New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-04

torney Whitman was exposing corrup-
ton Of his inspectors. captains ana
patrolmen.
The Curran committee will meet inns |
afternoon to take up the second section !
II its report, dealing with the ponce
methods in connection with gambling
. and the social evil. and from what mas !
leaked out concerning this part of the !
report il is rumored that the arraign-
ment Of Waldos methods is far more
severe than it was in the first section.
Emory II. Buckner chief counsel to
the Curran committee, thought tndI
the defending statements OF Waldo |
would be practically wiped out by the |
facts.
Tho report of the committee has
been drawn with the same care ana
the Same regard for evidence as an IN /
dictment.' said Mr.. Buckncr. every
charge in il is supported 10y testimony
in the record Of the committees near /
ings. some OF which testimony VIII ne !
summarized in other sections 81 the
report which are still TO come. The
rest is open for anybody TO read. me
charges cannot be answered because
thcv are based ON sworn testimony.
Chairman Curran minated that tie
Mayors defence Of Waldo would not
stand before the facts that will be pre- ,
Sontcd j.. che complete report
Just 10y way Of u little friendly I'D
vice" he said, ia suggest that those
ISSUING statements for Mi. Waldo san
n little closer to the wind until The
committees final report is ready CO..
submission. Section will he ready
tomorrow"
Takes Issue with Mayor
o. Referring 10 few specific points
mentioned in the Mayors statement,
Mr.. Curran pointed to extracts oi nc
9,ecord OF sworn testimony and dord-
mcntary evidence which contradicted
She Mayors allegations. On the May
or's statement that 1t was an in
famous falschOUd to say that graz,
complaints a ainst police officers were
referred TO those officers for lnvestiSd-
ton" the aldcrm2niC chamber referreI
inquirers to the record of some of the {
Complaints against Lieutenant Becker.
One such extract from the alder /
manic inquiry shows that on March -, I
1912, a man who signed his name as.
Henry Williams wrote 10 Mayor /
C;aynor himself, saying: Il would like /
10 have YOU investigate Lieutenant |
Becker. He is collecting more money !
than Devery ever thought of" The |
continuation Of that extract from the /
fecord 81 Tvs that on March - the (
Mayor wrote TO Waldo. saying:
Il am inclOsing to YOU letter pur- :
porting to be signed Henry Williams.
9s il possible to find out who the writer /.
@s? have received large number Of
similar letters This letter was in /
dorsed at Police Headquarters on
March - with these words Respect J
Tully referred TO Lieutenant Becker for !
investigation and report the indorse-
ment being signed. "N. Il. Sheehan by
UlletllOn OL the r pilNt NDliliilSo4Ni4NA'
on April 10. 1912, Becker reported
that Patrolman White, of his staff. had
interviewed thirteen men whose names
were Henry Williams and discovered
four other Henry Williams" who were
N out Of town, without finding the man
FIwho wrote the letter. Becker himself
suggested that some one else be as
signed . investigate the matter. but
nothing further was done
Another illustration Of the same point
was pointed out in the record by Chair
man Curran. which showed that on
April .. 1912. an anonymous complaint
mailed in to Commissioner Waldo re-
cited that "Rosenthal brags that he
owns Becker, and that Jack Rose
introduced him to Becker. and fixed
things for him 10 run at No. lOl West
10Th street" This letter advised tire
Commissioner to watch Becker's house
and he would see these men visit
Becker there"
According to the record it was re-
ferred to Becker himself for investga-
dion and remarks and on April IS
1872 Becker wrote back ''remarking'
that he was not directly or indirectly
receiving money from RosenthaL''
o. The aldermanic records disclosed that
il remained for Inspector Sweeney 10
perpetratc the merriest bubble OF the
Hot. when a written but anonymous
complaint TO the Police Commissioner
charged that a Harlem gambler had
.boasted he was able TO run because he
owned Lieutenant Duffy, Sweeney's
%ardman body and soul" That COM
splaint was referred to Sweeney for re
marks" and Sweeney's answer was that
There was no Lieutenant Duffy on his
staff" and that "he didn't have any
.yardmen." Duffy was not lieutenant
He was only a sergeant on Sweeney's
staff.
Waldo's own defence against one
charge against him. 10 the effect that
4lno photographs in the Rogue's Gal
lery Of police value were destroyed
was met Yesterday with another eX-
.tract from the aldcrmanic record taken
from tho testimony Of Inspector Joseph |