The sun., 1918-01-31
WILL EXPOSE PATRONS
Pitiless Publicity and John
Doe Proceedings to BE
Invoked.
ENRIGHT APPROVES PLAN
Wife Of Noted Theatrical Man
Said to Be Acting for
Crooks.

Tammany's District Attorney and
rammany's Police Commissioner met at
the Sign Of the stone Lions in Centre
street yesterday to plot tho downfall
Of the gamblers. Swami and Enright in
an. hours confab arranged the details
Of suppreSive scheme which. :hay
say will make professional gambling in
New York as unusual as witchcraft end
should, besides. demonstrate the J..er
purity OF Tammany's motives.
They dare any district leader to 20 TO
Murphy and try TO make trouble for
them after they give the signal for a
parade of the sinful from the Tender.ofn
to the Grand Jury ROOM They are
aware that they are going to tread upol
old bunions and historic corns. but they
insist that they have the backing OF 4
wigwam which yearns for n niche be-
side the Y NJ. c. A.. and that they ara
100 per cent. sincere in their determine.
ton to rid New York OF the pests that
make women weep OF nights
Judge Swami called at Commissioner
Enright's Office in the late afternoon
after he had talked with Arthur Woods,
the former Police Commissioner. and
had received Woods's promise to cooper
ate in the cleanup crusade. The Judge
didn't think that this episode should
ast,nish any one. because, he said. he
crtertains unqualified respect and ad-
miration for Woods and believes that
Woods ran the department rs well az Il
could have been run in the circum-
stances.
Swami Outlines Plan.
Commissioner Enrlght the scope of the
rlan he has in mind to ruin the gambling
business This plan contemplates Il di-
rect attack against the patrGns OF gam
bling houses or clubs Swami told the
Commissioner that 1t is nonsense to
think that gambling can be stamped out
by raiding and BY the melodramatic
methods employed By the Mcclellan.
,;aynor and Mitchell police adm!nistra-
tons. II can be stopped or reduced to
lnconsequential volume by these
methods:
First, by obtaining an absolutely
complete and accurate list Of gambling
hopses. their address. the names Of
theirs proprietors and employees and
the names Of as many patrons as can
be identified.
Second. by obtaining list Of the
owners Of the real estate and by pro-
ceedng against these owners in the
courts under the sections OF the penal
law which threaten maintainers Of n
public nuisance with as much as three
years In prison.
Third, by sentinelling every resort
and subpGnaing patrons before IL
John Doe magistrate or the Grand
Jury after they have left the houses;
by publishing their Identity as warm
ing to business associates, employers
or social friends. and by giving them
the alternative Of providing valuable
evidence or going to Jail for contempt
Of court or perjury.
These methods, Judge Swami and
Commissioner Enrisht agreed. should
dry up the gambling business by cutting
of the gamblers source Of supply.
Enrisht Approves II.
81 found tho Commissioner in absolute
accord with me-" said the District Attor.
ney last night. ave discussed the gam
bling situation and nothing else. He
gambling house In Manhattan and with
other data. He ordered every police
captain to use the utmost care In pre-
pairing these lists. which will include
poolrooms and d!sorderly houses.
We are going 10 get the names and
addressed Of all OF the owners Of such
places and then We will 60 after them
ScCtlOHS 30 anu 1sooV VI tuo
Penal law. There has never been. SO
far as know. a sincere effort to punish
owners Of real estate used for evil pur-
poses. We shall make that effort, even
II II puts apparently respectable gentle-
men behind the bars for three years.
THE Police Commissioner has as
signed Inspector Costlgan tHonest DAM
and eight men to work under my direc-
ton, and ! can have a. many moro men
+" find need for. He will give me also
weekly report as to the changes Of ad-
dress Of gamblers and disorderdly house
Keepers. Police captains4 will be held
personally responsible for the truth and
accuracy Of such lists.
'fnrght Is as much interested In this
war against the gamblers as ! am. He
Is absolutely sincere and will give his
nest efforts to break Up the business. He
reels that his whole future depends upon
1ong this work thoroughly. Under En-
rrnt. the police are very anxious to
Keep themselves In the right light be-
Tore the public. The acting Chief In
Sp"ctor John Daily. was present through
out the conference. Also I had q talk
with Inspector Thomas J. Kelly. who
con mands the lower East side. and no
anxious to make q clean sweep In his
district
There will be none Of the oldtime
spectacular business-no raids with axes
sho croWbars and all OF the rest OF that
meiodrama. Everything will be done In
legal way. but II will b done efRec-
uvely. With Enright ! am now arrang-
ns the mechanics Of the crusade. have
assigned thirty process servers to be
ready TO bring to me the persons ] may
want TO question"
Johs nee Psscsedsngs.
John Doe proceedings will be begun
tsa'nst professional gamblers, their
Mtrons and the owners OF the real
Mt:te next wsek. probably about the
eiddIA ee thA week. with Judge Wad.
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