New-York tribune., 1921-01-03
Risk Firm s
To 0HaveOWn
Gerard Luisi, Who Broke
Up Vogel Bogus Servant
Girl Ring, Is Named
Head of New Bureau

There is no crime wave in New
York and there has been none during
the present police administration" Po-
lice Commissioner Enright has repeat
edly said.
Yet the large burglary insurance
companies after the experience Of 1920
have organized their own detective bu-
reau, convinced that the present police
administration is unable to cope with
the situation which has cost the COM
panies thousands Of dollars in the last
year.
The new bureau will be commanded
by Gerard Luisi, one of the most widely
known burglary insurance claim inves-
tigators and adjusters in the coun-
try, and his office, to be opened to-day,
will be at 16 and 18 Exchange Place.
Mr.. Lusi for twelve years headed
the investigation and claim depart
ment Of the Ocean Accident and Guar
antee Company. He has to his credit
the arrest of number of bond thieves
and he is accredited with having
broken up the bogus servant girl ring
which cost the insurance companies
several millions of dollars in ten years.
He was shot six times when, seven
years ago, he and ex-Dctective Ser
geant Marty Fay and private detec-
tive went into Raines law hotel in
the Bronx to arrest Vogel, the head
o. the servant girl thief band, and his
wife. In the fight that ensued Vogel
and his wife were killed by Luisi, De-
tective Sergean Fay was crippled for
life by shot and the private -detec-
tive was shot and Killed
Cause of Crime Wave
whats the cause Of the present
crime wave, and why haven't the police
been able to stop ?" Mr.. Luisi was
asked yesterday.
"The first and most important cause
Of the crime wave is the broken morale
in the Police Department.. Please un-
derstand and emphasize that I believe
the force to-day, uniformed and in
plain clothes, is as good as it ever was.
But there is something wrong at the
top.
THE present police administration is
far below par" Mr.. Luisi continued.
He spoke slowly as if choosing his
words. "There were several causes for
the present crime wave and several
points of deficiency in the depa rtment,
sny one of which can be counted as a
factor in the failure Of the police to
stem the tide.
"To-day human life, or the taking
of human life, is Of little consequence.
because the criminsily inclined among
our young men have passed through
the most awful war in history, where
they were called upon to kill without
mercy any human being who was of the
enemy.
They have become accustomed to
wading through tiers Of human bodies.
They are used to using knives Gn the
form Of bayonets) and guns. Every
one looks alike to a crook, and unfor-
tunately the war aroused spirit which
heretofore lay dormant.
However," Mr.. Luisi continued.
lice administration being unable to cope
with the situation as it exists here"
Enright Should Resign
"Then you feel that New Works
police administration is not I'D to the
standard of others?" Mr.. Luisi was
asked.
NO" was the emphatic reply.
"Why?' he was asked.
New York's Police Department needs
change at its very head-in its COM
raander. The plan of having a police
man head the department has proven to
be a fiat failure. Enright should resign
to make room for a civilian who, not
having political connections in the de-
partment, could bring back to par the
efficiency of the police force in all its
branches as Enright found it when he
assumed command
is the department demoralized? Tn
qnes tlonably. How can it be brought to
its old form? BY reorganizing the spc-
clai squads; by bringing back the ex-
Continued Oh next nannl