The New York herald., 1921-10-12

minors. bringing stolen property into
another State, conspiracy, and so on. OF
whom the convictions OF three were
shown by the finger print records
making total OF crimes. with serious
felonies. OF 1877. as to whom the records
OF sixty-nine on the finger print records
showed such convictions"
The suspended list covers the file oil
drivers regarding whom the License De-
partment received information after the
issuance Of the license showing there
had been a conviction. In such cases a
note is sent by the department to the
driver asking him to call at the office
and have his number corrected. If he
does not choose to call he Is allowed to
drive his cab unmolested until he applies
for a license perhaps year or more
later. There are $4,000 licenses in this
record and only few were inspected.
But that little inquiry showed that
there were 131 convicted felons on the
list. of whom ninety-six had failed tc
respond to the polite invitation 20 call at
the office. Sixty-nine convicted of less
serious offences were found on the sus-
pended list and they nearly all have
their badges.
In the suspended list We found the
cases OF l31 convictions for felonies, OF
which sixty were for grand larceny more
than once and one of the men had served
four separate sentences. besides having
served a sentence for theft; five Of them
had been convicted of burglary"
How do such men get their licenses p
Senator Bernard Downing, Democrat.
asked.
THAT Is what I would like to KNOW
Mr.. Wallstein said. The Senator said he
had been Interested in trying to get a
hack license for boy and was not sue
cessful.
II am convinced that many things
have been going on in the License De-
missioner and his predecessor knew
nothing" Mr.. Wallstein said.
Continuing the reading of the statistics
compiled by the committee, Mr.. Wall
stein said the records showed that one
man who has license was convicted OF
manslaughter and three of abduction.
OF some of the minor offences on the
suspended list the report stated: "Of
those twenty-seven convictions for petty
larceny the records of twelve were so
shown by the finger print reports, and
the books OF all twenty-seven are still
outstanding. OF Ave convicted OF as
saut in the third degree. one Of whom
was convicted also OF selling drugs the
finger print records of two disclose the
facts. and the badges and books OF all
five are outstanding.
"Of thirteen convicted Of disorderly
conduct. one of whom was convicted
twice. the records OF six were so dis
closed by the finger print report. and the
badges and books Of all thirteen are still
outstanding.
"Of thirteen miscellaneous crimes. in
ciuding indecent exposure, speeding.
juvenile delinquency, the facts were dis
closed by the finger print records In four
Of those cases. and the books and badges
OF all thirteen still are outstanding"
Raising Albany slush Fund.
Benjamin G. Singer, head Of corpora
ton that owns sightseeing cars, was
questioned about a meeting of an asso-
ciation whose members are In that line
at the Hotel Astor last April. The
qa><tions related to the purchase of
tidfets in a raffle for an automobile. 4
The record OF testimony taken before
q subcommittee quoted the witness as
saying that representatives of the De-
partment Of Licenses called at that
meeting and requested the sale OF the
tickets, the proceeds to go to the fund
to fight the bill In Albany providing for
transfer OF the license bureau. Singer
said he had testified as he had been told
TO do by Isaac Perlman. committee In
vestigator. He corrected and repudiated
the early testimony. The witness said
he had been In error and had been mis-
led
do you mean to say this transcript
OF what YOU said is false?" Mr.. WALL
stein asked.
1T Is false the witness said.
what part OF 1t Is false?"
about the representatives at Albany
never knew that until had been In
terviewed by Others"
Now, Mr.. Chairman, on the state
inent OF this witness to the effect that
the testimony he gave before the SUBJ
committee was false. I move that his
testimony here to-day, together with the
testimony he gave before subcommit-
. tee, be referred to the District Attor-
ney."
Senator Downing asked for what rea-
son.
"A clear case OF perjury" Mr. Brown
said. Il have records right here. A de-
liberate perjury"
THE testimony OF the entire record
will be sent to the District Attorney"
Senator Meyer said.
Samuel Eckstein, testifying as TO how
he got his taxicab passed. said lie had
been told by George Stahlman, another
chauffeur. Just what to expect when he
went to the Fifty-seventh street station
OF the License Department to get his
cab passed. wallstein said the commit
tee had been unable to find Stahlman
who had testified before a subcommit-
tee. Eckstein said ne was advised as
follows:
II could not get my car passed unless
j paid a dollar to Walsh and dollar
TO Gallagher. Gallagher comes out first
and he Is the man who tests the car,
and II you do not give him the dollar he
does not pass the O. X. to Walsh, and
II Walsh does not get The o. X. he says
something Is the matter with the car.
They will find fault II you don't give
them a dollar. or whatever you want TO
pay them, as they work with an o. X.
on a slip Of paper"
II went In there and had my car
passed. and after l had II passed I gave
the gentlemen dollar apiece but got
my car passed first. Then gave Il to
them like would a tip. but I was nos
asked for IT,
Police and license officials described in
detail the system OF regulating and issu-
ing licenses.
Maurice Connolly. Borough President
OF Queens, was on the witness stand
short time. He continued his exp,ana-
tlon of what appears on the records as
the high cost of joint pipe in Queens as
Gamma rad with other rlties Mr. provn