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Police Superintendent walling was asked
yesterday whether any citizens Of the city who
wore to 60 on river excursions on Sunday had
applied to have policemen accompany the OK
cursions to prevent possible disturbances.
Policemen don't 60 and thoy can't be sent
on such excursions as go out on Sunday. and
for several reasons" the Superintendent said.
In the nrst place. II Is the duty OF the police
boat and tho steamboat squad TO preserve
order on the water. OF course you will cay
that the steamboat cannot be In the East
River while . barge is being looted on the
North River. The police boat gets around
pretty lively. and you must not expect It to DO
everywhere at once. In the second place. II I
SUNDAY eSS1rsion eSS1rs then there would be
lar, Into the night frequently. and the
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wait n vain Tor q policeman to Gomez II poo.
q police pro,sction for the sake @ o9 taking care
Of lot 81 t troystefinx pleasure pleasure S seekers well
hnu kOOu. Dut uOH UOllPNO NOW 1OTkeTS
the places many OF the excursions 60 to are out
as.o .ss bss ne nd S"as Ss
ihore Why. we had nothing in THO world TO
sion boat. It sailed right. past the staten
Island shore when the murder was done. and
| licemen within call"
Never while on duty. and not at all on Sum
days; day on week days two Or three men from
enct % Gix or the stesnSoa9 squad @ are allowed @
Guild and Judge Kelly's water trip on satur;
sSlH;a SSlasen whsTs there are good many women and
""WHanss5sss policemen are not really neededS'
OF course policemen arc Of no real use on
such an s ssxeSursion ,S sxcept to hand the womon
-. Oh You make great mistake. They keep
nsSa dSy 11 sna il es aoss mase' they they
| are detained on an excursion
avs to p S S ss
There is then no way for a, party Of ex-
have done something which equities M tho tho poiiss slice
to come and arrest some one 2"
| Let EN- keep tho pence themselves. They
want any help at the pliers in New York where
they they nae nae I Bs, W we % DON, send poisnsn even
on tho regular lines to Concy Island"
Policemen ip full uniform; md wit with belt belts and and
crowd at the trots in Coney Island. and havo
sscn ss.n @ to drink at the b"rs on tho coney
Saperintsndent walline added that he had
read the newspaper accounts Of the doings q
he G said in ma roaring " voice Or course thore are
gangs there. Why have had cons ant appllca-
SIoei. sro"n ths s'G Pvsr and up town on But
can't do 1t. We asked for 500 more police. not
cleveland vstoed tho bin Ny % men a are 81 spread
out so thin that Ican't handle these
made by the Police Commissioners. But hrst
about the gangs, a man down on the We west 8.
these fellows and applied To me. sent pol ics-
men In citizens' clothing. and the young loaiers
hours our After tie men h had Sesn
tho s' gang and sd 90 tho
| The other day a drug store man right here on
the Bowery wanted help to drive nway gang
Of corner Eaisrs whS s1S stood IN from, OF his
While a. polieemah wa was near" near / So sSnt tn mon ,'h ia
overheard what the young losfers said. After
Ave or six OF them had been arrested: tho gnng
S1 wi With tho sns along ii. tive ri~srs '''
They ought to be dealt with, II they arc to
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IN the Eighteenth precinct in 1883 1883: when was
FIRST appointed tho Captain. The precinct was
from Fourteenth to FortysecOnd street and
big territory aud isw men to cover +. This This
leader They would walk into corner grocery
In broad daylight and carry of whatever they
could lay hands on. We used heroic treat
ment. When two or three or more OF that gang
we're seen together on street corner we would
walk right up and II they didn't get ont win.
off. The result was. IN four months the pre-
cnct was ns quiet as Madison square. When
MatSell WAS Superintendent OF Police a biz fe j.
low slouched into headquarters with two n2ly
Rashes In his head. lie had been dubbed with
out cause. no said. Now Matsell was n great
onal and right and left stro kes and the guards
and all that. He looked At the cuts. Thoy made
the form OF letter on the fellows forehead
He looked the man over and said: Now. I'm
glad you came. That's as fine u specimen oi
scientific clubbing rs ever saw. My dear sir
you are to be congratulated That's NIL the
sntistaction the touEhs g2t; but our Clubbing
I know that. The Police Commissioners have
80 hyed 1t now for us that policeman can't
use his club. or even draw h pistol. without
making 1t imperative for q charge to be pre-.
ferrsd against him. and he Is brought before
tho Commissioners for trial. II ne was rlch
} But the trouble Is that policemen do not wan
to have charges stand opposite their names or
the record. and they will take every way tC
keep n clean pagc. A policeman won't arrest
one OF tho gang without evidence. because the
police magistrate would give the policeman
shacklos of the force and these gangs would b,
made to crawl into their holes and stay there.
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