The Calumet news., 1912-09-06
Gaynor Represented In Trial as
Recognizing Social Evil as
One to be Endured
WALDO is PUT ON THE STAND
Police Commissioner Denies He
Got Any Instructions

New York, Sept 6.-The relationship
between Mayor Gaynor of New York
and the police department, the may
or's attitude on the city's so-called vice
and excise problems and the extent to
which the department followed his
public declarations of his attitude,
formed the basis of relentless cross
examination undergone by Police Com
missioner Waldo today I'm the trial of
Cornelius Hayes, a suspended inspect
or. on charges of making false state
ments rejecting on the commissioner
For nearly an hour Thomas Thatch-
or, Hayes counsel. sought to read in
to the record the mayors speeches
and utterances on the vice problem.
Thwarted in his efforts by Assistant
Corporation Counsel Farley. appear
ing for the police department, the law
yer finally gained recognition from
Trial Commissioner Mckay, by this
declaration:
II am merely trying to prove Gay
nors policy was one under which So
c!al evil was recognized as an unde-
| sirable problem, which had to be en-
dured, but the evil had TO present a
| front II outward decency; that In the
| failure OF Inspector Hayes to raid
disorderly houses he merely was re-
hecting this policy, and that any or
ders issued TO him by Waldo were di-
rectly the result of that policy
Thatcher has been permitted to
proceed to discrimination along
the lines he desired.
Doesn't Mayor Gaynor direct your
policy toward vice?" he asked Waldo
'He does not" snapped the COM
missioner.
Don't you know the mayors views
on vice are we have 10 suffer that
evil?"
II do not know anything about the
mayors Views except what he told
me. He never told me anything like
that"
"Has Gayhor instructed you how to
deal with dsorderly houses?'
He never has given me any instruc-
tions on that subject"
"As matter of fact, you didn't ex-
pect Hayes to raid disorderly houses
In his district now did your
'T expected him to raid every disor-
derly house OF whose operations he
could obtain evidence"
"You knew disorderly houses were
flourishing in that district for year?"
81 presumed Hayes was making an
effort to close them up"
Waldo was a refractory witness. He
had frequent encounters with Thatch-
er.
waldo testified he called before him
on August 16, various inspectors, to
ascertain which one, If any, had given
hn anonymous interview published
that day, to the effect orders had been
! given by Waldo that no disorderly
houses be raided without his instruc-
tions.
Hayes told me he understood his
| orders were not to raid disorderiy
houses without specific instructions
from me-" waldo continued.
, Had you ever given him such or
ders?" asked Assistant Corporation
Counsel Farley representing the de-
partment.
Il mo. gave him no orders other
than the general instructions to OBJ
| serve the peace. good order and en-
force all the laws"
waldo said he never instructed
} Hayes to refrain from obtaining evil
dence against disorderly houses
! The district attorneys office ex-
: pressed satisfaction today i'm the dis
: covery Of Salvation Army lassie, who
! had rooms near the Hotel Metropol'
a and was an eye witness to the murder
, of Rosenthal. II said she can identity
several, II not all Of the men involved
. i'm the shooting, and make valuable
state witness. Another witness
member OF the Elks' club here, ha'
been traced TO Troy