New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 5, 1920, Page 8

AME WOMEN IN POLIGE SCANDAL t Girls Tnsist They Can't “Go Straight” 5.—While Attorney New Yor As- ant District E. ith was making rapid strides yes March James day in gathering evidence against ective John J. Gunson, indicted bribery and extortion, District At- ey Swann, his chief, prepared a ement giving the police depart- nt a0 tlean bill of healtlh. Unmindful of this, Mr. Smith went t ahead, and by evening was able nnounce not only that the case, his estimation. had heen strength- d but that other policemen rged with forcing women of the pets to share their earnings with m unquestionably would be in- ed early next week. The net also [l close on a lawyer well known the underworld who for some Wy Payore "~ Fresh Shoulders 24¢ b Lean Pork Chops 33¢ b Rib Roast Beef 28¢ 1b Boiling Roast Pork 30c 1Ib Pure Lard 32¢ b Lean Pot Roast 20c 1b Shoulder Lamb 25¢ 1b Beef Liver 12¢ 1b Lean Bacon 38¢c Ib Campbell’s Beans 2 for 25¢ Lean Corn Beef 12¢ 1b At .._.b_.. Chops 35¢ 1b Early June Peas 18¢c can Leg of Veal 20c 1b Veal Stew 14c 1b Full Line of Groceries BUFFALO MARKET 150 ARCH ST. All Kinds Macaroni 12¢ 1b \ Henry, and | - ' | tricts covering that { implic: months ing as cashier lice officers who under their wing. Any idea that has been, it is charged, act- nd collector for po- have had women the assistant prose- cutor intends investigating the police | department is incorre no such pretense. He that he has “found an the Tenderloin Inspection commanded by Inspector Dominick intends to remove it. no matter how painful the operation may be to Commissioner Enright and others at headquarter: This *‘abs atfects perhaps dozen men of the force, who, it i serted, haye been reaping large s through the efforts of women. These social outcasts, under terror of the law, are alleged to have divided their profits on a fifty-fifty basis. Women Work Openly. This is the first time on since the Lexow gation, woman of the £ ted an o 1y on who! was indicted, arrested from the force. Her with Gunson, a man child; of showering him with gifts worth more than 000; of refusing to go to London with him on the pro- ceeds of the sale of a diamond ring, and of his persecution of her when she tried to “go ight.” make a new chapter in the annals of New York crime Investigators at the district attor- ney’s office, in touch with underworld movements, have no hesitancy in s: ing that not since the days of Lexow s have women worked so estimate that on the the two inspection dis- territory, there 500 houses and flats of the Tenement they assert, is a te. tors charge that not He makes in effect, record, when s openly as did Rebecca timony Gunson and suspended story of living ith a wife and the West Side, in about violation This, e used House conservative These inv now in one of these places can operate with-f police. They run from out protection that the by the tolls exacted month, and point to where they are certain violations take place. With no fund their disposal, with few men to r evidence and with little dis- position on the part of the adminis- tration to clean out these places, they have been permitted to exist. District Attorney Swann, statement “This affair specific house in his not reflect on the force generally. but is individual to Gunson and very few others. Tt i grave injustice to thousands of excellent men in the police depart- ment to have it suggested that any but a few are involved in charges made by these women, and they are men of no importance on the force. Praises Police Department. “I think the department, as a whole, is doing excellent work. When the police are criticised for not ap- prehending persons for many crimes in the city, one should consider that desperate crimes are being committed all over the world, and since the war crime waves have occurred in all 1a cities in the especially crimes of boldness and audacity.” Indications that the investigation may broaden were observed. By those grapevine methods well known to the underworld, Mr. Smith received information implicating officers not suspected up to vesterday, and con- siderable light was thrown on their methods. The source of these bits of information were carefully guarded by Mr. Smith, who has reason to be- lieve that witnesses may be spirited away. This has happened to him in should | the past. Whether a graft system exists, it is a fact that since it became known that the vice hunter was on the trail of policemen three men appeared at Great Meadows prison and asked to see Nathan Seiler, sent there in 1916 as a result of Smith's activities in white slave cases Seiler still has wonderful influence among the crooks with whom he lived. The three v tors said falsely they had been sent by supreme court justice was permitted to see Seil The convict was told it was im- perative that he get in touch with his friends in New York and warn them that they should be of no istance to any one connected with the district attorney’s office in a vice hunt, should one be inaugurated. It was pointed out that such informants would be dealt with in a manner that would cause them to regret they had any part in such a proceeding. Another proof that certain persons fear exposure is found in the fact that a story has been Industriously circulated to the effect that Mr. Smith has been indicted and shortly will pay hich Of Your Eyes Is the StronZest? Many people permit one strong eye to do the work nature intended should be done by the pair. Do you know if your eyes are equal in strength—or is one eye limping along and letting the other bear the strain? A thorough examination that doubt. will remove DAVIS & GOODWIN Registered Optometrists and Eyesight TEL. 1905 * had Specialists. 327 MAIN ST. and one | | apartment. | known to the district attorne: the matter frankly before t { months before it | by Gunson, | moral. ; the girl's trial i court. the penalty. This tale has promptly come back to the prosecutor, and he has a very fair idea as to who started it. How Protection Is Bought. One of Mr. Smith’s informants gave him an intelligent idea of the pro- cedure employed by a woman who wishes to run a disorderly house or If she is wisely directed whose name is s office. she calls a lawy She lays him, after paying a substantial re- tainer. She then receives the nece: ary advice. She is informed that before she can | do business she must collar.” In other words, s submit to arrest. This puts her in the clutches of the police, if she is there already. Following the arrest she retains the attorney now advising ESTRTE he pa nteed - & ¥ 0 and will be guar- that she will not be mal >d for two months. If she wishes open u flat the “fee” is smaller. At the end of two months another pay- ment must be made. It is asserted that those who have fallowed this plan have not been molested so long as they paid up. It s d that there arc houses in West End avenue, Riverside drive and Central Park West, patronized by the wealthy, which pay much higher toll to lawyvers—and are never disturbed. What becomes of this maney is what Mr. Smith would like to find out. He won't even admit he suspects the police get any part of it. He simply says that when the pay- ments are forthcoming the police are strangely absent from the neighbor- hood. In M day, w zales been Smith's affice, most of the the Malyado girl, Rose Gon- and Estelle Young, who had victims of the police, so they say, and who are needed as material witnesses against Gunsen. They added to their already long state- ments, and put the prosecutor on the track of additional evidence of a orroborativ nature. The Malyado girl also is known as Billie Howard, having used that name at the time the detectives were involved in a matter similar to that now under con- sideration. The detectives were ex- onerated, Billie Howard being one of the witnesses. Tells of Meeting Girl. Mr. Smith, when informed that Gunson had denied ever having heard of Rebecca Malyado, produced a ranscript of testimony taken Feb. 26, when the woman was up for jump- ; her bail of $500. Detective Jo- seph Maloney, Gunson’s partner, un- der examination, told how Gunson had met the woman “about two years ago,” had taken her to a hotel, and of what happened thereafter. He said Gunson had “picked her up” in West 44th street. In her talks with newspaper men, not itok been brutal to her at the time, having struck her and torn her dress. The Wwoman was told to make her com- plaint to Inspector Daley, to whom she went immediately. Inspector Daley, she said. to listen to her charges, saying he could not “pull” his men out and “bring them up on charges of this sort, as it destroys discipline.” Shortly | | after this, District Attorney Swann announced he intended to investigare | | the Gunson case to sec whether per- jury had been committed during the trial of Misses Kobin and Cohen fore Magistrate Mancuso. If such an investigation were made, no report was given out afterward. SCHOOL PROBLEMS Strayer refused be- Prof. Addresses Teachers” Club—More Instructors Is Pressing | Need of Present Day. George Drayton Strayer, professor ! of educational administration, Teach- ers’ college, Columbia unive an interesting lecture last evening Grammar school hall under the 1 agement of the Teachers’ club of New Britain. Professor Strayer’s subject, “De- | velopment of Your Public School : tem,” is a timely one constructed tamiliarize the parents and teache: with the defects of the school sy i tem and method of taxation for the maintenance of educational institu- tions. The Smith-Towner bill, house of representatives 7, senate 1017, was explained in detail, especially as it applied to Connecticut. There are many problems to be dealt with all over the United States, and this bill makes it financially possible for the creation of boards to offer advice for the improvement of existing condi- | tions, The problems that have to be faced according to Professor Strayer, are: Need of more funds, quality of school | service, the salary question, shortags of capable teachers, adult education, ! school buildings and grounds, and Junior High schools. in | to SEEK CHINESE BOMBERS. 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The oath of allegiance was admiris- tered as the cannon of the citadel fired a salute of 21 guns in honor of the anniversary of the constitutions of 1857 and of 1917, which occurred the same day. the Malyado girl stuck to the story | she told the grand jury. She an- | swered question$ frankly, and admit- ' ted she had been desperately in love with the detective. nied ever having seen her, she smiled. “I guess he would recognize my pi Told that he de- | ture if he saw it,” she remarked. "He certainly should remember my after having offered to elope to Lon- don with me.” Early in the morning Mr. Smith caused the detention of two girls who told Judge Malone they Carello and May Brown. Both have severa]l aliases. Mr. Smith told the court that they were important wit- nesses in the case against Gunson, and they were held in $5,000 bail each. The prosecutor said they were present when Gunson and anather de- tective frightened off 2 man who as- serted he had been robbed of a large sum of money. (funson Scored by Court. Gunson, since his assignment ‘o Inspector Henry’'s staff on June 10, 1917, has been denounced by general | sessions judges and severely criticized by other officials for his methods in arresting youns women. He iwas d by three deputy police comm sioners only after Mayor Hylan wrote to Police Commissioner Enright or- dering him to investigate the charges against Gunson thoroughly in con- nection with his arrest of Misses Sallic Kobin and Lillian Cohen, exonerated. In reversing Magistrate Mancuso's decision against these girls, Judge Rosalsky said from the bench: . 3 ! Your sister and my sister are not safe if men like Gunson on the police force are allowed to continue this sort of thing without hindrance. Un- der such conditions, no decent girl would be safe on the streets. There was not a scintilla of evidence to war- | rant the arrests or the convictions.” Gunson arrested the two girls for talking on the street with a soldier in uniform. It was shown afterward that both young women were of good morals and a physician testified to | their virtue. Gunson’s trial before the deputy police commissioners last- ed several days and cvery effort to | show that the girls were not of good | character was made by witnesses con- nected with the police department. | Decision was withheld for eight| was announced that | Gunson had been exonerated. | Irene Bonser, another girl arrested was proved to have heen: During her trial in general| which resulted ssions in the re-| versal of the magistrate’s conviction, charges were made that a combina- | tion existed between- the police and certain lawyers. 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