Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-08
Partner of RosenthaI, Who
Was Murdered by Gunmen,
Opens Up Line Of Infoma-
ton for Probe Committee,
NAME OF TAMMANY'S
BOSS BROUGHT IN STORY
Inspectors, Captains and Pa
troImen Received From One
Man More Than Fifty Thou
sand Dollars Hush Money,


sand Dollars Hush Money,
Iny Morning Journs- ~seclai Leased Wire.'
New York, Feb. Herman llosen-
that's one time partner in gambling
picked up the broken threads of kos-
enthals story today and told the al
dermanic committee investigating
graft a tale of money paid for po-
lice protection eclipsing that of Jack
Rose, Charles Beckers collector. For
seventeen years James Purcell said
he had paid for the privilege Of run
ming gambling house, making a
hand book or conducting pool room
In an he gave the police more than
$50. goo. he declared in this period.
Former sheriff Harvey, of Queens
county. Police Inspector Mclaughlin,
half a dozen police captains. includ-
ing a. brother-in-law Of Charles +.
Murphy. the Tammany leader and
scores of ward heelers, and police
men. some now on the force. others
off, were among the men who got the
money, he said.
once. he said. orders came "indi-
rectly" from Murphy. himself to close
up. He moved at once.
Charles Becker. now In the death
house at Sing Sing. for the murder Of
Roscnthal, got s350 from him for fix
ing" the evidence against him and five
others taken in q raid Becker made
on his gambling house, Purcell de-
clared. Becker was then head Of the
strong arm" squad for the suppress
sion of gambling.
II have paid money 10 every squad
that was ever detailed to headquar-
ters to suppress gambling, except
one" Purcell testified. They all took
II. except Costiean. costigan was on
the level" costigan was referred to
during the first investigation Of the
Rosenthal case as the honest police
man" In return for this protec-
ton money, purcell said the police
generally let him alone. When they
had to act on complaint from the out
side, they tipped him off. he declared.
He always moved to another house
when thus Informed. For while,
he moved every day Once he deiied
the police For nine months, when
he had Jack McAuiHe. former light
weight champion, for partner, they
ran a gambling house on the upper
east side without making the weekly
payments TO collectors. The police
stationed two men at the door Of his
establishment, he declared, to warn
all customers that II was a gambling
house.
but Jack beat that scheme" he
said If the two policemen forgot
to talk or talked nice, he gave them
SIS apiece a day. If they didn't they
got no money. They generally talked
nice
Police commissioners, inspectors
and captains came and went during
the time purcell was operating in the
tenderloin, he said. but it made no
difference. Collectors for the system
came around regularly. every week or
every month. When he was making
a handbook. he paid them $25 week,
when he was running a pool room or
gambling house. he paid from $50 to.
500 a week
when he was doing nothing. he
paid nothing. There We're one or two
captains or inspectors who didn't "do
business with the gamblers, Purcell
said. but they did not come alto
gether in his precinct.
Thus, when the captain was on "the
level" the inspectors men came
around, and vice versa. One inspec-
tor. he thought incorruptibe, he said,
was Richard Walsh, dubbed, Smiling
Dick
What became Of the money after il
reached the hands OF the captains or
inspectors Purcell didn't know. He
had an idea, gained from talk among
his fellows In the tenderloin, that
some of ii went higher up but he
couldn't say. he testified, as to that.
Purcell said he operated for twelve
years in one police precinct. the twen-
ty-frst and probably did business
during that period at fifty places.
Naming the men who collected pro-
lection money from him each week,
he said they acted for police Captains
McClintock. Cannon. Delaney, holland, /
Cochran Burns and Cray. The last
named is hrother-in -in-law TO Charles +. |
Murphy
\ got permission from Mike Cruise, /
q Tammany leader to open a gam !
bling house In Thirty-third street,
Purcell said. Cruise wanted $50 a
week. for himself. the same for Cap
tain Cray and $40 apiece to the two \
men who came to collect the money
each. So. for while i paid /
them $l20 a week"
How long did you pay this
money!.
For five weeks. Then a friend of
mine called up on the telephone and
said Murphy had ordered the place
closed. Murphy's word was good
enough for me. ! closed up at once.
Purcell said Becker ralded his place
IN 1911 and arrested five men. James.