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? ai'ment regulations ?.?ti*y declared
he had observed to"1 m-cb laxity on
?be part of patrolmen. He directed
?flat captains lecture to the men of
their command on their duties.
The arrest Us? night oi Harry
Spann, of 512 West Forty- seventh
street, and Kasper FurmattL proprietor
? ??' a dress shop at 103 West Forty
aerenth Street, was said by the po.ice
to solve a series of burglaries in apart?
ment houses from Fiftieth to Fifty
ninth streets, between Fifth and Madi?
son avenues.
Aft? being lodged in the East Fifty
first Street station Spann confessed, ac?
cording to the po?ce, to the apartment
h?. use robberies. As a resi.lt of the
alleged confession Turma:* was taken
into custody. ?
In Furman's shop, it is charged, were
found dresses valued at more than
$16,000 which were stolen from the
apartment houses in questions. Mrs.
George Thorns, of S7 Fast Fifty-fourth
Street; Mrs. Frederick Knight, of 731
Lexington Avenue, and Miss Lucille
G running, of 12$ Fast Fifty-seventh
Street, whoso quarters had been robbed,
identified so:r,e of the gowns, the police
asserted. They also said they recov?
ered a client of silverware, valued at
1,600, which was stolen from Mrs.
Knight's apartment.
Spann, it 3s said by the police, has
been operating for several months, al?
ways in t*ie late afternoon. In each
case a new tack hammer Had been used
to jimrny the apartment door.
Tack Hammer Is Clew
Always the burglar left the tack
hammer behind him together with its
blue paper wrapping, which was ascer?
tained to co37ie fron* Macy's. Detectives
.'ores, Heuser and Hooker, of the Fast
|-ifty-first Street stat'on, took up their
? a'ch in the hardware department of
Maiy's and their vigilance was re?
warded yesterday, when, they s-ay, they ?
i'.v Spann come in and buy a tack
hammer,
They trailed their quarry up Fifth
Avenue to Fifty-seventh Street. He
uined west there, they assert, aitd
entered No. 17, an rpartment ?ouse.
These premises are just inside the
new, thieves' deadline district estab
ished by Commissioi er Enright,
Spann, it is alleged, climbed the
t'iirs to the second floor. The de
cti*#es waited in the lower hall a few
.?tes nnd then heard q woman
cream. She was the negro maid 3?
apartment of H. M. G<us. The
leuths dashed for the stairs, but Spann
was too quick for them. He eluded
for the moment and sped east
i Fifty-sev?nth Street. At ?M-dison
. '.venue Traffic Patrolman Joseph O'Con
ell put bis hulk in the path of Spann's
' 00 pounds and handcuffed him.
A chauffeur by trade. Spann told the
police, they say, that he- has found
iry a much more lucrative and
easier occupation than driving a car.
Friends of Furman appeared before
te Tobias in Night Court last
. .'enii'g and asked him to fix hail for
the shopkeeper, who is charged with
? rim m illy receiving the apartment
loot.
The magistrate refused to do so and
? rdered that Furman be held without
bail.
When Robert Ryan, of 2277 Grand
? nue, the Bronx, was arraigned in
court en a disorderly conduct
h rge by Patrolman Patrick Carr, of
D Easi ?04th Street station, who te?ti
,?d the defendant struck him when he
rdi ' ? him o move on, Frank Surello,
??' 234 East 110th Street, -stepped for
v rd and identified Ryan as a man he
' !;. h! him up in a hallway near his
:'.ofno on the night of December 11 and
bbed him of S15 and an overcoat.
Magistrate Tobias held Rya33 without
m a charge of robbery. Detective
Jsmes F. Fitzgerald had observed t
' . n< ss to Su3fello'8 description of the
old-up-man when Carr brought his;
isoner to the station house and had
.'.relio ( n hand in court.
Man Mysteriously Shot
Patrolman Grimes, of the Amity
ti it", he ird . hots in a rooming house
. 110 Degraw Street, Brooklyn, last
? End hastened to investigate.
Found Alfio Zalenti, forty-four
,-ar*. old, lying in bed, with live g?n?
net wounds in the chest and abdomen,
victim was removed to Long Island
College Hospital, where it was said
die, in an unconscious condition.
The police refused to divulge what,
an; thing, their investigation of the
hoe*.-:.;' had brought forth. They ad
mitt id they had found bio trace of
assailant.
TI e arrest of Ashby P. Long, who
?bed 1 :!:'s?lf as a salesman, twen-1
ty-si old, of 1025 New York
venue. Brooklyn, followed his being
ibserved by guests of the Hotel Endi
i ott. Eighty-fir-jt Street and Columbus
avenue, sneaking about the corridors
the sixth floor, a suitcase in his
sand, The hotel clerk notified the
West Sixty-eighth Street station, and
? .-?? J enh Lawless went to the
? ote! and i . prisoner.
In the suitcase, the police ass.ert, I
ret found jewelry valued at $1,000, the j
property of Mrs. Irene Jager, wife of j
V. F. Jager, prei d< til of the Trade |
toi ?Trucking and Storage Company.
Long is?alleged to have confessed to
having entered Mrs. Jager's room In
;... licot with a key and stolen the ;
gems. Several keys and pawnticketB
?.ere found en the prisoner, the police
Burglar Map Captured
A map of Greenwich V il lag??, with
notation? indicating the best doors or
certain houses to jimmy fi>d the time
when policemen pass given points, was
found when John Veraotico, of 11)6
? 'rince Street, was searched <-,t the
? hsrles '.-'tree, station. Vernotico and
? i Gordella, seventeen years old,
?? -re by Detective John Kelly
? cion ?f robbing the home
I Wit ver icy Place,
? day night of household goods
at ?1,000, .;;>ich prisoner was
el i in (10,000 bail by Magistrate
? ? police suppressed until ye^tei
-, and jewels VS
'
tied a brick
of Maurice Pig
:? at 52 East Twenty-third
o arrests have b< en rnae e,
A bandit walked into the delicatessen
of ?' arl Helmond, 517 East 162d
The Bronx, in broad daylight
n automatic at the
ropri demanded $?0. While
rig at the cash reg
ter two ? a man and a
?. entered.
"Don't ?;., a word or I'll shoot,"
the robber to Helmond, and
" gum ander his raincoat.
? hai ded ? he despe
h he w< re giving l.im
? aft' r a purchuse, &nd ho walke?!
"That fellow was 8 hold-up man,"
He .t.',,r.i\ informed his irp ed pa
'. : to ?the ttreet, but the
red.
Loots S:oli*i a macaroni manufac?
turer of* 168 Wilson Avenue, Bro
was raWt-nd of W00 caa and a gold
wa'ch valued at |110 by fcur armed
robheri who waylaid him a? Evergreen
i? and Noll Street, that borougl
lar'v yesterday, ,
Two hours later Deteetiveo Voglt un?t :
Daley, of the Vernon Avunuf statio! ,
7..rr?Y.'"i\ Ar.thony Merino, of 370 Trout
rrihr, Street, and Fiank Palma -, a
1A2 Palmetto Street, both of Brooklyn,
?f'd charged them with the er i me. In
Gatea Avenu* Court Bcolisi identified
? .
) im, .'?ini- itrata Brown
xi'-m without ?bail for examination
i ay.
Ture* ?Held n? Auto Bandit?
?Megfstts-u Brown also held without
bail Butaetl Bryce, ojf I97fl Lexington
Avenue, Devld Kr?,n, oi 127 llerzl
?ftreet, Brooklyn, mA Samuel Bloro, pi
176 Roekawaj- Avenue, Brooklyn, ae
? ??? i g i 3' .-.-?. . bendita wh?,
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LEATHER GOODS
FIFTH AVENUE
CORNER 48IH STREET Customer* Senvd ?y Aloft
; have been terrorizing the Sterling, St
I Mark's and Eastern Parkway districts
: for the last two months. Blum and Louis
Fleischer, of 1845 Sterling Place,
?Brooklyn, ire also charged with the
theft of a $3,^00 automobile from Jo?
seph M. Rice, of 1T0 New York Avenue,
Brooklyn.
According to the police, Bryce, Kron
; and Blum have confessed to four nold
! up.; Their plan, it is alleged, was to
: park I heir car alongside the road aa
I though it had broken down, group
S themselves about it stop the first
| promising-looking motor that came by
i ano strip its occupants of their valu
| ables. Detectives- Dor.elon, Cohen and
Phillips, who nabbea the trio, are look
itig for a fourth member of the band.
Following a chase over roofs er.rly
yesterday, during which he fired sev?
eral shots, Patrolman Georg* Werner,
of the Union Market station, arrested
Harry W. Clark, of ?HS Essex Street,
who, it is charged, was one of three
men the policeman Discovered trying
to force the door of a clothing store
at 152 Ridge Street. Matristrate Simp?
son in Essex Market pohce court held
Clark in $25,000 bi?il for the grand
jury.
James L. Caffery, of 44 Fourth
Street, North Pelham. was locked up at
headquarters last night, charged with
having demanded a oiink of whisky at
the point of a pun from the bartender
in a saloon at Third Avenue rr.d Twen?
ty-third Street. He was booked for
attempted jobbery and violation of the
Sullivan law.
Detective Sergeant Michael Breen, of
Hackensack, N. J.. came io New York
vesterday and. with the assis'tance of
Detective John Kelly, of the Charles
Street stntion, recovered several thou?
sand dollars' worth of goods Breen
identified as having been stob-.n by
burglars from Hackt'nsack stores. The
alleged loot was found in the homes
of three men the detectives arrested
ip front of a Sixth Avenue pawnshop.
The -prisoners were Paulo Renno, of
730 Willow Avenue; Lorenzo Riggio.
ni 228 Wi'low Avenue, and Lorenzo
Lucci. of 230 Clinton Street, all of
Hoboken. Magistrate Levine. in Jef- ?
tcrson Market Court, he'd them with- j
cut bail to await extradition. .
Troopers Seek Bandits;
Halt Autos in Country
Arm**?! Patrols i^uard Estates
at Rhiii^beek : Poi?"hkeepsie
Ci?y Hal! Like Fortress
In the belief that the campaign
against crooks in New York City is
driving criminal fo'k into -the rural
meadows, the New York State Troopers
-*: doinw some bandit hunting on their
.v.-n account.
Yesterday the troopers heran stop-j
?':*i?rall automobiles which, they thought ?
might be eccupiod bv suspicious char- ?
??cters.. All persons unable to give a i
Troper account of themselvea ?ire he- I
?"a: promptly taken into custody. The i
ho'd-tiD of Mrs. Clarence W. Mertz,
of Port Chester, on the outskirts of
White Plains. Wednesday by two ban- ?
dits, one of whom wa : a woman, scved |
to convince the authorities at White
Plains that not all the brigands are
operating on city highways.
An armed patrol of citizens was on ?
duty last night guarding th.* village I
of Rhinebeck and estates of wea'thy |
resident?? of that section. All ?-mployees
? f the City Hall at Poughkeensie have j
been armed ;v.<\ a bjrglar alarm has
been installed.
783 Men Ready to Enter
Police Ranks, Says Cukor
Civil Servie? i'omnr?ssioner De?
clares 882 Will Take Exam?
ina} !on iti January
Mayor Hylan yesterday received a
letter from Morris Cukor, president of
the Civil Service Commission, in which
the latter tcok exception to the state?
ment of F. If. La Guardia, President of
the Board of Aldermen, that the civil
service list contains but 3r>0 nameE
eHglble for patrolmen In the Police
Department. Mr. Cukor said that there
were 657 names certified to the Police
Department yesterday for appointment
ana that this number was In addition
| to 126 certified within a few d"*ys, mak
, ing a total of 783 names. The Com
j mis?iongr said that there are now 882
! applicants for the forthcoming exam
?nation for patrolmen to be .-held
January 13.
It was learned at the City Hall that
P.>!ice Commissioner Enright plans to
begin ' hi ? ten?, ive I raining of the men
on the eligible list on Monday, when
500 of them will be mobilized in some
i armory where the training will begin.
? emainder on the list, will be Bum
j moned for ?'raining purposes shortly
thereafter. The Police Commissioner
can appoint new policemen January 2
j on probation.
Baltimore Police Chief
Suspended; FacesCharges
Accused by Sfate Auto Commis?
sioner With Violating the
Titling Laws
BAI/TIMORE, Dae. 23,?Robert D.
Carter, for seven years head of the
, police forci; here, to-day was suspended
ha! !.. Police Commissioner
ciarle D. Gaither. Charges of violat?
ing the state automobile titling laws
by having a i untitled car in his posses?
sion nr.; pei igalnst him.
The chart*et were preferred by offi
?- a la oi I he ?'?.' or Veh icle Commis
ili ner's ?/dice. Bimilar charges ware
againsl Sergeant Maurice E.
I'.. se and N. Carter Hammon, the
hal's grandson, Sergeant Pease
was suspended shortlj before noon
t... day,
Two Killed in Oil Explosion
Fire Causes 3H)0,0(M) Damage
to Docks at (?alvettton
OALVESTON, Tex.. Dec. 23.--Dam?
age tentatively placed at $100,000 re?
ten oon wiifin a fire
'vi' ad by a ?? > plo on aboard the oil
barge Bolikou ??wepl .. portion of the
docks, Two men aro
known to be dead and two injured, The
Bolikow wim i!, total log?, while th?
Itean [pi i;i Occidente, Aiichenborg
and He ti un tu ncd damage from the
I Is ?? ?
< apta h Wallace Mackenzie, master
of the i'.i.i, a i-teamiihip A ?eh en berg,
brought ; . ?.'? sel safely through ?
wall ol flat <- rising from tho oil cov?
ered water,
U.S. Officer Who Deserted
Army in Germany Seized
Second Lieutenant Also Accused
of Taking Company's $-1-8,000;
Ex-Sergeant Causes Arrest
PITTSBURGH. Dec. 23.?John C.
Gottcnkiene, alias David L. Gordon
I formerly second lieutenant in the 5th
| Field Artille, y, 1st Division, charged
with deserting his command at ? >
I blenz, Germa \y. in June, 1919, taking
with him about $48,000 of his com?
pany's fund?, was arrested here to
n;ght and turned over to Department
of Justice ag -nts.
The govcr nnenfc agents said the
prisoner wou d be taken to Fort Le.av
enworth, Karsas, by a military guard
i to-morrow, where he would be tried by
j court martial.
Gottenkieni 's arrest was brought
about by Sai ford T. Poniroy, of this
city, who served as a color sergeant in
the same regiment with the ex-ofiicer.
I I'omroy recognized Gotte'Pkiene and
' notified a policeman, who arrested the
man.
Government agents said Gottenkiene
was arrested in Germany shortly after
he desTted I'na brougr.t to C>mp ?' --
lor, Kentucky. He escaped last Feb?
ruary, nnd since that time a nation?
wide search has been conducted.
, Gottenkiene before coming to Pitts?
burgh worked as n miner in Morgan
town, W. Va. After escn'iing from
Camp Taylor he was emploved by dif?
ferent concerns in Cincinnati and To?
ledo, the government agon's said. The
prisoner, they added, is said to have a
wife residing in Oklahoma City.
Hylan Again Says Press
is A.-Picking on Him
Ridjxcwood Citizens Listen, Then
Send Pe'ition for Needs to
Estimate Board
Mayor Hylan addressed a meeting of
citizens of T idge.wood and Glendale,
Queens, at Public School 93, Glendale,
last night. The meeting was called
for the purpose of urging an appropri?
ation to supply city water to residents
of the district. The Mayor said he
would do everything in his power to
t>ee that the appropriation was voted.
"I know th it the people of this sec?
tion realize that I, ns Mayor, have many ;
duties to perform," he said.
"I favor municipal ownership of i
public utilities. I had my Commis
sioncr of Plant and Structures,. Grover
Whalen, establish a bus line in Staten
Island which greatly Relieved the cou- !
gestion and the sulTerin^. 1 also estab?
lished a bus service in Brooklyn, but
Hie courts wiped it out.
""There arc two roads for a Mayor
to travel. The first is to let the in?
terests run the Mayor ; ?id the city, and
you arc the whitc-haiivd boy and arc'
patted on the back. The other is the ;
road the people expect you to travel
and to uphold their interests, your
oath of office and their rights.
"if you endeavor to do this you are
investigated and abused by the subsi- j
t'ized press of this city, i ask you to j
pay no attention to the cheap critic
who attempts to mislead you with
misstatements regarding my adminis
tration."
The audience applauded the Mayor, :
hut voted to send a petition to the I
Board of Etimate asking for the ap
pronr;?t!nn for a city water system.
Professional
Bondsmen Are
Called Menace
j Insurance Officials Want
the Business Confined to
I Reputable Companies as
Check to Crime Wave
| Bail Too Easy to Get
?
| Jyav^e Concerns Better Able
to Run Down Criminals
Who Flee, Is Argument
An official of an insurance company,
! which abandoned its bail bond business
j a year a^o because of heavy losses and
j its reluctance to engage in competition
i with less scrupulous concerns and indi
j viduals, asserted yesterday that the
chief trouble with the bail bond busi
j ncss is th'o professional bondsman.
\ The police are now investigating the
j business and its possible relation to
the city's crime wave.
"Take the bail bond business out of
the hands of professional bondsmen,"
he said, "and let it bo managed and
regulated by insurance companies on a
sounder, 3nore reliable basis."
He said that Bome of the snost repu?
table companies have continued supply?
ing secuiity for people under arrest
and have conducted this business in a
commendable way, in competition with
other companies and with professional
bondsmen.
Business Is Growing
The representative of another com?
pany, doing no bail bond business, said
?hat undoubtt dly the ready facilities
for getting bail enabled many rea;
criminal:; to remain at large and con?
tinue, their career of crime, although
there were charges against them. ;io33if
i ml ?vidual bondsmen, especially, hi
said, won!?' provide the security foi
known criminals and were getting riel
by squeezing every dollar out of people
under arrest whose innocence wa?
proved later.
One insurance man said that th?
tribute paid to the individual bonds
! men could not. be estimated. Thii
I business has been growing, he said
i through the prevalence of crime, al
though arrests have not increased ir
proportion to the crimes.
He said that the bond business was
one way whereby an insurance com
pany might partially make up for the
lusses on burglary insurance. Wher
protection of honest men's property,
failed the companies could reduce theii
general losses by protecting those wh<
stole the property, provided they wer*
caught,
Bondsmen insisted yesterday that, it
helping to.keen arrested people out o:
jail, they were performing a servie*
to the slate, because the jails and pris
cms wen- full and, unless bail was pro
vided as freely as it has been, then
would he no place to put the prisoners
Another argument advanced in favoi
of such business was that the larg<
insurance companies were more able t(
run down those who jumped bail thai
individuals would be.
Deny Loot Is Surety
It was said that individual profos
sional bondsmep have been going se
curity for dozens of inen charged wit!
crime, although these bondsmen pos
sessed only one piece of real estati
and were making that the security ii
each case.
Reputable companies have had a un:
form charge of 2 per cent of th?
asnount of bail required. For years i
has been their custom to have agent
in the courtrooms to solicit the busi
310SS of persons without means to pa;
the bail demanded. According to th
lr.w, only a recognized company, <??
property owner, has been competent t
i ?.oville bail, fi3id cash could not be ac
cepted. Bonds or sec3irities of som
kind were required.
Officials of insurance companies in
terested in providing bail said the
were sure that police officials wer
wrong in thinking that part of the loot
of the hold-ups had been deposited ro
.ndemnify the bonding ccmpanies, al?
though stolen Liberty bonds might have
been accepted by individu il bondsmen.
68 Are Sent^to the Tombs,
Unable to Meet High Bail
50 Others, Charged With Vari?
ous Crimes, Forfeit Their
Bonds Estimated at $150.000
Of 118 men under indictment charged
with various crimes rearraigned in
General Sessions yesterday before
Judges John F. Melntyre and Otto A.
I Rosalsky, sixty-eight were committed
j to the Tombs because they were unable
I to meet the new bail figures. In addi?
tion tho bail bonds of about, fifty others
who failed to appear were declared for?
feit. The aggregate value of these
bonds is estimated at $150,000.
In another court, of General Ses
! sions Judge Thomas C. T. Crain ex?
plained to John Costa, twenty-four
years old, of 300 Cherry Street, con?
victed of robbery in the first degree,
that "'this is no time for leniency" and
then sentenced him to not less than
nine years and four mo:iths and not
more than eighteen years and eight
months. Costa held up Tom Finn, a
Chinese, of 'JO Henry Street, in Sep
tomber.
"The court," said Judge Crain, "finds
itsoif in a position where ?t cannot with
propriety exercise the sane degree of
leniency that could with propriety be
exercised were conditi? ns different
than thsy are. to-day. You are going
to receive a punishment which will rep?
resent the court's view of tho gravity
of your crime and represent the court's
appreciation of its responsibility for
the maintenance of law and order.''
la one caso brought before Judge
Melntyre, that of Joseph Dugan in?
dicted collectively in August o.' rob?
bery in the first degree, grand larceny
in the second degree, a samt in the
first degree and criminally receiving
l stolen property, Assistant District At?
torney Sullivan suggested that the bail
be fixed at $'.15,000.
"I'll make it $25,000," seid Judge Me?
lntyre, "and if he attempts to raise
that amount, of bail i want to be in?
formed of it so that I cai fix bail at a
still higher figure. The community will
breathe easier if tiiis man is kept in
jail until cither his innocence or guilt
?3 determined."
Dugan is alleged to have held up
Charles J. Smith in Harlem last Au
jgust and to have robbed him of .SIS 7.
Jurors Get Arnstein
Case; Cohn Is Arraigned
No Verdiet Reached on Bond i
Plot Charges After Seven
Hours' Deliberation
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.?The case
of Jules W. ("Nicky") ?Vrnstein and
others charged with having conspired
to bring stolen securities into the Di -
trict of Columbia is in tin hands of the
jury to-night. At 10 ? 'clock, after
seven hours of deliberation, Justice
Gould, presiding, locked the jury up.
for the night.
The other defendants h re David W.
Sullivan, Norman S. Bowlis and VY. W
Easterday. The securities which th<*y
are charged with having brought into
the District are said to be part of tho
$5,000.000 worth stolen it. Wall Street
;; year ago.
Isadora ("Nick") Cohn, who is to
be tried separately on the same
charges, was arraign?.?! to-day and re?
leased on $10,000 bail on the charges
pending against him in Washington,
He was at onco rearrested in connec?
tion with indictment-- against him in
Xew York. Counsel for Cohn there?
upon sued out a writ of habeas corpus
and procured his release on 51,000 ad?
ditional hail pending the return of tli i
writ.
Enright Calls on Hyian;
Quits Conference Smiling
Police Commissioner Richard E.
Enright called on Mayor Hylan at the
City Hall last night at 5 'o'clock and
remained with the Mayar until the
latter left for home at about 6:30.
The Commissioner came out of the
Mayor's ollice smiling, and declined to
discuss the nature of the conference.
Mayor Hylan, emulating Charles F
Murphy, had nothing to say.
Enright Began
Early to Undo
Police Morale
Abolition of Training School
for Officer:? and Inaugu?
ration of 'Order of the
Crutch' Proved Blunders
??-?*
Efficiency Ebbed Fast
System of Keeping Aged Men
in Active Service Aroused
Derision in Department
Two specific actions taken by Com?
missioner Richard E Enright at the
j beginning of his administration hav<
materially aided in the de3noializatior
ind break-down in efficiency of the
Police Department, ir was learned yes
terday. These are: The abolition o;
the training school >*er officers and the
ficvelopraent of what is derisively
known to the rank and lile of the de
pnrtment as "The Order of the Crutch.
The school was instituted 3>y Colone
Arthur Woods, the predecessor o
Commissioner Enright. but the latte
is Mr. Enright's own idea. The schoo!
! abolished by the present Commissione
| immediately after h3s induction ir.t
; office, is referred to in in articl
i printed in the current issue of Th
i Weekly Reviey, which, however, wa
? written by CSlonel Woods last July.
Selected Men in Charge
The school was established at Ft
| li?e Headquarters, ni.6 Iisspcctor Col
nelius F. Cahalane was placed in con
mar.d of it. A specia.ly selected corp
of instructors were put in charge <
?.'ariotts classes.
livery policeman o.i the eligible Hi
was sent to this school as soon as 1
; had been selected foi promot'on to tl
? '-ark of sergeant. Thtre he wa<5 taugl
? those duties, q? his new rank whit
I were different from the duties he hs
been in the habit of discharging.
Similarly sergeants selected for pr
motion to lieutenants were sent to tl
school, but they attended another se
tion, where a lieutenant's duties we
imparted to them. None of the nx
were actually promoted to the high?
rank until they had satisfactori
demonstrated their fitness for the
? 'evv duties
Shortly jfter Commissioner Enrig
assumed oifice Inspector Cahalane w;
: shifted to an inspection district, and
I the instructors were distributed
through the department or resigned.
Men were then promoted from lower
3-anks without any previous instruc
i tion in their new duties, and left to
? shift for themtelveg. They were com
| pelled to learn slowly and inefficiently
? by* the uncei'tain method of experi
j once.
A3'.other phase of, the school also
was abolished forthwith* by Commis?
sioner Enright. This was the civil
service section instituted by Colonel
Woods. It existed at Heudquarters
j and in every police precinct. It was
I designed to aid those policemen who
! were a33ibitious to prepare for their
! civil service examinations.
( Attendance at these schools was en
i tirely voluntary en the part of the
j policeman, and he had to attend thesn
I in his own time when he was off duty.
They were designed to assist him in
? such a man33er that he would not be
i compelled to enter ?i private school a3id
i pay the tuition fees.
"Order of the Crutch''
"The Order of the Crutch" is an En?
right development of the welfare
squad, institute 1 by Colonel Woods. It
| was originally designed to aid in the
reclamation of young criminals. It was
composed of carefully selected police?
men who operated under Leroy Peter?
son, a volunteer worker, who concen?
trated his squad at Police Headquar?
ters, and actually accomplished results.
Upon the entrance of Commissioner
i Enright, tiiis squad was reorganized,
? and portions of it assigned to every
police precinct in the city. Fifty aged
polico lieutenants were "detailed" to
i this squad. Many of them would have
! voluntarily retired some time ago on
j half pay, but in this squad they are
practically retired on full pay.
This situation is ono of the greatest
' causes of dissatisfaction in the depart
! ment among the rank and file. The
younger policemen are deeply ?3tcensed
I over it, because it keeps them fron*
I rising in the department, As long a?
the aged lieutenants are kept on the
active list they block promotioBis. Com
| 3nissioner Enright was 33residcnt of the
\ Police Lieutenants' Benevolent Associa
ifiot3 before he became Commissioner.
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I Chicago Police Round Up
?15 Under NewCurf ew Law
?Persone on Streets After 2 A. M.
May Be Searched; Ali Night
Life Closed at 1 A. M.
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
CHICAGO, Dec. 28.?Fifteen person;
were rounded up early to-day by th(
police under the new curfew regula?
tions, that provide for locking up ot
suspicious characters found on thf
streets after 2 a. m.
Under the regulations saloons, pool
roosns, cabarets and theaters close a1
1 a. in. Any person found on th<
streets after 2 o'clock may be searchet
by the police. The authorities hope bj
these measures to corral the cri3ninali
who are robbing and attacking pedes?
trians.
Sheriff as Witness
Denies Any Part iu
Nassau Gaming RiUg
?Smith Also Gives Lie to
Charge That He Tel*
phoned Tip ?o Stuekey's
! That Raid Was Impending
Sheriff Charles W. Smith on?
; the three Nassau County officials bei?:
tried at Mine?la on a conSJS
! charge, took tne stanu yesterdav 1?1 k J
j own defense. He denied that h? ?. j
; tipped off the StucKey gambling'estah
lishment at Lynbrook of an imWd??;
i mid. r "?mg
Smith and Assemblyman McWhin
Key and Supervisor Doughty are'i-k"
i remaining defendants the indictm???'
against Postmaster O'Keefe hSrU,:
been dismissed Wednesday. Suner?
. Doughty will take the stand Mondar
Questioned by District Attorn?
Weeks, Smith vigorously ?lenied ?rl
connection with Nassau County?! C
bling ring. * " **'
i "Didn't you know of anv gamblin.
? places being conducted in the countv"*
j asked the District Attorney .
'I heard of them,' said iha Sheri*
but I had no positive knowledge that
The witness said that while ur.der
: rhenff he had made small bets o??
: s.onally, but that he had not done ani
j betting since becoming Sheriff
The state charged WednesdM th?t
i when the Sheriff was told that' s?
l ey s establishment wai to be raided hi
suddenly developed au attack of cramn?
and rushed into a drug store TV
state sought to prove that he then
vent into a telepho . booth aid t.?le
phoned a warning to Stuckey
The Sheriff testified ram on the night
of the raid he was seize I with an acuV
case of cramps and that lie had at tha?
time been under treatment for stomach
trouble. He said that when he reached
Lynbrook with the raiding party his
: condition grew worse. The morning
after the raid. Sheriff Smith said U
; felt no better than on the night before
Asked regarding an alleged confer'
ence with Supervisor Doughty Sheriff
, Smith said that he had .?? ? , , been in
conference with Poughtj in the super'
, visor's chambers. John \. Fleischer
j associate secretarj Nassau
Countv Association, aid Monday thai
he had overheard a ci between
; '':"-' Sheriff and the at the
? chambers.
i The witness admitted that he had
j been a member of h club at inwood
?where sometimes penny-limit games
: of pinochle were played. He said that
: he gathered from conversation at tot
?club that. Lou Bett's place at Hewlett
and Bustecds place were gambling Ja
j stitutions.
? "Did you not come to me one time
.Sheriff." asked the District Attorney'
; and tall me that Gid ... .- ; Busteed
? were good fellows and wo
; bling if you asked them to and why not
? let them run':'"
I The Sheriff said that he d d not re?
member such a con?.
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?rry (Eljristttras
to
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5 In wishing a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year to Prud?
\ ence Bondholders, it is a great
satisfaction to us, as it must be a
great satisfaction to them, to know
that they really have something to
be thankful for. *| There is no pass?
ing of dividends or defaulting on
the interest of Prudence - Bonds.
5 Prudence-Bortdholders will
receive their checks the first of
January as usual.
*\Ve pay the 4% Normal Federal Income Tax
Realty Associates
Investment Corporation
31 Nassau St., New York 162 Remsen St., Brooklyn
GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY, Trustee of this iuue
D?NOMlNATlDNC fIOOO, $'00 AMP |lCO
?y?iik Chocolate
Covered
Assorted
Fresh Fruits
pound 7Q '
BOX * wt
Trutle ttnrk
Special Mixed
Candy
2 Lb. Boxet,
78c.
5 Lb. Boxes,
$1.95.
FOUND
BOX
'OU know how human it is to overlook some friend in the frenzied Christmas
rush. Now" is the time to check up your list and see if you have accidentally
forgotten any one. What Gift could be more universally appropriate or more
genuinely welcome than a nice box of our celebrated sweets? Though late in
the holiday season, our store? still offer excellent assortments, all lines having
been splendidly reinforced with the freshest and most pleasing of Christmas Candies.
For your guidance, we list below a few cf our choicest selections, daintily packed and
decked out in all the holiday trimmings in keeping with the spirit of the Merry Yule
tide, and remember, you'll find Loft p:; just as attractive as the goods themselves.
GOLD SEAL
lit
or Bon Boris and Chocolates?Ths Beau Ideal of
the Candy Kingdom. Supreme in QUALITY,
VARIETY and" ARTISTIC PACKAGE. For
those who wish to give the finest in sweets.
Put up in beautiful holly cartons.
PACKAGE DE LUXE
$1.50 $3.00 $7.50
or Bgn Bom and Chocolates. A Class "A"' collec
tion of Candy jewels in excellent variety. Beau
tiful packages put up in special holly carions.
2 Lb. Boxes $2.00 5 Lb. Boxes $5.CO
POUND ?t* -g
BOX ^A?
Another Big fine Holiday Assortment
High Grade Assorted Chocolates
Or Bon Bons and Chocolates.
In Special hjolly Cartons
2 Lb. Boxes, $1.60 POUND
5 Lb. Boxes, $4.00 BOXES
5
% Holly Spray
Sweets
This is our famoth assortment jf fancy Hard
Cmdies, put up in round metal box, richly
enameled and lithographed in Holly and Berry
designs.
2 POUND
PACKAGE
High Grade Assorted
Chocolates
Or Bon B."ins and Chocolates. A positive revela?
tion in Quality cir.d all around Candy E*-:cei!enc?
at a very moderate price.
2 Lb. Boxes. $1.18
POUND
BOX
5 Lb. Boxes, $2.95
The Kiddies' Own
Christmas Package
A real treasure chest for the
little folks, ti*.?3i individual
packages put in inrpe contain?
er with beautifully decorated
coyer. Contents ?re as fol?
lows: 1 Pkg. Milk Choco!::te
W.ifer.?. Old Fashion Clear
Candy rind Chocolate Chips,
Milk Chocolate Santa Ci a tu
or Silver B-!ts, 5 little Milk
Choce: "nt? figures o? St. Nich?
olas, 2 Santa Claus Loftypops,
1 Box Old Fashion Clear
Candy Toys, 1 Pkg. Chocolate
Cream Drops, 1 Pkg. Special
Mixed Candy, 1 Cake Sweet
Chocolate, 1 Pkg. Chewing
Gum and 1 cunning Celluloid
Santa Cirrus Toy.
PACKAGE ri*-?
COMPLETE *P ?*? ?
Assorted
Chocolates
POUND $!
BOXES !s>
While They Last
Milk Chocolate
Covered Maraschino
Cherries lb. box ^SC
The Specified Weight Include*
the Container.
St. Nicholas
Family Package
Lithographed in Holly and
Poinsettia design; containing
>??.? Lh. Bo?c Special Assorted
Chocolates, % Lb. Box Old
Fashion Clear Candy, 4 Lofty
pops, Assortment of Snooth
Almonds, Salted Nuis, Silver
Bells, Milk Chocolate Cher
ries. Chocolate Covered Nuts.
Assorted Mints and Chewing
Kisses, in ?mailer boxes, hand?
somely ornamented in Santa
Claus designs.
PACKAGE . fl?**
COMPLETE H*>w*
For the benefit of those who were unable to make their purchases before
Christmas, we wish to announce that our stores will be open Christmas Day.