New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-17
VICE NET TAXES
IN NEW DISTRICT
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| licemen.
/ Shobel, with a woman who was saio
/ to have been a witness OF the at
tempted grating. went TO Police Head
quarters yesterday morning, after nav
| ing visited the District Attorneys
office. He had been convicted OF main
tanning a disorderly house, in Special
Sessions, on December 9. and was fined
$50. His place in I'd street embraced
two entire houses, and although the
policemen did not get into the house
TO get their evidence Assistant District
Attorney James T.. Smith, who prose-
cuted the case, obtained conviction.
The policemen were able to testify
as to observations Of the Shobel estab-
lishments running from June 10 to
October q, during which time they
observed numerous women entering The
house with different men at different
times. The policemen testified they
had informed Shobel Of the character
of his women dodgers.
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In his defence. Shobel advanced moth
ing whatever about any police demand
for graft, but he said yesterday that
three days before he was arrested, .on
October 22, O'Grady came to him and
! told him he would be arrested unless
he "came across" with $50 The de-
mand was later reduced to SO, Shobel
said, but he refused to pay, and was
arrested within three days.
The same method Of procedure under
which Shobel was convicted will be in
evidence in the case against the Hotel
Lincoln, which is set for tomorrow.
The District Attorney will have score
Of witnesses, business men and resi-
dents Of the neighborhood, who will
testify as to the general character OF
the place and it's patrons. Convictions
on this kind OF testimony, here
| tofore impossible, have become certain
| through the recent ruling Of the Court
of Appeals in the Pasquali case. In
/ the Lincoln case the warrants Oh
tanned by the District Attorneys office
were served by Becker and his men.
1T will even be possible under that
ruling" said one Of Mr. Whitman's
staff Yesterday. TO proceed against
/ agents and owners Of apartment houses
which become overrun with disorderly
| persons as tenants. provided the re-
spectacle residents of the neighborhood
will appear as witnesses 10 the general
character Of the houses complained Of.
Convictions under this ruling might
even be- obtained without tho aid Of the
police at an. certainly without having
TO wait for the police to get the evil
dencc iu the way they have previously
been called upon 10 get IT,"
Property owners in the section de-
scribod with such emphasis hy Mary
Goode have organized the Riverside
District Council. 10 was said yesterday,
with the purpose Of helping the Dis
trict Attorneys office In its proceedings
against tenants. agents or owners ~
disordcrly houses.
Emory r.. Buckncr. counsel 10 the
Curran committee. which will proceed
with the routine Of following mp Mary
Goodies story tomorrow morning said
Yesterday that IL was unlikely that any
other woman would be- called TO give
story such as she startled the city
with last Wednesday
Plsincothes Men Again Flourish.
The committee will take up. however
the records OF the Police Department
which constitute the official record of
the methods Of dealing with vice and
the social evil IN his investigation 10
date. for instance. Mr.. Buckner said
ne had found that Mayor Gaynor had
specifically ordered his commissioners
to abolish the plainclothes men who
had been from time immemorial the
personal representatives. of the inspec-
tor or captain The Mayor evidently
believed that these "wardmen," as they
were called. were at least in part re-
sponsiblc for the graft
Now ne finds that plainclothes men
have been restored 10 something APP
uroximating their old positions Of i'm
portancc. Mr. Buckner said, and he in
tends TO find out exactly why and by
whose order they were so restored.
Then we will take up the duties OF a
patrolman. OF a sergeant, Of detec-
: tive. a lieutenant, "A captain, an inspec-
! tor. the chief Inspector and the com
missioncrs themselves with respect 10
handling the problem Of the social
evil" said the aldermen's lawyer. I'VE
want to know just what each grade has
to do with this problem and just how
much OF their duty each is doing. That
/ is the only way we can fix responsible
/ ity and also the only way we can as
certain whether it is the method or the
execution Of administration that is at
fault"
Mr.. Bucllner will probably take up
with Commissioner Waldo. the next
time he has that official on the witness
/ stand. the question Of certain order
| which seems TO have gone through
| Headquarters since the beginning II
tho inquiry. The Mayor and the Com
missioner. said Mr. Buckncr yesterday,
! both assured him that he would be well
| come 10 anything he wanted in the way
| az records or information at Headquar-