New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-01
HYDE DENIES ANY PART
IN POLICE SCANDALS
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New York and yelled insinuaions that a
former official close TO Mayor Gaynor Is
involved can only be for the purpose of.
by innuendo, impelling the belief that |
have I'm some way been involved with
those who are charged with police graft.
Ever since Mayor Caynor was elected,
and, I'm fact. before that I'm the campaign.
scandalmongers and dishonest political
opponents have sought to charge the
Mayor, through me. with association with
gamblers and lawbreakers. Even now.
newspapers which pretend to be highly
moral and leaders of thought are dis
torting Mayor Gaynor's public letters and
pretending to compare his executive or
ders with his judicial decisions to the
disparagement of the latter. and prac-
tically charge him with bad faith and In
consistency.
In point of fact, the Mayors orders
have been strictly consistent with his
judicial decisions, and in the end the
people Will find that he is right and Will
solve the police problem for New YORK.
Those who are now abusing him are only
doing what they have always done,
standing in the way OF progress. This ~
due TO their insane Jealousy, but would
not be possible we're they not in state
of ignorance described by Confucius as
the might Of the mind without even
moon or star
No doubt they would be satisfied TO
have the Mayor remove the Commissioners
ana ali MS ueDullFS. II lDlS Ntlo uObC'
would the public be satisfied? ! think
not They would soon realize that all the
experience and study OF the problems OF
the present Commissioner would be lost
thrown in the junk heap. az II were, ana
that a new Commissioner would have TO
begin all over. Why can we not nave n
little honesty and fairness? knowledge
can come from experience alone. for
several days these inslnuauons concern
Ing me have been published and reporters
have lpan ~EtilnR 10 answer tfllS
or that specific question. IL Is very an
moving 20 have one name mlxed up III
such a disgusting manner. ana Whlle III!
friends will not for moment DeleNe
any OF these nasty stories. yet | propose
once and for all TO state that / Will nolu
every person and newspaper responsive
not only i'm the civil hut criminal courts
for any improper use of my name.
That there may be no DOUBT upon the
matter. and that the public VIII tlor
oughly understand me, IL may as wen
be known that / have scarcely a speah-
ing acquaintance with any rempeI VI
the Police Department in New YORK Clt!'
either civilian or uniform. except the
Commissioner. and ! have not seen MN
since last fall. except at a pubic pan
quet, at which we We're both present al
the guests table, and greeted each QUIET
Commissionership Offered Him.
have not discussed police affairs with
Mayor Gaynor since the early part of his
administration, when he offered 10 make
me Commissioner. | declined the once
because I did not feel competent to handle
the many difficult questions bound to
arise, and feared that failure Would IN
lure my law practice, upon which ] am
dependent for a living. | now believe
that | was wrong. for my administration
would at least have been Such that no
effort to shield lawbreakers could have
been attributed to me, and ! would not
now be the target OF the base iIslnua-
lions that are aimed AT me, solely because
/ was for more than twenty years HsSn-
ciated with the Mayor. and had part
in all his efforts TO lift government In
the city up to a better and higher piano.
IL should not be necessary 10 qthy
acquaintance with these who are Inahlhs
these false statements concerning me, put
lest silence be construed to be an adfnls-
sion ! desire to say that ! have never
seen any OF them, and nave never nad
any communication, directly or indli tctlE
with any one IN any way cohhecteh WIN
them.
have been asked II il is true. as
printed that I met Herman Roscnthal
Al the Knickerbocker Hotel by appoint
hours with him. ! did not meet him AT
the Knickcrbocker Hotel. either by ap-
pointment or otherwise. nor did ever III
my life meet him or see nun. or nave
any communication with num- or any OF
tho crooks mentioned as hiA associates
Every other report In which my name
has been used in this unspeakable con
nection is equally false.
The suggestion that Lieutenant Becker
ie a relative Of mine or that | was re-
sponsiblo for his appointment IL also
false in every particular. during tne
administration OF Commissioner Cropsey
/, was published that an inspector OF po-
lice and | were running the department
from the Knlckerbocker Hotel and that
this inspector was engaged 10 marry my
lister had not seen the inspector
ran-d for many months. and. In fact,
had no intimacy or association with him.
and / am sure that he has never seen
INV slater Of mine. I have not sought
10 advise either the Mayor or any or MS
c,Linrt upon any question, and for more
tban a year have scarcely seen any or
them.