New Britain herald., 1920-03-11
SECRET INQUIRY IN
 BIG N. '. VICE RING
Underworld Women Go Before
 Grand Jury

New York, March 11.--A difference
 of opinion regarding the manner of
 conducting a general inquiry into vice and police grafting, which had Mayor
 Hylan and Police Commissioner En-
 right on one side and James E. Smith
 assistant district attorney. on the oth-
 CT, ended yesterday in a cleancut vic- trict attorney announced that he had
 been authorized by his chief, District Attorney Swann. to conduct a secret, general investigation into conditions ill the underworld under the form of a John Doe proceeding before the grand jury. The mayor and police commissioner have been working for a public John Doe inquiry before Chief City Magistrate McAdoo.
 that led to the indictment of John J. that led to Reinstatement of John J.
 Gunson, a detective of the fourth in spection district, will be used as the foundation for the grand jury in quiry, which was begun today. MT. Smith did not lose a minute after the district attorney had widened the GunSon investigation without further delay. He caused supboenaes to be issued for five witnesses, returnab1e this morning at 10 o'clock. The wit nesses will be taken before the March grand jury, which indicted Gunson.
 Four of the witnesses are Chief Police Inspector John Daly, Inspector Thomas Mcdonald, Jennie Burke, alias Jennie Corello, and Kitty Daly. The two inspectors are required to bring certain police departm ent rec ords. The women were arrested dur ing the Gunson investigation and are said by MT. Smith to be able to cor roborate the testimony of Ruth Cole, alias Rebecca Melyado that Gunson extorted money from her and pro tected her in soliciting in Broadway.
 Police Agree On An Inquiry.
 When testimony Of several women of the street in the Gunson case ap- peared to indicate a extensive system of police grafting on women, there was an agreement among officials that an inquiry should uncover the system Mir Smith was for a John Doe proceeding before the grand jury He said that if public inquiry were held indictments subsequently found would be worthless because the defendants would be in posses sion of the peoples case.
 Judge James T. Malone of general sessions who is in charge of the March grand jury, has favored the stand taken by Smith, it is believed. In giving instructions to the grand jury on Tuesday. Judge Malone in structed that body not to tolerate in reference from any one, mo matter how exalted his station.'
 The advantage of a John Doe grand jury inquiry to the assistant district attorney, apart from it's secrecy, lies n the power it gives him to issue Subpoenaes for whomeNer he believes has informat ton relating in any way, general or specific, to the matters under investigation.
 District Attorney Swann was asked what he intended to do about the latest suggestion of the mayor, made
 in communication transmitted on Tuesday, that there is so little public confidence, in grand jury investiga- ton that the inquiry into vice graft should be public.
 ''The grand jury is attending to the natter said the district attorney, and is so prompt that there is no necessity for the starting of another proceeding. In all the charges brought against individual policemen, the mayor has cooperated with me to the fullest eXtent.''
 Judge Malone refused to reduce the bail of Jennie Burke and Kitty Daily from s15,000 to 5000. Frank A. Hendricks counsel for the women. to testify before the grand jury in the Gunson case.
 In opposing the application MT. Smith submitted affidaTits in which he said that notwithstanding his in- formation indicates that the two women have facts relating to the , cases of Gunson and others they shave refused to disclose this He believes their atti- tudc is due ito influence and pres sure brought to bear them by persons interested in the defendant and others
 "Information has come to the de- ponent, recite the afhdavitS, from sources which cannot at the present 1 be made public without ieopar1iz- ing the public interests that the women knew the defendant well, , have had relations with him from time to time and have delivered l sums of money to him in connection with matters involving prostitution, 1 the facts concerning which are very 1 material to tho prosecution of the l case against the defendant
 The district attorney ordered Mir. : Smith to begin an inquiry into a fight , in and near the Unique restaurant. { Lenox avenue and 116th street early i Thomas 4. Dolan: 9 head ! quarters detective, and William Su1 , livan. a traffic squad patrolman. were l alleged to have beaten several men. ! Dolan was arrested. A charge of fe-