The Detroit times., 1917-09-21
Our Prosecuting Officer,
After Many Years, Takes OFF
His Coat and Goes To Work

Prosecuting Attorney Jasnowsh APP
pear, 10 have looked around in his office
for "a peg. after many years and decided
10 take on his coat and go to work
First he has found there is In Detroit
contrary 20 general belief and contrary
to.what we had reason To believe. In
view of announcements from our COM
missioner of police. just as much OF am
underworld and just as much vice -as
there ever was.
he has found "a condition which Police
Corlm. sionoI Couzcns could have rene
died # he had not, fol some reason,
abandoned his intention, Is announced.
10 resort 10 law which makes t punish
able ofense fol owners of property e.
lease 1t for unlawful purpose Tor me
maintenance Of a scarlet house OF gam
bling den or both.
Police Commissioner Couzens so1en1
TO secure the cooperation If the pop-
erty owners. and threatened 90 n'oAc
the abatement act, but he failed n ihe
former attempt and seems 90 have gotten
cold feet in the other.
The police commissioner doubtless
was somewhat surprised 20 find that ne
had threatened those whom we refer 70
as our first and biggest citizens when
the dollar sign does service as the meas
uring stick.
The commissioner found that property
leased to prostitutes as market places for
the souls of women, is owned 10y some OF
our largest estates, associated with big
interests and, in some instances, WELD
ing powerful influence in the community
over somebody else.
Prosecuting Attorney Jasnowski hav-
ing taken of his coat and having found
a peg in his office to hang it on. after
many years, has established that vice
fourishes. that we have vice ring, that
the town is overrun with scarlet women
and the crooks they foster, and NOBODY
IS TO BLAME FOR THIS CONDITION
But THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS
OF DETROIT. from whom the enemies
of organized vice-The Times included
expected great things.
He has had the abatement law to
remedy the condition; in that law ne has
held the solution of the vice problem IN
the underworld, but he has FAILED TO
USE 1T.
He said publicly that he WOULD use
it, but has never said publicly why ne did
NOT use it.
Furthermore
Prosecutor Jasnowski having taken off
lis coat, after all these years, has dis
covered the police commissioner own
department in league with the under
world
Two of it's members are known TO have
made it their business to protect the
vice dens by tipping them off to con
templated raids
The prosecutor, upon taking of MS
coat, after all these years, finds further
that there existed a $4,000 slush fund
with which the tenderloin paid for its
protection, and he finds, further, that
prominent business men (whose names
of course, are not mentioned) were IN
volved in this conspiracy
The end is not yet and We may learn
among other things, the names Of these
prominent business men.
We may live to see the abatement law
invoked and Commissioner Couzens
threat made good.
We hope So We have always given
him credit for good purposes.
There are great possibilities in store.
There are a lot Of men in Detroit wh,
have held their heads pretty high but
who are just now trembling in theil
boots.
All of which goes to prove that result.
can be achieved and great power foi
good enlisted. when a prosecuting attor
ney, even after many wears, takes OIL hr
coat and goes 10 work.
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