New-York tribune., 1875-07-13
His remarks will be found in a dispatch from
Pcekskill printed in another column.

Pcekskll printed In another COlumh'
Whatever may he their motive, the inquiries
addressed to Superintendent Folk by the Com
missioners of the Brooklyn Police Department
are pertinent and timely. Some OF them,
moreover, such rs those touching the murder
Ous assault upon Mr.. Shute and the HartIgan
murder, are not now prOpOunded for the hrst
time; the press and public have been discus
sing them ever since the crimes referred to
were perpetrated 1t is to be hoped that Mr..
Folk may answer to the satisfaction OF his
fellow citizens of Brooklyn. if not to that OF a
Police Board eager to appoint person OF their
own politics in his place.
The robbery of q residence in West Eleventh
ST. Yesterday little before noon, was deed
that eclipses the most daring burglarles on
record for many years. That house III SO
exposed n quarter should be entered i'll broad
daylight by eight men, its mistress bound ana
gagged, and $4,000 in bonds stolen, is most
surprising occurrence. That the police, after
all the reOrganizations which have been made
and the promised improvements, can afford no
better protection is very much to their dis-
credit. But what can be expected when
police captain is blind to such fragrant viola
tions of law as are seen in the disreputabe
streets near Broadway?
Our correspondents at Saratoga present
vivid picture of the scenes and incidents Oh
the first days of Regatta week. The rush OF
visitors has already begun, the crews are
anxiously awaiting the day of trial, and with
the students and their friends, If not
with residents and visitors, the Regatta Is the
theme of all thought and speech. People who
would read the story of the races nielligently
will find it profitable to study with care the
details given in one OF our letters as to the
strength of the crews, their claims, their
coOrs, and their prospects. The statlstics
therein given are compiled from official data,
and are the best attainable basis for predictions
as to results.
The Board of Apportlonmcnt has cleared its
skirts in the matter of the Harlem Flats, by
authorizing the Board of Health to spend
sol ,O67 43 in filing the sunkcn lots IN ac-
cordance with the recommendation OF the lat
ter Board and of the medical faculty generally.
Controller Green of course protested vlgor-
ouslv. but his was the only dissenting
falls far short of the amount necessary for the
thorough dsinfectiOno of the Flats, but 1t Is sui
ficicnt to enable the Board of Health to do "A
good deal more than begin the work, and there
may vet be a chance that the Aldermen VIII
raise the balance necessary for Its completion.
The efforts of the Whisky Ring to drag down
with themselves the men who were instrument
tai in their overthrow are pretty well under
stood hy persons who have looked into the
matter; but our dispatches to-day make the
details of the conspiracy somewhat clearer
We have gratifying assurances, too from DILL
cal sources that Secretary Bristow, so lar
from abandoning his prosecution against the
Ring, is following it with an energy which is
likely to bring forth most desirable results In
the tiial and conviction of dishonest officials
and Matchmaking manufacturers. Meantime
progress is reported i'll the direction OF the
much talked -abOut md much needed "thor-
cough reorganization of the Internal Revenue
"Service." With Secretary backed by the
President. assisted by subordinatcs of his own
choice, and fully sustained by public opinion,
the Reform ought to be as sweeping as the
field is wide.
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