The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-03-30

room Gunson's attorney, MCGEE, said
that his client had told him that on
one occasion he had tapped the tele-
phone wires OF a house in West 10th
Street and had heard the voice o.
Smith asking for the home number
Of District Attorney Swami. Swami
could not be raises there go the As
slstant District Attorney tried at the
Democratic Club.
Later Gunson says he and his
partner Maaoney, raided the place
They were subsequently called TO the
ofice OF the District Attorney and
told 10 leave that woman alone; she's
valuable 20 this office"
Gunson, according TO his attorney
niso mentioned senator Thomas l..
Reynolds, convicted a comnor.
gambler and sentenced to three
months in prison. The name Of a
Mrs. HiH" was also brought into the
story, all OF which GunsOn Is sup
posed TO have told the Grand Jury
when he returned TO tine room.
After Gunson left the Grand jury
room 30 talked freely TO newspaper
men, reading from a note book which
apparently he had used TO refresh
his memory whsle under examination.
He told Of meeting James Il. Smith
IN 1918, aaydt tho time the Assistant
District Attorney began his raids OF
disorderly houses in Inspector Henry's
district. He said he assisted Smith,
acting under the orders OF Inspector
Henry.
IL was an April Of that year, iTe
went on, that he was ordered 20 meet
Smith and Policeman John Dunn on
the platform OF the subway station at
Columbus Circle. He went as direct
ed, met the two men and says that
Smith said TO him:
Il am going over to No. l4O West
6sth Street TO see a notorious woman
named eBtty Inch. She Is going TO
give me some Information and I want
witnesses, as may make an arrest"
DECLARES SMITH TOOK HIM TO
WSMAN's HOME.
Tho three then went 10 the address,
talking over cases pending in the iDs-
trict Attorneys office. Smith said to
him, Gunson states:
III those damn Judges in General
Sessions had any CUTS 1 could put
some Of these people on the bum
Take this fellow Schencx. He has
money so they are afraid Of him"
(Schrenck had been convicted by
Smith of leasing apartments for dis
orderly purposes, just a few weeks
prior 10 this).
At the house Gunson says he was
left standing in the street, while
Smith and Dunn went inside. They
were there an hour, and Smith left
the two detectives at Broadway
tSunson then states:
"During the second or third week
of June, 1918, was listening in on
wire connected with phone on the
tiaird floor Of dIsorderly house at
No. 242 West 10th street, and kept
by a woman known as Mrs. Marie
Jordan. alias Margaret Hill. The
number of the phone was Columbus
90O5. Policeman Maloney was with
me. We heard the receiver lifted and
a voice l Immediately recognized as
that OF Smith asked for a number
A few moments later a woman an
Bwered and Smith asked, 'Is the
Judge in7' The woman replied that
he was not but could be found at
the club
"Smith then called up a Plaza num-
Der and when he got an answer he
asked. Is this tho Democratic Club?
This is Jim Smith. Please see " Judge
Swami is in Judge Swami was not
there, and Smith rang Off"
Later, says Gunson. he told Henry
Of this conversation.
''On June %, 1918" he went on,
"MaIoney and raided the 10th stI,eet
house and arrested three women and
two men. One OF the men was "A
draft Stacker and the other was "a
watchman named John Bohan. He
turned out to be an uncle of Assist
ant District Attorney Owen Bohan.
Smith told me that himself when ne
suhpoenaed us ON John Doe proceed
ings later"
0UNSoN TELLS OF RAID ON
CHINESE RESTAURANT.
To newspaper men Gunson had
said; "rn tell you why Smith is sore
on me. arrested the uncle of an
assistant district attorney.
Gunson also told the Grand Jury,
he asserted, OF a raid conducted by
Smith upon a Chinese Restaurant on
Broadway between 46th and 47th
Streets. the arrest Of two men who
afterward proved 10 be naval officers
and were released when they had been
taken TO the West 47th Street sta
tiOn and searched.
The detective also reported a con-
versation between Inspector Henry
and Smith on West 4Sth Street as
they were passing a place known as