New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-07
THEY IRE NOW POLICE CAPTAINS
COMMISSIONERS PROMOTE FOUR sERGEANTs AND
MAKE OTHER CHANGES

COMMISSIONERS PROMOTE FOUR SERGEANTS AND
MAKE OTHER CHANGES.
The Police Board appointed four new captains yes
.Sav thus filing all the existing vacancies In that
- of the service President Martin named
ssarceant John Gallagher. Of the Fifthst. squad for
,omotion: Commissioner McClavc named Sergeant
STrsderick W. Martens, of the fremont squad; Com
,,ssioner MacIAean selected sergeant William q.
uaurhey of the Oakst. squad, and Commissioners
Shchan named Sergeant John Delaney, OF the Tombs
Cour, squad. Then the scrgeants were appointed
.antains BY the unanimous vote of the Commissioners
cantain Gallagher was placed in command OF the
rast Twenty -sccondst. squad Captain Martens
ras sent to Kngsbridge; Captain Delaney was sent
On the Madlson-st. squad, and Captain Iiaughcy
n,aoed IN command at City Hall. The assignment OF
the new captains TO duty made some changes among
the other captains necessary. Captain O'Connor was
transferred from the West Thirty sevenhst squad to
the Old slip station; Captain Cortrght was sent from
Oh slip to West One-hundredthst.: Captains Eakins
WAS moved from West one-hundrcd-st. to Delaney
81 Captain Westervelt sent from East Twenty
second ST. West Thirty seventhst and Captain KIN
lea was transferred from the Madson-st squad to
Carmansvile.
Captain Gallagher was born in this city I'm 1874 and
was clerk in Gotten brokers' Office before he DC
came policeman In 1865. lie was proroman for
nine years before he was promoted to the grade OF
roundsman. His promotion to be sergeant was on
February is. 1851. During his twenty -four years OF
service in the force he has been in the First, Fifth
sixth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth precincts. Ills
record as a policeman has been creditablc.
Captain Martens born In this city OF German
parents october /, 1882, and was appointed Il
policeman in 1878 after having served an apprentice
ship as an cngraver He performed his first service
rs patroman In the West Thireth st. squad, and
his duties were performed well that he was made a
roundsman In 1853, and sergeant one year Letter
without political backing. For time he
In Fast hist
Captain Ryan but several years ago he transferred
at his request to the fremont squad. He
owns a pretty house on Mount Hope, where he lives
with his wife and several young daughters.
Captain Haughey, who stood second the eligible
list. driver before he became policeman in
1872. He is forty-two years old. After serving as
a patrolman for nine years he made roundsman
and he lad been sergeant since 1883 Since he
became sergeant he has shown so much executive
ability that he has been talked of several occasions
good man to be promoted.
Captain Delaney was born in 1876, and became a
policeman In 1871. lie raised to the grade Of
roundsman in 1877, having received honorable mention
for saving boy from drowning. and for the arrest
Of burglar. In 1879 he again received honorable
mention for bravery in stopping a runaway team,
which was about to dash into crowd Of little children
at the East Thirty ourthst ferry. 1851 he made
sergeant, and received 81 900 from the Riot Re
lief Fund account Of his courage shown in deadly
encounter with bartender named Mctiowan, in
Andy" kelly's dive, at No. ri IIesterst. MCGOWAN
tried to prevent the arrest of person for whom
Delaney had warrant and shot Delaney
laney, Dothng daunted, pursued MCGOWAN, who
tried TO escape III cab. lie fired II hot through
a window Of the cab and killed MCGOWAN. one of
Deaneys eyes was removed by the Surgeons In the St
Nnccnts Hospital later, and he now glass
eye. The sight Of his other eye l. good at present
The Police Board yesterday transferred The fol
lowing sergeants: ConnoI~. from TIE West one
hundred dtwenty nth st. squad 10 the East sixty
eevelthst. squad Wallace, East sixty seventies
to Morrsania; Monaghan, Mulbery-.t. 10 High.
Dnoge' Reinisch, llighbrdge % Mulberry-st; Nc
sweeney, Leonardst. TO Madisonst. Dcamatcr Fifth
81 TO Deancey-st: Brown East Twenty seconded to
Union Market; German, Mulberry1>t. Delaney
81 Pess. Leonard 81. TO ChurchSt.: King Churchs
70 Leonard-.t sheldon. East Onehundred and twenty
sa4tnst 10 East sixty seventh-St; Langon, Elizabeth
st. to the Tomls Police Court squad. Policeman
Nl0E,inl, VINO recently fought duel with Policeman
SOyh, IN Scventh-ave near one hundr nd thrcth-
ST., resigned from the force yesterday.