New Britain herald., 1917-03-17
ALTMAN GUSTS |ENCk FROM OFFICE
lrses Against New York Box k Commissioner Are Sustained

?.
 "by character and previous
 lings with others he is unfit to
 q office as chairman of the State hletic commission. That charge,
 eighth and one of the mildest of
 accusations filed against Wenck in Suary by Harry Pollok, John J. bite and Patrick T. Powers. was
 fained by Franklin B. Lord, coun-
 to the governor. who heard the b4 as commissioner.
 The record" Mir. Lord found, carly discloses that the regulation
 boxing Is difficult. matter and D those charged with such duty buldf be scrupulously careful to D1d any appearance of evil. His
 enck's) close association with diff mt persons financially interested
 Oxing matches units him to .act
 Supervising and regulating of
 When a public officer contin-
 yfputs himself in position which
 5D4ts any one to have reason
 doubt of his honesty he becomes 9t to hold office.
 T deem the commissioners ac-
 in. borrowing money from the naGer of a boxer: recommending a
 to prmote a fight: indorsing his oA In order to enable him to pro- Ste said fight; taking. free tickets, Eecially in large numbers, for box
 IAAtches and from those interest
 H tho Madison Square Garden for
 entertainments or shows, to be
 toper. I therefore find that this |nEge is sustained"
 No 1fincing of Words.
 Lord did not mince
 11 in summarizing the record in
 ence to the charge on which the
 sfor acted. He found that Wenck
 &Wed -4400 from Callahan, man.
 skor Bob Moha. and indorsed a
 e0 note for John J. Mack to fin- SS fulton Reich bout, which 6HSd T a1faf1ure. Mir. Lord reported &1e Irregularities, but dismissed the eh other charges filed against
 aclk. including the charge that
 Rck solicited 8 bribe.
 J0mmissioner Wenck testified, Mr.
 said ,tp his report s'that the first W he saw Pollok. November 21. Jlok anfd that ,~this gang would Ame Him spp. Nevertheless, after |f* he took gthe check for $1O0; met 1llok the next day at the Fifth ave- 4 building, and walked up to the
 ldorf with him, and called on
 Fers at the 1atter's office. By do-
 this Commissioner Wenck placed |lnself in an unfortunate position. - alleged fraIne-up could not have |enred If Commissioner Wenck had |en little more careful and had eswed to see these persons except Isthe office of the commission" i1fr. Lord stated that, according to senck's testimony, the Callahan loan ks afterward repaid, but that Com 1ssioner Wenck testified that Calla- ln made; his office his headquarters. did most of the fight managers om out of town when they came to wn.
 Action Needs No Comment. sIt is not necessary for me to com ent upon the propriety of an officer larged with the duty of regulation 1 borrow money from a person hose business 1t was his duty to reg nfe.
 Wenck testified, and |And 1t to be a fact, that one An ana9er for a boxer named Fred Full n, to Commissioner Wenck; that lereupon Collins asked him who ould be a good man to promote .atch for Fulton; Commissioner Eenck recommended John J. Mack as he of the best young hustling pro- !oters, and took Mack and Collins to Incheon. After that Mack made all le arrangements for the fight. ssItss appears that the fight which lack was engaged to manage as a bsuIt of this meeting was financial Allure. and Wenck stated he thought |ollins felt that because I introduced i'm to Mack I ought to make good Ae obligations that MT. Mack owed i'm for that fight Wenck stated that = had not promised to pay Mack's tl1s. It appeared. however, that he kdnrsed a note for Mack for $2,5OO' karder to enable him to obtain that | Sof money to promote the fight. appears that this fight was fin- |ScaAl failure and that only $500 was aid on the note for $2,500."
 A to the alleged luncheon with ex Rickard, Mr. Lord concluded that whether Commissioner Wenck met ,ickard or not does not seriously af- yct the conclusion which have eached, for the record clearly dis ;oses that he often called on fight romoters and persons interested in pxiug at their offices"
 1Gr. Lord also reported: "It appears 1t least two cases. to wit. the Mad- on National Show company and the arden Tower corporation. that clubs nd persons interested in them prior , the time they had deceived licenses lade matches and promoted the me. This seems to violate Section 71O of the penal law.
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