The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-06

seventy,
That was passed by . republican Legislature,
which, however, was not SO strongly republican
Legislature as I; our present Gn OF course as
he ended many. other things by his veto.
or course the republicans will want 70 grasp every
General DIX win lesk after the interests Of the city
in q very thorough manner. He win not allow the
0s the
wants. l suppose there win be great attemp s
made to organize commissions. My ONCE Is now
o merely nominal one. 80 far as power goes. VI
course there are great many duties TO be attended
to. but there Is scarcely any patronage Ana, IN
thing to have any way have six oc tse to
bestsw You easily offend 600 who want 'Isc casI
tine sx p Mr. Mayor
'' "Yes, personally, am opposed to them. They
'''"' '-' BASIS OF ALL RINGS .,,.
no matter whether they are amoerats and repu6ii
cans together on commission ana tb tne pun DIT;
think thy have check t On Tney o NAV be-
political adversar.es, but they soon form solid
endshps the neutral grG%nd a. OF ~ o.
tics. They vote different ways at elections, but
they vote the same way on Jobs. think the best
good honest government Is to make all offices
elective and give US frequent elections. l am
ofices That stirs them up breaks their little com
binations, and II you do ind them dishonest or
you know they can ne Was SSape
BY the gang who held power the past six or
seven years. They put men in onice by legislation
conid not t. get rid Q, them The Mayor could not
even suspend them, and the Governor could not re-
them from power by sheer force OF public opinion;
but there was no strictly legai way OF getting rid
.D sS, you think, Mr.. Havemeyer that they would
have continued TO cling to power IN spite OF the
condition Of rottenness that they knew was be-
ooh, they began to fear the end among them
selves. They began to feel that the business COM
munity was losing faith In them; that
under their manipuations, and each was seized
with q dread OF the other. That was why ex-
Sones IN is once q behalf sH y ss
behind decent name. He felt that the temple
nsw a sSa public tumble sSnas aSwn oo sn% Be
s Sc Mr. Green Came IN as AND wSea
the edifice, bending, they became alarmed aud
were filed with distrust Of each other. Oh, no!
they were bound to go In the end; but the people
precipitated it little sooner than they expected"
"Do you think the city government can be ad-
ministered with safety Without commissions or
son. OF course l do II has been done, and Is
done now, in plenty OF cities where less wrong has
been the result. Have responsible government,
| people. 10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS years ago
! was Mayor and almost everything else. was COM
mander OF the police, made all the appointments,
examinations and dismissals. My oice mad a
salary Of $4,000 year; had marshal, clerk and
messenger, the total salary list being $4,000. The
police were Superintendent by George Matser, who
had, think, $1,000 year, and his stan consisted
OF one clerk. Matsell reported everything to me-
and, upon consultation, issued the orders. We
HALF A MILLION OF PEOPLE
to look after ana had 500 policemen. Now we have
less than million inhabitants and 2, 500 policemen
with q magnificent establishment OF officials to
control them. Ii man was 10 be appointed he
was nominated to me by the. Alderman OF his ward
generally, and was put on duty in that ward. He
was supposed, therefore, to know everybody and
enlcient, being familiar with the people
and the criminal localities Of his dis
Now, If there was a robbery or amurderous assault
anywhere, would send tor the captain OF that
precinct and find out who the man was on that
examined him about 1t and sometimes dismissed
him. sometimes merely warned him, and III as
every police attache responsible by his position.
or rather show you how we worked up our detec-
tive system. We wanted to put on ut eight
the force who were above reprOach. AS soon as
| we had 'em the question was how to get em
ve sa nn o sS: regular od
men on him. They watched him leave his house
| at daylight and followed him every day
and all day, and came back with him at night. AS
| soon as they found anybody Chariey knew they
put one OF their number 70 follow Charey's nc:
quaintance. and SO they learned all the resorts and
| the PERSONNEL of the Grimm al community. They
went everywhere Charley went for three months.
| One day Charley went into an oyster saloon in
went in soon after. Charley met a man
to ' be an ex'ert thief. Tosh' went out very
soon afterwards, and so did some OF our men.
painter at work there for John Jacob Aston.
| 'Tosh and the painter had q talk, and man
was put on the track of the painter. We afterwards
PAINTER OF JOHN JACOB AsroR's
| was man who lived in the same street did, and
we had often noticed that he frequently had goods
to SELL AS he said, 1t was the property of poor
relative or sick acquaintance Of his. We had him
down soon as fence'-a regular receiver o.
stolen goods"
"Dld you have many murders, and did you gen
orally capture the marderers 7"
| mo. Murders were scarce, and we had only one
! case where the murderer was not captured. Thai
was a case where a mans head was split open or
"You had no Nathan or Rogers cases p"
.Oh, dear, no. We didn't want much evidence Oh
| much OF clue to find out a criminal"
"Do you think your men would have worked
| UP the Rogers case having skirt OF coat, de
scription OF the two murderers the name Uim) o
one OF them, letter IN the skirt pocket and the
scabbard OF the knife ~
"Well. think they would. I'll tell you how they
BURGLARY by FUTON
as the first clue. store in Maiden lane was rob
bed, and there was no clue to the thieves. The
case was a daring one, and felt annoyed, so sen
q man with orders to examine every part of tina
store to see whether there was any article what
| ever, even U plu, WHICH, tuc pTOpTl6tOTs ulu no
| identity as their own. The man went down. wa.
| gone some hours and came back saying there wa.
nothing to be found. Nothing said he except
| this worn button" I took the button, and theT
sent for Chadbolt man had detailed with sor
OF rowing commission In the Sixth ward. When he
| came said, Chad, l want you to find the Goa
that button came OF, and then bring me the coat,
! nth the man in it,, Chad looked at me aud kline
| Of smiled and said he would see what he could do
SIX weeks passed away and heard no more OF It,
but we had learned meantime that the thieves hat
opened bundle OF suspenders IN the store ant
had taken just two pairs, both alike. About two
weeks after Chad was In the old Chatham Theatre
one warm night-it was o sixpenny place-an(
! had another man with him, just looking around
All at once Chad caught sight Of O coat with
missing button. He looked closer and 1t was the
same style Of button.
HE DIDN'T ARREST THEN,
but when they went out he went out too, and the,
went into place to get drink. As they stepped
down on the side alk, the night being very hot
one OF them, and then the other threw his Goa
back on his shoulders this way (suting the actor