New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01


and close them on the ground of their
being a moral menace to a neiGhbor-
ico6."
Is Opposed to Segregation.
Il am opposed TO segregation Of vice,
he said i'm reply 10 q question put by
one Of the students at the close of his
address Il do not believe in it, because
IL is ineffective. just <ow to solve the
vice problem IS question that has
been the subject Of thought by many
great minds since time immemorial
II believe that when there were only
three houses on the island Of Manhat-
tan. one of them was disorderly
house"
The fact that some Of the members Oi
his department had been found dis
honest had not come as a surprise. the
Commissioner said.
II would not be surprised TO see that
three or four. OF even twenty or thirty
more had done wrong, either" he add
ed. Many citizens believe that the po-
lice force is bad, and it has been in
some respects for many years, but IT
is getting better all the time. You
would be astonished if YOU could realize
how the department was run for years
without any sort of systematic man
agement.'
The fight to drive out the gamblers
had not been an easy one, he said, and
had met with great deal Of opposi-
ton.
The politicians are hand IN glove
with the gamblers" he declared, and
some magistrates placed on the bench
through those politicians also have an
interest in gambling. Even juries are
opposed to putting down gambling
Commissioner Should Be Free to Act.
Referring TO the suggestion made re-
Gently that the Police Commissioner be
appointed independent of the rest OF
the city administration, Waldo said II
had good and bad phases. In such an
event the Commissioner would not he
responsible TO the head Of the city and
would not be subject 10 the rule Of the
people. he said. If he were appointed
permanently, though, he added, he
would be removed from popular clamJr
raised by those whom he had affected
in administering his policies.
For instance, consider gambler
whose house had been closed. he said.
He has the idea that if the Police
Commissioner responsible is removed
he will be able to open UP again and
remain unmolested, or at least for Il
considerable period during which his
successor becomes familiar with condi-
tons. He therefore raises a howl ana
directs criticism against the Commits
slOner."
The questions hurled al the speaker
at the conclusion Of his address were
many, varied and mostly to the point.
one student asked why il was when u
gambling house was raided the owner
of the place stood on the sidewalk aud
laughed as his gambling paraphernalia
was carried out.
why is he not arrested" he asked.
Warrants had To be issued first Oh
evidence Obldlntu, tHt commissioner
replied. and many proprietors Of gam
bling houses were never seen in their
places. The arrests he explained were
usually made in the case of dealers
How the Third Degree is Worked.
How is the third degree really con
Quoted AT Headquarters? was another
question.
In answer Waldo said that a skiful
cross examiner sat down and talked to
the prisoner. while bits of evidence
were often exhibited in a manner that
would lead the culprit to believe that
the police knew great deal more
about his case than perhaps they did.
We just talk TO him nicely" he said.
and the class emitted a skeptcal roar
of laughter.
Can a detective detect II criminal
BY his eyes," another wanted TO know,
and Commissioner Waldo joined in the
laugh that greeted the question. He
said he believed Bertillon had recently
devised a system OF classifying the
features that would lead detective
familiar with the terms employed to
pick a particular man out of "a crowd
Another youth said he knew of "A
place where he was morally certain
gambling was being conducted. 1t was
in Orchard street. he said. in the back
of O cigar store.
Commissioner Waldo said that he
knew OF any number of small stuss
games being conducted in that section
~ the city which he could not prohibit
because the law held that playing cards
in ones homie was not gambling.
The big gam blers and their resorts
had been put out Of commission, he re-
iterated, and If he had ten months
more every vestige Of gambling would
be gone from the city.