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New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
Cried When He Retired
And S'Don't Care q Damn"

In uniform he makes striking appearance,
James Montgomery Flagg type of cop In
"civies" he is careless about the manner in
which he wears his never-in-shape soft hat
and his tie is rarely in proper position.
Costigan, entertaining conversationalist,
has a fluent command of English and appears
to be close student of current events and lit
erature. The one subject difficult to get nim
started on his himself.
He speaks with just the slightest evidence
Of his Irish forefathers Now and then, par
ticularly when he is in deadly earnest or ex-
cited, his voice carries with it a hint Of Old
Erin. He punctuates his remarks with
clenched-dst emphasis and with forcible and
ofttimes uncomplimentary adjectives.
Several days after Enright had approved
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

weren't willing at first to concede his deaf
ness. The tympana were intact. Nothing in
the ear structure was broken. They intro
duced little flexible sounds into the auditory
canal, by way of the nose. The pain made
Chavannes weep. But when the surgeons
spoke to him he gave no sign of hearing. So
they decided that he was feigning Deafness
Most OF the time he sat in a corner, with his
eyes vacant, those of deaf people who
lose the habit of looking at things because
things, for them, have lost all audible Ian
guage. In this hospital German discipline de-
manded that all the wounded who could do so
should stand at attention when an army doctor
or any other officer entered the room If Cha
vannes had his back turned he didn't observe
this rule. He was punished by being put on
shorter rations. But these penalties didn't
change his attitude. In the prison court. by
order Of one Of the surgeon majors, an attend
ant discharged revolver behind Chavannes's
back. He didn't turn around; he didn't show
a trcnlor But this medical officer, Major
Spltz, was still skeptical and only said
"All this has no significance. If the fellow
has powerful will he has prepared himself
in advance against all such tests. Watch him
>NiS
You will see whether he listens A man who
listens, even when he pretends to be deaf.
hasn't the same expression as a man who
doesn't hear"
But Chavannes's infirmity was an article.
of faith among his companions. They had had
too many proofs Of it. They had seen him too
often incapable of catching the simplest word.
even If shouted in his ear. At this time there
began to be talk about an exchange between
France and Germany of the most seriously
wounded, the physically broken, those incapa-
bic OF ever carrying arms again. It was a
subject Of general conversation in the hospital
There were cases beyond any doubt-those
who had lost an arm or leg. There were
cases which were arguabe-certain wounds of
the head and the sick; those of them who GER
tainly couldn't be cured for many months. And
all the men said. There is also Chavannes
lie is as deaf as post. A deaf man like that
isn't any more fit for service than a blind
man."
One day an announcement Of the exchange
OF the "grands blesses" was bulletned. The
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

cried. I didn't try to hold back the tears,
and If wanted to I couldn't. Those clean
young fellows working for me out there in
Brownsville, sincere youngsters who know
nothing of police politics, broke ranks and
said they were really sorry.
"Oldtimers-some Of them crack detectives
out in that precinct, which, as you know,
has become the penitentiary Of the depart
ment, taking the place of the old Mercer
Street station, sneaked into my office and
told me they were glad I was out because it
would end my worries.
"Sure cried, and I don't care damn
who knows it. They were real men-real po-
hcemen, the who have made the depart
ment what it is, commended by every right
thinking person not only in New York and
in this country, but abroad.
"Im lonesome for the job. I've been a
cop thirty-two years. l wanted to go on be-
ing cop-but what's the use? I'm home
now without anything to do, and don't mind
telling you that Mrs. Costigan and the kids
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

An illustration Of Costigan's rost,.,
handling gamblers is shown in the foIlou,r.. r. I"
A so-called club was running in Fl. a.s,
borhood OF Park Row while Cogtiyan ~ So .
spector in charge Of the district, shorts -
Enright became Commissioner. co.tsa 's'
raided the place and charged the nrons,s.an saa
and his assistants with being co,.-' ..-0'
gamblers. AOn
Several well known newspaper men v...
Costigan. They frequented the club - :, "
early hours Of the morning for bts - as a's
and for drink. They told Dan they tbonsss sss
ne had made mistake. He said he would i.' :
Sessgate. de did' and told the officers Of r..
s. eluo enere mere would be no interference II t;s,
women to be entertained The club w
ment within week violated the ac-..." ss-
Costlgan made another raid and mt 49, '''sAs :,
out of business. ''uo
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
WA HEN the shell burst Chavannes was
AW/ lying alongside his comrades, his
w face in the mud. 1t was a second,

lace IN Cne nluQ. IL was q SGcOnQ,
which seemed to him like an eter-
nifty, at the gates of hell. All the hairs on his
body stood on end. The idea of living, the idea
that he wished to live, remained so strong
within him that he felt that his personality
existed any longer only in single center in
his brain; that it had taken refuge there and
that, consequently, all the rest of his body had
disappeared and was beyond harm. Then there
was sensation Of shock under his left shoul-
der, hardly more painful than the blow of
fist and deadened by a frightful commotion,
which whirled him about like blade of straw
IN the midst of dense cloud of black, asphyx-
ating smoke. At the point Chavannes lost
consciousness.
The German stretcher bearers picked him
up the afternoon of the next day. He had lain
only eighteen hours on the field Of battle From
the stories which his companions in misery
told him much later he judged that he ought
to have considered himself lucky Some of
them had been carried to the hospital only
after three days of unspeakable suffering. Hav-
ing lost much blood, he was so weak that he
could hardly raise his body. When he did so
he noticed that his left arm was helpless. The
shoulder blade was broken.
But what astonished him more than any,
thing else was the incredible silence about
him. All nature seemed mute, as devoid Of
sound as deep cave is devoid of light.
Nevertheless, he noticed that the wounded
about him opened their mouths to groan. The
vultures, busy at horrible task which he
preferred not to observe, opened their beaks
and quarreled. But he heard nothing. Final
ly the stretcher bearers appeared The less
seriously wounded got to their feet and called
for help He could tell that they were call
ing, but no sound reached him. Or, rather
which is stranger-he figured it out to him
self that he couldn't hear them The sounds
didn't reach his brain. Apart from this
queer phenomenon, he was entirely lucid. in
spite of his loss of blood
Il am deaf he said to himself. 81 am
completely deaf; it was the conclusion Of the
she'll"
The German hospital orderlies spoke to
him, first in German, and then, one Of them
in French. He put his good hand to his ear
and then shook his head gently. From the
field hospital, where he received first treat-
ment, he was sent to Mezieres and then to
Torgau, in Saxony. At Torgau his shoulder
blade was reset and his left arm became use-
able again. But the German surgeons
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
Police Force Not Big Enough
To Hold Them Both

saw him next up in Westchester, turh-
bledown wooden shack which housed the
police in New York's furthest north precinct.
I'm COZ, Mac" YVES all he would say. And
then | saw him in Brownsville. He was in
trouble with those who resented his rigid en-
forcement of the Sunday law. 1t was in the
midst of the mayoralty campaign. | urged
him to tell his story. I pointed out that il
Henry H. Curran defeated Hylan he would
be strong candidate for at least the CHIEF
lnspectorship, if not the commissionership
"Im not politician-Im cop" he said
"Tm going to stick to the job as l told you
several months ago. Then if Hylan is re-
elected-and of course that means the reap
pointment of Enright-II realize I'm beaten
and I'll retire."
He did.
Dan Costigan has a wife and four children
living up in the Bronx. Two Of then--tT
oldest, girl, and the youngest, boy--s~
married. The other two, boy and girl are
at home. For them Dan, since he dropped NE
carpenters tools thirty-two years ago, nas
worked. Tqsplease them and make them HAPPY
have been his chief aims in life.
lie now goes into business as the heau W
private detective agency in the financial az
trict under his own name. He was asked "
sum up his police career. Here it is for sne
New Workers who thought they knew tnsn
Honest Dam; for the underworld he nese'
framed" and for the cop who fearcd HIM.
Il go out of this job as clean ash came ''''s
it. I haven't made one investigation or 0esN
responsibla for one arrest that wouldnI ulss-
again. There is nothing in my official lie .
regret. go back to my family confident 1h.'
in thirty-two years as policeman have ne's.
been guilty of an act to bring the bausn =
shame to their cheeks or to my own.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
Big Gamblers Are GLcd
ftThe Turk" Is Out

"Well, Pm glad the Turk broadway for
1rishman) is out Of the way for good He
never gave US chance to make dollar. He
and his hounds were on top of us all the time.
No matter what deal you'd make downtown, he
was sure to crimp you.
"But I'll say this for him and for his men:
They never framed me or any other man on
Broadway. If they got us they got us right.
1t wasn't any use fighting Costigan's charges;
the best we used to do was to tell the lawyer
to take the least costly plea possible. He was
a hard-boled egg-wouldn't stand for any
thing-but he was on the level. He never made
a pinch unless he had the goods"
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

think I'm damned nuisance around the
house. And guess I am"
Efforts to lead Costigan into talking of his
past police experience proved fruitless.
THAT story has been told time and time
again." WAS all he would say.
Costigan feels that New York, blind to any
issue but the fve-cent fare in the last election
WAS willing to take chance on it's Police De-
partment long as they sent back into Office
Mayor Hylan as protector of the fve-cent fare.
He feels that possibly the Mayor will now
have more time to watch developments in the
department and correct the system which had
Costigan for its chief victim for the last four
years
"Mayor Hylan and Dick Enright were
brought UP by their folks with knowledge
that they had conscience" the former vice
crusader said. "Some time or other Mayor
Hylan, when he has the time, will unques-
tionably realize the injustice done me. 1t will,
Of course, be too late to correct it as far as
I'm concerned, but it will save several other
police officials the terrible experience l was
forced to undergo"
Apparently detecting the amazement in the
intervewer's expression, Costigan continued:
that the Mayor has been made the victim of
the system. He has been led to believe that
New York is clean-that the lid is clamped
down tight. Yet, as I told you the other
night, New York is still spending 100000
year to keep policemen in resorts which have
been raided or are under suspicion. Under
ordinary circumstance that is the proper po-
lice procedure, but the Mayor, relying on his
Police Department reports, tells New Workers.
the town is clean. He even went so far as
to say that he Dad reformed Arnold Roth
stein If that is SO, why waste the taxpayers
money on policemen assigned to raided prem
ises duty?
A short time after left Costigan that night
l ran across one Of New York's biggest gam
blers-a man who closed up his houses when
the Meyer committee began it's investigation
and did not resume operations until after Elec-
tion Day When he learned of the Costigan
interview he talked quite freely. Stripped Of
the usual Broadway language, he said in
effect
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
COSTIGAN IS OUT But NOT DOWN

sympathy with the poor devil whose tastc
runs In that direction. I have, thank God,
been spared the temptation of the high-hying
life which has cost 30 many promising careers
and which has caused so many broken hearts
not only Of policemen, but of their wives
and families.
because have been immune why
should I--or any o. s-blanae the unfortunate
who, thrust into the whirl of Broadway,
where hundreds of thousands of dollars are
spent nightly, succumbs to temptation? 1t
has been my unpleasant duty to expose such
men, but always did it with the sickening
feeling that itw as not actually the mans
fault, but that Of the craving for things he
could not get on his income and the system
which made it possible to get almost any
thing he wanted by being crooked police
man.
''None Of the men who have been detected
in grating actually believed they were doing
wrong. It is easy to call them grafters, but
in their hearts they didn't mean to be. They
simply were seized with an uncomfortable
desire for the mode of living away beyond
their means. don't believe am any better
than they, because / don't know what I
would have done if / ever felt really tempted
to do the things they did"
Rather than being relieved after his four
years of strenuous life under constant espion-
age, Costlgan appears tired and nervous, symp-
toms heretofore unknown to his friends.
He is massive six-footer. He weighs about
200 pounds, without an ounce of surplus flesh.
He has sharp, piercing, unfinching, steel-gray
eyes, hidden behind shell-rimmed nose glasses
His tightly drawn lips over strong white teeth
are partly concealed by a close-cropped mus
tache which is tnged with gray. His four
years experience the football of the Enright
administration has grayed his hair at the
temples and brought crows feet about his
eyes as well as heavy wrinkles in his fore
head
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
Resigning Under Punishment
Not in His Rule Book

Cost1gan stood up under the most o,,.,,.-.
punishment during the last four wears ~.
and again his friends-the writer anon. %s."'
suggested that he quit The word amt.
seemed to irritate him, and he uade T. A.
be was going to stick it out. '''
When Enright was elevated nv Msror III
from heutenancy to the Commissionersb;n
Costlgan occupied the most honored as,;r.
ment in the Police Department. He was -.
absolute head of the vice squad. with ...s
responsible only to him, and he was tb. cons.
dental aid to the Commissioner.
He had behind him record (brolec h...
and there by Commissioners who Shortly -a.,
lied their error and returned him to his no.t,
OF seventeen years Of service as a man "a h.
trusted with any assignment, even though Il IN.
volved member of the Police Department
His first real humiliation, under ords-, 80
Enright, was the taking from him Of his pr;.
vate office, where many confidential tales we,a
told, at Police Headquarters. The next was
the removal of his clothes closet. so that \.
had to hang his uniforms, etc. on pegs in ths
wall
He was then sent to take charge Of the ist
Inspection District with headquarters on .hs
Manhattan end of the Williamsburg Bridse IN
addition to his other duties. He was sittinp IN
his Office there one night about $50 O'Clock
when brought him the news that he had been
reduced to the rank Of captain.
Just prior to his reduction in rank Costigsn.
as an inspector, was called to meeting Of in
spectors and captains at Police Headquarters.
Father John" Daily, then chief inspector and
now Deputy Commissioner, presided The sub.
ject of a gift for Commissioner Enright who
was shortly to be married, was broached.
The scheme Of making department-wids
assessment was outlined. Everything appar-
emily had been arranged. Daily said that Of
course tho inspectors and captains would
agree to the plan, but as a mere matter Of
form he thought it would be we'll to say that
if any official present had any objection be
could make it known by standing.
In death chamber-like stiffness there was
a sudden shuffling of feet and the creaking
of a chair. Some one was getting to his feet
Every eye in the room followed those Of
Chief Inspector Daily. Six feet of uniformed
humanity arose, jaws set.
1t was Costigan.
He didn't utter word. He simply stood st
attention staring into the face of the chief
Inspector. DAILY coughed once or twice. stam-
mercd q bit and then declared the meeting
adjourned.
Commissioner Enright announced short
ly afterward that he would not permit sub
scrirtion for wedding gift If such list
went the rounds of police stations it was
without the knowledge of Costigan.
Costigan's first assignment as captain.
after his reduction, was the Beach Street sta
ton. Not even to his closest friends would
he voice the humiliation he unquestionaby
felt. Not even when Enright accused him
OF being deficient would he talk The news
paper men were compelled to dig up for them
selves the figures which glaringly refuted the
Commissioners statement
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
Costigan Faced Temptation
Early in His Cophood

On one occasion I pointed out that very
few men in the department had been placed,
rs he had been early in his career, in posi-
tion where there existed the opportunity for
getting large sums Of graft. It had been re-
repeatedly asserted, he was told, that sums
running into the hundreds Of thousands had
bean offered him for protection and for the
assurance that his staff would not hinder the
work Of those interested, and that he had
vstistood them all.
"The bright lights Of Broadway have never
carried any charm for me. The gay life
the theaters, dinners, balls, etc.--has never
attracted me nor has it ever lured my
wife. We have been satisfied to live in COM
fort with our four children. We have never
been envious Of the owner of an automobile.
"But that does not mean that am not In
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
By PIERRE MILE

Translated by William l.. Mcpherson
Copyright. 1921. New York Tribune Inc.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
BY ARTHUR J. McKENNA

~ go ouf of this job as clean as
came into it. hapen'f made one i'm
restigafion or been responsible fo,
one arrest that 1 ,conldn'f make again.
There is nothing in my official life 1
regret. 60 back to my family conf
dent that in shirty-tsoo years as a po.
licemun hare nerer been guilty of an
act to bring the blush of shame to their
checks or my o,cn."
The Washington times., 1921-12-16
CATTLEMEN ALL BROKE,
SAYS TEXAS BREEDER

A warning that the "cattlemen Of
the country are broke" and that "the
cattle industry of the United States
is thing of the past" was offered to-
day before the Senate Finance Com
mittee by George w. Armstrong, a
cattle raiser of Fort Worth. Texas.
Armstrong asked for a tariff on all
products Of the steer, as the only
remedy to prevent the freezing out Of
cattlemen by the packers.
I'm not unfriendly to the packers"
said Armstrong, but they have too
much, power. Even a tariff won't
restore the cattle business In the
United States have lost $500, 900
and am planning to get out Of the
cattle business .eIs
The Washington times., 1921-12-16
N. ". Cotton Market.

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-The cotton
market was quiet in the early deal.
ings today. in line with the slow
cables and q lack Of outside interest.
About the only featufe was offerings
by Southern, wall Street and local in.
terests. and q little New Orleans buy.
ing. First prices were one point
higher to one point lower. after which
the list held steady.
Opening cotton prices were: Decem-
Der, 1850 bid; January, 1880; March,
1850; May. 1870; July, 1886; October.
The Washington times., 1921-12-16
HAYNES WANTS VIOLATORS
OF DRY LAW SENT TO JAIL

Not until courts impose Jail sent.
ences upon Volstead violators will OF.
tenders believe the Government means
business In law enforcement.
This WAS the dictum of Prohibition
Commissioner Haynes today.
"A few Jail sentences against liquor
law .violators," Haynes said, will
have most sallutary effect and con-
vince them the Government is really
serious.
Y FORWARD steps In enforcement are
decisions of several Federal Judges to
putt second offenders In Jail. or In
some States, detail them for duty on
the rock pile. or chain gangs"
The Washington times., 1921-12-16
Foreign Exchange.

Selling checks-dollar values today.
NEW YORK. Dec. 16.--Foreign ex-
change was very weak at the opening
today. Demand sterling was 2H lower
at 4.16h. Francs yielded IA centimes
to 7.s4 cables and 1888 checks. Lire
were points lowerAt 4.53 cables and
4.52 checks. Belgians were off 90
confines to 7.50 cables and 7.49 checks.
Marks yielded s points to .0051. Guild.
er cables 1925: Checks. 36.23. s
Sweden Fonen cables 24.45; checks.
24.40. ssfs 1890 L.
The Washington times., 1921-12-16
Warsaw Bonds . Gamble.
STAYING LAID TO SELLER
( OF GASOLINE AS KEROSENE

DETROIT. Dec. '16.--Examihation Of
Everett Keeier, Standard Oil Com
Iany employee. charged with Staying
and killing" Victor Waken and seven
children through his alleged substi-
tuition OF gasoline for kerosene, was
today set for December % before Jus
tice Ho6ley In Ferndale.
Waken and the children were burned
In their home on the Ten Mile road
Tuesday morning following an ex-
plosion. Keeier is being held In the
county Jail under $1,000 bonds
The Washington times., 1921-12-16

After December Is taxpayers will
not be advised of their privilege Of
filing a claim for the refund of taxes
which have been paid in excess of
amounts legally due. but instead will
receive q certificate of over-assess-
ment and a check IN correction of
the error, or II an assessment is out
standing against the taxpayer for
income or excess profits tax, the
overpayment will be applied as
credit against the assessment. and
the balance Immediately refunded.
This will be of distinct financial
advantage to both the taxpayer and
the Government. It will do away
with the necessity for the taxpayer
filing a claim for refund, and will
greatly reduce the amount of work
to be done by the bureau in the
adjustment of claims.
Taxpayers may continue to file
GLAZING Tor abatement and refund, but
1t Is expected that the number of
such claims filed each month will be
greatly reduced Efforts are being
made by the bureau to adjust within
six months all claims now pending,
and thereafter to keep the work cur
rent. The revenue act of 1921 pro-
vfdes that under certain conditions
interest shall be paid upon claims
from the date of the paym ent Of the
tax to the date OF the allowance Of
the claim. The new procedure should
greatly reduce the amount of interest
which the Government mus of neces-
sity pay upon claims for refund.
The Washington times., 1921-12-16
Chicago Grain Market.

CHICAGO. Dec. 16.-Wheat today
opened unchanged to &c lower; corn
" lower to Nc higher and oats un-
changed. Provisions were inactive.
Opening: a
wheat December, LOTS; May,
1.12% OLA; July, 1.03h 01.03.
Corn-December, 46h; May 53h@k;
July, 64z.
Oats-December 32H; May 37%0H.
Pork--January, 1910.
Lard--January, $50; March. $40;
May, $50. ..a
The Washington times., 1921-12-16
Liberty Bonds.
Vacant House Burns.

Fire or unknown origin destroyed a
vacant house early this morning on
Atlantic avenue, near Fourth street
southeast, Congress Heights. Damage
is estimated at $4,000. The dwelling
was owned by Raymond r. McCon-
aohie, l20 Twelfth street southeast.
The Washington times., 1921-12-16
r YRA YA r. ~ The Farmers Position.
AuMM ~ IN What the Banks Say.
HNlyHAIy Credit Standing Good
- - Confident Of Future.
BY. GEORGE w. HINMAN.

CHICAGO, DEC 1.-THE country cannot Be pFnsperous
unless the fastS prosperous Times win hard for
everybody g they hard for farmers American
farmers depressed than any other class OF American
workers and producers &ss.ss-Es
We hear these assertions every day. On the strength Of
them campaign for farm legislation and appropriation
has just begun in Washington Farm figures plentiful
blackberes Most Of them to that farmers are in
great distress. They usually are very general figures
The Washington times., 1921-12-16
Liverpool Cotton Quiet.

LIVERPOOL. Dec. 16.--Spot cotton
opened quiet. Prices easier. Sales.
5000 bales. i,ee t.. ..s
American ,middlines. fair, 1906; good
middiines, 11.31 = fun middlings, 1921;
middlings. 1885; low. s.36: good. ordi-
nary. 7.s1; ordinary. TOO.
Futures opened quiet.