New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-27
WALDO To CLAMP DOWN
LID FOR SC MORE DAYS
Commissioner Follows China
town Raid with Probe OF
Lahey'S Work.
HARLEM CAPTAIN ACCUSED
Police Head Not Bothering"
About Resignation-Mayor
Refuses to Comfort
Gamblers, He Says.

Police commissioner Waldo believes ne
has 7,,otv-six DAYS in Office. and he Is not
.-,i~r 20 let ANYBODY fcol him. either IN
,ba wav Of prvinr up the I'D OF the
gambling embargo or I'm bringing swift
punishment 10 any members OF MS force
who LEI the gamblers slip croWoar uh-
der the I'D He said so himself at foIlCe
HEADQUARTERS Yesterday IN discussing the
r.-le rrir Of discovery he personally con-
Quoted on Thursday night IN Chinatown
resulting I'm the seizure Of three iuHy
eoyinped fantau Joints and the suspen-
sion Of a captain. a sergeant and patro'-
man for laxity in letting the places 90
unmolested
81 guess they got an idea. he said yes
terdav. that since Mayor Gaynors death
was slated 70 20. and thought they
could take a chance. But they guessed
wrong. expect TO be Police Commis-
sione~ until the first OF the wear. anu
there is not going 70 be any gambling
have instructed Third Deputy Commls-
sioner Newburger 20 investigate the cases
Of CAPTAIN Frank a. Tierney. OF the
Elizabeth street station; Sergeant owen
j. hHeEdN anu dAAt 4A4aeA4t @@~
attached 70 the staff OF Inspector VIM
IAN J. Lahey, Of the % District the men
suspended without pay Immediately
after my discovery OF the gambling OUT
fits in Pell street"
do YOU expect 70 take any acton
AGAINST Inspector Lahey7' he was asAeu'
THAT Is lust what Mr. Newburser IL
,rvestiTating" ne said IF he finds sum
cisnt evidence 70 base charges against the
inspector for laxity ne will also De sus-
pended and put on trial. / shall inVesu-
gate the whole city for like laxity.
When asked II ne thought Mayor klne
intended 70 ask for his resignation the
Commissioner replied that he was no'
bother,ng his head about that
.NIayor Kline and I are the best OF
friends" he said We had luncheon TO-
gether to-day and attended the drill Oh
the FIVE hundred probationary patro!men
Al the 18th Regiment Armory.
At his Offices in the City Hall Mayor
Kline was asked II ne expected 10 retain
Commissioner Waldo.
you do not expect me 70 answer that
question. DO you?" he parted.
Yes. ne was tO4G. you may "H4A' ~
answer Il when you know that gamblers
are figuring that you are going 70 let
Waldo go and are planning 10 begin
operations again"
The gamblers can't figure me for one
minute" he replied. Il don't care what
they think"
Following the suspension OF captain
Tierney, CAPTAIN Dominick Riley, Of the
Greenwich street station. was assigned 10
duty in Elizabeth street lie made tour
OF Chinatown yesterday afternoon TO
"acouaint himself with conditions there
he said. Accompanying the notification
from the Commissioner Of his transfer
was the laconic order.
Clean ur Chinatown"
II was said at Police Headquarters that
the Commissioner IN the event Of the
suspension Of Inspector Lahey, would
probably bring Inspector John DAILY BACK
70 the % District, mindful OF the thor
, ouFh way DAILY cleaned the quarter up
when ne was in charge there. six months
aRo Commissioner Waldo had a long
conference yesterday with Lahey. Fur
ther action IN the Chinatown situation. II
was said. would De deferred until Deputy
Commissioner Newburger makes his re-
port. This is expected to-day
Chinatown is not the only spot under