The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-27
MISS DAVIS PLANS
TO END TOMBS GRAFT
Commissioner Hopes to XIII the
"System" Which Permits
Drug Smuggling.
NO FOOD FROM OUTSIDE
Visitors House to Be Built TO
Prevent Close Approach
to Prisoners.
NO FOOD FROM OUTSIDE

Uionsr Of Correction. heard yesterday from
her deputy. Burdette @. Lewis. how to
break the "systen" in the Tombs and end
drug smuggling and grating there.
Mr. Lewis tells In his report how six
city officials cooperated to put four In
vestigators into the Tombs. two ~ keep
srs. two a. prisoners
In this enterprise Mr.. Lewis had the
help Of Mayor Mitchell. Magistrate Nc
Adoo, the Commissioner Of Accounts To-
lice Commissioner Mckay. Dr. Mosko-
vita, head Of the Civil Service Commits
sion. and Warden Haniey Of the Tomoe.
District Attorney whitman also knew
what was up. Warden Hanlsy was the
only person In the prison who knew Of
the ruse.
Mayor Mitchell desired as much ~ Miss
Davis did tn find out II the stories OF
graft aud drug smuggling in the city
prison were true. Police Comm lssioner
Mckay ordered two detectives whose
names are not given TO report to the
Mayor. Mr.. Mitchell sent them to Deputy
Commissioner Lewis to get orders.
Meanwhile the Commissioner Of Ac-
counts had detailed two Of his inspectors.
Julian I. Marks and John DaiinG. to Mr..
Lewia Magistrate McAdoo was taken
into the secret and Marks and Dalling
were sentenced to fifteen days in the
Tombs on charge Of speeding.
Made Prison Keepers.
Dr.. Moskowit1 had agreed to let the
two detectives head the civil service list
for q few days. long enough for them to
be appointed keepers in the prison. when
Marks came TO the Tombs Warden Han.
ley Saw that he was made a runner"
that Is. a trusty and crrand man with
the freedom Of the place. DAZZLING was
Get to work as q cleaner 20 that he could
20 about and use his eyes and ears.
The detective keepers reported to Mr..
Lewis every evening and sometimes left
their Jobs at night to trace the drug traf-
nc outside the Tornbs. Arthur Proctor. an
expert who has done work in the inquiry
int the city's schools and helped Mr..
Mitchell reorganise the New York customs.
went to the prison frequently as a visitor
ana kept In touch with Marks and Dali
ling for Mr.. Lewis.
The four men found much petty graft
ana . thriving traffic In drugs. as told In
THs Sur yesterday. 10 bad were condi-
tiens that Mr.. Lewis says in his report
20 Miss Davis:
AS n result OF this study thint
drugs will be smuggled into the prison Al
long ~ visitors can come into contact
with prison inmates and az long as food
and beverages may b brought in from
outside."
He says smuggling has been isssened
since Miss Davis took Office. The search
Of visitors and food which she instituted
caused big increase In mail sent t.
II was found that drugs were broush
n BY prisoners who had been taken owe
ehe Bridge Of SiGhs merely for arraign
mont or to zee the District Attorney anC
had spent only few minutes In tn
Criminal Courts Building.
DeGgsa Msrphias pm.
TIE detectives acting a. keepers hear,
that one prisoner was carrying . hypo
dermic syringe and dosing his fellows
He was watched and seen to beg lit.l
morphine pill from the prison physician
asserting he could not stand the pal
~ was suffering. Instead Of swallowin
d. morphine he palmed II and after tn
phyolcian left dissolved II in a spoonful o
water and Med his syringe.
Thsv Couidn't catch him giving Il to
fellow prisoner When they searched MIR
thsv found that his syringe lacked
needle point. Two days later the neces
~ needle point came into the Tombs l
. natchboH which had bean slipped
some one In prison pen In the crimins
ne.utv Comm,ss,oner Lewis praise
warden Hanleys work In the Tosnba. an
sSSS that the prison 10 no longer III
stssribis pesthols" no Investigated ~
Essesss mentioned IN Marks's report Z
esi,ty q graftsna w.ii , BE- plaSsed ,s .
RECONSIDERATION.
ne latter gives ten Recommendation
fop chaAgss In the Tombs and ~ method
The prison. he says needs new set
rules, . hospital and a visitors hous
The heating plant need, ov '.,i AZ y y
- TO open. the ventilation must be be
ssesd ana slshtssSlns should be stoppe
Mo Davis has accepted these suggestion
xsps Away Frea PSissasrs.
qhe vistors house 10 to b built IN Il
peison yard and outsiders VIII not emit
~ psseon building. In the visitors hou
n . - q corridor elk fest wide runnir
freU end to end On each aide Of tn
corridor viii be rows OF compartment
snoh Just wide enough to admit one ~
son.
stalls, and standing behind . heavy. a
- come TO see across the corridor. r
prtsonsr viii also bs behind Close WOW
scrosn. Prisoner and friend win be 9
or eight fest apart.
Neither visitor nor prisoner win b al
70 - any enc but the person facing hi
rye persons will b able to talk to 60
other acroee the corridor. but that "
b. all. Guards will stand at the ends
tho CORRIDOR
The present plan 10 not only to ct
me praetics Of having meals sent In
prioeneeu who can pay, but to alter
prison bill Of fare 90 that nourishl
food without frills viii be supplied.
ether food will be admitted.
JAIL KEEPER DISMISSED
~ DslaysA RsDsrtins Prisoners 4
cape Fpso Blaekwell's Islana.
Commission(sr OF Correction Da
announced yesterday that she had q
misssd Charles Harnstt. keeper on Biac