New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-05
Washington Square Asso.
ciation to Probe Admin
istraiion of Police Af.
fairs; Suggest Remedy
il2. 600 Wall Street
Men Get Pistols
sFiuanciers, Alarmed at
: Conditions, Arm Selves;
$4,000 Permits Given


Association. including Alfred +. Shat
tuck, whose home was robbed last
Sunday of jewelry valued at moro than
$4,000, met yesterday and appointed
suggest 3 possible remedy for the un-
precedented crime conditions con.
fronting the city.
The committee, 1t vas said, will give
the administration OF police affairs in
IN endeavor TO insure greater protec-
lion to life and property.
Members of the committee, compris-
ing Mr.. Shsttuck, Gustavus r. Kirby,
president of the associations; David L.
Knott former Sheriff, and John l..
Wilkie, a lawyer met last night in
Mr.. kirby's home in the square to
discuss and draw up a resolution to
be presented at special meeting of
the association Friday afternoon. The
result of their deliberations was not
made public.
Twelve thousand bankers. brokers
and other iinanciers in the Wall Street
district have taken out permits to carry
revoyers within three months. accord
ing to information given out yester-
day at Police Headquarters.
The police statement vas made in
connection with an announcement that
the pistol permit fec has been raised
from 81 TO Sl.50 a year. At the
Office OF John j. Cray. Fourth Deputy
Police Commissioner, it was said the
Legislature recently passed an amend.
nent TO thc law making this raise
legal. It WAS admitted that the Po-
lice Department has ISSUED $4,000 re-
volyer permits 10 citizens since Janu-
aty /, and that the list of applicants
iS constantly increasing.
At the Washington Square Asso-
citation meeting in the afternoon
Mr.. Shattuck gave vivid account
o. the robbery Of his home, after
which the meeting resolved itself
jjato discussion Of crime conditions.
their cause and effect and what the
police are doing 10 cope with them,
Blame Police Shortage
The special committee was appointed
.fter it became obvious that opinions
Uttered a. 10 the real cause of the
crime spread. Some blamed the inef-
tciency OF the department. Others said
ahe police Wele handicapped by short
!ge of uniformed and plainclothes men.
9thers freely accused the present city
administration of being at fault.
Former Sheriff Knott said that life
aud property ought 20 be protected
first. especially when the city was OBJ
piously tliied with criminals.
Tho police should assign nearlv all
men to combstin the forces that en-
danger life and property, and after
they have successfully COPIED with tha.
situation make an attempt to enforce
such things SIS prohibition, women
smoklng, gambling and minor offenses,"
he said
Mr.. Wilkie suggested that those
present did not have facts and figures
'hat would prove any particular point,
ana IT was then decided TO appoint a
committee which would recommend the
neXt move IN order to clean UP crime.
Al civic organizations in the city will
nc asked to cooperate with the associ-
atlon III its movement.
Shattuck Offers $1,000
Nf. ehsttuck said he would give his
time and . $1,000 contribution toward
any movement agreed upon and every
MEMBER consented TO give his time to
the work if called upon. MIR. Kirby
sa'd that the Mercer Street station
hbd done efficient work in Washington
Square, but was Handicapped by not
hneYinS enough patrolmen. He said
inc ASSOCIATION took It's stand on fight
ing the clements that endangered life
end property because one of the great
eSt crimes in the city's history had
oeen recently committed in one of their
members homes and because the as
soclation thought it was matter Of
concern to tie whole city.
Present at the meeting in addition
70 70 thos' named were Robert de Forest,
nnisTkson Cowl, the Rev. DR.. Howard
pnu'Held, j. Herbert Johnston. John
carr Arnold Richards, Harley L.
s'o~eli and Ernest Colyer.
Wife Not Locked in Cellar
IN discussing the robbery at his
nome Mr. Shattuck revealed that his
we IiN had not been locked in the air
MSghS MSghS vault with him and his servants.
, Nm MMnlie ne was being taken to the vault
Mfs. Shattuck was in her room on the
Sscohd floor Of the house. She was
. poun0 by the rohherS opd JooLol =.