The Detroit times., 1912-07-18
BITTER ATTACK ON
NEW YORK POLICE
STIRS CHIEF TO ACT
Commissioner Waldo Says
\ Gambling is Due to District
Attornies' Neglect
REPLIES TO WHITMAN'S
STINGING CRITICISM
Auto Like One Used by Rosen-
thai Slayers Seen at Lieut..
Becker's Home

7. SCNnNA - A4OAhS
NEW YORK, July 17.-That the
real reason gambling has not been
stamped out has been because the
district attorneys In the several coun-
tics, included In New York City, and
the various courts. have not inflicted
adequate punishment on convicted
gamblers, was the declaration made
BY Police Commissioner Waldo, this
afternoon. In n letter he demanded
that District Attorney Whitman
prosecute his gambling investigation
TO- the end and took direct issue with
Whitmans charges that the police
system was responsible for the MUIR
der Of Gambler RosenthaL Waldo
declared In his letter that there were
10000 policemen In New York who
had nothing TO do with gambling and
demanded that the district attorney
clear these men Of his charges The
letter was expected 70 accentuate the
break between the police commission
ors and the district attorney, which
promises to result In serious revela-
tlons before the case IL finally set
tied The Waldo letter was as fol-
lows:
have the honor to again urge that
complete Investigation be made by
yon without further delay OF the alle-
cations made I'm the press that mem
partnership with gamblers, and OF the
statements that you are alleged to have
made through the public press that
guilty OF the instigation OF the mur-
immsdists action by you is neces,
that the reputation Of iO.4oo men who
are honestly doing their duty should
not be besmirched by individuals who
Under the present organization OF
the police department. less than ls0
men have any connection whatever
laws. leaving over 10000 men free from
suspicion In connection with gambling.
II would appear TO be unjust that the
fspusstiSSrso Of the sasiTs dSrss shSnld
cations OF q confessed gambler that
subordinate police officer who had
never been entrusted with any special
In investigating the actions Of the
police In connection with the gambling
Situation. Investigation also should be
made OF the courts and OF the district
attorneys who could stop gambling IL
they desired by uphoiding the police
and condemning convicted gamblers TO
jail instead OF letting them 60 free on
suspended sentences or with inslgnifi- |
cant hne and issuing court orders re-
nuiring the police TO return to the
4ssin assSfins sa = you s'ts tsa, viii In
o. tRs facts before the public and con-
''s'h Very er @ respse,funy. smrn
(sixnedD RFiINELANDER WALDO.
AFTER sending this letter 20 the dis
trict attorney by special messenger
waldo held q aconference WITH -hspect |
or Dougherty and Inspector Hughes In |
charge Of the detective bureau. Waldo !
declared that his investigation Of the
Rosenthal murders was proceeding
satisfactorily and that all OF the MUIR
derers would be under arrest shortly.
He said that there was no doubt that
Rosenthal was killed because he had
~pQuealed" on certain gamblers and
declared that when the details were
made public II would be shown that
the charges against the police were
unfounded. Waldo, however, did not
deny that some policemen might have
been indirectly concerned In the muir
der. but he positively declared that
every one mixed up In II would be
brought to justice.
A mysterious woman went to the |
once OF District Attorney Whitman, |
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sew touring car similar to that |
used by the slayers OF Gambler Ros- |
enthal standing In front Of the home |
Of Police Lieutenant Becker from |
until 9 o'clock on the night before |
Rosenthal was killed. Whitman took |
the woman across 10 the coroner's |
ONCE where, after looking at the car |
used by the murderers and which |
stood Just outside OF the door, she |
said she identified Il as the same |
machine which stood In front of the |
Becker house, Monday night
District Attorney Whitman today |
said:
II do not wish 10 be misunderstood |
DO not wish to 20 on record as hav-
ing charged the murder up to the po-
lice department Commissioner Waldo
haD done good work IN this matter and
10 still doing good work. have no
war with him, or with the police de-
partment ss q whole.
Il do charge, however, that the DO
lice permitted the murder TO take place
and deliberately allowed the mur-
defs to escape. or this have proof
There were Ave policemen within easy
reach at the time OF the murder and
not one Of them drew his pistol or did
any Of those things that a policeman
would naturally do under the circum-
stances.
AN automobile cannot start i'm
mediately at 40 miles an hour how
ever powerful II is. II takes time to
work up TO that figure, and in my
opinion there was ample time for the
policemen to have arrested all the
murderers concerned before the car
got under such terrific headway."
WAGNER GIVEN SECOND