The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-17

Waldo declared in his letter that there were 19 coo policemen in New York swlro had nothing Y..to, do. with gambling and demanded that tile dis trict attorney clear these men of his charges. The letter was expected to accentuate- the break between the DO, lice commissioner and the district att torney which promises to- result :. ir serious revelations before the case is f1nallySsettled. The Waldo letter as as follows: -aA.t ss,.-
 1T have the honor to again urge that a complete investigation be made | by you without further delay of the allegations made in the press that members of the police force have been in partnership with gamblers and ot the statements that you are alleged to have, made by the public press that members of the department are guilty of instigation of the murder of a gambler. :
 "Immediate action By you is neces- sary in the interest of good order and are honestly doing their duty should not be beSTnirched by individuals who may be raSca1S.
 Under the present organization of the police department, less than 15O men have any connection whatever with the enforcement of the gambling laws leaving over 10000 men free from suspicion in connection with. gambling. It would appear to be unjust that the reputations of the entire force should be attacked on. account of the allegati of a confessed gambler that subordinate police officer who had never been entrusted with any special power had been his partner It is unfortunate that the desire for pub licity should lead anyone to unjustly attack a body of men on account of the alleged wrongdoing of a few.
 inv foot fi11cr otia of &I1 police in connection with the gamb- ling situation, investigation should also be made of the courts and of the district attorneys who could stop gamb- ling if they desired by upholding the police and sending convicted gamblers to jail instead of letting them go free on suspended sentences or with an in- significant fine and issuing court or ders' requiring the police to return to the gamblers. gambling apparatus seized in raids.
 Again assuring you that I will, in every way, support you in bringing all of the facts before the public and conviCting the guilty, I remain, very respectfully, Rhinelander WaldoH'
 After sending his letter to the dis trict attorney by special messenger, Waldo held a conference with Deputy Commissioner Dougherty and Inspec- tor Hughes, in charge of the detective bureau
 Waldo declared that his inVestiga- .tion of the Rosenthal murder was pro- ceeding satisfactorily and that all of the murderers would be under arrest shortly
 He said that there was no doubt that Rosenthal was killed because he had ::tsquealedp on certain gamblers and declared that when the complete story was made public it would be found that certain charges against some of the police were utterly un- founded. Waldo. however, did not deny that some policemen might have been indirectly concerned in the mur- der but positively declared that ev- eryone mixed up in it would be brought to justice.
 District Attorney Whitman said, to- day:
 "I do not wish to be misunderstood. do not wish to go on record as hav- ing charged the murder up to the DO" lice department Commissioner Wal do has done good work in this matter no war with him Or with the police department as a whole,
 II do charge, however that the po lice permitted the murder to take place and deliberately allowed the murderers to- escape. Of this I have proof. There were five policemen within easy reach at the time of the murder. and not one of them drew his pistol or did any of those things that a policeman would naturally do under the circumstances.
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