New-York tribune., 1917-07-18
Systematic yy Gail
Easy for Polis.'
Says wals.
Finds il Summons R.4 /,
Speeding Broken M
Often than Ob.,.,|
motorcycle Men a.
coeeh''' h Friends Asss.s
Failure to Fill Ou,s'
Swami Get. Dat
Motorcycle Men c..

-. . 'e'h' tor,s-
Oh accounts, yesterday ser.
Commissioner Woods /. ,.,..
partial Investigation which
rectlon Of the Mayor. h. m,,.s
into the cruger case and psI,.
eomlnss revealed by it, n.
deals particularly with i,,.
discovered in the procedure =
Summonses to offenders ana.
traffic laws. These irr,sul'.. t
report stated. are rs,pOr,s.
condition which might a,l, :.
systematic graft collecting !, : :
men. IN
Commissioner wall,..in 90,
Of his report to Dis,ric, A,,,.'
ward Swami and, in a letter y.
companied the document, pr,.rs
assistance Of his Office 70 Il, ~
Attorney in the latter, ,,.,..'
tempt to determine whe,hy,.r.
cies proved against e.rt,i. W..
are criminal ones.
Leads for District Alton,
"i believe" Commissions. H.,
wrote, that if crime VA, s.,'
the District Attorney will n "
discover 1t by FOLLOWING II. y.
dicated in this report, BY ia,r,,
the defendants named in 4. ~
summonses and by such Oh, !.
as this report will readily .s,r,
Summarizing the result, o,m,
ination of the summons boss ,
IN the office Of the Police Ca.
sioner from June Is, 1915, VI,
traffic court was instituted. Co.,
sioner Wallstein finds thai r,,,,
of the department regul.,j,,, /,
more frequent than obser,r,s :
analysis" he wrote TO Corrw,
Woods, "in my opinion, ,oryI
conclusion that the Police D.ar,,
order on the subject Of polu \
morses is inadequate, th,, "A, ID
cycle policeman's violation Of 4,
der is relatively frequent md ,.r
partmental supervision for th,rr
of securing compliance is s,,c.
absent"
The inquiry developed ttr :.
cycle policemen rece.y. ur,;
books containing fifty sunrs,y
with two stubs. The sun-a, }
be handed TO yiolators 0. nsM
first stub is to be filled out va d
name of the offender, the de s,, 4
of service and the mature 4 .,
fierce. lhe second stub. Wild .
detachable, is supposed TO Hi.s
cate Of the first. /, is Supposed .
filled out with ink or indeis, y
at the time the summons Is iss,,
In only one out OF hfty.siy agl
report states. was the depsrin,r
ulation observed by policsrr ,
ing out summonses which siV !,
examined. In 323 cases he psiu-
failed TO note on the second s.,
disposition of the case.
Policeman Helms Actux
willard A. Helms, one Of .t, ~
cycle policemen mentioned z
Cocchi case, is cited for insrxts
the rules in this way. HELMS rin
the rule on 70 per cent o. .. q
monses he issued, il is said
Many of the motorcycl. Hs'
failed to fill out the FRS. So
this instance Mr. Walls'tl, a
John l.. 0chsenhirt, another ~
who is declared 10 have snosr vx
In 1894 cases. it was sscr'
men failed TO enter the ilrs
vice of summonses and 10 nlis'ss
cases they even neglected % 'r'
date of issue. Instead 0, u,,
Or indelible pencil, the wrinn :
had filed then %
pencil. so that the MARKS g.
erased. Helms, Ot,y. Z.
James S. Haggerty. william Z
ind Thomas VI. Kerrigs1, o. am
have been named as sequsli1,,.,
Cocchi. were accused BY Conn,s
Wallstein OF violating ths' ~.
Of the order which REQUIRES .,i ~,
notify their precincts al ~"
Every summons issued. =.
District Attorney s|'in !"
Commissioner Wsllstelns rsp9n
70 James W. Osborne, spee' =
INVESTIGATING the .Cruger ca"
ice matters. Mr. Osborne - :,
would give the document eies 49,.
The grand jury yesterdsy .. .' =
is investigation Of the pO''T /.
IN the Cruger case. 'onn .
-enne. the detective ssrsesa s.,
Fourth Branch Bureau, Sno - =
signed to seek Ruth crur, -,
iay after she disappears ~
nitted 70 testify. ~
II cannot say when cralI n n,
ion may be expected 81. 49,.
,orne Yesterday. 81 an ''''
u,;ii no soon"