The evening world., 1913-02-10
honest DAN"
TELLS Of INSIDE
!. WORK FOR WALDO
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Wouldn't Report to Officers
He Had Found Not to BE
~
"on the Level"
TR All.ED INSPECTORS.
Costigan's Reports Never Re
suited in Charges Against
Men of Rank.

lieut. Dan Costlgan. In charge OF the
af the strong A1n" police squads ies-
&Aed freely before the Aldermanlc po'
Nee investigating committee to-day nl
HE inside" work for Commissioner
waldo ami some Of Waldo's prcdeces-
sors. When detailed to Check up in
spec,ors, he said. N" refused to report
esc,ut directlv to Waldo, because Of Of
Acials he believed not to I've "on tH
level" lie told OF trailing men In tn"
department. from the rank OF hcuten-
ant upward. No charges resulted from
Ne work. but captains had been trans-
fsrred after Ills reports.
q Alderman Smith objected strenuously
Shtn Counsel Buctncr questioned Cos
nan about Bcckors work.
Costigar declared gambling could bo
suppre ssei only by enforcing laws I'm
pooing prison sentences with no altcrna-
tive. on men found with gambling para
ohernalia In their possession. Make II
~ hard for him as for those found with
opium" urged Honest Dan" ''The
police are powerlcrs when. after spend
Ing time and the city's money. gamblers
mfa freed with u ine OF SIS TO $50
Thomas l.. McClintoek. who was su-
FOR the Prevention of Crime for eleven
yoass. and who was accused OF accept
~ graft from gamblers In the testi-
mony OF james Purcell before the
committee last weak. denisi the charge
on the stand to-day.
Purcell claimed to have paid McC1in-
took through another gambler. Jim Nc
Coy, Purcell SAID Mccoy told him
NcCllntock demanded $50 a month and
mat he gave Mccoy tht, money to give
70 McClintock.
oGN,Es he KNEW M'cov or
PURCELL.
A0eClintock denied he knew Mccoy or
edrkell and protested he had never re-
.sesved a cent from either or from any
othsr gambler. He explained that his
. Sosssty had sought to get evidence
against gambling and disorderly houses
= way Of eliminating them.
The witness sah the police generally
astsd when the society made complaints
against places. and that IN almost all
sases repeated complaints proved efec.
tive. The same was true IN connection
with disorderly houses. The witness said
that last August the District-Attorney' s
SGlcs force raided eighteen disorderly
6ouaes In the Tenderloin on evidence
furnished by his society.
who was tho inspector of tho dastric,
where these raids were nader" asked
Mr.. Buckncr.
'Tnspector I.eahy." said McClintock.
The Committee will recall" said Mr.
oueknsr. Inspector LeAhy said Their,
vses no disorderly houses In this dis
dSiet"
The witness sad gambling and dis
orderly houses were operating openly
~ town was wide OPEN" compared (,
oenditions Of three years prevlous-be
fosV the murder of Herman Rosenthal
- said there was general closing Vi
U1)MWard.
To what" asked asked Mr. Bucknei
~ you attribute the general let-dow
- recent years in the enforcement "a
thD laws against disorderly and gam
bling houses"
10 the attitude OF the courts an
~ public regarding tha existence q
thase places and the attitude OF tn
Police Department"
what do you mean by the attitud
q the police!" asked Mr.. Buckner.
''rhe rule by which police oficer
Were not allowed to serve warrants o
l1pederly |house keepers without speci;