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also throws the spotlight upon the po-
litical methods by which McNichOl Pen
rose and their satellites have sought to
sustain themselves in power.
THE BURNS REPORT.
Following is the third instalment Of
the report:
"On the afternoon of June or 6, 1912
our operatives had a conference with Di-
rector Porter, lasting for nearly three
hours, in the office Of ----. Conditions
of the Tenderloin and many different sec
tions of Philadelphia We're shown to the
Director. At this meeting a plan of
action was laid out.
"On the evening of June Director
Porter removed the lieutenant of the 9Th
District, Of the Tenderloin, and placed
the six special officers back in uniform
and sent them to different parts of the
city. A new lieutenant by the name of
Little was sent into the district with a
new set of special officers. Our opera
ives and Lieutenant Little and his men
were instructed by Director Porter to
work together and clean up this dis
trict of the Tenderloin. At that time
the district was infested with crooks
speakeasies, opium joints and gambling
dens.
e The list of houses of prostitution OBJ
tained by our operatives showed that
the Sixth District alone. The street
walkers soliciting on the streets aver
aged 20 to a block. Our operatives worked
with Lieutenant Little and his special Of
fcers.
CLEANING UP TENDERLOIN.
"A card index system was inaugural
ed. Every uniformed officer was COM
PEELED to hand TO the lieutenant of the
district names of occupants of every
house on his beat. These names were
listed. As a family moved out II was
learned where they were moving TO, and
The lieutenant of the district to which
they moved was notified of their coming.
AS family moved into the Sixth District
II was Investigated, and If their charac-
ters were In any way shady they were
notified that If any illegiumate business
was started they would be sent to jail
Immediately.
ON December l. 1912. there was not a
dollar graft being paid out of Chinatown
to anybody. On Christmas and New
Year there was not a dollars worth Of
presents given out of Chinatown TO a
politician or police official or sub
ordinate.
"All during this time we had our opera
tlVes planted in the most notorious dives
IN the Tenderlon, who kept us in touch
with the workings or dealings between
the people OF the underworld and the
police of the 9th or 8th Districts.
ORGANIZATION LEADERS WATCHED
within two months after we started
our investigation we had high h-class in
formants in the confidence OF virtually
every big leader in the Gang Organiza-
tion.
1--WE had informants In the offices Of
Penrose, McNichol, d. Clarence Gibboney,
Leader James Carey, Of the 5th Ward
Leader James Dorney, OF the 18th Ward,
and Leader Campbell, of the 25th Ward.
These men kept our operatives In close
touch with practically all that was be-
ing done by the McNichol-Penrose Or
ganization.
During the Roosevelt primaries, in the
spring OF 1912, our informants kept us in
close touch with every move that Pen
rose and McNichol were making. In fact,
they attended one or two meetings In
Penrose's office when conditions We're
being talked over with such men as Will
liam Lieb, Of Schuylkill County; William
p. Gallagher, of Wilkes-Barre Herman
Miller, of Harrisburg, and Harry Baker
secretary OF the Republican State Com
mittee.
From information obtained at these
meetings II was considered advisable for
our operatives TO shadow several of these
be spent 10 buy Roosevelt delegates foF
the McNichol-Pe machine.
PURCHASE PLAN ABANDONED.
I'VE knew every movement that was
being made toward buying these delegates
We arranged plan whereby one OF our
operatives in the conndeLee OF Carey ar