New-York tribune., 1920-12-24
All Temporary Assign.
ments Revoked as Ar
rests Fail to Solve Out
RACES of Recent Months
Man Found i'm Bed
Mysteriously- Shot
Hold-Ups Are Continuing;
Thieves Break Window
to Steal $500 in Gems

tollce commissioner Enrfght,
whose detailing to soft berths" Of
favorites in the department has been
blamed for the underpolicing of tbs
city and the consequent immunity
enjoyed by criminals, further in
creased the uniformed patrol force
last night by ordering the termina-
tion on December 81 Of about 200
temporary assignments.
At the same time the ComnlI.
sioner directed that inspectors and
captains who desire temporary as
signments of patrolmen to their cona-
mands continued must submit new
applications, stating the necessity
for detail in each case"
Among other special details to be
ended by the Commissioner order
are those Of extra patrolmen as
signed to the plainclothes squads
working under the various distric.
inspectors.
The order does not apply to tern
porary assignments to the office OF
the Commissioner, Deputy Commits
sioners, telegraph bureau or to guard
raided premises or disorderly hotels.
At Police Headquarters it was an
nounced early this morning that fifty
one persons had been arrested bv the
pcllce in Manhattan and The Bronx be-
tween the hours OF o'clock last nigh+
and O'Clock this morning in the
roundup. The prisoners were charged
with juvenile delinquency, petit lar
ceny, carrying burglars tools, burg
larry and other ofenses.
Crimes Still Unsolved
The record of violent crimes made
public yesterday showed slight fall
ing off, due probably to the new sever
ity judges are showing and the round
up Of suspicious characters.
Most of the important crimes of the
last three weeks remain unsolved. Ar
rests were made. however, that are
claimed to clear uo number Of rob
berries and burglaries of from two
months to year old
The solution of a series OF burg
laries in fashionable apartment houses
in the Fifties and the recovery OF
gowns and silverware worth nearly
$40, 900 were claimed by the police las.
night TO have followed the arrest yes
terday afternoon Of an alleged day
light burglar they say they caught in
the act Of Jlmmying an apartment door
and the proprietor Of modiste shop.
said to have been the fence" for the
loot.
Alto Zalenti, an Italian. was shot-
perhaps mortally, last night as he lay
in bed at 140 Degraw Street, Brooklyn
A policeman who heard the report
found Zalenti unconscious with FIVE
gunshot wounds in his breast and ab-
donen. The assa.lant had fed.
Ashby p. Long, of 1925 New York /.
Avenue, Brooklyn, was arrested last
night while proving around the sixth
floor Of the Hotel Endlcott. The pol &c
say he confessed to stealing 81 .009
worth of jewels from the room of Mrs.
Irene jaeger
Sixty weight more mon awaiting trial
for robbery and burglary were sent TO
the Tombs yesterday when they were
rearraigned and proved unable to fur
nish increased bail.
Judges Mcintyre and Rosalsky for
feited the bail Of fifty others, aggre-
eating S150,000, when they failed to ap-
pear.
No Leniency for Offenders
"No leniency at this time" was tho
Watchword of the courts in sentencing
serious offenders.
Continuation of the outbreak of crime
in New Jersey and other nearby points
indicated that many thugs may have
left New York until the Police Depart
ment relaxes its sudden drive.
Commissioner Enright refused 20
comment yesterday on the article OF
Weekly Review, decrying Enright's
abolition Of The school for recruits and
ascri ibing to that act part of the re
possibility for demoralizcd force.
Another Blow to Morale
Welfare Squad into A soft berth for
superanuated ieutenants OF police,
thus blocking promotion OF ambitious
and deserving young policemen. de
vcloped as another factor in the En-
right administration breaking up ef
morale.
The fact that the first batch OF the
lightweight side-car motorcycles
which are to be used to patrol tHa five
boroughs viii oe delivered to-day and
shortly put into service, occasioned
more dissatisfaction among. patrolmen,
who declare it means revival Of the
"shoo fly" espionage system.
DR.. Carleton Simon, Deputy Police
Commissioner IN charge of narcotic
law violations. let it be known last
night that q record is TO be KEEP. of
every drug addict auested for crime.
Increased use of drugs, following pro-
hibition, IS attributed by Dr.. Simon
as responsible FOR much Of the recent
crime.
Inspectors on Carpet
Chief Inspector William J. Lahev
summoned to his Office at Police Head
quarters all twenty-five district It's
spectors in the greater city. He ad-
monished them TO tour their districts
frequently and TO insist that captains
under them enforce compliance on tho