The city labored and Greater New York was born. It would seem that greater crime and greater political power in the criminal classes were born at the same birth. That officer became Chief of Police of the expanded metropolis. He had been indicted under the scathing revelations against him made by the Lexow committee, and yet despite the evidence of his depravity, and the protests of the Society for the Prevention of Crime, he was, through the power of politics and crime, foisted upon the new municipality as the ranking officer of its police organization. The result was inevitable. New York, the greater, is now declared to out-Satan New York, the lesser. A new committee is probing into its police management. At the outset of its proceedings it wrung from this officer replies so self condemning as to stagger one's faith in the possibility of such a quality as obedience to official oath in a police officer. The Chief was asked: Q. Perhaps you can tell how it is and why it is, that even while this committee is sitting in session here, the pool rooms are open all around us, and I have in my pocket money that my men won in the pool rooms? A. Perhaps some of my men have it, too. They are looking after it just the same as you are. Q. But the pool rooms are running? The Chief did not answer, but complained to his questioner that he had not been informed of the facts "officially." The examination then proceeded as follows, viz.: Q. Do you mean to say, as Chief of Police, with the men and money at your command, you can't close the pool rooms? "No," replied the Chief, "we do the best we can, as we did when you were a Commissioner." "I closed the pool rooms," shouted his questioner. "You did not," retorted the Chief; "they were alleged to be, on reports of commanding officers, then as now." "Yes," said the questioner, "but there was some fatality about that business, if you know what I mean." "Some forced fatalities," sneered the Chief. "Well, sir," said the questioner, "here are three great evils of importance--gambling houses, pool rooms and policy shops--and you cannot recall from your own recollection--you who are in charge of the enforcement of the laws--a single arrest in any one of these classes of crimes within a month. What do you do for your salary as Chief?" A. "I look after the force as a whole; I look after all reports that come in touching all matters of the kind you refer to and all kinds of crime."