The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-08
THAT RATE GENERAL
Hunt Was Begun for White
SlavcrS, but Soon Found
Big Policemen.
EVIDENCE TO WHITMAN
>lcuths Brought From Chicago
bv Oil Man to Aid Prose-
cutting Attorney.

Through the quiet and pubic spirited
egorts of John ~. Rockefeller. Jr..
evidence has been obtained against
crooked policemen.
Starr j. Murphy. the personal repre-
sentative If the Rockcfcllers in special
ser, Ice work and philanthropy. will lay
before District Attorney Whitman
mass Of Information collected by private
detective. who have worked under John
u. Rockefeller. Jr.. and Assistant Dis
trict Attorney James Bronson Reynolds.
The evidence il the product of
years effort by Detective Clifford q.
Roc. who was brought here from Chi
cago 10y Mr.. Rockefeller and Assistant
District Attorney Reynolds.
Detective Roe operated in the Tender
,oln pretended disorderly house and
obtained evidence against a police in
.rcctor. This inspector Is said to have
.ccoi,cd $500 month for protecting the
pretended disordcrly house. The rate
e $500 Il month appears from the evil
d,acc gathered by Roe to have been the
4sual assessment against such resorts.
Although the evidence in the possess
,uroi for the purpose of criminal pro-
,p,aings. hut to facilitate the social SER
ico work in which John ID. Rookie
.eli.r Jr.. is Interested, 1t fits so closely
INTO the investigation that District At
t1,ncy Whitman has begun to determine
whether police officials have been black
mailing gambIers and disorderly house
keepers as Jack Rose says they have,
;aat it may play "A very important part
N assisting Mr.. Whitman to secure In
dictments agains. police officials that
i.ose mentioned in Ills confession.
Il IL not known whether MIR. Rocke-
teller was familiar with all OF the met'i-
IDS employed by his private detectives
n gathering the evidence desired
The facts as known are that Mr.
Itockefeller. from his experience a.
.oreman of the Grand Jury which In
,estigated the white slave evil, belieNec
nat some well ordered and persistent
.fort should be made without any blar'
ng Of trlimpets to get at the inward
hcss Of the evil. The active direction
f the work was left to Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Reynolds District Az
,orney Whitman is familiar only In
General way with what MIR. Reyno'd
nas done in cooperation with Mr.
Rockefeller.
\ year ago Mr.. Rockefeller. who wa
Interested in the National Vigilance
Committee for the United States, al
,rganization designed to work Tor th'
.vpprcssion OF the white siav" traiIlc
| .ad a talk with the District Attorne!
,i find out who were the principals "
,h. white slave business in this city
81, much as possible about the cad"
.ys,,m and to get to the bottom
.t.s.r,ions that policemen were black
ra. ling disorderly houses. Previous Il
H. talk Mr.. Rockefeller had beer
v.rking with Assistant District Attor
~, REYNOLDS. They were familiar VIII
each others aims and methods.
District Attorney whitman at tina
..rr.. almost overwhelmed by large an
small Investigations. was unable TO ac
.orsonally upon Mr.. Rockefellers sus
.,s,!on. but he turned the matter owe
.4 assistant District Attorney Reyno'o'
and Nr. Rockefeller received the assuf
,n,a that Mr.. Reynolds would lend MI
...t assistance in the District Ht'o'
..t power.
vs. Mr.. Rockefeller iniimated AT Una
.m.. the investigation was principah
.. the purpose Of obtaining materiai l
% presented to the Legislature ana
congress in the form Of reports 10 sho'
~. need for corrective legislation. =,
There was no lack of means naturail
'ur carrying out the project IL wa
.ot daemcd advisable to go at the wor
'hgol.h ordinary channels or 10 us
.D'oclINo agencies near home. On IN
.... upo ndatlons of former Ihite
,.t,~ District Attorney Edwin SIN
4 rH.cago, for whom Chford r.. ho
NuI known and successfni I'
...'aor, had got valuable resui'
several Investigations, MI nc
H.- brought to this city Attf
..Ir. over the ground he ser
'r force of assistants. men an
Fou..n on whom he could depend. NJ
tr t,g gan operations within fe
1,.s. and succeeded in completely dt
4i'uu underworld spies and police ot
sc',,rs
Tho dotcctiyc fitted up house in n
"',' Gurl.cS. place which was to a
ii' ardnc"s for unsavory uses. NO SUI
r.'iu appears to have been arouse
W"nug shrewdly night and day II
.rl" detectives accumulated va
.l' If Information az to the WIN
.,. rattle and as to the blackmailiT
'rt',urs uf policemen.
.i 'ujs would not have been ma,
'.'' t1t not the murder OF HERNIA
''"L'.." pr"cipitatod an Investigate,
''lrpt police practices. TT
''.H and efficient work OF III" hi
'..u'. ~ far in the l,oscntl
'.'- .'uU has been favOraby %
'a 'l~ sad Yesterday, bv NJ
1900 I. .... and his assistants SO, II
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