The evening world., 1894-05-04
Capt McKelvey Made Inspector
and Placed in Charge of
the New District.
CONCERT HALLS TO BE CLOSED.
Conference Between Mayor Schis-
rem and Gravesend Officials
This Morning.

Police Capt. William ]. McKelvey, OF
the Dekalb avenue station. Brooklyn,
was to-day promoted to be an Inspector.
and was assigned to duty in the new
Fourth Inspection District, which COM
prises the Twelfth, Seventeenth. Eigh-
teenth and Twenty-second Precincts,
and the new Twenty-second sub-precint
Of Flatbush, which will take in Graves
end, Flatbush and New Utrecht.
Inspector McKelvey was notified last
night that he would receive the appoint
ment, and he was at Police Headquar-
tiers at noon to be sworn into ofice.
In making the promotion Commits
sioner Welles sale that he knew OF no
member Of the force who was more
Justly entitled to the place than the APP
p~ointee. The promotion was due to
merit alone. me
Inspector McKe!vey is one Of the most
popular police officials In Brooklyn. He
served in the war in Company E, Tenth
Regiment, New York Infantry, coming
nut with the rank of Captain. He was
made a patrolman on the Brooklyn
egraph operator Aug. q. 1888; drill cap
ta ar April J., 1889, and Captain Jan. II,
1888. He was the best driil-master the
police force ever had.
Since he was made a Captain he bas
peen IN charge OF the De Kalb avenue
station; he is a prominent member of
me q a. X, being connected with Grant
fost, NO. 327, and a lifelong Republican.
He was one OF, the guard OF honor who
accompanied the body OF Gen. Grant
from Mount McGregor.
10 Inspector Mcelvey will fall the
very important task OF closing up lie
dives at Coney Island. Commissioner
Welles announced to-day that the
SbT s,ss ~ pSiiGe would continue IN
sunday. when the territory would pass
under the jurisdiction of the Brooklyn
police. Early Sunday morning thirty
Mckelvey, will 20 to coney island to
see that the laws are not violated.
Capt. John w. Eason. Of the Fulton
s,reet station. was transferred to the
Miles O'Reilly. of the Atlantic avenue
squad. was transferred to Fulton street.
where ne VIII act as Captain.
ward of Brooklyn, Mayor sPeSieren pro-
poses at once to Cause an examination
into the financial affairs Of the town in
general. tncluding the accounts of ex:
Of appropriating over 100000 of the tax
payers money to his own use.
Mayor Schieren had a long conference
Grayesend officials and Lawyer George
F. Elliott, whO as counsel to the Citizens
Committee of the town. first discovered
the irregularities in McKane's accounts.
office Supervisor Bennett. Justice Of the
Peace Voorhees, and Lawyer Hubbard,
counsel to the Town Board of Audit.
Mayor SChieren asked Justice Voor-
hees and Supervisor Bennett II they
thought 1t advisable for the city author
tiles to close up all the saloons. concert
halls. shows and dives on Coney island.
Justice Voorhees, said he thought all
the concert halls, dives and shows should
be closed and the saloons restricted to
a certain number. which would pracd-
cally close up the Objectionable ones.
Before taking, any action In the matter
the Mayor said he would like to have
another conference with the town ofh-
cials and Mr.. Elliott next Monday morn
Lawyers Elliott and Hubbard then
told the Mayor OF the many irregulari-
ties in the financial affairs of the town.
Mr.. Elliott said he had papers showing
that John Y. Mckane's accounts were
about 5000, 900 and that gross frauds
had been practised by many OF the ofi-
Gals OF the town.
These documents, he said, would be
produced when Mayor Schieren was
ready to begin the official investiga-
ton.
This news will strike CONSERVATION
fakirs and dive-keepers on the island.
for Mayor Schieren intimated this MORN
ing that the real work of clearing up
Coney Island would begin very soon.
Leases in the West End and along the
Bowery draw rent on a valuation OF
$500 a front foot, and 1t is believed that
the value OF property will now be greatly
deprecated.
Al applications for licenses already
will now be sent to the Brooklyn
officials, and II is likely that only a few
will be granted.