The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-23

with Mayor Mitchell yesterday by
Leonard NJ. Walistein. Commissioned Of
| Accounts. under whose direction an In
v%estigation has been proceeding for some
time. Copies of the report were turned
yer to District Attorney Swami and
COMMISSIONS George II. Bell.
The District Attorney said he would
investigate the matter Immediately.
numerous reports having come 10 him
recently that the Department Of Licenses
needed a thorough overhauling. While
Commissions Wallstein gives credit to
Commissioner He'll for assisting him In
his investigation 1t is considered not an
improbability that MIR. BELL will relin-
quish his present Job as soon as this
matter IL disposed Of. The report filed
with the Mayor criticises the Department
Of License severely.
Commissioned He'll said that he would
prepare charges against his accused em-
ployees Immediately aud would suspend
them pending trial before him on charges
of misconduct I'm office. The men aC-
cused were still at their posts yester-
day.
Men Who Are Accused.
Charles NJ. strauss. "A financial ann
| recording clerk. living at 429 East
Seventy-ninth street, receives a great
| deal Of attention in the report OF Mr.
| Wallstein. II being reported to the Mayor
that he had confessed to the Irregular
| ties charged against him He would
not discuss the case.
Others accused by COMMISSIONS Wall
..,.i,, q. NgIllta,, 4 G,pith NJ tpH Most
! Minister road. Brooklyn Thomas Tracy,
Of AS West Fifty-sixth street John =
| Spietaler. OF 33s East Ninetieth street
John Mulvihill. Of .15 Fifth street
| Michael Schaefer. Of 1856 Rushwict
avenue. brooklyn: John J. Rorke. OF
5iI sixth street. Brooklyn william A
Russell. OF 1851 Fast Ninth street
brooklyn. and John J. Cav. OF 6 Grove
street. Smith Is a clerk and the Others
| are inspectors. The men accused ge'
$1,000 each a year
Some time ago the commissioner OF
Licenses began an investigation OF the
depar tment for the purpose or recon-
lending certain constructive changes
During this investigation he heard
numerous stories Of petty grating IT
| connection with the issuance Of licenses
| particularly for news stands and morlhe
picture houses. but felt that nothinp
-. n,a ~ his mo, we're known
e - To- ,bs denar,mcn, The,
- r-.t,hdr,un for "a time. but specia'
agents were employed.
Through these men the existence or q
graft system was exposed. the 'om,
.t..to,.r saw that everything charged
can be proved by documentary evidence
80 l.. monument members Of his stan
n. ,dd..
.I, ono case. ioo--fhat Of strauss
-, n,i,,y .mn,oy.c admitted in hi.
,"s,,no,y ,,k.n in this investigation the
,"rn,h ~ ;bs accusation against him. and
T.. .d5,,,nn confessed to other g~raftine
90 which this office had had no previous
o,~,Ioncc"
special Agent "ttSrr.
.,o,or s,vs tina, a spcci,
..,, ,n,n tho. d.nartment 500,
$50 hi,ns.,f ,s , "ax.r" or col
es,.un a" general handy man" 70
"..o. a-nnIoyee or strauss
several anJ recording cler,
60 y. - racoiy.a publications fn'
,h'" T.. issred IN p.dlers Of al
,ne - d..,.rs s.cord hand dealers
NlnuS, Jun ar, ho ..y
F"w,v.uN r.,as,t,n from any on,
"a'"V ~. .sv.,, ia 90, a GOO,
Strauss 80" .n,o,r. ,he anniic,nts IN.
P'Np'." ,onsn d.nartmcn, and ar
c'm, " ,ha nrncs.ds s,,i, tire,
rh"S'' w. .ax.,, S,r,us,
Way "'"' ~ -, ,n,aa,,, u,,
Gnu -" e.. ,ho ro,. az
".- ,t,t,, .ssur,rco that, hc had :;
Sua", 80 = -ni.knocke,' in that III,
80" ,h nnar ,.cossarv ~exnlnin Nj,
repeated VISITS 10 Tue oePaft!"'", us u,