New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-11

date There we're two distinct bO5ie. Of Police in the clty Of
N0.lOrk. The bead o, OF the Mayor and the other
CT, Watch The other the Metropolitan Police Tie Municp,
ier With The gscepon the or the b.en, hd been a.
oited by ne To IVA 9svn,s'2n. On the Sd Of July ~"
ton the members a'entng thereto by ursendefns heT in
The Committee have been engaged when other r-o-r pressing
duir. would permit ia Investigating the Application. q the old
Committee propose pursue their ,1s,g.iion. and report 81
n'ei iboai 9,ns the S,o s on 'as a opinion be %
Mr.. PrRII asked that that clause charging the old
force with Generalization and corruption be read
again.
Mr. Bowen read it.
Mr.. PXrr-It strikes me that that il severe
charge to be made against the whole force by this
BOard.
Mr. BowFS-The Board don't make the charge; il
is only the report Of a Committee.
Nh PFEI1-It makes difference; il i in formal
report-agamst the whole body of men.
Mayor TIENAsSN-It strikes me that it docs not say
that the whole force i demoralized.
Mr.. Bowen read il again.
Mr.. PERIT-I think the declaration T. too general.
That there was great deal Of corruption there -
admitted ON all hands. l would like to have II
qualified.
Mr.. BowES handed the report to Mr.. PERT. and
asked him TO make any changes he choose.
Mr.. PERT declined to do it himself He preferred
that Mr.. Bowen should do ii, and Mr. Bowen pro-
missed 10 do it,
Mayor TIrMiNs-I should like TO see the Com
mtee report in favor of reinstaing all the old police
of good character If there disposition on the
part of this Board 10 do il strikes me that 1t might
be done. If it does appear to mo that the Depart
mert would be improved. OF course would have
none who were not upcHceptionable.
Mr.. BowEN-Thc Mayor of New-YOrk il not aware
TINT this Board mas in it. report 10 the Governor re-
commended that the law be so modified that we DO
permitted to appoint members Off old force.
Mayor TiENANN-rhen perhaps the whole matter
had batter lie over and if it meets the appreciation OF
hc | yOuid SUGGEST that the whole matter
should lie on the table
Mr.. SrRAV,HANthought the course suggested by the
Mayor good one; it was certainly very satisfactory
TO him.
The report was unanimously laid on the table.
Mayor TIEMASN-Mr. President, there is one thing
! should like to state to thi, Board. There is large
amount of property in the City Hall that should prop
erly come into this Board. There is a great number
of fire caps that should be used, and also a large
amount of stolen property; ordered an inventory of
that be made out, and should like to transfer 1t
to this Board.
Gen. MEL understand there is deficiency Of
firr.caps here.
Mayor TrrM.HS-I want to have this thing oil
Strengthened out if we can possibly do H.
Nh BOWEN--MT. President, during your absence
from town, rs had heard that the balot-boxes had
been breaking in the Stattn-IIouses, | issued an
order that the number broken be reported, and have
recevedreport- that l05 have been broken not from
Careessness but from the glass not having been prop
crly amealed
Sir. Bowen offered q resolution notifying the Con-
truer of that fact.
Mayor TlrMAsS-Is there not another reason-the
contraction Of the iron in the cold weather / think
that ought to he looked into.
Dir. BowTTIi thought i important that the Con,
roller should know that 100 had been destroyed from
the care eSsness of the manufacturer.
Mayor JIEYANN-lt seems TO me that you iad bet
ter instruct the partce to examine them with that
view.
The resolution passed unanimously.
Mr.. SrRANAHAN presonted the applications OF L.. A.
Willoughby, the man who arrested Cancenl, and
Charles b. Jarbor, son Of the policeman who was
drowned by being pushed of the dock Willie IN The
discharge Ofhs duty. Laid over. $500,
Gen. N.Y. reported on charge against Capt. Will
hanson of the Fourteenth Ward, Of having shut up -
that complaints had been made TO the Captain that
the house was disOrderly, and that on that night
person had been using knife there, and the door OF
neghboring house had been broken in. The keeper
of the house admitted that he sold liquors without
license, and on Sunday, and to walking prostitutes.
Mayor TIrNANS-Is there no possible means of
breaking up these places, which are the sources OF
ritz When was Alderman of the Sixteenth Ward,
broke up dsordeily houses clean. ,. os,oor
attempts to do his duty, such complaints as these
come in. move that the complaint be dismissed 1t
was.
these il was difficult TO determine whether an officer
had been drunk.
Mayor TIrMANS-Have you any rule about that
Gen. ME- have learned a sort of rule from my
MAYOR TIEMASN-Wha number IL this
Gen. N.Y. should think about No. ,.
Mayor TIEMANS-My opinion about ii Is, that II II
takes ten glasses TO make man drunk when he mas
one he is one-tenth drunk.
Another case was that of u man who arrested some
boys for persisting in calling him WaNy. lie also
iuSnuated 10 one of them az he was taking nm In,
that he the progeny of a canine mother Gen.
NYr hought that although he was justified in the
arrest the epithet a reflection and he ought to
be fined three days pay.
Mr.. PERT recommended FIVE but on conference
with Gen. I'VE withdrew his recommendation and the
accused was fined but three days pay.
Gen. NYE reported a complaint against Capt llartt
Of the Seventeenth Ward Of interfering wtha primary
election.
Mayor THMANN-A pretty serious attempt about
these times.
Gen. YYY-Hc was charged With leading large
band of policemen who ncrfcred with the election.
The facts are that he sent for and wenswiih only
one man. He marched at the head Of body OF one.
The charge was dismissed.
Messrs. SrRASHAN and Bowen reported further
cases. One of them was little man below the stand
ard ard that fact was stated.
Mayer TlYNAss said that he had ben in good
many fights and he had found that tn small men
were Lot always the worst.
Mr.. CHoLwrri presented resolution 10 pay the
Special men in the Seventh and Thirteenth Wards.
Gen. N.Y. said that, technically. perhaps there was
Il doubt about the right of the Board to pay these
men,
Mayor TIEMA>x-They ought to be paid.
Gen NYE--We paid them until within two or three
months, when the Mayor objected to it. We have
been hoping TO get them into the Department.
The report unanimously adopted, and the
Board went into secret session.
WONANS HOSPITAL