New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
wAIL.ST. DETECTIVES DEGRADED.

wALI.ST. DETECTIVES DEGRADED.
CHARGED wlru INCAPACITY AND NEGLECT OF
Dirty. AND SUSPECTED OF COLLISION WITH
THIEvEs-REMANDED TO PATROL DUTY
The Police Commissioners few days ago
received information which led them to believe ta me
detectives of the Central Office who have been detaeu
in the vicinity of Walst were in collision with some OF
tbe thieves who have been stealing from banks ana
bankers and who also robbed Oracle King Co. vt their
bonds They also discovered that the persons VINO TOOK
the bonds might been arrested soon after the ROD
berry The Commissioners therefore determined 10 re-
move these men from the detective squad and TO assign
them to patrol duty different precincts Accordingly
OF meeting yesterday resolutions were passed OF most
scathng character. They are as follows
Resolred That the following named detectives ne anu
they hereby rcmanded to patrol ant! ana ] S
10 the precncts hereinafter named, To VII: Joseph I'll
lcck. the Thrtyhh Precinct; Cnrls Is. Mca'oES" .,
the Ihiry-irst Precinct f1P h ~ he 70
Precnet Thomas Doyle TO the Thirty thl'u ffeeihc,,
d,cc{ye I,ty m the lower portion of the city. where
were the largest financial interests Ihcr duties NY
not been difficult TO perform nor muoaIl9us,, lIe
rcSults OF their labor have most dscreltahle II
the arrest Of few thieves for petty oensts ne eAteu,
worthless Large rohberies have been committed ana
forgcries perpetrated. and IN almost e ber55
brouph 10 Justice when he BIAS been the evidence rs
presented. would not he sufficient or co1VG S a
Quarters where IL there was large amount % h"eS
s,eI b these officers failed generally in these re
sp+ctS. hut since Dee. H. 1876 this department mas
mai OG coo i'm cash and securities has been sl"SH ny
sneak thieves from banks aud bankers Vie aYa's 81 lo
robberies only and the oicnses no; 5N, pr"tcS or
pored at headquarters ana not one dollar feeoHct %
tho criminals arrestcda state Of AFFAIRS Mcn Nus ne
comment Especially may be ADDED the IIVl 'hu, 81,
men mo pcrpttraie this class OF OfenseS are not
Gus and are well known by slSht ana I,ntat io-
u all of these officers transferred anu 'nT, -
views with them the eve oil anu p p'J
Sioms to robbery and their inmcd a. am an
Subsequent association with them aIter the Onsc, -
does not furnish evidence OF eonpilelty, q, neT
oIouud for severe criticism. They should nav peCi
driven from the city by lection instead OF ptnS
united 10 remain for puder; 1t Is also cleHr tia we
ttude of tie thieves and their associates slucc
berries has shown confidence resulting rom ~ tba
erronOemcpt with some The daiy reports I" Va,
detectives show them to have been constant! U 80
Lut months sometimes pass without their haNhS seC,
according to their own showing, more yuan one " ~
sl,piciors characters. This board mas lhiorha''n' nv ~
ever that during such times they nave seen many Va
tleun and cUVcrscd with them under clftiiis NJ,
whcb they VIII IN Time be called upon 10 eAdh' .VJ
sr now iran ierred post duty 10 prevent NOR @
cref whether resulting from lncapaclty, "4IIu H'7"
gcnce, collision.
McDougal, slleck Larue and Reilly will probably re-
sian from the force