New-York tribune., 1920-03-26

uEGt 1epcatcoty IetNeHStIAteus anu
did also .cmonstrate against the con-
doc: CT this official to tho Police COM
Msssiel.er.
"ias ali OF these raids the persons
sumMari:y arrested without warrant
u1 law were ruthlessly thrown into a
patrol wagon, taken to the West Forty
sevcnth Street station, locked in cells
and there detained. awaiting the conven-
;ence Of the Car Of the Criminal Courts
building. These persons were usually
locked up from =. m. to 2 a. M, when
tia scandalmonger would appear. to
direct that they be brought before
gatca would be released without the
regular procedure of court or without
jadicia! authority.
"This conduct on the part Of the
ear of the Criminal Courts Building
reached . climax on October 27, 1918,
when he ordered the arrest and de-
tention in the Forty-seventh Street
station of two United States Army lieu
tenants who were guilty of the un-
pardonable crime of sitting in res
taurant eating a meal.
Gear" and Inspector Clash
at was on this occasion that the
czar and the commander of the 4th
Inspection District severed friendly re-.
lations, which apparently formerly
existed.
"The czar was accompanied by Fred
crick Within, general secretary of the
Committee of Fourteen; his aid, NAL
lon, and two representatives of the
Parkhurst society. On this occasion
in the Forty-seventh Street Station I
admonished the so-called czar for
moralizing through the Tenderloin
with an individual who in 1914
approached me and wanted me then,
when l was commander of the 18th
Inspection District, in Queens, to open
aEdisorderly house at Glendale, Long
monstrated with me for interfering with
the running Of black-anG-tan disor-
derly house in North Beach. Long
Island.
'In the raids in the early part of
1918 425 innocent persons were held"
Supplemenring his statement, In
spector Henry produced copies of af-
tidavits which he said he had submit
ted to the Police Commissioner. These,
he said, would "speak for themselves"
Parts of some Of them follow:
York, S.:
Inspector Dominick Henry Of the
4th Inspection District, duly sworn,
says that at or about $3.50 p. M. March
IL, 1919, / met by appointment man
who was introduced to me and whom
l now know to be Dennis Quinn, a
brother in-law of Assistant District At
torney James E. Smith, at the south
east corner of Seventy-second Street
and Broadway.
"We walked to Central Park West,
ing which walk he said he was sent
to talk to me by Jimmy (meaning the
above mentioned Assistant District At
torney) about the advisability of open
ing some gambling house.
He said he was in position to
guarantee that no raids would be made
by the District Attorneys office over
my head; that both he and the said
Jimmy were in close touch with the
man representing the Rockefeller in
terests in this city; that he was not
things providing a little change came
his way.
In Position for 'Favors'
"He further stated that the said
Jimmy was in position to do many
favors, and, although Swami was flirt-
irg with the Rockefeller people, Jimmy
had him in his vest pocket and would
take care of him; that my district was
the best in the city; in fact, better
than all the districts put together;
that we only live once, and this ad-
ministration was now in it's second
year; that in his opinion they stood
no chance of ever being reelected, and
that now was the time if ever to make
a little change.
HE further stated that few wheels
and few stiff games of poker never
would be noticed in district like this:
that he knew the newspapers were
against this administration, but that
they could only publish what they
knew; that the reporters were only
worklng for salary and that they
could be seen by the right party; that
Jimmy knew them all and could take
care of that end of the game.
II replied: Mr.. Quinn, you have as
good nerve as your brother-in-law,
put am afraid you are in the wrong
house. The Mayor and the Police Com
missioner have given me instructions
to close up everything as tight as
drum, and l don't think they will ever
give me an order to the contrary. The
district is as clean and tight as it is
possible to make it and I am sure that
will be it's condition until the advent
of another administrations.
Mr.. Quinn said: Well, I am sorry
to have lost all this time and gained
nothing, for l have been working on
tins matter for several months and had
all angles covered except you.'
Il replied: You are not half as sorry
as | am. for my dinner is cold waiting
Tor me; so I will bid you good NIGHT
(Signed) "DOMINICK HENRY"
Sworn to before me this 1lth day of
March, 1919.
JOSEPH PEMBROKE.
commissioner of Deeds, New York
County No. 81. My term expires
July &c, 1920"
Meets Mr.. Smith
"State of New York, County of New
inspector Dominick Henry, being
duly sworn, says that on or abonf
February Is, 1918, | met Assistant Dis
trict Attorney James E. Smith in the
vicinity of Forty fifth Street and Broad
way. where we stood talking for a
considerable length Of time. During
SAID conversation the Assistant Dis
tr'ct Attorney said a friend of his
named was running little
restaurant at - West Forty-eirhth
Street, and to be as considerate
with her as possible; that she had bad
reputation and had been convicted. but
was not a bad woman at heart: that the
s SAID had been very use
fui to him in the past in giving him
valuable information. replied
that | would not interfere with her in
running legitimate business. Mr..
Smith replied: We'll, do the best yot
can Tor her. You will find out she is