New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-06
THE SHAKE-UP HAS COME
ru1RTEEN POLICE CAPTAINS SHIFTED
ABOUT
oo,vss1oyEEs TAKE RADICAL MEASURES TO
or,rr THE PUBLIC CLAMoR-THE MEN At
WHOM THE MEASURE IS AlMED-
p1soEDERLY HOUSES SUD-
DENLY CLOSED Up.

n1sOEDERIY HOUSES SUD-
DENLY CLOSED UP.
rso transfers of police captains which were
addicted in The Tribune yesterday morning
',oro ordered by the Police Commissioners at
,, r.cuIar meeting in the afternoon. Thir-
~ oontains were moved about, but as the
.ro,sfer of a captain from his precinct Involves
.ho transfer of another captain into H. ana as
tho Commissioners chose to place n captain
.nn,rorariIv in command of the Morrisana
s,uad during the illness Of Captain Hooker, 1t
vas evident that the captains aimed at were
D0hortv O'Connor Donohue. Creeden and
1,ougbev Commissioner MacLean vigorously
osod the transfers on the ground that the
n,oins should be compelled to perform their
d,,ios in the precincts where they had laid
themselves open to suspicion, or else be brought
before the Police Board on charges. Captain
Devery partly saved himself from the imputa-
,;o, of being transferred for cause by writing
n letter to the Commissioners asking to be
transferred He said that the indictment
apainst him might hinder him in his duties.
4 broad hint may have been given to him
after the consultation between two of the Com
missioners and Superintendent Byrnes on Mon
dov afternoon when the transfers were ar
ranged for.
IL.
Commissioner Martin said he thought Cap
tain Devery had made a manly request, and
no moved that Captain Devery be sent to the
station In Old Slip and Captain Moses II. Cort-
right be sent to the Eldridge-st station. Com
missioner MacLean promptly opposed the mo-
tion TO transfer Captain Devery, saying: ut
soens 10 me that if there was much neglect
Of duty in Captain Devery's precinct as to war
rant his indictment by the Grand Jury, the
public has presumptive evidence Of his guilt,
and under such circumstances do not think 1T
Is well to make the transfer Besides, this mat
ter involves every officer OF the department,
and It seems to me that is the very reason why
he should remain in his precinct until his case is
settled.
The other Commissioners took the side or
Mr. Martin. and voted to transfer Devery and
Cortright. Then Mr.. Martin presented the fol-
lowing list of captains to be transferred. say
ing that he moved the transfers for the better
discipline of the force, after consulting with
the superintendent:
Michael Doherty. from the Fifth-st station to the
Leonardst. station; Adam Cross from Leonard-st
10 Morrisania: John r. Stephenson. from Madison
ST. to Mulberry-st; Donald Grant from the Broad
West Thireth-st. to Church-st; j. j. Donoh1re,
from e to Yves, ta
Joseph Eakins. from Deancey-st TO Mercer-st.
Fo irtts and Max schmitberger from
West Forty-seventhst. to the West Thrtieth-st.
station.
The motion started discussion, in which
Commissioner MacLean argued against the
other members of the board much as follows:
Mr.. MacLean-I am opposed to this. Several
OF the captains have provoked inquiries re-
garding the management Of their precincts, and
It would be better to let them stay where they
are and not protect their regulations In the face
of the inquiries made.
Mr.. Sheehan-The transfers are not neces-
sarily made because of neglect Of duty. The
changes are likely to benefit the discipline of
the force
An ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY Mr.. MCLAvE.
Mr. McClave-It has been the custom Of the
Commissioners to make transfers of captains
occasionally, just as business men take account
Of stock. 1t may be well as matter of police
business to make such changes. The fact that
inquiries have been made publicly about the
conduct of the captains is the best reason Tor
transferring them.
The captains were transferred. Mr. MacLean
voting no" Superintendent Byrnes was di-
rected to have the captains change about at
8 a. m. to-day. Sergeant O'Toole, of the Cen
trail Office was placed in command OF the JEFF
ferson Market Police Court squad
TIE POLICE KNEW WHERE To FIND THEM.
Some of the captains who were transferred
yesterday evidently had warning OF what
was coming, for the disorderly houses in their
precincts were closed up tight on Monday and
the women moved from tile HOUSES Ill west
Thirty-frst-st and in West Fifty-third-st. a
number Of the women moved from the houses
late Monday night. Most of the disorderly
houses in those streets and in other parts of the
city empty yesterday. 1t was said that
precinct detectives had gone 10 the houses ana
told the women that they must move immedi-
atey. The conversation at one OF the houses
was repeated as follows:
Detectve-You must move out OF here at
Woman-Why?
Detective-Never mind why. You must get
out bag and baggage. by tomorrow.
Woman--Where shall we go?
Detective-Go into fats. Not to carry en- your
business there. understand, but to wait until
this storm blows over. 1t may be only for a
month. and perhaps you will not be able to
resume at all; but you must leave here at once
The women who received such warnings
knew better than to make objections. They
did not stand upon the order of going. but went
out in hurry.
The Rev. DR.. Parkhurst who has caused a
good part of all the furry and worry. said last
evening: THE transfer of the police captains
was q measure which had anticipated. look
upon the action a childish attempt to evade
the real issue The police will understand 1t.
The transferring Of few captains was not
what wanted but the compelling OF the
captains to enforce the law in their precincts.
The trouble is that those in authority do not
want to have the law enforced against the dis
What do you think of the sudden closing Of
many such houses in the city," Dr. Parkhurst
was asked.
Dr. PARKHURsT CALLS 1T DusT-THROw1NG.
1T shows at least that the captains were able
to find where those houses were when they
wanted to find them. 1t also shows that the
police can close such houses at short notice
when they really want to close them. The per-
Torrance of yesterday doubtless was planned to
throw dust in the eyes OF the public and create
an impression that II the women were to be
driven out of such houses they would have to
60 into flats and tenement-houses or into the
streets. Two Of the women who had been
driven out of houses In West Thirty-first-st.
came to see me last evening and asked what
could be done for them. as they were homeless
and destitute. told them was glad TO see
them. and would gladly help them II they
wished to reform. l believe that there Is enough