New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-31
GAYNOR WON'T THROW
WALDO TO Wolves
Becker "Got in with WretChed
People. Became of Them, and
Took Money of Them"
"COMMISSIONER DECEIVED"
Wont Condemn Him for That,
and 1t May Happen Again,
the Mayor Tells People
at Baptist Church.

| Mayor Gaynor. speaking last night at
the Central Baptist Church on Law
| Enforcement In New York" after eulo-
gizing Rhinelander Waldo on his fit
ness for the Office Of Police Commis-
| soner, declared he would get out Of
Office himself before he would throw
him overheard to the wolves" The
Mayor said in part
The Mayor has TO rely largely on his
heads OF departments, and / nave, at
all events at the head OF the police a
man brought up In the city, OF good
family-no rufiian at all, as we have had
heretofore but a gentleman, highly
educated man, a man OF means and a
man absolutely incapable OF taking a
wrongful dollar or doing a wrong thing
with anybody
Now, il he is deceived or fooled. will
condemn him for that? No, sir They
call on me to throw him overheard to
the wolves. You have seen pictures OF
people travelling In Russia, and one
throws the other ont OF the sleigh TO the
wolves, haven't you?
But | made up my mind without bias,
and until somebody can show something
wrong on Mr.. Waldo, II anybody had TO
be thrown out Of the sleigh 10 go to the
wolves | would jump out myself. And
while this pack OF wolves was eating mo
up poor Waldo would get away, wouldn't
he? ] have notion that he would come
back and help me. / don't think he would
go away at all.
He also stated at length his oft
expressed views OH preserving outward
order and decency, laying particular
emphasis on the fact that under the
law no man could force his way into
another mans house. unless he had
courts warrant based on legal evidence
OF wrongdoing. II 1t were otherwise,
he said, the way would be opened to the
police for unlimited graft.
Violation cf this principle, he said,
WAS what led Becker into his present
trouble. Speaking Of Becker. he said
Now, I might illustrate what am say
ing by a recent occurrence In the city
u,itb regard to the gamblers, and mis-
ersble lot they are. | suppose you read
their names i'm the newspapers-a miser-
able lot of degenerates
II was found that a lieutenant OF police
bad cot in with these wrstched people
and become OF them and was taking
money of them. And one thing led To an
other, and finally one OF tpem was nur-
dered--a nan OF INFAMOUS character
In fact. every one we have heard about
In the whole thing so far has killed any
where from one TO seven men, according
70 the testimony L have received. They
are bad people.
Well this lieutenant I'm place OF pro.
cacdIng according to law had proceeded
outside of the law, had departed from
the instructions of his superiors, had be,
come an evil man: and in that way and
i'm the other way ] have been describing
to YOU got in with these people, and for
some months was collecting money from
them II is always the case, and that
banpened Why. there has been an awful
ado made about IL In this city.
nrisad IL II had been an inspector OF po-
ice that had been caught in place OF
little leutenant-not a Oit.
He said he would not be surprised