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Show Serre'signs N. Y. Department Hampered Her Protection of Girls, Mrs. O'Grady Says NKW rOMJC Iec. 14.--Mra. Ellen 0'Urad. dapdta police cominlkalonei 'of New York City haa resigned, aa- artlog LbaJ ahe bad teen hadtp rati in bag irorli .ini could not rentsUn in her pUce and retain her Mif-raapeol Her action followed attacks on tha efflclent-j of the depar.ment made tr) MVetaJ ii-wapapara. lr 4)rt,l . who ilel,ite.l xh, I. ail tbOUgand god on.- thlnas to tell lai.out the police department later oo. iaald In her statement: Mil I HI Ml HOLD "I baVg been told that my work la 'loo atrenououa' looking after the mortals mor-tals of girls in moving picture houses gad tola to 'go alow' When my detectlvea went to i DfOD the lac. In a number of moving picture 'houacn, the managed lbOW4gJ th m ie-loelpta ie-loelpta statlui: that the hud eontrlbut-ed eontrlbut-ed to the police hospital fund, and to- li.nl I ri promls-d that no police action would be taken agnlnat (hem." all O'Orad obargad thui no at tentloit hud I teen paid lo complaints I lodged with the htirci i ( inlaalnt; par-laona. par-laona. and that hIk hioi bc,-i unable to aaalgl i omen for Ibla work be-cuuae be-cuuae they had been taken from her for the police hospital drive v 1 1 iii n tVIUTK 8LA I lt. .lr O'Qrady, whose resignation will taki affect Immediately, waa Appointed Appoint-ed in '-lis bj Commlaalonav En right At thai time he Isitied u statement salne that her time "would ho par-tlrulorK par-tlrulorK devoted to Ihe Investlgutlnn of th" white alave traffic." Mr ' Irady's daughter Klorence. g I'o waa her assistant secretary', ulso lOelgaod and both 'walked Otit tn-get tn-get hei .' i 'omnilssloner Knriglit Imniadlatafi pined another coinmlaalouer in Mra ' iraily'a office to "gga that nothing was taken out of them." Mr- O'Orad I laid. ill EXPIjANAI l'N Mr. Knrlght. In a statement, denie.i Vat having interfered with .Mr ('(Jr.nlN work on nforcement of the law In motion picture houses asserting assert-ing that never had he given her order.: on tha aol.teet Mr o'Oraily'o did not resign." th ornmL-jtlonei- . 1 I , .1 "nlie Inn (bounced Into my office, threw her po jllce shield on my d'Hk and juild I am through ' Before I hail time to uak hre what It wa. nil about she left the place." "Of course." ho continued. "I um not going to enter Into any discussion with la woman." |