New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-29
Hylall Regime
Faces Split
I'm Vice War
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caused the atmosphere to become
superheated in the last week. To the
trusted lieutenants who gathered with
have talked like dutch Uncle" and
to have said "this must stop"
Mr. Murphy, Mayor Hylan and
Commissioner Hirshfeld are OK
pected to be at their offices to-
day and they will waste no time IN
distributing the pacifying oil. Those
familiar with the situation said last
night that while they may be success
full in muff1ing certain phases of che
uproar and may even bring Mayor
Hylan and District Attorney Swami
together again, the putting of The
soft pedal" on Jim Smith will be
different matter.
Smith To Be Witness
1t is understood that the first bust
ness to be taken up Tuesday by the
extraordinary grand jury, of which
Raymond F. Almirall is the head, will
be the charges and counter charges
brought by Prosecutor Smith and In
spcctor Henry. Evidence of this is in
dicated by the calling of Enright and
the indicted detectives, Gunson and
Franklin. 1t is understood that the lat
ter will appear tomorrow morning at
1920.
While 1t was rumored that District
Attorney Swami would go before the
regular March grand jury to-day and
present evidence against police Of
ficials not thus far mentioned in the
vice scandal it was said at the Grim
inal Courts Building last night that he
would defer this action until later.
Prosecutor Smith announced that he
would not go again before the regular
grand jury. until he had appeared as a
jury, which will sift the charges
brought against him.
Mr.. Smith said that he would be one
OF the. first witnesses called by the
latter body, and that he expected that
his .brother-in-law, Dennis Quinn, also
one OF those accused in the Henry afl-
davits, would be witness before the
jury tomorrow. Mr.. Smith. it devel-
oped last night, is trying to aid the
extraordinary grand jury in obtaining
witnesses in its investigation of the
charges against himself.
oamue! klausner, who is quoted in
one OF the Henry afidavits as saying
that Smith was "out to get the in.
spector," once ran a hotel between
fourteenth and Fifteenth streets in
Third Avenue, according to T. state
ment by Smith last night.
Honest Dan Costigan and I nut
TINS place out of business about four
years ago." said Mr.. Smith "After
we got q conviction against the clerk
OF the Florence, Klausner went I'M tn
Harlem and opened the College Inn in
l25th Street. Another man who was
said to have been associated with
kiausner in the Florence Hotel opened
up place in the 4th Inspection Dis
trict. This hotel has become a noto-
rious place. 1t is within a few minutes
walk of Times Square. Couples. we
nave learned, can enter it at any time
pr the night or morning without any
d'iiiculty and without baggage.
"on Saturday night we watched this
place and between II D. m. and 2.30
in the morning we saw twenty-three
couples enter and only three of them
went through the formality of regis.
tering."
Inspector Henry would have NOTHING
TO say Yesterday in regard to hia
charges against Smith and Quinn. but
1t IS expected that he will give thu
grand jury many addi-
t,onai details when he appears before
tnat body tomorrow or Wednesday,
Neither Foreman Almirall nor Coior.1
William Rand, legal adviser of the
jury, would discuss the plans for to-
morrow's meeting. w.