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Frey and the policemen who were on
post In the neighborhood OF the Metro
pole at 2 A. NJ. last Tuesday. They were
able to exonerate themselves from sus-
picion OF having loitered on the job.
whitman scores waldo.
Late yesterday afternoon Commissi oner
Waldo received letter from District
Attorney Whitman. a com unication
which illustrated the present tension be-
tween the Police Department and the
District Attorneys ofYice. Mr.. Whitman
objected to the tone Of the last letter
Waldo had sent him and referred to the
Commissioners tone as insulting. Here
Is the letter:
Hon. Rhineiander Waldo. Police Commits
stonsr New York ri'p
Sin: Answering your letter Of July n
you again urge" that ! make Q complete
investigation without further delay" OF
public allegations Of partnership between
policemen and gamblers.
When you asked this before Herman
Rosenthal. who had made the charge.
was alive. I had proceeded 80 far that he
was to appear before the Grand Jury and
give details and names Of other gamblers
TO substantiate his charge. On the niRht
evidently by men who feared his testimony y
or their aRents. on the principle that dead
men tell no tales. The awfulness Of this
situation cannot he lessened by "again "
urging me TO proceed without further
delay
You are the ono 70 defend the regulations
Of 10000 policemen. Their real defence
rcste In the unrsvelline OF this murder mys-
terry and you have Under your direction
n small army Of detectives and a fund Of
money applicable to detective work.
With such resources a. I have. small az
compared with yours. I am continuing
the work 40 dreadfully checked by murder
and will make the heat use Of eviden &c
| which you may discover. The duty Of in
! vestieation rests upon you as well as upon
me and In proportion to our means for in
vesttgation.
The newspapers have printed my auto
| graphic statement to the effect that I do
not charge the Police Department with
the murder OF Roscnthal. A copy Of that
statement IL enclosed. Nor have ! at any
time suggested that the entire force IL asso-
ciated with gamblers. have worked with
the Police Department many years and !
bear cheerful testimony to splendid work
done nv policemen.
The insinuation that I am moved by desire
for publicity in attacking the large body Of
policemen on account OF the alleged wrong
doing OF few Ia untrue. unfair. and seems
! to be an attempt to turn public attention
away from the vital point. So Is tho aug
gestion that the investigation include the
conduct OF courts and Judges and District
Attorneys for alleged inadequate punish
ment OF gamblers. Perhaps you do not
know that the District Attorney does not
impose the sentence. But attacking the
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does not help to f:nd the murderers OF
| Roscnthal: nor to determine the question
| Of partnership by certain policemen with
| gamblers.
| Passing over the insulting tone OF your
letter. for in grave public business ofYicials
| have no right 70 give way to personal re.
sentiment. remind you that this Is the
present situation. and that YOU have ar
otf,cial responsibility in connection with
every phase OF IL
What the Police Face.
| rist: Herman Rosenthal charged thai
| he had been forced into a partnership with
a police lieutenant. and that other gambler
we're in similar situation. just as he wa.
about to testify on this subject and 10 civ,
details and nance he was murdered pub
icly-dramati tically You demanded. and
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Investigated. How? by what wttnessesi
He is dead. He has taken the other name,
with him. In the face of this murder will
other gamblers rush forward to tell? vii
guilty policemen confess? Is this inquiry
one that can be conducted. except by th'
agency Of detectives. which branch OF tn,
public service 10 under your charge ant
direction?
Second: Tho murderers OF Herman
Roscnthal got away from seven policemen
who were very close TO the scene OF IN,
crime. and who obtained no evidenc,
| whatever. In running down the murderer
the first responsibility is yours. for you hav
the force and the means provided by th'
city and by the State for such work.
Whatever IL within my power. as pre-
senter OF evidence and \ prosecutor. vii
he done. and what resources ] have for III,
work OF investigation will be used TO thei
utmost.
have this additional suggestion. ",
are servants Of the public. In this crisi
our duty OF cooperation should not b,
affected by too much attention to printed
stories. My heart is in this matter.
want TO show the criminals OF New Yorl
that when a man. no matter how low, offer
his aid to the public prosecutor he will b
protected; or. II he fails. that those respon
sible for his death. however remotely
shall be punished to the extremity OF tn,
law. Respectfully
CHARLES 8. WHITMAN,
District Attorney.
r s.; A you published your letter t.
me | give this answer to the press.
Waldo DoesnT Reply.
The Commissioner was asked il h,
cared 10 make any statement in answer
to the District Attorneys attack. H.
laughed and said he guessed none wa,
necessary. He intimated that he expected
more action and less talk from the Dis
trict Attorneys office.
The Police Department has no knowl-
edge Of the pending investigation by
william j. Burns Of the alleged connection
between individual policemen and gam
blers in the Tenderloin and elsewhere
But from other sources It became
known that Burns IL to get busy at onoe
He was at Atlantic City yesterday, but he
will be here tomorrow to talk over with
District Attorney Whitman the genera
steps he will take.
Burns to Go Back Of Murder.
Il ia known that the main purpose OF
Burns's work will be to dig up the motive
for the killing Of Herman Rosenthal. He
itself and to find what situation existed
that would make Rosenthal's death of
particular Importance to any man or
group Of nen In or out OF the Police De-
partment.
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