The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-20
SUSPEND REDGATE WITHOUT EVEN
 IMPEACHMENT
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(Continued From Page One.) SlDckley declared this morning that he had no statement to make regarding the situation.
 T have nothing to say,'' said MT. Suckley, because I don't know what I could say. I have been placed here merely for the time being, and am only carrying out the orders of the commissioners. Of course I cannot speak of any changes which will be made immediately, but I will not say what might happen in the future"
 The second chapter of the city court phase of the cleanup was heard this morning, when the cases of Josie Ross, of 75 State street; Ella Miller, of IT State street. and Cora Aube, of 25 Thomas street were brought up for trial. All of the women were charg- ed with keeping disorderly houses. The Ross and Aube women forfeited bonds of $15e and Ella Mil1er's case was continued until tomorrow. Frank Donovan, Emile Honquist and Felix Capiste, all charged with being ire quenters, were fined S10 and costs apiece. Edward Singleton and Molly zerd, also charged with frequenting were arraigned this morning, but their cases were continued until to- morrow.
 It was stated today by one police official, that all of the places raided by the Burns men on Saturday night, had been reported by policemen in the past, and that they were under con stant surveillance by the department. Many of the persons arrested have police records, and their places of business would have been raided by the police again as soon as sufficient ! evidence had been collected.
 That the New York men also raid l ed houses where they secured not the slightest evidence of wrongdoing, but l made arrests just the same, was a charge which was frequently heard this morning. One of the Burns men l admitted yesterday, that he had no | evidence in the case of one man who was held as keeper of a gambling | establishment. Another instance cited 1 this morning was that of a State 1 street house which was visited Sat i urday night. It is alleged that this establishment has not had a shady 1 reputation for over a year, and that | innocent persons were taken into GUS tody when the place was raided. It is understood that policemen may be l called upon to testify regarding the 1 character of several houses which
 
 i legged proprietors are ever brought to 1 trial
 Another question which was the subject of much conversation today, is where the Burns detectives secured | their authority to conduct the raids l and make arrests which they did Sat l urday night Although they are re- ported as having worn badges of Dep
 uty Sheriffs of Fairfield county, Sheriff Simon Pease has declared that he did not swear the men in. Neither were ! any of the raiders residents of the 1 state of Connecticut. as near as could
 be determined today. Had they been
 residents of the city of Bridgeport l they might have been sworn in as special policemen, but inasmuch as most of the detectives were imported from outside it is difficult for many persons to see where they obtained the3r authority. Charges that the New Workers were merely using steam roller tactics were freely made in some circles.
 The conducting of raids without war rants was another legal phase of the i situation which was discussed to-day. ! The Burns men claim that they have been collecting evidence in Bridgeport for three months, yet the raids were made before the men wre armed with warrants. According to law, it seems l that actions such as occurred Satur- day night could only be accomplished through Section 2zs of the Connecti- cut Statutes, which provides for the seizures being made as the result of
 speedy information" Three months of investigating does not look like speedy information to some off cials.
 It has been brought out that Bridge port, in a Federal report has been 1 rated as the cleanest city for one of it's size in the entire country. During the war Federal men visited this city and conducted an investigation of vice lconditions here. The reporF which
 they sent to Washington, D. C., rated Bridgeport so highly, that another
 group of investigators was dispatched here for another look around. The re- port of this second investigation com
 mittee rated Bridgeport even higher
 than the first
 It was learned today that during
 their three months investigation oi | vice conditions in Bridgeport, the 1 Burns men used almost every sort o1 | a contrivance known to the detetctIVe business. Dictaphones were installed 1 wherever necessary and telephone l conversations were overheard Score; l of male detectives and even a few female sIeuths were imported into the city and mixed with underworld
 characters in an effort to determine
 the extent of the alleged vice ring.
 Secrecy as deep as the proverbia
 pit surrounded all movements of off
 ciaIs connected with the case today
 Nothing was heard in the City Court | and all officers when asked for state ! ments replied that they had nothing