The New York herald., 1921-09-27

watchman and called up Eddie Hughes
on the phone
I'm your presence?'
I'm my presence. at the pier"
"Did you hear his conversation"
HE said he cannot keep me of the
pier. that there would be trouble there
and TO get some policemen"
And you know that soon afterward
the policemen came?'
'Siy policemen and a Sergeant"
Auditore said he met Commissioner
Enright .at one OF my dinners" explain
ing 1t had been his custom every year
since he was In business to give big
dinner to all his friends and business
associates. Assemblyman Block asked
the witness to describe Enright.
He is stout man. about 5 feet s
inches, gray hair and little black and
white mustache. full face and hair
combed back; judge he weighed about
220 pounds"
Senator Downing insisted upon know
ing whether the witness had ever been
arrested. Auditore at first refused to
answer. Then he said "Yes. so many
times / can't count them" He added he
never had been convicted of crime.
Mr.. Hughes testified he had served In
the Police Department for twenty-five
years and retired In February. 1918.
His pension is $1.650 year. Immedi-
ately after retiring he went into the
private detective agency business. he
said. Demanding to know the object OF
his examination, Hughes declared he
was proud of the business he had built
up and could not see what 1t had to do
with the committees investigation.
Il don't want to decline to answer.
but / want my rights" Hughes said.
MY clients have been submitted to all
sorts of annoyances and for the last
few months my office has been dis
rupted." He was asked about the
amount of business he had year by year
and dismissed from the stand.
Adam Cross. formely inspector In the
Police Department and a prominent
police official when "Bill" Devery was
Commissioner, was questioned regarding
his private detective agency. Anthony
Vachris. former police lieutenant. who
has private agency. testified last week
thst he was put off piers and his job
given to the Cross agency. His men
were unable to get police cooperation.
Vachris said, or designations as special
policemen. The testimony further stated
that Inspector Dominick Henry sug-
gested Adam Cross for the Job and after
the latter took hold there was plenty OF
Ipolice cooperation at the piers.
The witness admitted that his meet
ing with Capt. Rospini was arranged by
Inspector Henry. Cross went over hts
charges year by year in an endeavor to
show they were fair and for actual SER
vice. The committee, he said. had not
been entirely fair in its presentation OF
his figures. He added:
1t Is stated that I had special pro-
lection from the Police Department. !
asked Commissioner Enright if he would
not give ma permission to use the tele-
phone wires to bring in some OF the ex-
policemen. We were very short of men.
asked him to give me the privilege, the
courtesy of using the police wires. to
bring those men in to me. He abso-
lutely refused to do so.
II went TO Inspector Boettier, who Is
in charge OF the Fourth Inspection dis
trict, at time when we were very busy
and when 1t was reported that some Of
the officers of the lines were being held
UP at Fisty-seventh and Fffty-sixth
streets, and when there was great
concourse Of people there day and night.
went to Inspector Boettler and asked
him If he would not make that a special
post at night time so as to help protect
those people going away and coming to
the piers. He absolutely refused to do
Il, refused to give me that protection.
There were many times when would