The evening world., 1912-08-26

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explained the Inspector. AT tho time
your summonses reached me, I was
working uadsr personal orders from
Commissioner waldo. preparing mat
ter regarding disorderly places In my
district. was unable 70 leave that
work."
Your explanation II satisfactory"
said the Magistrate. Thereupon he IS
sssd q warrant fer one OF the men
s'sOeed by Dryers detectives and
summonses for two others
10000 A YEAR INSPECTORS
WiRErApPiNo GRAFT.
Cumulative Information appears to
show that the police officials who were
implicated in the grating oper stion- dia
not stop at collecting what IL known
in police circles as clean nonry"--ths.
In. money taken from gambling house
keepers; protection tolls were demanded.
n the District-Attorneys Information Is
accurate. from persons pandering to
every form OF vice. Including those who
maintained opium joints and resorts for
other drug fends.
The District-Attorney has evidence
swindiing men OF means by the fake
overlapping system has been run In
New York by a syndicate virtually IL
censed BY the pole. The wlrctappcrs. II
10 claimed. turned over TO police officials
n PERCENTAGE OF their profits from every
''svcker" that came 90 their net In re-
turn for this division the police are al
legged to have driven out the aspiring
crooks VINO tried 20 break into the game
OF the Csondorfs and their allies In the
',wiretappinG'' game. one Inspector II
said to have melted $4,000 from the
wlretappers.
District-Attorney whitman. before
leaving for his Vermont country home
last week. gave orders that ths graft
evidence be In shape by the time OF
his return 70 permit him to issue sub
poenas for conflrmatory PURPOSES The
orders have been carried out ana Mr.
whitman has enough evidence on hand
to warrant him beginning aggressive
action tomorrow.
Sam Schepps. the irrepressible. ex-
hibited his six-cylinder nerve again
to-day In West Side Court. when he
was arraiGned as q vaErant. In pur-
suance Of the adjournment OF his case
agreed upon . week ago to-day. The
charge Of vagrancy Is technical and
was meant to hold Schepps for the
purposes of the District-Attorney.
0cHEPPs CONSENTS TO AN.
OTHER WEEKS STAY.
Although schepps was accompanied
erx hU L. In
Ter. he took upon himself the voicins
Of his complaint Magistrate House
proved TO be = symr athletic listener.
when came back here OF my own
free will" said Schep. n. II understood
j was simply . material witness. I
want to call ~, attention OF your
honor to conditions out In that prison.
why. Your Honor. they treat m.
Ike convict. ] yet no privileges at
al any more than people locked I'D.
charged with heinous crimes I want
10 register right now my objection to
the treatment ] have been getting and
70 demand that l be allowed some com.
forts"
Magistrate House said he would talk
TO District-Attorney Whitman AMI try
- have schspps's distress alleylated.
With this understanding schepps con.
scented 70 another technical POSTPONE
msnt Of one week. schepps wants the
Ddstrsct'Attorney to lodge him IN a
hotel.
Police Commissioner Waldo !s secretly
making . personal INVESTIGATION Of graf;
ID his department. 1t Is know that h.
has declared that he cannot trust any
sody." He will not resign. bu, 10 de-
tsrmined TO stick TO the ship" 1t Is
Sid he II using his private fortune 10
0osoy outside detectives 10 run down
the grafters who have - working
under his ve-y nose.
WALDO sNvGSTioATiNo iNs7Ec-
ron oLoeG TO HIS OFFICE.
II was omy recently that ne saw the
light" and when II began to dawn on
him that no had been hoodwinked by
men he trusted he announced that he
would b the FIRST TO repudiate any
member Of the department proved
gallty.
The Commissioners Investigation Is
particularly directed against one Of the
INSPECTORS closest to him. whose name
hAs frequently been whispered IN con-
nses1on with profitable grating.
NE Commissioner warmly defended
ehae man ~ well as two others men
toned soon after the Jack Rose and
ur1dgsy Weber confessions One OF
tbs three 10 now said 10 be ready tc
aaks . clean breast OF everything &c
O1strict-Attorney Whitman. lie Is con.
vincsd. according 10 report. that they
have the goods on him" and the bes
thing he can DO 10 TO make y frAnN
statement.
Should he DO 90. Il 10 asserted. Il vii
szposs several o...ers high In the de
partment Mr.. whitman expects, II HI,
plans materialize through this man, 4
tear down the "system."
oioTRUoTe EVERYBODY NOW
" 10 DECLARED.
In his inquiry Commissioner Waldo ha,
had eesort - most every superior Of
ncsr about HssdauArters His faith II
human natsre has been 30 shattered, 4
IL said. he has accused sone OF then