TAMMANY TACTICS.
CORRUPT POLICE METHODS. UNSCRUPULOUS GRAFTERS. LAWLESS NEW YORK. U lited Press As ocwilon— oy *..cUric Telegraph Copyright Received August 17, 8.50 a.m. LONDON, August 15. The New York correspondent of "The Times" states that General Bingham ex-Commissioner of the New York police, declares, in the forthcoming issue of "Hampton's Magazine," that the powei of Tammany half rests on its ability to control the police. General Bingham affirm that two thousand members of the force are unscrupulous grafters, whose hands are always open for easy money. The sum annually paid by criminals and dishonest politicans for protection and for votes and immunity amounts, he asserts, to twenty million sterling. On the basis of his actual experience, the General considers that New York is the most lawless city on earth.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9571, 18 August 1909, Page 5
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130TAMMANY TACTICS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9571, 18 August 1909, Page 5
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