The New York herald., 1921-01-20

seem to You. as far as you have gone
In your investigation. that the graft now
IS comparable to that OF the time OF
Becker?'
Yes" he said. II think 1t is. But Il
is different. The indications are Il Is as
large, and perhaps larger"
docs IL seem TO be widespread or
eporadic--a matter OF individuals?"
Widespread" Mr.. Whitman said
but. as / say, entirely different" In
timating that he felt he had only
scratched the surface thus far he re-
marked: "A significant thing Is the In
crease in the number OF private detec-
tive agencies. nearly all OF them run
by ex-policemen.
Others pointed out that in former
years 1t WAS the gamblers and other
violators OF the law who enriched dis
honest members OF the Police Depart
ment by paying them to be let alone.
Instead OF enforcing the law and closing
~ tie gamblers, the police, fer con-
sideration, allowed them to operate.
The city got its fill Of Information OF
this sort when the murder OF Herman
Rosenthal and the trials OF Lieut.
Charles Becker and the gunmen and the
four inspectors We're on the front pages
Of the newspapers.
Richer Vein Tapped.
Since then, according to the modern
investigators, those members OF the
police force who are bound to go wrong
no matter what the warning, have
tapped a vein much richer than any OF
the old ones This is found in the pro
lection" of business enterprises or many
sorts against sabotage and interference
with loyal workers and strikeoreaKers
during strikes.
For some reason. according to the In
formation gathered by Mr.. Whitman,
who feels that he has by no means ex-
hausted the field the police In the cases
Of certain strikes in some parts OF New
York have seemed sing'lariy inept in
meeting the problems of violence until
the REPRESENTATIVES of the business az
fected scattered a generous amount OF
laTgee@es>
In the case Of Capt. Dafey It is
charged that While he received the larger
presents" from grateful and hopeful
furriers. smaller ones, but big in the
total were distributed among a con-
siderable number of patrolmen and SER
geants. Thereafter the property Of the
furriers, it is alleged, was guarded most
Immediately. In the case of Capt. Du-
bois. who was indicted yesterday moth
ing has appeared to mplicate any of his
subordinates.
The Printers Publishing Company has
one of the largest plants in the city.
The Literary Digest. which resorted to
the photo engraving of typewriter
sheets in order to continue publication
during the strike of 1919. was one Of the
magazines it printed. The strike began
on September and lasted eleven weeks.
The details of the monetary transaction
charged TO Capt. Dubois We're not made
public yesterday. 1t was evident, how
ever, that he is charged with exacting
fee for doing what he was sworn to de
as a matter of duty. that is, 10 do what
he could to safeguard the property Of
the Printers Publishing Company
against violence.
Private Detective Phase.
Another phase that interests Mr.
Whitman is the number of private de-
tectives or guards that have been en-
ployed during recent strikes. He has
been told that the police work was in
variably good when the business need
ing protection employed certain agencies
and bad when they did not
Leo GamDardelli. a former policeman.
now manager of the Manhattan Detec-
tive Agency. "a Stone street. was inter-
viewed by Mr.. Whitman yesterday. 1t
was reported that printing firms had
paid his agency $4,000 for strike pro-
lection. Gambardelli intimated that
this was an exaggeration. He said he
had fifty or sixty men looking after
printing plants at $6 or IS a day. and
insisted that none of the money went to
any member of the police force.
Getting money from business men for
the performance of police duty was
r,f In, ha ri ,aI E,,fId IL
ing as "a new kind OF graft" 1t is the
kind described by Mr.. Whitman as "dif-
ferent" from the old kind.
Did you ever encounter anything
OF this sort when you were District At
torney?" he was asked.
mo" he said. 1T is entirely new to
me. don't remember one such case"
No witnesses against Capt Bailey or
Capt Dubois have gone before the
Grand Jury willingly. There is reason
to believe that, in some cases the sug-
gestion of a gratuity came from the
business firm and not from the police
man. 1t seems TO have become the COM
mon thing in certain lines of business to
offer money to men of the Police De-
partment to insure performance of what
sometimes amounted to more than police
duty. In other cases. according to in
formation I'm the District Attorneys
office, the policemen made II quite clear
TO the business man that he could ex-
pect little protection unless he paid the
price.
Mr.. Whitman said he had no evidence
that any of the money said to have
been paid by, the printing firms to prl-
vate detective agencies for strike pro-
lection went to the police He spoke of
the charge against Capt. Du Bois--that
of taking a fee Of Slpo-as the specific
charge"
Witnesses I'm Du Bois Case.
He presented the evidence against
Capt. Du Bois to the Grand Jury at
noon. The witnesses called we're Aaron
Gantz. secretary and treasurer; Charles
H. Eliscu. auditor, and r. l. Bartholo-
NEW. sales manager. all of the Printers
Publishing Company The jury had the
books of the company. dating from Sep
tember 6. 1919. to November 25. 1919
The indictment names Mr.. Bartholomew
as the man who paid Du Bois the sloo
Du Bois when arraigned In General Ses-
sions pleaded not guilty The Judge
allowed him ten days for the making of
motions
In his affidavit accompanying a re-
quest for the Fastening of his trial Capt
Bailey said he had been on the force
twenty-six years and a captain six
years. was IS years old and head OF
o.. 4. Il III.