers After a weeks trial at a
place, such girls would Do transferred TO
some other resort where the clearing
house committee" figured that the sur
rOundings might be a little more congen-
lal, II was said. The Inmates Of these
places were said 10 get % per cent OF the
proceeds, the other 20 going to the "trust."
one 81 tho officials Of the Anti-Vice So-
ciety explained yesterday why The Big
Five" trust employed so many women
"proprietors' for the resorts under their
control. The seven extra" houses mem
toned which were not run regularly. and
the substitute ''proprietors" were kept
on hand to jump from ono place 10 an
other on short notice when Il was sus-
pected that the District Attorneys men
or the sleuths OF the Society for the Pre-
vention OF Crime, were after them. The
trust In some way had an inkling Of
the recent activities Of the sieuths They
had no fear OF police raids, II was said.
At ono OF tho resorts raided by Assist
ant District Attorney Smith the other
night he found an Old offender In the per-
son Of one OF the proprietor" women.
against whom. he said, he had obtained
a previous conviction In Special Sessions.
The woman resorted to a qulck-witted ruse
10 avoid arrest. Smith said ne saw her
rush from back room into the hall and
quickly grab up a pail and mop, with
which she busted herself scrubblng the
floor.
AS We went up to her" said Smith
she broke into Yiddish dialect-though
she is French-and begged us not TO ar
rest her and deprive an old woman of
making living OF 81 or 81 u week scrub
bing the floor. She was identified by other
men I'm the raid. as well as by myself. as
an old offender. Something protruded
under her apron, and Oh searching her we
found the heart-shaped punch which she
used In punching the girls tickets"
Mr. Smith said he could not understand
amy good reason" why the police had not
known OF all OF these big Five" resorts.
He said they were all run very openly.
and that the raiding party found no
trouble IN getting In tho front doors,
which were opened readily when the men
approached.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-17
COFF DESIGNATED TO
PRESIDE AT TRIALS

and authority, set in motion By executive
order, was imperatively demanded by the
grave exigencies Of what might be termed
an unofficial indictment OF the metropoH-
tan police system.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-17

Albany. Aug. is.--At the request OF
District Attorney Whitman, OF New YORK
Governor Dix to-day designated Justice
John w. Goff to preside at an eXtraor-
dinarv term Of the Supreme Court. 70 be
held IN New York September for
speedy and vigorous prosecution OF IN
dictrnents which may be found" ss re-
suit of the Rosenthal investigation.
In announcing the designation OF Jus
tice Goff. Governor Dix issued state
rnent, in which he declared that II
there actually exists an Infamous crime
syndicate" as had been charged In
which murder has finally become an In
cldent." the facts should be authorize
lively determined. ito the end that every
thing which has made such shameful
condition possible may be trampled upon
and destroyed"
The Governors statement follows:
have promptly compiled with tho re-
quest OF District Attorney Whitman 1or
the appointment of an extraordinary Term
Of tho Supreme Court in New York City
and have selected Justice Con 70 p1esiue
at such term, in the belief that ms ueSIs
nation will be accepted as assurance ,nas
the court will be conducted with eosoiu'e
integrity. courage and persistency.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-17

SUNDAYS NEW-YoRk TRIBUNE
. Mailed anywhere In the United
States for 81 SO a year.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-17
Had Decided or Step Himself.

While there has been no reason 70
doubt the purpose and determination or
the local authorities to thoroughly inves-
tigate the shameful conditions which are
declared TO exist and 10 prosecute there,
for through the ordinary channels, l mad
already come TO the conclusion that the
ends OF Justice would be best served by
the convening of an extraordinary TERM
OF court for the express purpose. both OF
aiding such Investigation and OF provid-
ing for a speedy and vigorous prosecu-
fion OF ind ctments which may be found I:
end for that reason am free 10 express
INV satisfaction that the District Attor"
ney has now made II possible for me 70
carry out my convictions without rlsh
of possible embarrassment 10 the once
Of the prosecuting attorney.
T. of course, nave been aware that the
District Attorney was engaged In oe.
termined effort 10 ascertain the Facts ano
bring the guilty 20 punishment, and that
The Board OF Aldermen has already en-
tered upon an investigation OF the ponce
system.
But whatever might be the scope and
extent of these investigations ! believe
that an Immediate. determined and fear
les inqulsition under grand jury sii--'---
New-York tribune., 1912-08-17
CURRAN CALLS SPEER'S
APPOINTMENT A TRICK

discover the facts as 10 the Police De
partment The Rosentnal nuruer 10
enough by itself TO Justify such an in