State Police Summoned for County-Wide Investigation

STATE POLICE SUMMONED FOR COUNTY-WIDE INVESTIGATION Jurist Parries Questions on Details of Plans When Interviewed RESULTS NOT LOOKED FOR AT ONCE, HE HINTS By WALTER R. BATEZEL A probe of vice and crime conditions is being conducted in Camden city and county by New Jersey state police on orders of Supreme Court Justice Frank T. Lloyd. The troopers said to be working in Camden on the request of Justice Lloyd are Detective Wilfred Dube and Corp. Francis J. Ruggerio. Both have good reputations as detectives. Dube recently was assigned to the job of guarding Paul H. Wendel in Brooklyn. Dube and Ruggerio have been seen in Camden many times during the past two days but have not divulged the reason for their presence here. Admits Troopers Here This was established last night when Justice Lloyd admitted state troopers were working out of his office. It is the first time that state police have been asked to make an investigation of crime in Camden county, although several times in the past Justice Lloyd called the attention of the grand jury to vice conditions here, particularly during the days of prohibition when the late "Mickey" Duffy and his lieutenants made Camden their headquarters. Duffy had a suite of rooms in a Camden hotel at the time he was shot in an Atlantic City hotel on Aug. 30, 1931. Clifford A. Baldwin was prosecutor at that time and Mayor Roy R. Stewart was director of public safety. It could not be learned last night whether Prosecutor Samuel P. Orlando, Sheriff Joseph H. Van Meter or Director of Public Safety Mary W. Kobus had been informed by Justice Lloyd of the present probe. Questions seeking to learn whether specific crimes or general vice were involved in the probe were rebuffed by the jurist. Asked if state troopers were (Continued on Page 2— Column 3) Lloyd Orders Probe Of Crime in County (Continued from Page One) "working out of his office," Justice Lloyd replied: "I can't tell you what they are after." "Is it the first time in your career that you have called upon state police to investigate a county?" was the next question asked him. "No, dozens of times," was his reply. "Does it have to do with crime?" he was asked. "It has to do with crime, of course," Justice Lloyd said. "They are not out on a picnic. Don't ask me any more questions. I won't answer them." Results May Wait "Do you expect any quick results from the probe?" was the next question. "There is no hope of results right away," Justice Lloyd answered, but who told you?" Assured his questioner could not answer that question, Justice Lloyd said: "Well, I can't tell you what you want to know, either." "Well, we are two of a kind," was the reply of the questioner. "Yes," was the retort of Lloyd, "we are. I hope you feel all right after election day." This answer was a surprise inasmuch as Justice Lloyd was not asked if politics was involved in the probe. The question, "What do you mean by that?" was cut off by the justice as he hung up the receiver of his telephone.