New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-20
A BLIZZARD IN THE FORCE.
SWEEPING TRANSFERS OF POLICE CAPTAINS
ONLY ONE EsCAPEs-sUPERINT ENDENr BYRNFs,s
HAND APPARENT IN THE CHANGES.


The "shake-up" Of the police captains which The
Tribune predicted yesterday morning occurred late in
lie afternoon, and II was complete that only one
captain escaped being transferred to q new post Of
duty. He is Captain Ebert o. Smith, who has been
in command Of the new Twenty fourth Precinct only
a few weeks. The changes We're made more effective
by remanding nearly every precinct detective i'm the
city to patrol duty. Several men were transferred
from the Central once squad to precincts The
wishes OF superintendent Byrnes apparent in the
changes. He is TO be the real master of the force
Commissioner MacLean alone voted against the
changes. He was not at the Central Office on Monday
when Superintendent BymeS expressed his wishes to
the other commissioners, and therefore was not con-
suited until few minutes before the Board of Police
met yesterday afternoon. IL not until after 3
p. M. when much important business had been trans
acted that President Martin up the prepared list
and said the following transfers of captains
The chief clerk will read the list"
Major Kipp read the names and then col,ed tha
roll Mr.. Martins motion Mr.. MacLean caused
surprise by voting mo" The other three Commits
siCners voted for the transfers When asked why he
had voted against the changes, Mr.. Mclean said: al
knew nothing about them was not consulted until
five minutes before the time for the meeting He evil
IDENTIFY felt that he had not been treated with courtesy
by the other Commissioners. and before the meeting
closed he offered resolution that the Superintendent
inform himself of the record written or otherwise OF
each officer detailed TO light duty and report to the
Board Of Police to each officer detailed in con-
traventon Of Rule No. no" The rule provides that
only men Of long service in the department shall be
detailed to eight duty" 1t was evident that Mr..
MacLeans resolution was aimed at the other Com
misSoners who had made details ut the request OF
politicians. They protested that the rule meant
guide the action of the Police BOARD who adopted
1t, and not binding the members of the present
Board, who could revoke II If they saw IT. Mr..
MacLeans resolution was promptly voted down.
The changes among the captains will take effect to-
morrow at a. m. Captain Reilly Will leave the
Nineteenth Precinct to make for Captain Nc
Laughiin. who lately has teen in command OF the
Eleventh Precinct. The other captains will be moved
from their precincts in this order Creeden from the
First Precinct, Slevin from the Second. Alare from
the Third OConnor from the Fourth, Stephenson from
the Fifth, Brooks from the Sixth Strauss from the
seventh, Thompson from the Eighth, Copeland from
the Ninth Mealim from the Tenth, Doherty from the
Twelfth ,Schultze from the Thirteenth the elder
McCuagh from the Fourteenth, Ryan from the
Fifteenth Grant from the Sixteenth, Brogan from the
Broadway Squad (seventeenth Cnnchy from the
Eighteenth, Cross from the Twentieth, Devery from
the Twenty first, McAvoy from the Twenty second
Warts frn the Twenty third Eakins rom the Twenty
third sub, Schmttbergcr from the Twenty ffth Berg
hold from the TwentysiSth, Carpenter from tho
Twenty seventh Westervet from the Twent, ninth.
Kilnles from the Thirteth Washburn from the Thirty
FIRST. Cartrght from the Thirtysecond, the younger
McCull8gh from the thirty lhlru, Murphy HUM inc
Thirty fourth sebert from he Thrtyffh and Hooker
from the Harbor Squad Tlrty sixth. The Steamboat
SQUAD which has been without captain, gained one
by the change the City Hall Squad left ir charge
Of q sergeant.
The new arrangement Of the captains Is as fol
lows:
l. Old Slip near Front-st., Moses w. CortriGht.
o Church and Liberty sts.. joint Stephenson
g. City Hail. ,
4 No. oak.st Edward slevin
s. No. 10 Leonsrdst. Thomas Ryan.
G. No. 10 Enzabeth-st, Alexander Warts.
:. No. 247 Madisonst Thomas killilca
s. No. 12s Prince-st. William Cinehy,
0. No. % Charles-st.. William Thompson
10. No. 2o5 Mubery-st. Theron cOpelaad.
IL. los Eldrid at. Adam A. Cross
IL. No. 17s Defiance. ST.. John McCullagh.
10. Union Market. Jacob Siebert
IA. F1rst-sve. and Fifth.st.. Michael Doherty.
16 No. pol Mercar.st., Timothy J. Creeden.
16. No. 23o West Twenteth-st, William Schultse.
II. No. "a East Twenty-ninthst. Donald Grant.
IS. 1927 East Twenty secondst Josiah A. wessrvelt
10. No. 1877 West Thirteth-st-. William Mclaughlin.
90 434 West Thirty seventh-st. Richard oConnor.
q. No. 1eo East Thirty ntrst.. John H. McCullash
90 No. 347 West rty-seventhst William S. povegy.
%. No. 1853 East Fifty Thomas Reilly.
% sub) Grand Central Station, William c. L. Berghod
"A. slxVsighth-st., nDr Amsterdam-ave, Ebert o. |
Smith
Is. No. I5s East slxty.seventhst. William Strauss.
&c. No 1870 West One-hundreth-st. Joseph Il. Eakns.
n. No 4S2 East Eighty ighth-s. Max schmittbseer
2S. Pier A. North River. Anthony J. Ansiro
20. East onehundred and.twenty sxsh-stq Nicholas
Brooks.
30 West one-hundred -snd.twensy .sftA.st.. william
Makim.
81 Highbridge. Michael J. Murphy
81 West one-hunded and nifty .second.st. Thomas Nc
Ayoy
&c. MoIrisanis Henry Hooker.
81 fremont George Washburn.
30 kingsbridge. John j. Brogan
S6 The steamboat Patrol. Edward Carpenter
The following precinct detectives were remanded to
patrol duty and Superintendent Byrnes authorized
to transfer them from the precincts In which they |
have been performing detective duty James Kelsey,
First Precinct; William Flynn, second Edward r. |
SnnOtt, Third; George A. Doran and jeremiah Griffin,
Fourth; Edward Handy and james Dunn. Fifth; 10 |
seph 6chirmer and Frank L. Price. sixth Jacob |
Wailenstein, seventh John Hogan. Eighth John Bur
leigh and p. F. Hunt, Ninth Daniel J. Hogan and
Henry p. Foye Tenth; James Burns and Andrew
Nugent Eleventh. Richard sullivan. Twelfth; W. J.
Mccormack Thirteenth; Michael Bssert and Francis |
Hogan, Fourteenth; John sullivan and NJ j. Cooney.
Fifteenth; John Carey. sixteenth Matthew Robinson
and p. j. CRAY, Eighteenth John F. Brett and Thomas
F. Hayes Nineteenth; John Taylor Twentieth Den
MS Mccarthy Twenty first; John Montgomery, Twen
ty-second; Michael r. Shields and John r. Cuff, Tween
ty-thlrd; Philip Fitzpatrick, Twenty sixth Edward
u. Doyle, Twenty seventh; F. j. Mott and samuel
Prioe, Twenty n.hth; Robert Charlton, Thirteth
Charles Williamson. Thirty first Matthew Sherry,
Thirty second Michael Johnson. Thirty third Michael
Brady, Thrty-fourth. and David II. Taylor, Thirty
fifth Precinct
Mr.. Byrnes also authorized TO transfer Ser
geants Saul and O"rOOle. ROundsman Reilly, and
Pat:olmen Walters, Austin, Nugent, Mcmahon Curran
and Gillespie from the Central Office. Sergeant Saul
has had charge OF the Bureau OF Information in the
daytime. Sergeant OTOoes duty has been TO tabuate
the returns from precincts and issue parade permits
the entrances 10 the Central Office Az the request
Of Mr.. Byrnes Sergeant Mangin and Policeman Flood
were transferred from the Detective Bureau 10 the
office
When asked If he had anything to say regarding the
changes, Superintendent Byrncs looked hard at Trib
reporter aud replied 1t isn't necessary for me
TO anything The changes speak for themselves"
President Martin said 4" The changes have abso
lutey no political significance, but they were made
solely In the interest Of the public welfare and for the
keter discipline Of the department They were In
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