The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-30
POLICE MATTERS.
FINES, DIsM1ssALs, TRANSFERS AND PROMOTIONS
nv TEE pOAPD


BY THE BOARD.
The Board OF Police held their regular Friday
meeting yesterday afternoon. All the Commits
sioners were present In the course OF the busi-
ness OF the meeting they nned Captain Siebert, OF
the Seventeenth precinct, fifteen days. pay for his
neglect of duty in not preparing proper police
attendance at the Louisiana meeting In tho
Cooper Institute. The President of the Board took
advantage of the occasion to send In written
judgment in which be SAID the Super
intendent trusted too much to the intel
lgence OF the captain and sto1ld have
been more direct In his orders. This was small
salve to appease the Mayors Just Indignation as
the arrangements OF the department on the occa-
sion in question Attached to the Judgment, ana
entirely out OF place, was an order to the super
intendent to give instructions to the captains in
future in writing-a sheer impossibllity, unless
the superintendent Is provided with a body guard
of clerks The paper was allowed to pass through
the Board-a fact that SHOWS clearly the muddle
the Commissioners are nounderlng IN.
superintendent Waliing gave Captain Slebers
orders to see the COMMITTEE OF Arrangements ON
the afternoon of the day Of the meeting. Captain
Sebert dlsobeyed those instructions.
Onicers Fitzpatrick, OF the Thirteenth precinct
William Bolster, OF the Eighth and Floyd Gill. OF
the Second, were dismissed the department..
The following transfers we've made :-Inchard
UConnOr, from the First 70 the Sixth; Fields, to
the District Attorneys ONCE; James Donovan,
from the Ihrty-ffth to tho rwenty-ninth: Die
dricN W. Doke from the Twenty -nnth 10 tho
Tenth; John Brown, rom the Twenty second to
the Thrty-lith; James smith, rom the Eighth ID
the Sixteenth; James McCabe, from the Sixteenth
to tue Eighth Patrick Leahy from the Fourth to
second ses To- s oa fs se
Eighteenth to the Nineteenth; b. Blass from tho
from the Twenty-seventh to the Eighteenth 40
An Investigation Is to be made into the c0ndi-
ton OF affairs IN the rwenty.second precinct. The
down the men through personal luminosity. Un-
satisfactory reports are being brought IN each day
from the Sixth precinct, and the Board Go not
seem to be over Satisfied Wltl The conduct Of tho
captain.
years. was made full sergeant. This was an act or
Justice done an able ana pailstaking 0f1cer.
MORE DELINQUENT POLICEMEN.
In Yesterdays HERALD mention was maze OF the
case OF butter merchant who failed to get any
aid from the police when plundered by burglary
and 1t was then stated that this was only one Of
many cases where the police neglected to do their
manifest duty, and at the same time concealed
the facts from the public. They do this under tina
pretence that it would de:eat the ends OF justice
to let the thieves know that they knew anything
about the depredations they had committed.
That many and many robbery Is concealed
and suffered to drop into oblivion by the police
there is no question. Though captains are re-
quired by the regulations to report to the Super.
there Is good reason for believing that In many
Instances such report is not made, In order to
hide the facts from the head OF the Departments,
to shield subordinate or prevent any suspicion
OF negligence on the part OF the captain. The as
sertiOn is made because there are instances on
record.
chant, as published yesterday, has lea TO the dts
rageous than the other.
On last Christmas morning, about seven O'Clock.
Tnon An nvt Vh ny ain mir
nisnlng store at No. 1853 South street. found hla
door wide open and inside roundsman and tvs
they had found his door open, and 1t appears than
the door was quite insecurity fastened ~ cross
D a ron oa pa ea eo BY @
police had been In possession nearly an hour. ana
they asked the proprietor IL he had lost any thing.
that the shelves had been thoroughly OVER
hauled and the goods picked out by sample;
been substituted and there were HAo otter a indics.
tons to prove that the thieves must nave en-
ployed fully three hours to accomplish their task.
The owner estimated his loss at between $500 and
5000.
The rouudsman notified Captain Williams, wns
down Special Detective Van Buskuk to examine
TIE premises. Tie detective is pompous sort Of
the ED idea that he is wonderful detective, ana
Sarres the names OF nsv Ve at ms niger ems
he was ained by Captain Williams ana the G paG
came TO the very sage conclusion that tho
piundered storekeeper was lying, for they ex-
pressed the opinion that no robbery or burglary
haa been Committed at all Then the patrolmen
took the cue and made 1t their business to go
down near the store aud loudly announce that Mr..
Levi had either not been robbed or hal committed
the burglary himself. The fact Is that many
policemen entertain the theory that most OF ths
larcenles reported by victims are the WORK Of tho
owners.
Despite his disbelief in the burglary. Captain
Williams made charges for neglect against the
patrolmen. and they were tried before the B0ard
OF Commissioners. MI Levi was summoned as
u ard On th@0
the Commissioners were put in possession OF an
the facts; but there seems to have been result.
nor was any subsequent effort made by the detec.
tive to ferret out the thieves. The owner once
offered q reward OF $50, but the amount evidently
did not tempt Detective Van Buskirk, for he
turned up MS nose ct the reward and from thai
day to this has not troubled himself about Toe
matter.
But when citizens are robbed and fail to receive
any assistance or protection from the police theN
ought to be exempt from insult, anu Mr.. Levi
Will have the sympathy OF every HERALD reader
for the treatment he mas received at the hands Of
the Fourth ward police.
COMTD DAMN hTIHTTON