The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-02-01
HAYES SAYS WALDO
FORBADE ANY RAIDS
Dismissed Inspector Repeats His
Charges Before Curran
Committee.
TELLS or 4 REPRlMAND
ScOldcd When lie Acted Against
Resorts on Priests Com
plant. lie Alleges.


lice Department On charge that he
mado false statements regarding his or
durs from Commissioner Waldo. told the
'urIHn AldcrmaniC committee Ncs,cr-
day that Commissioner Waldo had IN
struct"d hnn To- return complaints sent
to him from Headquarters regarding
questionable resorts with the indorse-
ment that n" mad been unable to get
evidence.
ON one occasion the inspector violated
This urd,r bN making raids on three
place. h,CiuS, of persistent complaints
from ,."rgNm,u Ia 'h" neiGhborhood.
Mr Waldo, hc testified. drinanded TO
know IN" meaning of these raids and
nddrd that he thought the inspector
VAS k,"pinE his men out of question
able resorts Ntt"r his tn" inspector
mad. uu uur, raids n the Upp"r Ten
d"rluiu.
After his transfer to The new Tender
.u,n. Nc said. tn" Commissioner gave
him uu instructions. and tn" first time
;uc subject was m"n'i iun,d 10y the Com
missioner was one night when they
wcr, walking through the district to-
griM.r Alr Hayes said they passed the
l.ldurtdo rlf" and the commissioner re-
marked. in reply tu a question from th"
inspector. They are better inside than
on th" street - long az outward order
ana d,,"nCv al" nhs"rN ed" Hayes said
'hn- the Commissioner did not seem To
rc Interested IN questionable" resorts. but
that h. was insSt,u' ;hat gambling
houses h.. closed
counsel Bu,kn,r ASKED him his in
'"rprctat.on of IN. Mayors letter trans
m.tfed as an order hy Commissioner
Waldp regarding the methods to he
employed N gcttin. evidence In ques-
Hpntb,o resort cases Hayes said that
hr interpreted this a. stu allowing
policeman tu "ntog rooms with women
and mar" bargains with them. but as
moiilt ing certain methods in use be-
fore. ~ for ;hc Mayors suggestion,
embodied IN the order. that evidence
should b' obtained ny observation from
the pIiS.Jr.' Hayes said that ne re-
gardcd !. a. a "S'r; OF silly affair. try
.Ug tu get evidence hy watching men
going in ami ont uf suspected places"
II" d.i not consider this practical, but
'"iod i, IN eight ~ nine cases. and all
We're thrown 0ut in Special Sessions.
Ia February last the inspector had
been Getting complaints from Police
HEADQUARTERS. sometimes three or four
q daN regarding resort conditions The
ma lpr.'N were indorsrd for his "infor-
nation which means In the depart
mou' that No report Is required About
'l" middle of February Father DAILY
of N" rauhSt Fathers and Father De-
inncN Of the Forty ninth street church
visited HIM personally regarding GER
tain MACE. Ns "A rysiIl, hn 70 iInH "a
Marlborough, an apartment house where
Mary Goode once lived, and the Robes
pierre in FIftieth street and a hotel
Commissioner waldo sent for him and.
according To- the witness said thought
Nou were keeping your men out Of
questionable resorts? What is the
meaning uf AN thcs" raids" He said the
Commissioner continued that he had in
formation tina; tn" raids were made
'or crIf,,uC purposes and told him IA
keep HIS mon "uJ of such places in the
future. Tn" witness said he rcplled
that b" did not max" a practice of send.
ing men into these places except on
complaints from Headquarters.
III YOU get communication from
this nf'ic" for Investigation and repor,
hereafter he says the Commissioner
replied. "you report to me you could
get NJ evidence"
"po YOU swear Ia that" Mr. Buck.
nor asked seemingly a little astonished
I'm under oath" the eX-Inspector
replied easily.
From that time on until August. tht
witness said. he did not make a single
arrest on that line of cases. although
h" still was continually receiving com.
plants, and he never was criticised b,
the Police Commissioner for failing tc
iaCt.
THE matter was never discussed,
he testified
! ON May % last, he said. First Deput,
/ Commissioner Mckay sent for him anc
told him nf complaint that had beer
received from -. T., Walton manager
b of the 81 Francis Hotel at 1o4 wes
f'ortN-scv"mh street, regarding two
places close by To which the guests q,
/ the hotel objected
I II want YOU To go up there and clear
that right up" the witness testified tn,
First Deputy Commissioner told him.
"No,' Hayes said he replied. :"
: have orders direct from the Commits
sioner on 'hesc places" They went II
and saw the Commissioner and. Haye.
said, the Commissioner instructed hin
to 90 10 the hotel man and tell him :,
20 to court and prove the places com
planned of were the kind of places h.
said they We're,
Hayes testified that he went to Mana.
ger Walton ana delivered the Commits.
sioncr's message. MIR, Walton told me
he had no evidence except what he haf
seen from tn" outside and had hcarC
about tn" places" he went on
! Mr., BuCksncr read Mr.. WaltOns let.
ter into the record. II was dated Ma,
! \, 1912, and complained of an apartment,
house next door, at 12O West Forty.
! seventh street and OF a residence across
, the street at ~. The letter mcntione,
young girls and the traffic in them
and spok" of the screams which reached
In connection with this letter and his
story Of his errand to the manager OF
the ST. Francis Mr.. Buckncr read tn,
formal acknowledgment OF the com
plant sent To Mr., Walton by Mr.
Waldu's executive clerk, in which tn,
hotel man was assured that the matter
would receive the attention Of the de-
partment" Hayes made report on tn,
complaint To the effect that the street,
and houses complained Of had been OBJ
served for some time and that the evi
deuCc against them had not been Sc