The New York herald., 1921-09-21
Meyer Committee Unmasks
Fictitious Stock Sale by
Wealthy Deputy Made
for Police Chief.
USES HARRISS'S MOTOR
Getting Things on Shield
That Is Pilfering Groceries
and Refusing to Pay Tai
lors, Is Condoned.
5000 OFFENDERS A YEAR
Brown Brings Up Scores Of
Cases of Lax Penalties That
Give Cops Belief They
Have Little to Fear.
USES HARRISS'S MOTOR
5000 OFFENDERS A YEAR

Have Little to Fear.
Allan A. Ryan, Special Deputy
Police Commissioner and formerly
broker, made a gift Of $12,0S3 to
Richard Z. Enright. Police Commits.
sioner, on April 22. 1919. through the
means of fictitious transaction In
Morton Pete, an oil stock. The in.
cidents Of the deal were disclosed
yesterday when Commissioner En-.
right was on the witness stand before
the Meyer Committee in City Hail.
The committee has in its posses.
sion a check drawn by Ryan, who
is the son of Thomas Fortune Ryan,
the noted financier, on the Mechanics
and Metals National Bank in favor
Of r. E. Enright for S12,0S3. An
entry sheet from Ryan & Co.'S books.
also in possession of the committee.
sets forth the transaction as follows.
"R. Z. Enright, in account with
Allan A. Ryan & Co.. April II, 1919;
5000 shares of Morton Pete at O.
$1O,156. Sold April %. 1919, at Az
I-$22,24S. Interest, five days, $S.46."
The check sent to the Police Com.
missioner was for the balance.
The Commissioner stated he had
sale of the transaction. that it was
in reality gift from Mr.. Ryan, who
is Mr.. Enright's subordinate in the
Police Department. The evidence
dealing with the transaction will be
presented to-day.
Lax Enforcement of Rules.
The committee had spent the entire
day developing it's case in relation to
the lax enforcement OF penalties for
infraction by policemen OF the depart
viewed tending to show that police
men who had been guilty of extortion.
bribery. coercion, theft. assault, in
fact almost every crime an officer may
infi!ct upon the public. had escaped
with punishment ranging from repri-
mand TO three or thirty days pay.
Finally at the finish OF this line of In
quiry IL was shown that Policeman
Ezekiel Kellar was fined twenty days
pay for preventing Deputy Commits
sioner John A. Harriss from crossing
Fifth avenue during a parade.
"Harriss is a kind hearted man, isn't
hep He presented you with an auto
mobile, didn't he?" Elon Il. Brown.
counsel. asked.
Not exactly: have the use OF II
while am in Office" the Commissioner
said.
And he has not given It to your"
Not yet he would have given 1t to
me IL wanted 1t. / told him l would
discuss that with him after / got
through with the Office, and that Is
some time away"
what other Special Deputy Commis-
sloners have you?''
"Rodman Wanamaker, In charge OF
the traffic division Allan A. Ryan. Cole
man du Pont. John NJ. Shaw. Douglas
Mckay. DR.. Carlton Simon and Edmund
Guggenheim."
Deputies Positions Honorary.
Their positions are honorary
Ies SIR
And these special deputics-how do
they got even with the Commissioner for
their appointment
do you think they would Ike TO get
even with me?"
II don't know. II has been reported
10 me. for instance. that Mr. Ryan had
arranged for the payment TO you o.,
profits or stock transactions which are
really fictitious as far as you are con-
cerned'
mir. Ryan did in one instance do
something like that
How much did he give your"
Twelve thousand dollars"
Have the other special deputies done
that same thing"
NO sir
And the automobile and the gift from
Ryan constitute the only gratuities re-
ceived from those sources?'
Not gratvity. sir nobody asked
for t. nobody solicited anything All OF
his own free will and accord
WHAT I am getting at Is this
what are you getting at"'
II was going TO tell YOU. What |
was getting at is this, u seems 70 uie
that In view OF the very light and negli.
eibie punishments frequently imposed
upon men who had violated the most
sacred rights Of persons. fine Of twenty
DAYS on the showing made by Commis-
sioner Harris OF the conduct OF hts GER
Reant was most extreme. radical"
Senator, you have not any right 70
say that light or unusual punishment
has been imposed in any of these sem
tencesr
That was all that was said about the
RYAN financial transaction. Mr.. Ryan
was appointed a Special Deputy on April
is, 1918. about one year prior TO the
transaction referred to before the corn
mittee He has been Identified sctivJs