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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

about this case in the newspapers, and
probably eight out Of those nine believe
this stuff about the ten thousand honest
"cops"' who are being slandered By the
graft talk by police in general
us a cop who acts as | have done
since that episode ! told YOU about an
honest cop? Is he on the level with his
employers. the city?
You know he isn't. and know il, too.
But just supposlng that he goes 70 the
mat on this proposition with his captain
III admit that since that affair of mine
with our friend Mister Brown I've
steered clear Of any trouble with any OF
those fellows who are so doggone welcome
in the captains Office. Do YOU know what
would happen to me II 1 didn't? II isn't
50 much a danger that ia he tred-it
isn't sc dead easy to fire cop outright
hut I'd be nagged until I'd want to quit.
Ny captain. if he didn't have me trans
ferred To some lonely station In queens,
would have charges for minor iniractions
OF the rules preferred against me all the
time. It's the easiest thing in the world
10 frame up charges, and I'd be on the
suspended list more than half my time.
Most OF those charges would stick-right
or wrong. they'd stick-and I'd lose at
least half my salary. That's where II
comes in. and all I've got 70 do to avoid
that sort Of trouble is to wink my eye
occasionally and be known by my captain
as "A good "cop."
THAT makes me good cop" TO him
hut how about the city that's paying me?
There's the real strength Of the system
i'm the lower rungs of the ladder, ana
what can you do about it? I'm working
for the captain first, then the city, and
it's that way with most Of these ten
thousand honest cops that are being
so 'slandered by the attack OF the whole
police force"
That's one view from the bottom Of
the system Here is another, from
man who is now very close to the top,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

the captain says To- me. and anyway lt
seems to me as If YOU let your personal
feelings get away with YOU. That isn't
good police work: don't try To work in
any personal revenge business on the
force. or youu never get anywhere
Brown started to whine around. talk
ing about me being a fresh COP but the
captain said hc wouldn't have anything to
do with such personal scrap, and toll
Brown that ne didn't believe he'd nave
any further trouble from me.
Il guess I'm sort of slow. but | had my
eyes opened by that al last I've thought
over il since. and. take ii from me. that
sort Of thing is the real basis Of the 'sys-
tenn OF course. there's graft for ia"
.high-ups. but there's no graft Tor the
ordinary cop, and how long do you sup
pose the 'igh-ups' could deliver protection
if an ordinary cop and the ordinary de-
tcctiyc were really 'on the job for the
city? Why. gambling wouldn't last day
I'm this town II it wasn't for the fact that
the ordinary cops and detectives can
buck into that kind of Systematic 'sys-
tenn that has the power Of suspcnding and
The "cOp" lOked up at the second floor
courtroom on the Franklin street side Of
the Criminal Courts Building. where the
lights were OH for the night session of the
General Sessions Court, before which Lieu
tenant Becker was even then being ar
raigned on the charge Of murder az the
result Of the graft disclosures which fol-
inuod tbe murder of ROsenthal.
Under the Bridge of Signs, beneath
which the cop was standing. passed
sightseeing automobile. the lecturer bawi-
ing through his megaphone some up-to-
the-minute dope" about the procession OF
police inspectors and officials that would
soon be passing over that direful struct-
IRE.
Now. just take that load OF people"
the cop added. PROBABLY nine out OF
every ten of them have been reading
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29
Iot Fnches Before Charge of the Reporters Brigade

has no attraction for him Says Henry
James:
His art Is to express the life. TO picture
the multitudinous experience OF the
senses. With the deeper, subtler inward
life. the wonderful adventures OF the
soul he does not concern himself"
The London Globe" draws the follow
ing comparison between Pierre Lott and
Anatole France:
M. Pierre Lott, like NJ France, is the
product OF an overcultivated society. But
with him the excess OF refinement is in
the sensibility and not in the mind. Like
NJ. France, he has none OF the construc-
tive imagination of novelist. All his in
cidents and all his characters are very
simple He makes q book out OF few
very little things As NJ. France is great
by single quality. the exquisiteness OF
his wit, NJ. Lott is great by a single
quality, the exquisiteness OF his sensi-
bility.
'He has travelled far. His duties as a
naval officer have taken him all over the
world He has lived land loved In many
countries. He has written OF Brittany
and of Turkey. of Senegal. Of China and
OF Japan and his descriptions OF them
all have the wonderful clesrness and still
ness OF a perfect reflection
"TIe is the poet OF home sickness ana OF
death. and of the awful tragedy Of time.
Every pleasure Is spoiled for him by the
thought that it will pass and he can never
recapture II. II is out OF this sense. which
for him has thrown a grayness over the
whole Of life, that he has made very
poignant and beautiful tragedies"
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Continued from first page.

III I refuse to comply with their re-
orest II is not q pose or an aIfec'a.oi'
that T should do so. but simply grows ou'
~ my feeling that IL is wiser 10 hoiu my
soir anart from the clashes OF pupiic uie
cnss,on and opinion into which 50 many
fall. 1901, .vhih-
Ger ad,oire the control of speech eAhlo-
=, tho Orientals, who have learned
r. ,.a,ue of silence. The time ios' III
s,,,,o authorizing Of words can never w
1900 n Is better. as l view H. u
, a. mediate and not to interrupt
- - - NJ revery than TO immeTse
ones self in the oahaii''o'
discourse. ,, client Orient
showr in it's reluctant yieioins %
sncro,s IN me that has 50 tar su'oeu M.
!, 90 unnecessary TO seek ot"ei 'e''
for my reticence. family strictly
,,.,ao.n oaid Pierre Lott, on piop
ertv belonging to my paIei'' ar,iro
80, 800 =, oierop where passed my emu !,
nIndhood This property has reiiiailieu
Az, ancestors. who were INV
n 80. q, tho time of the reVoca'ioi'
of the Edict of Nantes, went 70 too,, 80
hut their remains were brought 0 g, tho
the island OF Oleron and pui
GARDEN of our property there day.
II went TO college for a year q" hnt
ao,olar | was very unhappy theio'
have told the whole story OF Ivy - =
hood in my books, and The story Vi ="
Cbild' Ia my history.
my elder brother was naN"'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

although. 10 be sure, the sentiments here
quoted We're expressed by him at various
stages of his journey up from the bottom.
Let him be known as Inspector %-that
il neither his initial, nor that OF any
other inspector now implicated or In
volved in the stories OF graft.
Inspector y, then, began his police life
some years ago as a patrolman. He Sc
cured his appointment 60 the force in the
days when appointments were a COM
modify with a fixed price, and he paid
the price. incidentally. II is known
fact that most of the men who after
years OF service are now in and around
the top OF the police force began their
police careers in just that way-that is,
as payers OF graft before they could even
get on the force, SO IL should be small
wonder To any one who thinks II over If
those men, graft payers before they
could even get on the force, should de-
velop into graft collectors rs soon as the
opportunity came their way.
At any rate, Inspector y began that
way, and because OF a native shrewdness
combined with no mean political ability
and set OF brains that though not col
lege trained were OF the type that would
probably have landed him at or near the
top Of any business he might have gone
into He rose By successive stages through
the sergeant's, lieutenant's and captains
jobs to his present emlnence as an auto
crat OF the department.
He was always q iikable man. lie was
utterly frank, even With outsiders-by
which he meant those not on the force.
And here is a sample of his utter frank
ness. which he expressed to the writer
when he was lieutenant:
There's one sure thing. and that is
that an inspector. and even captain, has
the name OF being a CRATER from the
public I'm general. and II he don't get the
game as we'll as the name he's fool.
Mind YOU this now, that II ever get to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

door yelling at US TO move on and al
that, and we just looked at him. He came
right up to us and yelled. so loud you
could have heard him halfway down the
block: IN have you broke, you big bone
head. if you keep standing in front OF my
place in uniform. driving everybody
away'
with that he butted into me. He
didn't quite have the nerve to hit me- but
he sort OF showed me. trying 10 make me
move on. / warned him once, and told
him if lie did anything like that again I'd
pinch him for disorderly conduct and for
interfering with an officer in the perform
ance Of his duty. The fellow had me good
and sore by that time. and what with him
being a lawbreaker conducting gam
bling house right there. ] didn't reckon 10
take any back talk from him.
But that's just il: that little runt was
so sure Of his standing with the system
that he thought an ordinary cop was dust
under his feet. He showed around and
pushed me again, and said: Now, that's
enough; you come along to the station
house with me- and took him In.
Now. here's the meat of the proposition:
When / brought that fellow In to the
station house from the looks on the faces
OF the lieutenant and captain you'd have
thought I'd arrested the Police Commits
sioner or the Mayor himself. They did
everything but apologize to him right
there, but / was so sore that / couldn't
see enough for my own good even then
Il spoke up strong and preferred my
charge against him, and / ran my hands
over him for the search, just exactly as 1
would have done to any ordinary prisoner
brought in on the same charge. All ]
found was a knife-a pearl handled thing
Il was. worth pHobably about two or
three dollars at the most. | took that
out Of his pocket and started to hand II
over the desk to the lieutenant. and the
lieutenant says: oh. you'd better just
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

Ueye i'm nothing and nobody: | love no
body nor anything. 7 have neither faith
nor hope. II has taken me twenty-seyen
wears TO come TO these conclusions. IL
I have fallen lower than the majority OF
men. at least have fallen from higher
pinnacle"
His next was called "Rarahu," a Poly
nesian idyl. which met with great sue
cess. The greatest literary master
pieces" writes Jules Lamaitre. have
never moved me so much
Lott thus describes his first experience
OF a sea storm:
"What / remember most wildly is this
gray picture: one evening, in terrible
twilight, some big person, do not kno"
vino held me i'm a fold OF his cloak. and.
to avoid being carried away by the wind
sheltered with me behind n wall, trying 10
yaze ont on the immensely; I, too blind
ed choked by the beating in my face and
the sitting I'm my breast, tried to look,
and a great music as If from hell, rocked
me I'm a kind of stupor. Near US were
two women Of the coast sheltering under
the same wall, tightly clinging TO each
other and trying to hold their cloaks,
which. in spite OF their efforts the wind
inflated constantly and Mapped with a
sound like the cracking of a whip; they
also. like us. tried to cast sidelong glances
at the terror and one Of them uttered
hoarse groans, which were heard In spite
of the wind"
In 1889 he achieved wide celebrity by
publishing "Mon F'rere Yves mover de-
scribing the life Of "A French oiueJacket
in all parts OF the world
In his impressions OF life. according to
tbe critics. Lott is at his best "Pecheurs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

ami his letters from Polynesia ana inc
Orient gave me "A taste for travel that
nothing could overcome.
at one moment thought OF becoming
a missionary. Then they wanted me To
enter the Polytechnic To become an en-
gineer. In the end mad my way. In 1917
T was a midshipman,. and took part IN
the Baltic cruises. That Is how | have
lust received the 1870 war medal
'T never thought Of becoming q writer
in those days: in fact, at the naval school
was very poor at composition, but not
had at drawing one OF my comrades,
now an admiral used to write my COM
positions for me. and I used to do his
maps and drawings for him.
"NIy whole history IS to be found in my
stories, and can tell YOU nothing that
/ have not written
His first novel. "Azyade," published
ANONYMOUSLY in 1879. was inspired by his
travels. This book, which drew hardly
any attention. is composed Of letters be-
tween I.oti his sister. and his friend
Plumkett, who was the captain of yes
sci. In this book he writes
Thine and debaucb are two great
remedies. The heart becomes inscnsioie
al last. and then one suffers no more.
There is no God: there Is no morality
nothing OF all we have been taught to
respect really exists. All there Is is a
life which passes away. and of which II
is logical to ask all the pleasure possible
while awaiting the final horror--death.
'I am going TO open my heart to you.
I am going to make my profession Of
faith. Ny rule of life is always TO do ex-
actly as / like, in spite Of any rules Of
morality or OF social conventions. | be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

dIslande," published in 1856, is described
as "A prose epic Of the sea. From begin
ming TO end old Ocean IS personiiied; he is
one Of the living characters OF the book.
For Lott, the sailor, II is pointed out
that the sea remains always the great
slayer This book is q model of life
among the Breton fishermen and has
been called the most popular of all his
writings. This book. unlike his others,
was not written on the soil that he evokes
in the story, for Lott never saw Iceland.
AS the author himself points out, though.
Iceland does not really appear in the
novel, and it is chiefly Brittany and the
sea that are the real subjects OF the
tableau. with Iceland as an underlined
silhouette The plot is simple, but tho
story is Infinitely melancholy.
The following year he published the
fantastic novel of Japanese manners,
Madame Chrysantheme."
lie Livre de la Pitie ct de la mort. a"
published In 1884, is not for those who
only appreciate in Lott the traveller with
a gift for observation and composition,
There is nothing In this book but dreams.
delicate and furtive impressions suggested
by cats. by a wounded bird lost by an
old convict, and pages of pity for the little
sick children OF Pen Bron, for the fisher
men of Iceland, and on the death OF his
aunt
Lott was on board his ship at the port
OF Algiers when news was brought to him
Of his election on May q, 1891, to the
French Academy. In 1892 he published
"Fant6me d'Orient," another dreamy
study of life in Constantinople.
1t has been said OF Lott that holiness
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29
SURPRISING" THE GAMBLERS.

Well. ore day I'm sent out with an
other cop in uniform to make tour OIL
inspection around the district and report
L We find any gambling in the precinct.
Now, what a chance-yOu know, cop
tso cops in regular uniform That's
Joke. OF course, TO think that a cop IN
iull and regular uniform could surprise
any gambling house In town. First place,
lookout wouldn't let a cop in; ne
tel the cop TO 90 and get warrant, ana
ia cop go. ambitious and tried TO orcah
H. which he couldn't do without an axe
anyway, everything that looked ike gam
hing would be out of the way long De-
Tore the cop could get by the first door
But that's still one Of the jokes OF the
force-sending a cop in uniform out TO
md gambling.
anyway we went out, the two of us liz
Uniform, and walked down 45th street
NOV. keep my eyes open, even II am
cnly a patrolman, and knew just as well
the man that was with me knew just
Wat houses were running, and, what S
aofe, we knew why they were running
Along In front OF house In that street
"e met a friend not a policeman, and we
SopDed to talk to him for a minute
wen, believe me, we hadn't been there
minute before a fellow opens the WIN
e'W Of the house In front OF when we
{ .ere Standing. and yells down, Get away
lon there, you boneheads! What d
~ssh'. standin' in front OF my place?
The man who did that yelling was
ss''ner Of one Of the gamblers VINO ID
wv N prison on account OF this hoseh-
va case looked up at him, saw VINO
4Was. and Just for stubbornness. 1 guess
sad TO my partner and our friend;
.ss Going TO talk TO you but minute
~ now wen Just stick right here tor
s"ane Or two longer And we dio JuS'
icy We stuck around. ] COULDN'T ns
~ hsf where a gambler. man khe"
- running a gambling house on those
pfemises. had any right to yen vi
a. cop on duty.
1. " We stood around talking, ana "i'h-
ahother minute this gambler comes
As dcSn the steps from his froh'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29
polNGs OF THE INSPECTORS.

Probably nothing is more OF an object
lesson 70 the ordinary patrolman on the
police force than the views he gets Of the
comings and goings OF hi, superiors. and
especially OF the autocrsts Of the unit
formed force, the inspectors.
Two samples: A velvet collsred polic4
inspector waking through 42d street nor
over three months ago met notorious
gambler. a man who has been known To
have held interests IN at least half
dozen Tenderloin gambling houses.
He stopped and talked with the gam
bier. they enjoyed a laugh together, 90
finally turned in 10 Il cigar store together.
A patrolman who saw them turned TO
speak TO a friend with a sneer on his
face: "Do YOU know who that Is with
the inspector? he asked. and then with.
out waiting for an answer; There's g.
fair explanation right there In front OF
us as TO why that man can get away
with the Job OF running six different gam
bling houses without interference on any
of them"
The second Is not so clear cut; il is OF
a patrolman who knew the inside work
ings OF the system, q patrolman who
knew the man higher up" in the police
force graft of another city. This cop
was stationed on a post not far froni the
residence OF the man behind the rolice
graft of that city. He had seen inspectors
from every district in the city drive up
in their buggies, one after another, for It
was before the days Of such general use
of the automobile. And putting two and
two together. this cop knew that the
trips of the inspectors were "divyy" trips
that is, they were the trips on which the
inspectors carried to the boss his share
OF the systems graft
on the night in question this man higher
up was murdered by an assassin, who
came to the door Of his house. The cop"
had done his duty, the murderer had
been quickly caught, and he was back on
post when an inspector who was known
TO be the collector Of the graft in the
south side of the city. drove up.
The patrolman stopped his superior Of
ticer telling him the boss had been muir
dered.
Murdered, eh?' queried the inspector
well, then. | guess might Just as well
take this home, and Callahan. IL any one
should ask you about this. you might Just
say that | made my trip several DAYS
ago"
And with that this grating inspector
took his lott home; he kept 1t all to him
self that month, with ease, because this
like most police graft Is matter of cash.
no checks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

The straw nat dates from lisa.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29
Won VIII Learn Here How
Contamination of Many a
Young, Well Intentioned
Patrolman Is Caused.

ysTEN'-applied 10 describe the
general , method S Syom ~nI Gamblers beers
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-08-11
RECESS INVESTIGATION TO SHOW
U. s. SHOULD REIMBURSE CO.
LoMsiA FOR LOST TERRITORY
WANTS A PAYMENT MADE
Would Take Testimony From Old
French Directors, Hoping to Throw
Some Additional Light on ehe SUBJ
ject.

Washington, Aug. 10.-Representa-
tive Rainey of Illinois, is seeking
flo III the house committee on foreign
affairs, opportunity to continue the
Investigation of the acquisition of the
Panama canal zone during the recess
with Chairman Sulzer and will ask
th . committee to give him time in
which to produce additional testimony
tia; the United States should REIN
burse Colombia for the territory.
Mr. Rainey said yesterday that if
. subpoena could be served on M
Burau Varilla, first French minister
to Panama, and a director of the
French Panama Canal company, and
other processes obtained on witnesses
ia Paris, he favored continuation of
the Panama hearings during the re-
cess of congress.
Experts in congress today say the
3erate has authorized a highly impor-
tam extension of the power of the
interstate commerce commission. In
adopting the Bourne amendment to
the canal bill.
The provision would authorize the
commission to divorce competing
railroad and steamship lines when
ever they operate to public detriment
III would extend powers of regula-
tier over water routes
Little difficulty is anticipated in
reconciling the differences between
tne senate and house on the bill
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-08-11
C. C. G. p. WILL ENTER CITY
OVER TRACKS OF THE
A., q. G. A.
use TRACKS OF OTHER LINES
BY Terms of the Agreement the New
Eoad Will Have Use of Various
Sidetracks of the Other Three Roads
Along Bay Street.

Announcement has been made that
an agreement has been reached be-
tween the Georgia Coast and Pied
mont railroad and the other three
lines entering the city, whereby the
new road has made traffic arrange
ments with the other lines and will
use their tracks in the city.
The full contents of the agreement
are not yet known, but city council,
which has been awaiting an amicable
agreement between the lines before
passing franchise to the G. c.. & p,
has been notified that the traffic ar
rangements have been made, which
means that the new road will not re-
quire franchises on certain streets in
the city.
According to the best information
obtainable, the G. c. & P. will come
into Brunswick from @ street on the
tracks of the A.. B. & A., and that
the new line will also use the passen-
ger depot of the A, B. & A. While
this has not been officially announced,
it is generally understood to be true.
i Various sidetracks of the other
three lines along Bay street will also
be used by the new line, which will
not necessitate the laying Of new
tracks on now crowded street. City
council is.ssyery much pleased that
this agreement has been reached.
In this connection it may be of in
terest to state that work is progress
ing rapidly on the new line and a
large force of men are now at work
near Darien.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-08-11
SECRETARY BOARD OF TRADE
MAY COME IN TWO WEEKS
HANDSOME QUARTERS TO EE
SECURED BY THE BOARD
oGLETHoRPE HOTEL.

Secretary Weatheriy, of the newly
organized Brunswick board of trade,
may report here for duty within the
next week or ten days. When Mr..
Wcatherly was in the city and after
he was elected secretary he returned
to his home in Columbus, Miss, and
stated that it would probably be Sep
tember l before he could report for
duty here. The work of the board,
however, has grown so rapidly and
there are so many things that need
the attention of the new secretary,
that he has been requested to repeSt
here as soon as possible.
1t is understood that the board has
made arrangements for a suite of
rooms in the Oglethorpe hotel, which
will be fitted up into very handsome