New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-06
DWYER LED RAID
OVER HIS OWN HEAD
Inspector Tells Curran Commit.
tee That His District
Is SpotIeSS.
GAYNOR DEMANDED ACTION
Mayors Letter Declared if
Facts Were as Charged
Dryer Was Not Fit To
Be an Inspector.

OWycT was NOC Ell 10
Be an Inspector.
When Mayor Gaynor ordered Police
Commissioner Waldo to raid "Besnsey"
Rosenfelds gambling house over Inspec-
tor Dryers head, last September. Win
field sheehan, secretary TO the Commits
sioner. rubber stamped the complaint
and Report" and sent it 10 Inspector
Dwver. Two days later Inspector Dwyer
raided "Beansey's' place
This was part OF the testimony given al
Yesterdays session OF the Curran invest-
eating committee. Inspectors John +.
Dwyer. OF the 4th Inspection District,
and Patrick X. Hardness OF Brooklyn
were the witnesses examined, ard they
swore that there were no disorderly
houses in their districts that they knew
OF. This. added TO the testimony Of In
spectoT LaheI the other day, means that
there is not single disorderly house in
the so-called Tenderloin districts of New
York and Brooklyn.
There was also another letter of the
MAYOR read into the evidence, wherein he
thought that an apartment house in West
5Oth street, which Inspector Dwyer de-
scribed as the most notorious resort In
the city" was being unduly annoyed by
the police.
Acts on Clersynen's Complaint.
Inspector Dwyer. on complaint Of eler-
gymen hai placed policemen IN front OF
the house 10 warn visitors. and SHORTY
after the receipt OF the letter the police
We're withdrawn. But so persistent be-
came the clergymen again that policemen
were again stationed in front Of the
house. and they are still there to-day
The Mayors letter on 'Beansey kosen-
fields place was dated September Il last
and addressed TO Mr.. Waldo. II read:
Incosed find letter complaining OF gam
bling house in INSPECTOR Dryers district,
giving address and names. think IL
ought TO be investigated over his heau'
for il the place is AZ open as the Ieltel
inclosed SAYS il is ne is not lit TO be an
inspector.
The letter inclosed sent to the MAYOR
ANONYMOUSLY scOfred at Dryers conteh-
ton that he had cleaned up the district
and gave full description OF beam
sey's" gambling house on West 44th street
describing its inmates az punch y!
thieves and crooks that beat all hollow
the crew of any pirate ship" Which com
,nunication Mr.. Sheehan sent 10 Inspector
Dwyer.
And so this is how you were invesu-
gated over your teaa?' inquired Emory
IL. Buckner. counsel 10 the committee
For reply Dwyer smiled.
you investigated 'Beanseys place
yourself over your own head, en- con
tinued Mr.. Buckner.
Then the Mayors letter of September
Is. 1912. with reference to the Robespierre'
was read. It was addrs to Commits
sioner Waldo. Here is the letter:
am sending YOU letter from the
attorneys OF the landlord OF tine premises
in West Goth street | can sec how the
police can ruin the place BY depopulating
II. That will never DO unless the place
a. q whole il q public nuisance. And II
there be some OF the fats in which un-
fortunate women ply their calling, theh
those fats alone must be intcrfered with,
ants. The power Of the police must not
he used to destroy, unless the case abso-
lutely calls for IT. Let the report CIV.
facts. not surlniees Is the plac. noisy
DO criminals live there: Has any dlSor-
der occurred there:
one OF the easiest WAYS OF collecting
graft is 70 station police in front OF houses
10 interfere with people going IN and out
Much graft IN past years has been col
lected that way. Perhaps YOU had better
give your personal attention to this case.
/ wOuld advise you to visit IT. and can at
the apartments. il necessary, TO learn
what class OF people live there
Dryer Starved Out" Women.
Wnen the letter was written, Inspector
Dwyer explained. he had starved out"
most Of the disorderly fats in the house
ard had raided others. In all he obtained
convictions against four. After he took
his policemen away the women again re-
turned 70 the house. and the second time
he put man in front Of the house-three
weeks ago-he obtained the consent OF
tie Police Commissioner before taking ac-
ton. At the present time there are five
suspected gambling houses and three sus-
pected disorderly houses where Inspector
Dwyer keeps a policeman In front 10
"starve OUT the inmates. He said that
this was an effectual way Of wiping out
gambling and prostitution.
Inspector Dwyer somewhat surprised
the committee by telling them that he
had received nine different orders from
Commissioner Waldo 10 send plsinclothes
men into the back rooms OF saloons TO OBJ
tain evidence against Sunday selling. He
said ne did not know if this was not in
keeping with the spirit Of Mayor Gaynor's
excise views. The Mayor holds that IL is
not the function Of the police to obtain
evidence in excise cases.
The inspector said he checked up his
plainclothes men by assigning two and
three men 10 the one case. He said that
he made the assignments In such way
that no man would know who else was
working on the case
The next session will be held Monday
morning at 80 o'clock Leutenants
Costigan and O'Reilly. heads Of the special
squads, have been subpGnaed TO throw
light on how they work.
LABORATORY BUYS HOUSE
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