The evening world., 1913-01-30
P|CKETS
ON[yON GAMBLERS
WITHOUT "SH|F IS"
Inspector Cahalane Gives
Buckner Light on Duplicate
Plants About Town.
PUT CHECK ON GRAFT.
Vigilance Failed to Find ANY
Plainclothes Men Taking
Protection Money.
PUT CHECK ON GRAFT,

Emory r. Buckner. counsel to the
Curran Aidermanic Committee. dropped
his side excursions Into vice conditions
to-day and resumed his Intimate In
quiry into the details OF police admins
tration.
The proceedings were rep'ete with
figures and oft-repeated details. Much
Of the matter covered has been gone
over before In the examination Of police
captains The bulk Of the session was
taken up with reading OF letters and re-
ports with reference to specific places
oh the East Side used for gambling pur-
poses.
Inspector Cahalane, until recently In
charge of the First District. east Of
Broadway and below Fourteenth street.
was called TO the stand. He Is n clean
cut, youngis h man with "a knowledge of
the grammatical use OF English. lie
had been a witness before.
Cahalane was asked about the svs-
TEN Of placing policemen IN guard In
places that have been raided AZ gam
bling houses. Counsel Buckner wanted
TO know why policemen are withdrawn
from some pieces within twenty-four
hours and kept In other places for
months.
The Inspector said the rule was to
keep n policeman on guard continuously
| when the place that had been raided
was the only gambling house owned
by the proprletor-the only place In
which he could do business But, the
| Inspector explained, many proprietors
have two or more places. called
shifts" II n raid Is r'ade and the
proprietor has shift to go to. the
guard Is not maintained in the place
| raided.
Mr.. Buckner went into a hair splitting
review Of various raids on gambling
houses and poorooms In the First Dis
trict while Cahalane was the inspector
In charge. The examination was
in the nature of an assemblage OF ma
terial for the majority report Of the
committee. which will be largely written
BY Mr.. Buckncr.
| From Cahalane It was learned that q
small gambling place. such as back
| -
played on q pool table. 10 called by the
police a smear" AnothG piece OF In
forma ton of public interest was Ca
halane's statement. We've got Sam
Paul buffaloed."
| In the matter of an anonymous letter
written to the Police Commissioner dated
May 20. 1912. stating that there had
been . leak Of raid to be made next
day on a gambling house conducted by
Sam Paul. Cahalane declared his belief
that the letter was written and posted
after May 20 and dated May rs.
THAT trick" said the Inspector. us
as old as kerosene. 1t Is a favorite de-
vice OF dt.orderly house keepers to get
back at a policeman who has put them
out Of business"
NEVER FOUND A SUBORDINATE
WAS TAKING GRAFT.
Mr.. Buckner read a letter written b.
Inspector Cahalone to the Commissioner
August II. 1872 saying there were ~
gambling houses In his district. The
witness said that last August nearly
all the gamblers quit operating. Thii
was a month after Herman Rosentha-
was killed.
How did you investigate Charge
AGAINST your subordnatesT'
II looked into then-I was familia
with the men and the district. AM
knew how to look Up my subordinates.
ibid you ever become satisfied that I
subordinate was taking graft--havs 70,
ever suspected one Of your plain clothe
men OF taking graft?"
II never did"
did you ever assign to the same ~,
different groups Of men unknown I,
each other?"
Il have. and I have checked them vi
myself"
/ CabalOne way the only witness en-
amined. An adjournment was taken un
til tomorrow afternoon.