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

Police Capt. William J.. 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-precinct
of Flatbush. which will take in Graves
end. Flatlands and New Utrecht.
Inspector McKelvey was notified last
night thai he would receive the appoint
ment, he was at Police Headquar-
tiers at noon to be sworn into office
In making the promotion Commits
sioner welles said that he knew of no
member of the force who was more
Justly entitled to the place than the ap-
pofntee. The promotion was due to
merit alone.
Inspector McKelvey Is one Of the most
popular police officials in Brooklyn. He
served In the wal in Company Il. Tenth
Regiment. New York Infantry. coming
out with the rank of Captain. He was
mude a patrolman on the Brooklyn
force July 20, 1863: promoted TO be a tel
egraph operator Aug. q. 1873; drill cap
is g APri !, 1852, and GaEtaIn Jan. T.
police force ever had. d
Since he was made a Captain he has
been In charge of the De Kalb avenue
station: He Is a prominent member Of
the @ A. r.. being connected with Grant
Post. No. S2, and u lifelong Republican.
He was one Of the guard Of honor who
from Mount McGregor.
To Inspector McKelvey will fall the
very Important task OF closing up the
Welles announced to-day that the
Charge Of affairs at the island until
under the jurisdiction OF the Brooklyn
police. Early Sunday morning thirty
patrolmen, under charge of Inspector
M see thst The ~i u ws go arc to n o9n vio,a i ,aa to
Capt. John w. Eason, OF the Fulton
street station. was transferred to the
Nj Miles ke o!Re aysn1 ot ,se San ana a seTst;
squad. was transferred to Fulton street,
where he Will act as Captain.
mayor Schieren had a long conference
GraXesend officials and Lawyer George
7. ELLIOTT, who as counsel to the Citizens
: Committee of tie town. first discovered
the irregularities In McKane's accounts.
There were present In the Mayors
office Supervisor Bennett. Justice OF the
Peace Voorhees, and Lawyer. Hubbard.
Mayor Schieren asked Justice Voor-
thought It advisable for the city author
ntsS 10 Close up all tne Saloons, concert
Justice Voorhees, aid he thought all
the concert halls, dives n shows should
be closed and the saloons restricted to
a certain number, which would practi-
cally. close up the Objectionable ones,
Before taking any action in the matter
the Mayor said ne would like to have
another conference with the town Off.
Ing.
Lawyers. Elliott and Hubbard Their
Told the Mayor of the many %irregulari'
Ties In the financial affairs OF the town
M. Elliott said he had papers showing
short G about ssOo@'SSson and that aes sposs frauds weis
mad been practlsed by many of the Off
Gals OF the town.
These documents, he said, would be
produced when Mayor Schieren was
ready to begin the ofncial investiga'
All applications for licenses already
received by the Coney Island Excis'
Board. will now be sent to the Brooklyn
oihcials. and II Is likely that only a few
licenses will be granted.