The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-09-07

instructions from me- Commissioner
Waldo said.
The assistant corporation counsel,
Torrance Farley. representing the de-
partment, asked IL he gave him in
structions.
No; simply gave him instructions
to observe peace and good order and
to enforce all the laws" said Waldo.
1.-The inspector was responsible for the
enforcement of the laws. including the
excise acts and the violations of gamb-
ling laws in his district. He was to
aid other inspectors In maintaining an
extra squad % vice detectives
Ibid you instruct Inspector Hayes to
refrain from obtaining evidence against
disorderly houses?' asked Mr.. Far
ley.
HE was never given any instruc-
lions of that nature in any form what
ever" said Commissioner Waldo.
This concluded the direct examina-
ton and Thomas Thatcher, counsel for
HAYES, began DISCRIMINATION by
asking If Commissioner Waldo had not
made a record for eliminating graft
in the fire department
sGaynor Is Involved
Relationship between Mayor Gaynor
and the New York police department.
the mayors attitude on the city's So
called vice and excise problems. and
the extent to which the department fol-
lowed his attitude formed the basis Of
a relentless cross-examination to which
Police Commissioner Waldo was sub
jected in the trial of Cornelius G.
HAYES. the suspended inspector, for
making false statements.
For nearly one hour Thomas Thatcher,
Hayes counsel, sought to read into the
record the mayors speeches and utter
ances on the vice problem
Thwarted in his efforts by Torrance
Farley assistant corporation counsel, the
lawyer finally gained recognition from
the trial commissioner, Douglas |. Nc
KAY, by this declaration: II am merely
trying to prove that Mayor Gaynor's poi
icy was one under which the social evil
was recognized as an uncomfortable
problem which had to be endured. but
that the evil had to present frost OF
outward decency, that in the failure of
Inspector Hayes to raid disorderly houses
he was merely rejecting this policy. and
that any orders issued to him by Police
Commissioner Waldo were directly in VIC
lation of that policy" Mr. Thacher was
then permitted to proceed with his cross
examination along the lines he desired.
.Does not Mayor Gaynor direct your
policy toward vice" he quizzed Mr..
Waldo.
..He does not the commissioner
snapped
Have you ever observed the mayors
viewpoints on the excise question:
1.-The mayors viewpoints" replied Mr..
Waldo, were given to the police in Gen.
eral order No. II. in 1910. That order is
still in force
Knows Nothing of Mayors Views
DO you not know that the mayors
viewpoints on vice are that we have to
suffer this evil?'
II do Rot know anything about the
mayors viewpoints, except what he told
me. He never told me anything like that"
replied Waldo.
HAS Mayor Gaynor ever instructed
YOU how to deal with disorderly houses?"
He has never given me any instruc-
tons on that subject, retorted Mr..
Waldo
LAS matter of fact you did not ex-
pect Hayes to raid disorderly houses with
in his district. did your"
Il expected him to raid every dis
orderly house as to whose operations
he could obtain sufficient evidence"
said Waldo.
you knew, did you not, that disor-
derby houses had fourished for six
months In Inspector Hayes district;
that these houses We're operating every
day, and that they were not being
raided ??
yes. / knew it," replied Waldo. II
knew that disorderly houses had been
nourishing in that district for year.
But / presumed that Inspector Hayes
was making every effort he could to
close them.
Commissioner Waldo was refractory
witness from the start. His replies
were long and couched in general terms
and he had frequent encounters with
Mr. Thacher on minor details,
Another Witness Found
The district attorneys office expressed
satisfaction in thediscovery OF a Saliva
ton Army girl who had rooms near
the hotel Metropole and was an eye
witness to the murder of Rosenthal. II
is said that she can identify several II
not all of the men involved In the
shooting and will make valuable COM
|monwealth witness. Another witness, q
member of the Elks club here, has been
traced to Troy. N. Y, and an assistant
district attorney was dispatched thither
last night.
International Falls. September g.
The authorities here are holding a man
they suspect to be "Gyp the Blood" The
man was trying to enter Canada when
stopped.
Cruiser at Martinique
Fort De France, Martinique. September
ls.-The British cruiser Melpon1ene Al
rived here today.
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