New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-06
Waldo Must Be Either Fool or Knave if He
Thinks No Gambling Has Been Going
On, Declares Magistrate.
MOST IN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
Sam Paul Never Arrested, Although His Place Has
Been Raded Thirteen Times-Judge Swami De-
cares Courts Impose Fines Because Only
Underlings Are Arrested

,.Ustrate Frederick House, sitting in
- Mems Night Court, gave out the fol-
.r,ng statement last night relative TO
y. gambling situation in this city:
q understand Commissioner Waldo has
WIDER serious indictment. He wants
,roU what has become OF six men
~. uere arrested in sam Paurs gam
,s., resort and arraigned before me, in
81, nol,ce court. l Will tell Mr.. Waldo
-, Eve Of the men were held for trial
"a ona was discharged. because the AS
s,,.rt District Attorney advised 30.
~ hove no hesitation in saying that the
.,..iristration Of the Police Department,
s..n Gsvnor and Waldo at the head. has
,.ns, 70 pieces. I see that Mr.. Waldo
..,rns 70 think that there has been no
-r,bl,ne going on. He either must be
banned fool or a knave if he thinks So"
Worst in Years, He Says.
MAGISTRATE House was asked if, in his
,,Iriop. gambling has been as extensive
y carried on in the last few months as
ho. been alleged. He replied:
az have no hesitation in saying there
he. beeu more gambling going on since
he administration Of Gaynor than we
have had in the last twenty-five years.
.sincs have been in the courts have
,svsr vet seen a police officer bring In
the principal or owner of g. gambling re-
,or, He always brings in the men
who are employed there, and never have
seen a proprietor arrested. Now, then
N, Waldo himself has said that sam
paul and Rosenthal were actively en-
ssssd as proprietors Of gambling resorts
gu why weren't they arrested?
Magistrate House was asked II nc at
nebed any special significance TO the fact
IA, owners OF gambling resorts have not
zen arrested.
q certainly DO" he replied. The 20
-, IN nv opinion. never intended 10 sup
rsss gambling. Any one who lives IN
ysw York and who makes a study OF
Np5ltious knows that gambling has been
solDg on. Why, Mr.. Waldo, in his own
statement related how his men had made
numerous arrests. Then he comes out,
,irer giving In detail the number Of az
-ssts and says that there has been no
.ambling. This, in my opinion. Is very
oolish and I cannot understand how he
should be mislod.
II has been said that the conditions
az much better since Waldo has been IN
iace. but as far as the gambling situa-
ION is concerned % j said before, there
Z more gambling going on than for some
tine heretofore.
Proper Remedy Provided.
Ire police have q proper remedy #
ley wish 10 arrest the proprietor OF any
ambling resort. The statute says that
any person who keeps or maintains
;smbHng resort is liable 10 arrest. II be
NJ misdemeanor The officers know
hst they can apply 20 the chief magis-
tate for warrants for proprietor. why
taven't they done SO? Instead. they nave
rvred evidence against John Doorman
and John Wheelman.
The way TO do with gambling is the
zane As cutting a tree. A person would
not start az the branches OF a tree II
be wished 10 cut IL down, but would be
gin ar the roots. The same thing APP
plies 10 gambling. Get at the owner or
person who controls a gambling resort
that is the only way 10 suppress gam
bling. Gambling Will never be exterml-
mated by arresting persons. as they have
done in the past
Everybody knows that any one can go
into a saloon on sunday. in fact any
place. and get a drink. but still we would
be led 70 believe, since Gaynor has been
IN Office, that such is not the case. you
know and every one knows II to DC q
positive fact that saloons are pretty well
open on Sunday"
Thirteen Raids on PsuPs.
Commissioner Waldo took the trouble
yesterday 10 look up the record Of all the
raids made in ten months upon SAN
Paul's gambling houses. He came TO the
conclusion that when ne had said that
Sam" Paurs place was raided eleven
times he had underestimate the facts.
The record compiled by Commissioner
Waldo was read 20 Judge Swami, OF Cen
ersl Sessions, and he also looked UP the
records OF the courts. sam" Paurs name
cid not appear once as defendant. al
though one might infer from Commits
toner waido's statement that he had been
thirteen times arrested. and each ume
had escaped With the conniyance OF
nsgistrate. a grand jury or judge.
Commissioner Waldo's statisticians pre-
'snted him with list OF thirteen RAIDS
made upon houses said 10 have been mn
by "sam" Paul In every case several
men were arrested In no case does
sam" Paurs name appear. Most cases
Esre thrown out in the magistrates courts
'f by the grand juries Some got as far
a General Sessions or Special Sessions
aud convictions appear TO have been fol-
osed by fines
Three paragraphs are devoted TO telling
aaout a raid made on March last, the
asteworthy point about IL being. appar-