New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-18
WALDO BLIND TO TIP"
ON POLICE METHODS
Raid on Sam Pau'S Place Came
OFF According to Advance
Information.
MAYORS ORDER RIDICULED
Young Policeman Tells Alder
men His Advice to Depart
ment Is Not Always
Practical.

one OF the members Of the Sam Paul
Association wrote "A letter to Commits
sioner Waldo May %, 1912, telling him
the writer knew two detectives OF In
spector Cahalane's staff had Informed
Sam Paul of the hour and date at which
they would raid his gambling house, add
Ing they would see TO it that the case
was thrown out OF court" That fact
was brought out yesterday afternoon
during the examination Of the two detec-
tives before the Currau committee. Also,
an apparently intelligent young police
man declared quite frankly that he did
not think the police orders Of Mayor
Gaynor were at all times practicable.
The entire first part Of the session was
devoted to three detectives assigned TO
the staff of Inspector Cahalane, in charge
Of the Is. Inspection District, "a to the
method OF procedure Of policemen In
getting evidence against disorderly houses.
II was during the examination OF De-
tcctive Joseph Horne upon that subject
that he declared the advice OF the Mayor
10 be imprdcticablc. Horne told how he
secured evidence. and made II evident that
his inspector never gave him any sug-
gestions about getting around certain pit
falls I'm police work. His partner Henry
Berbenich, confirmed his statements.
Mr.. Buckner's assistant, J. Robert Ru-
bin. read the following letter to Berben-
ich and Thomas j. Lillis, both members
Of Inspector Cahalane's STAFF on May %,
1912, when the letter was dated
| am going to give you some informa-
tlon mat you don't know Sam
iaul told us this. I'll show you. how |
stand with the inspectors men. they told
me two weeks ago, sam. we are going 10
give you fake raid 10 stall the Inspector
not lose any trade" So Sam went and
opened new place, located at So Fourth
avenue. The idea of him opening this
new place was because the inspectors
mon tipped MIN or that be would get
raided Friday. oath, after five o'clock
. The Inspectors men told him they
"oua come after q, SO that they would
not Interfere with his customers. To
show that this IS a true story Paul said
ne Intends 10 waive examination down
town AS the officers told him to MAKE II
loon real and he also said there was
noihlNE 10 II. and they would throw u
our ~ ~" grand jury room. The reason
Mr. Paul made this remark was because
f.' ''L' W. HtHfa anu ha.I'fA 10 snow inc
members what 4 big man hr was.
As long ~ Inspector Cahalaue has these
men hc could ou anything hc wants o..
"a. hc mas tl"s" men Uu the pay roll lie
l.'h'd out for tho Inspectors men which
men they were 10 tax" two dty- ago and
u you have somebody stationed there
half hour before thr raid is 10 take plucc
sou VIII see the way Nr. Paul has the
cap tables removed and the poker tables
ana the phones, and all tho inspectors
coor and IL is opened 20 them Al the
iuen VIII march out and SIey VIII pick
three men out, which was already framed
mp. Mr.. Paul also raid no was raidod
i've times and Ie knew every time when
IL was going 20 take place
/ have not got any Interest IN this mat
ter except that | DO not Ike man OF
Mr.. iauIs character 90 make people be-
lievc that he could make damn fool Of
q man Of your standing and also In
spector CahaIanc who has all the conf
donce In his men. and they are doing the
work for Paul 4 MEMBER.
Both Emory Il. Huckuer and his ass's-
tart closely questioned the two detectives
as 90 the manner IN which Information OF
the raid might have leaked ont and
reached Sam Paul. but both 81 them
angriy replied that they had no idea.
Mr.. Buckner proved 10 ricm that the
raid did take place exactly as Sam
Paul had told the members Of HIS asso-
citation, and both policemen agreed The
only difference. Mr.. Buckucr told them.
was the fact that four men had been
arrested instead OF the three as agreed
upon
The policemen persisted they knew
nothing about the matter They said they
had secured the evidence and had told
the news 20 no one but their sergeants
and 10 the inspector. They said they did
not believe any one Of those men would
be guilty OF telling such private police
news TO Sam Paul Anyway, they hadn't
dono so, they declared.
Mr.. Rubin brought out the fact that
three OF the four men had been dis
charged In court, the other being Indicted.
He thought that that fact was also in
terestng In light Of the letter he had
i,lst read TO them