The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-07
CROPSEY HIMSELF is
MAN COMPLAINED OF
Kings District Attorney Sur
prised When Served With
Papers.
OUT WITH A STATEMENT

District Attorney James c. Cropsey in
Brooklyn got a surprise yesterday when
no learned that the public officlar' re-
ferred 20 by County Judge Dixie on Mon
day In submitting complaint papers to the
Grand Jury for investigation was himself
and not Assistant District Attorney Louis
Goldstein, as had been surmlsed
Tho information that he was the official
involved camo TO Mr.. Cropsey when he
was served with a copy OF the complaint
by the secretary OF the Grand Jury
The complaint Is made by Monroe Gold
stein OF ass Second avenue. Manhattan.
acting as counsel for the National De-
sertlon Bureau. and he charges Mr. Crop
sey with refusing 20 apply 20 the Governor
for extradition papers for Frank Tiger.
who was said 60 have abandoned his chill
dren. Mr.. Cropsey quickly issued this
statement:
Mr.. Cropsey's Statement.
I'm view OF the criticisms which nave
made OF Judge Dixie ] can understand his
motive in publicly calling 10 the attention
OF the Grand Jury this trivial matter re-
lating 10 the District Attorneys office.
But Il Is more difficult to understand why
the Judge, when asked yesterday by tho
newspaper representatives whether the
complaint was against one OF my as
SifsfanS, SnOulu nave TtluNth W hhNt
denied that that was 10 and instead have
permitted the papers 90 carry the matter
as though the complaint was against my
assistant"
"Mr. Goldssein's sole complaint Ia that
! refused to apply 20 the Governor for eN-
tradition for man named Frank Tiger.
who was said to have committed tho crime
OF abandonment OF his children. did de-
cline to make such an application az
have declined In many other similar cases
and as every District Attorney does de-
cline"
Points to Action by Judge Dixie.
Mr. Cropsay then goes on to say that
during the three years OF his term some
thirty convictions have been obtained
when men have been returned TO the state
on extradition papers. The expense IN
volved he says, is considerable and he
asserts that the National Desertion Bureau
has frequently commended his refusal to
| incur this expense when the hope or doing
any good has seemed small. lie says that
| in some of these cases sentence has been
! suspended and the man eNtradited has
| simply left the state again, making all
the expense and labor OF trial futile. He
charges that Judge Dixie has himself sus-
pended sentence in one OF these cases
| Furthermore" says Mr.. Cropsey, "A
District Attorney has TO be careful to see
that extradition proceedings are not used
for private benefit or the advantage OF any
| person or attorney. In these abandon
ment cases there frequently is civil &C
| ton for divorce OF separation pending or
about to be- begun. II the husband can
be brought back at the public expense the
| persons prosecuting the civil suit are
saved the expense and trouble TO which
they otherwise might be put in effecting
service of the papers In such suit.
have been informed that Monroe NJ. Gold
stein. who makes this complaint, brings
as attorney, many divorce actions. and his
persistence and insistence in having this
man Tiger brought back makes me wonder
IL he has any other interest IN the matter