New-York tribune., 1919-02-11


Inspection District No. o. arrests
Inspection District No. S. None
'ln the other districts his RECORD
was trivial" the Commissioner con.
cluded.
Commissioner Enright's own records
given out by himself, showed therefore
that Costigan had made 1876 out of 31f
arrests for gambling in Manhattan anc
The Bronx. This was approximatel,
as many as made by the other three
wee squads nut together.
Not in the Record
"Thesc 1855 arrests were not credited
to Costlgan in making up his record
were they?" was asked the Commis-
Sioner
He refused to reply.
You think, then. that as head of the
vice SQUAD Costigan should not have
gone into his own district?"
An inspector working in his own
district works for his own record. If
he did it in another inspection district
1t would go against that Inspector If
ne does not handle it, and an outside
agency comes in and makes the arrest
1T shows he is not handling his own
district"
''Do you mean to say that Costipan
was cutting his own throat by USING
the Vice Squad to help clean up his
own district ?'
81 know what he was doing, make
sure of that" Enright replied, vigor-
ously. "He should have kept his dis
trlct clean, as its INSPECTOR The
record for gambling arrests there is
the heaviest of any district by far.
Mr.. Costlgan was not given a vice
squad to work in his own district only.
n he oil
Has Costigan challenged the figures
in your letter."
He has never done so. NV state
ment IS correct. l know that"
Not Making Showing
Glow about the arrests OF the out
side agencies 2"
'If made in any other district thov
would count against the man. COST
gan had five times as many men as he
was entitled to, and he was not max
ing showing. Costigan made 400
arrests IN his district for disorde derlv
conduct, go Of which were DISCHARGED.
In the year, also he made 3S1 mis-
cellaneous arrests for trivial offenses,
OF which 145 were discharged"
Commissioner Enright after giving
out the second table of figures stated
that all the arrests were made by Vice
Squad No. /, but could not be credited
entirely to Costigan, for he had been
removed as its head on October %,
1913.
When Commissioner Enright was
asked to give the figures of the arrests
made by Costlgan' own vice squad in
Costlgan's own inspection district he
parried the question by saying sharply
wv hat is all this nonsense ?'
FRIENDS OF Costgan a few days ago
gave out figures showing that Costican
had made z96 arrests for gambling in
his own district out of the 3t6 cred
tied to "outside agencies" Commits
sloner Enright refused to elucidate on
this point
Commissioner Enright, in reply to
questions, denied vigorously the truth
of number of statements on the
police crisis, reported recently in The
Tribune. Asked about the story that
Costigan had been Framed up" he
answered:
Il read it, and it's absolutely un-
true. | will give $1,000 to any one
VINO can prove a line of it. 1t is
made out of whole cloth and | don't
believe any man in the department
said a word"
Enright was then asked about a
Tribune story from man close to
Iammany affairs, telling of the grow
ing uneasiness at the police situation,
"The Tribune is evidently trying to
show that a certificate from Tam
many leader is valuable asset for
Police Commissioner" he replied
"Ihey haven't always taken that posi-
ton" fO''
Says DAILY Will Stay
Commissioner Enright then denied
as without foundation of fact" a story
Of a coming "shake-up" in the Police
Department in Brooklyn. and re-
port that Chief Inspector John Daly
would be eased out Of the department
"a like to place a small bet that
DAILY will stay" Enright answered
with smile
Tribune story. to the effect that
gamblers knew of Costiagn's demotion
four days before it was announced, the
commissioners only comment was.
II they did. they must be mind
readers"
Reverting to Costigan's record. En-
right again alluded to the fact that
thirty-one out of forty-one gambling
arrests had been thrown out in court
When it was brought to his attention
that three arrests made recentlv bv
Inspector Dominick Henry were
thrown out also, the COMMISSIONS
said:
THAT doesn't mean bad work neces-
sarily, for the men have to do the
best they can with the cases at their
disposal"
Doesn't the same standard apnlv
then, to Costigan's record of thirtv-
one discharges? Does that reflect or
him 2"
It's Unfinished Work"
II should think it did reflect on him. y
said the Commissioners at is un-
finished work. The fact that single
case is thrown out of court is no
reflection, but thirty-one out OF
forty-one is reflection. Every other
inspector has to get away with it under
the same conditions"
Commissioner Enright was asked ia
comment on the case where a gambler
was charged only with using loud and
boisterous language" He replied that
ne could not discuss specific cases. A
iIttlc later, however, he showed his
knowledge Of particular cases bv re-
ierrinR to woman arrested for selling
"corncd beef and cabbage with booze
IN tea cups on the side"
In an interview earlier Yesterday
Commiasioner Enright declared that he
would get in communication with Goif
ut Once. Inst night hn thought that