New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
All of Accused Men
Are Stationed in
One District.
WILL QUESTION
ENRIGHT FURTHER
His Connection with Boat
Clubs Dance To Be
Investigated.

A crusade against police graft which
Is expected to result in many arrests
including that Of the man higher up
Is under way. The District Attorneys
Office has gathered a mass of evidence,
and prompt action is promised.
Detective Sergeants William J. En-
right and David j. Foley, while in
dicted only for the giving of perjured
testimony. resulting in Jail sentences
for a man and woman arrested in q
white slave" case, will be asked to ex-
plain the use OF their names in the
dance order of the Arlington Boat Club
ball held April 10, 1915, at Arlington
Hall. Enright will be asked further re-
sarding the purchase of sl,lN
motorboat the day after the ball.
Lnright, according to Assistant Dis
trict Attorney James +. Smith, signed
the contract for the use Of the hal
for the ball Of the boat club. and ms
name appeared as vice-president OF th'
, club in the dance order. Foley, the
assistant prosecutor added, was listed
as the financial manager OF the aHair
The club paid nothing for the use ol
the hall for the night, while other
clubs paid from $40 to $50 night
Smith said
Tickets for the affair in from sl'
TO $50 lots were sold, il was said yes
.erdav bv the District Attorneys once
% women of the streets and to the
owners Of resorts who would seek th'
GOOD praoes of men thought to be
nowerful in the Police Department
To Make Graft Charges.
Mr.. Smith further stated that the ar
rests of Enright and Foley were only
the beginning of scandal that wouio
involve twelve plainclothes policemen
in one district, ard several in two oil
three other inspection districts. II
wae intimated that the elusive man
higher up" in this case, said to be
civilian holding high Office in the
department, would be implicated.
The twelve men referred to by the
Assistant District Attorney were until
a few months ago members of the stan
of an inspector who was transferred oy
/ Commissioner Woods. At that time
the Commissioner said, the inspector
had been overworked and had beer
sent TO a district in which the worf
would permit of more rest. None o.
that inspectors men, except his cler
ical staff. was shifted with him. II
was explained that the inspector want
ed a new staff and the plain clothe!
men went back to uniform duty.
Thorough Inquiry Made.
"The expected arrests of the twelve
men of one inspection district" Mr.
Smith said. "and of the scattered ar
rests in the other inspection districts
will be based on charges of grating
The arrests of Enright and Foley anc
the impending arrests of the Others
does not mean the indictment of th'
whole department. | am a great ad
mirer of the New York Police Depart
ment. The Developments are the re
suit OF a careful investigation Of sew
eral months duration.
"One of the things disclosed by thi
investigation was the Arlington Boa
Club ball" the assistant prosecutor
added. 81 am informed that a number
of the most widely known gambler
contributed TO the success of this ball
II there were no other charges agains
these detectives would say their par
ticipation in this affair constitute!
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