Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-24
WALDO'S LIST
OF LANDLORDS
Society Leaders leass
Houses for Illegal Purposes.

New York, Aug. 24.-Police Commits
sioner Waldo is preparing a list Of the
owners of every building which, during
his regime, has been used by the les
see as a gambling house, disorderly
house or for other unlawful purposes.
This list will be made public.
The lights in the chief inspectors Of
fee burned late while inspectors and
lesser officers of the department col
lected the names and other data con
corning every place suspected Of
housing wrongdoing since Commission
er Waldo took office. And at the same
time each Inspector has been digging
into the records, at the commissioners
orders, to unearth the details Of raids
and reports on suspected unlawful re-
sorts during the administrations of
Messrs. Baker, Cropsey and Waldo, OR
since the beginning Of Mayor Gaynor's
administration, so that each inspector
may furnish the district attorneys of.
fee material for the proposed John Doe
inquiry before Justice Golf.
pbcllCS VI tue dIlesl VI LOulS IhOScu-
zweig c'Lefty Loule'') at some distance
from New York came into police head
quarters and to the district attorneys
office, but neither the police nor Mr..
Whitman or his assistants received re-
ports from any official source to sub
stantiate the stories. The district at
torney's office busted Itself more with
graft investigation and preparation for
the John Doe proceedings.
A panel of fifty Jurors from which
the twenty-three men who will com
pose the special grand Jury for the X
traordinary term beginning Sept. 8,
with Justice Golf presiding, was OBJ
tained by District Attorney Whitman
on Thursday. The list Of names and
addresses Of owners of properties which
have been used as gambling houses or
iisorderly resorts or suspected Of hnr-
boring gamblers or prostitutes will In
clude, so Commissioner Waldo said.
some Of the most prominent names, so
cially and financially, in the city.
Lefty Louie" Not Caught.
When this list is ready" Commits
sioner Waldo said today, anybody
who wants one Of the lists may have
It,"
Commissioner Waldo when asked
whether headquarters had received
any definite word as to the arrest of
Lefty Louie" said:
n word has come to US. I hope 1t
Is true regardless, of course, whether
our men made the arrest or not. If
any Of II men have taken Lefty
Louie we would have got word of the
arrest"
In sending out posters announcing
the offer by District Attorney Whit
man Of a reward Of $1,000 for the ar
rest Of "Gyp the Blood and Lefty
Louie" it was said at the district at
torney's office that although the print
ed poster definitely mentions that the
police of New York are not to share
In the reward, the police were called
upon to help in sending the posters
broadcast throughout the country. The
district attorneys office called upon
police headquarters for their mailing
list, and Commissioner Waldo's men
Ibid a large part of the work of direct
Ing the posters. To more than 5000
police chiefs, sheriffs and lesser Off
GERS throughout the United States was
mailed the poster containing the offer
Of reward and a description Of the
fugitives.
The two members Of Lieutenant
Becker's strong arm squad, Detectives
James c. White and John G. Stein
ert, who were indicted on charges of
oppression and perjury In the alleged
conspiracy to convict big Jack" Re
llg on a second offense Of carrying a
revolver. pleaded not guilty when ar
raigned before Judge Mulqueen after
their night In the Tombs.
The two detectives thereupon were
remanded back to the Tombs in de-
fault Of $4,000 ball for each.