The sun., 1912-07-20
'R|O|CULE METHODS Of
: POLICE IN new YORK
London and Berlin Newspapers
Rant on Political Evils
in This City.
"NATION IS DYING FAST
Comment Was Brought Out by
the Murder Of ROscnthal.
the Gambler.

SVSt'" 'OcfS pSspUVN ~ iHE ~
LONDON, July i9..-The killing of Her
man Rosenthal the gambler, in New York
furnishes an occasion for an anti-Aneri-
can outbreak both here and in Berlin. All
| the London papers print editorials attack
ing the official corruption in New York
The most virulent example was an article
headed Graft and Crime. the Police and
Public Problem in New York. which was
printed in the Daily Mail to-day. The
article. which purports to have been writ
ten "by an Anglo American, "rehashes all
the stock facts and fictions in regard to
police wickedness in New York coupled
with alleged observations and expert
ences OF the author. Tho article con-
tributes q new truculent statement that
"of the fourteen police magistrates ON the
bench in New York popular opinion has
il that at least ten Of these are corrupt
themselves and also directly responsible
for much OF the corruption Of the police. :"
After citing sundry incidents showing
the futility Of arresting or prosecuting
criminals with -Tammany protection. y
the article goes on to say:
1T is in that sort of school that New
York policeman picks up his ideas If JUS
| tice. He finds all around him an organ
| lied community Of criminals and law
breakers. living under the protection Of
his official euperiors and their political
and legal allies. He finds captain,
for instance. in standing receipt Of
| some 81 900 month over and above his
salary. He finds the district inspector
| regularly making four or Ave times that
amount. He finds the politicians. law
yers, magistrates and higher officers
Of the force an working together to black
mail saloons. poolrooms. dsorderly
houses, policy shops and gambling dens
He finds an interlocked system that makes
barrier to promotion. Nine times out
Of ten he takes easier paths.
80 far az it is permissible TO general
ize," says this alleged Anglo American.
Il should say about 10000 of the New York
policemen are brave and generous. but
untrIthful and dishonest"
| The writer says that when man wants
to start a gambling den in New York
he first interviews the political leader
of his district Most interesting to note. -
says the writer. that this district leader
OF his acquaintance was originally tramp
Then he became a pickpocket. q bank
burglar. a saloon keeper. hotel proprietor
and finally Tammany Hall statesman
the autocrat Of his locality. the friend
and protector Of innumerable criminals
and very decent fellow. His permission
is necessary before any den can be opened
in his realm. Usually he gets 25 per cent
Of the profits in return" -
| - l.
whereby the captain patrolmen and civil
collector get and divide tho "rakeoffs"
from illegal resorts the writer concludes
by saying:
The same system holds good in every
single form Of vice and crime. An Ar
menian Hunchakist. a Neapolitan Camor-
rist. a Sicilian Malta and the Chinese
tonge they all share the privileges Of
the American system TO this extent
that equally with the home bred gangs
and purely native associat ions Of criminals
they are permitted to enjoy immunity
| IL they can pay for il. Every New Yorker
is aware Of what is going on and nobody
knows how system which is so strongly
entienched and intertwined with 40
many powerful interests can be over
thrown"
! To this comment the Berlin Morgen poet
adds it quota OF venom. II tells it's readers
that it is impossible for any one in Ger
| many to conceive the extent of the COR
ruption in American politics. part icularly
in the big cities. The paper adds 1T
is as impossible to cure the American police
Of the disease from which they are suffer-
ing as to sweep away the ocean with q
broom. Many futile attempts have been
made to purify American politics, but
they have been hopeless. The evil ia
in the very blood of the nation. II mani
tests itself in the same ways a. breathing.
eating and sleeping do in the normal life
II the American Union had not had gi-
gantio natural resources Of treasures
which arc ever renewing its power at
command it would long ago have been
destroyed by moral blood poisoning. z.
To- day it is a question among thoughtful
Americans as to how long tho sap Of the
nation will he able to Withstand the ever
increasing poison Of political corruption.
Tho police in many American cities arc
not only corrupt but they are absolutely
criminal in the worst sense. The worst
criminals Of all are the New York police,
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