The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-30
WHO WILL KNOW MOST BIZ NEW YEARS
A Battle OF Learning Between Police Ser.
geants Tins and Albertson.

A Battle or Learning Between Police Ser.
Geants Time and Albertson.
There is rivalry between the Tenderloin and
the Prince street police precincts at this time
that differs from police rivalries in general.
because the struggle l. being carried on solely
for the laurel OF intellectual superiority. In .
word, each is striving for the honor OF having
the best-read police sergeant. The contestants
for this literary palm are Sergeant Oliver Tins
OF Capt. Reilly's command and Sergeant
Charles Albertson OF Capt. Thompson'A 6er-
Reant Tins has for years ranked IS the student
and bookworm par excellence Of the depart-
ment but DESPITE the fact that he can repeat
seven Of the tragedies OF Shak espeare. word for
word without q break. and IL a master ct argu-
ing political economy and social science. II 10
asserted that he will have to look sharp or
Sergeant Albertson will distance him In lit
erary requirements.
Both these policemen. who pride themselves
more on their brains than on their club swing
ing. are neighbors in London Terrace. and
they have already attracted the favorable at
tention OF the Police Commissioners, as we'll
as other offlc'sls Of the department. By the dill
ieence with which they are devourtnR books in
order to decide which shall know the most
about literature and things By next New
Years Day. when the unique contest 10 to DO
decided by Inspector Steers.
Sergeant Albertson has q library OF 800
books every one OF which no has read through
several times. and it would appear that. In the
number OF tones at least. he has somewhat the
lead Of his elder competitor. Tho Albertson
library, indeed. has been ranked moro than
ouce by experts as the finest private library in
the possession Of any police officer in the
together the treasures on his book shelves for
some thirty years nnd they cover wide range
There are not 800 Of them but what there
are would. II sold; bring as much. II not more.
ioid!gE proof that The Sergeant made long
headed Investment OF his spare capital. Ser
ga oitsn ss e es!sd
proud title by standing before q hot stove In
the Thirtieth street station house one. winters
ing N ssa hs to
with Literary ardor. The Sergeant recites to
the stove il he can't get any other audience;
in the Of BOOKS fins has con.
ceived a bold and mastery stratsgsm that
Altertson. Sergeant Tins has written = learn:
ed Iest1re 3 and he proposes 70 deliver It on ths
them. together and i ak ali you know to them
sss sses
exDeden the R stser can q. 0f isee bis tnox
fcult. to resist Yelling him the palm Of all
round culture. Sergeant Albertson is not an
eiher IL goes 10 for book reading soisly, and
he has laid IN fresh stock TO overcome II pos
'Ss ss ssss 1ss Il
eroslty as q contestant was furnished By his
re soms DS % sa aHn ssl his slsss
II: Not TO be outdone. Sergeant Al6ertson &C.
the 9nd bs
student to comment upon. Sergeant Tins
looked over the catalogue carefully. and then
s%oEed. lssensd atien'yeis xSte ssrsesnt
Tins READ for two hours from the manusoript
81 Tia. e sme w.res irepds than ever but
TyqI; "a, tsIst G5 IGSE Iose o,,,.r" ..a
Ruments are unanswernble.. and they are OK
IA sxsssS T n:dd1 70
cests Demosthenes in his best days"
keep On Is you r hive begun; Charles" Re;
hand. and you Will some day have a library
that man shoud DO proud dot O. that
You should add .Plutarchs Lives' to il at
bry IS sne deen Il he ss.es
Sbse Sn, Ssa eH1
faculties to read that work. It's little heavy.
but 1t is In the nature Of sdpcational reading
GOOD GO nls5t usarle1 iii send send; you ssfst
Sergeant Tins went back to Milton IN his
london Terrace tying a knot IN his pocket
HANDKERCHIEF that was to remind him not to
he muttered, for mo to be Ignorant Of the
things that Tins seems 70 Know SO much
about-uevcr. never"
Both Commits Toner Voorhis and Capt. Tom
Reilly have made. wagers that Sergeant Tims's
lecture will win the bhtto OF brains for him.
to have library that will make everybody'S
eyes open with wonderment and delight And
he says he will know what is inside the books
too. which is something that not everybody
who sports library can truthfully say.
Is There Fever mt Topolobanpo.
DELPHI. Knn.. July 29.-Ezra Comfort and