New-York tribune., 1920-03-26

p. M; that said Dominick Henry agreed
to and did meet the above mentioned
j. E. S. at the above mentioned time
and location; that after shaking hands
with the said y. E. s. he said:
You must not mind what you read
in the newspapers. This man Swami
gets up in the air and shoots of his
mouth every time reporter speaks to
him or tells him anything, and after
ward he gets sorry for what he has
said, and he comes to me and I have
to stand for the interview. / want to
tell you that it was all hot air.
"'l want to get Costigan-meaning
Inspector Daniel E. Costigan-because
can buy him for SIS. where couldn't
buy another man for $50. He is the
cheapest thing in town, and know
him and can handle him as no other
man can, and we'll get him yet, you see.
He and Hickson got evidence against
that house on Seventeenth Street
as they did Hickson got reduced and
We think that is a d.
shame.'
II said to him that that house has
been running wide open for the past
four years and that they have had
their agents soliciting trade in the
lobbies of many Of our hotels. Why
did they not get it before now7 Why
did they wait until after Election Day
to perform this marvellous piece Of
detective work?
HE re- replied; led: 'Wsll' tt you know. they
"1S Il said. Hi '1 We'll .'s who ~ permitted It to
run all this timer
"He replied: You know they had an
Injunction
II said, THAT may be true, but that
should not have prevented such ener-
getic and faithful officers from pro-
curing evidence against it before this
time
"He said, well, when they were sent
after it they got it. Now the fact of the
matter is this: We are going after
these Jew gamblers. There is not q
Jew gambler in town who has q Chris
tian name on his payroll. They want
going after them now and intend to
drive every d-n one of them out Of
~ don't want you to fear anything
from me. Your district is pretty
clean, but there are still few run
ming south of Forty-second Street
which we are going after. We are not
going to touch a hair on the head Of
any Christian who may be running q
place, and a Christian has nothing to
fear from the action Of the District
Attorneys office
"'lf l know of anything wrong in
your territory l will let you know.
want to asure you that you have moth
ing to fear from he OR the District At
torncy's office as long as l am here. l
am your friend and l want you to under
stand that
After some conversation pro and con
of q not important nature the interview
ended and we shook hands and parted.
8th day of March, 1918.
Letter to Enright Filed
With the affidavits, Inspector Henry
submitted copy of a letter he said
he had written to Commissioner En-
right on May 81, 1914. Henry was then
in command of the 18th Inspection Dis
trict in Queens.
The letter called the Commissioners
attention to the fact that on two oc-
casions a man who said he was Mr..
Within had interceded with him in be-
half of disorderly resorts which the
inspector had taken steps to curb. One
was a cabaret at North Beach, fire.
quented by whites and negroes, and
the other was hotel at Myrtle and
st. Nicholas avenues, which had been
ralded and closed by Inspector Henry's
men.
In the latter case, according to the
letter, Mr.. Within wanted the inspector
to withdraw his men from the hotel
premises In order that the proprietor
Albert Blohn, could make some money
while his trial was pending.
The letter stated that Within had
told the inspector that the proprietor
of the North Beach cabaret had called
on him and complained of the inter-
terence of Henry's men with his bus
mess. Within said he believed the
man, whose name was given as Rohr,
was running decent place.
Whites and Negroes Mixed
"I informed Mr. Within" the letter
states, "that my detectives had not
been at or in the premises mentioned,
but that l had been there, and as the
result of conversation with Mr.. Rohr
and patrons of the place number of
persons had left. l also informed Mr..
Within that l did not like the idea of
his attempting to interfere with me
or give me instructions as to the man
ner in which I should perform my
sworn duty, particularly when such in
reference was in the behalf of a man
OF the stamp Of Rohr"
ne inspector describes visiting
Rohrs Hotel and seeing a number Of
colored and white people of both sexes
seated at tables. He said his attention
was called to two white girls Of eigh-
teen or twenty seated with two colored
men. There were also in the place a
man and woman who had a bow of
about seven with them. He advised
the girls that they we're not in proper
company and advised them to leave.
which they did -
1T is a we'll known fact in police
circles and to those familiar with the
under world that any resort frequented
by colored persons Of both sexes must
be looked upon with at least degree
OF suspicion" the letter states. "Therc-
fore, when man of the experience of
Mr.. Within intercedes in behalf Of
resort of this description, am of the
bel1ef that such championship has be-
hind it some ulterior motive. particu-
larly when within few hours after
police investigation the proprietor of
such resort feels at liberty to visit
the office of the general secretary of
the Committee Of Fourteen for the pur-
pose of complaining of the police in
the performance of duty, and to have
such influence with such secretary as
to secure his interest to the extent
that he would vouch to me for the
character of the proprietor Of a BLACK
and tan hotel.'"