New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-07
GAMBLING PLACES CLOSED.
RENISs POLICE OFFICERS REBUKED.
TWO CAPTAINS TRAN 7FERRED BECAUSE THEY

TWO CAPTAINS TRAN 7FERRED BECAUSE THEf
NEGLECTED TO DO THEIR DUTY.
supcrintendcnt Byrnes yesterday raused five ponce
captains 10 be transferred because Two OF 'he'h h"
failed TO close up gambling houses and opium oehS
I'm their precnot~ He also had half dozen precihc
detectives rcmandcd to patrol duty because they ha0
neglected Their duties. The shake up" followed close
u,sn raids which the Superintendent had caused to be
made by detectives Of the Central Office. Inspector
McJauchlin Of the Detective Bureau, managed the
raids on Thursday night Threc gambling houses III
Captain John T. Stephcn@ons precinct were Vsteu
Detectivc-serRednts Adams. Crowley. FrinK' Ifeuei
berg and Valley went to James McKenna's place a.
No 10 Murrav-st and arrested Mchenna and his door
lecpcr George Johnson They also captured faro
fable with layout c1,ps and cards. At the same time
Detective Sergeants Hanley. Hickey, Muvey, Reap
and Rogers made descent upon the place OF Joan
Kane Of No II Pal. Place. They were obliged to
break into the place The gamblers moved heaVy
safe against The door, and the officers cat hole through
a partition with an axe. Through Il renr window the
gamblers escaped into adjoining building and thence
into Barcay-st. a roulette wheel, two faro tables
coo chips :nG many packs Of cards were seized by
,be detectives. Later Detectve-Sergesnts Crowley
Uanlry and McCluskey entered the den" at No lie
Deyst and arrested Frank McKcnna. the repu'ed
proprietor and Charles johnson, who Is said to be ms
dealer Two faro tables and 600 chips were seized III
the place The gambling implements wem taken I"
there Yesterday the prisoners were arraigned at the
Tombs Police Court. and were held for trial Captain
Stephenson had been warned to close up the tHree
gambling places.
Dcteouve-sei seantS Crowley, Ilanley and MO
Cluskey. with other men from the Central Office
went into Captain Josiah Westervelt'S precinct on
Thursday night and made raid on the opium house
at No o41 West Thirty -sixthst. They got TO the
Iruse half an hour before midnight ana arrested
sixteen mon a;d tIrVc women. Mrs. GodNteih'
said to be the prOIretrcsS of the place. was among
the prisoners. The other women and the men
found in the house were lying on rich Oriental
rugs and smoking opium. The house had been
furnished in most sumptuous style. The detectives
captured several pounds of opium and thirty-hVe
OPIUM pipes in the place. Captain N'StciV''tS
attention had been called TO the house, but lie hdd
permitted opium smoking 10 continue there. Inc
prisoner, arrested i'll the den were arrGn,d In the
norce court Yesterday. The proprietor and the
prisoners were with one exception, held In $500
bonds each 10 answer the charges against them.
1T the meeting o; the Police Commissioners yes
fcr,ay afternoon, President Martin, who had prcvi-
ousy been in consultation with superintendent
Pylucs moved that the transfers be made IN order
10 discipline Captain stephenson and Captain Wes-
tervclt Captain stephenson sent from the
ChurcA.st. squad to the MadSon-st squad; Captain
John Delaney was moved from Madison-st. to City
Hall. and Captain John J. Donohue was sent h"m
the City Hall 10 take command In Churchst. Cap
tain Westervelt Was transferred from west lmrly-
seventli-st. 10 the Central Office, ana captain
James r. Price sent from the Central once 10
take charge of the squad in West Thirty seventlSt.
Upon the motion OF MIR. Martin. also. Detectives
John H. Lyons and william Colby, Of the Church
ST. squad. Detectives Theodore Biesley and W. r;
Delaney, of West thirty -scVtniIt~i sIdiH anu
Detectives Bernard Meehan and Edward Never, OF
tue t1f;Lst squad, were renahded T. pau"l uu'N'
superintendent Byrnes directed L. transfer them
TO other precincts. . ,
After tie meeting of the Commissioners euptrin-
.ai.i lie
to close up gambling houses and opium denS III
their precincts and If they failed TO do So he would
try 10 perform the work ana hold the captains re
sponsble Captain OCpnnor Of the Wet Thiri"th-
81. squad. ana Captain Devcry; Of The West Forty
seventh ST squad, were called 10 the suprnni"A-
eent's oIncc IA The afternoon, possibly II receive
Warnings