The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-06
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Suggeststhat Police Favor Certain
Brooklyn Physicians ;,
Wants az Investigation in the 9TH
and 21st Precincts.
Policeman and Doctor Make q
Peculiarly Coincident Mistake.

Health Commissioner Emery, a.
brooklyn. to-day sent u letter to Police
commissioner Weles asking for an in
vestigation Of the Ne Kalb and Clermopt
Avenue Stations With regard to the
method Of administering the law re-
lating to the night medical service.
The city allows 100 per year for this
purpose. Any physician may register in
the police station nearest his homo.
and the officers select from this list q.
physician TO attend any person who may
ask FOR assistance after II Z. Nj.
DR.. Emery's letter IL follows:
Leonard r. wel!es. Commissioner Of Police,
the following facts With, in my Judgment, de-
lnsnd an Investigation: Dr. p. j. Cprren. Of l7s
share of the night medical calls in this precinct
tS.v matter of fact he secures then ~. and
service amount to nearly one-third OF the entire
Dr. Curran also receives many calls from tn.
Twenty -hrst Precinct, In which a on-residsnt
he should not be registered at all. The elrrum-
but they certainly Justify the suspicion that
night medical calls arc being needlessly multi
| for the benefit OF one physician.
A further suspicious circurnaan las come re-
Gently to my notice. Dr. Curran reports that he
2Sth ult, and the report OF the opcer detailed
as messenger coroboratcs this statement giytna
Dr. Curran also reports thai he attended q
patient at Sc Raymond street. on the Both ult,
and again the officers report corroborates him.
giving Mary Mccarthy as the name OF this pa
tient also ! have since ascertained that Or. Cur
hs1 M sss ac the n Of Aas ieS
street and that he promised on tn. latter oooa-
| sion to call again.
seems to me little singular that both the oficer
tha aln al alb thA
In an address that both had visited only two days
previous. 1t may be that in case OF every call
for DR.. Curran is expressed by the patient or else
| that he is the nearest registered physician. 1t
Twenty first precincts are much more given to
sending to the police station for doctor after II
p M. than are the residents Of other portions Of
Twenty first has good and legitimate reasons for
sending into another precinct for doctor.
| Apparently, however, there Is something wrong
with The "a, .dmlnlstIs.ion q The night m.ais.i
ton is hereby requested: Yours respectfully.
Commissioner Of Health.
Health Commissioner Emery refused
| to talk about the matter when a re-
porter called at his office. He was sur
prised that 1t had leaked out. He said
he had not intended that 1t should be
made public.
Capt. Eason, of the De Kalb avenue
station. and Capt. Hardy. of the Cler-
mont avenue StatlOn, 10 make WT1tten
report in answer to the Health Com
missioner's letter.
Police Commissioner welles wrote q
reply to Health Commissioner Emery
in which he states that Capt. Eason re-
ports that DR.. Curran, since May l, has
responded to eleven calls, which. with
a single exception, were In the district
bounded by Raymond street, De Kalb.
Hudson and Myrtle avenues.
II may be mistaken" says Commits
sioner Welles, hut this number does
not seem to be an excessive demand in
this direction.
In regard to the premises at 6s and 50
Raymond street, Commissioner Welles
says he has no positive information. but
believes from the statement Of the Cap
tain Of the Twenty-first Police Precinct,
that 1t wa ! due to transportation OF fig
ures in reporting the number.
Commissioner Welles says he has in
formed the Captain Of the Twenty-frst
Precinct that in future he must call a
registered physician. who resides In his
own precinct, instead of calling DIR.
Curran.
Commissioner Welles declares his be-
lief in the captains statement that he
thought DIR. Curran lived within his pre-
clint. DIR. Curran lives In the Fourth
Precinct near the boundary line of the
Twenty-first.
Commissioner Welles. In conclusion.
says no partially or favoritism will be
shown in the Police Department, sspe-
cialy in professional way.