New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-22

feller's gift did not provide for counsel
fees for the aldermanic committee, and
as investigators He said a staff Of
sixteen experts. some Of them the best
known men in their line in the country,
had been assigned to the work so far
Charles f.. Ball. of Chicago. well
known sanitary expert, is conducting
sanitary inspection of the police sta
lions. while other experts are looking
into practically every bureau and office
i'm the department. with the exception
Of the offices OF the Commissioners HIM
self and his deputies.
Three Investigators are covering the
West 41th street station in eight hour
shifts. to observe the daily circle OF
police routine at one OF the busiest
police stations in the city While 1t Is
not the purpose Of the Investigators ,
concern themselves with uncovering
police graft i'm relation to vice or crime,
Mr.. Rruerc said, il was more than
likely that they would obtain evidence
of that character. ii il existed IN the
study OF the handling OF complaints by
the police and the routine work in the
various inspection districts which the
experts were making.
n appeared that practically all nc
investigators who have met opposltlo"
IT police Headquarters and elsewhere
while working for the Curran commit
tee were included on the payroll OF inc
Rockefeller fund and employed NOM
inally by the Bureau of Municipal re
search. Chairman Curran of the alder
manic committee and Emory r. Buck
ner. counsel for the committee, were
not so sanguine yesterday as Mr..
Bruarc IN the hope that Commissioner
Waldo would change his attitude ana
give the Investigators free and con-
yeuicnt access to the police records.
May Appeal TO Courts.
Mr.. Buckncr said that the matter OF
getting the desired records from the
department would come before ne
committee I'm executive session to-mor-
row and a method be determined upon
to accomplish that end. Referring TO
the situation in that respect Mr. Buck
ner said
THE police authorities arc taking the
stubborn attitude that the department
asks no favors from us. and will grant
none. The investigators are being
greatly hampered I'm their work by All
binds OF restrictions being placed upon
the examinations of the records. We
must have these records 10 proceed
with our work. II seems 10 me there
need bo no haunpering Of the depart
mcnt by our examination. We can
take the records OF one inspection DIS
trict each day and return them IN"
next day. bf course. II the department
officials should refuse TO honor our sub
prna we would have 10 go 10 the
courts 10 get an order to examine the
records. and II Is for the committee 10
decide upon it's procedure
4 statement was given ont AT Police
HEADQUARTERS Yesterday declaring that
every effort has been made ana VIII
be-. made by the Police commissioner
Ia assist the Board Of Aldermen I'm its
present Investigation. II declared that
any records could he had by the COM
mittee through proper procedure, but
explained that. on account OF the great
volume Of records i'm the various bu-
reaus. il would he readily understood
bv any sensible citizen that n pro-
mjscuous and irregular handling Of
these records would throw the organ
ization into confusion"
Mr.. Rruere yesterday, IN outlining
the plan OF investigation made possible
bv the Rockefeller donation. included
many other branches Of work in the
Police Department which were being
inquired into for the Curran commit
tee. thorough study OF the way the
poIice present cases To the magistrates
courts. the manner of their testimony.
its defniteness. etc. is being made.
George II. Slower. "A lawyer. is making
this Investigation in cooperation with
chief Magistrate McAdoo. he said. The
ANALYSIS Of the reports of detectives
and policemen in one hundred cases In
the night court was taken for begin
ming The handling of cases by the
police in Special Sessions and General
Sessions and tho handling OF COM
plaints at Headquarters and the station
houses arc being investigated AT the
same time The entire routine work
OF the LIST Inspection District is sub
ject Of study 10y the investiga tors. and
the other inspection districts will he
taken up later.
The property clerks office. the sur
gical bureau. the pension bureau, the
Offices Of the chief inspector and the
other inspectors. the license bureau.
the boiler squad and the information
bureau. all at Police Headquarters. are
under investigation. Some OF the IN
vestigators also are going over the
records i'm the penalty bureau Of the
CORPORATION Counsefs Once.