The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-22

Pocket Edition OF "ths Fine.t- sns tie Pie
turesaue Mesdauarter..

Pocket Edition of"the Ftneet" ana It's TIC
turesaue Headquarters.
Mount Vernon has q police force. and the
force has headquarters which. by reason Of
itslpeculiarities. Is the most conspicuous build
ING In town. 1t Is q low rambling structure
that spreads over some so feet OF the 100 feet
width Of land which II occupies. The main
structure Is built OF blocks OF stone heavy
enough for fortress. It Is further heightened
By small wooden additions at either end. The
building is not more than % feet deep. and the
interior space is materially lesssned By the
thickness Of the outer walls. and still further
reduced By stone partition walls OF the same
thickness. something over two feet 1t occu-
pies the extreme rear OF the lot on which It
stands. which 10 105 feet deep. The rear wall
OF the structure. as far as 1t extends, does away
with the necessity OF back fence.
When the building was erected by John
Rice twenty. years ago. his nearest neigh
Dor was l. 400 feet away. aud his next nearest
half mile or more To tho west OF him was q
swamp and all about him was woodland and
meadow. There are six rooms in the house.
all Of them small. Light finds it's way with
difficulty through small arch-toppcd windows
With sashes fitted with queer little diamond
shaped panes Of glass.
Throughout tho house 10 trimmed with solid
hard woods worked into shape by hand. The
rear wall is broken only by TWO small windows
on the second floor. These are glazed with
ground glass that admit OF no view OF the In
terror. Closets. bookcases. and the like In the
upper floors are Of mahogany and decorated in
odd Gothic designs which prevail Throughout.
the house.
Before the house took On It's official title OF
Police Headquarters IL was rented in turn.
after the death Of its builder. by many families
who found It too prison-like to be comfortable.
A colored family removed last to make room
The Mount Vernon police force numbers ten
miah Foley. Five q the ten men, are on duty
only at night. their tours OF patrol beginning
hours each. Policeman Ember. a single man.
Sleep at their Homes. 1Re eoored ne S 0ne
John Brown. lodges In the little frame addi-
once was used as a kitchen. The main room
at the head OF the steps, which the police added
to Ms -hso or thss tool s
sofa. There is space for but little else In the
room metal siSn hanging over, the sofa
Political conversation not allowed In this office
Those who know say that no one pays any
and apparatus Of weil-appointed gambling
house which was discovered ip Mount Vernon
with and his len about q year ago and the en-
tire OUTFIT captured. On Tuesday night the
pOllce huueQ 10 the COllectlOn o Dig axe. with
which Charles Decker tried to brain Policeman
Albert Gleitsman to their list OF exhibits. The
police had recently broken up gang Of petty
thieves that usually confined their exploits TO
robbinR hen roosts, provision dealers. and
market gardeners. causing no end Of annoy
ance to honest people. for they wrung the n eek
OF a $50 prize fowl with as little conjunction
"a they caught and killed the cheapest and
most plebean OF barnyard ROSTERS. Decker.
who 10 an ex-convict. tried to elevate the gang
to more profitable branches OF its pernicious
industry. and swore vengeance on Chief Foley
when he broke II up.
Meeting Gleitsman he mistook him for the
chief. and aimed vicious blow at Gloitsmans
head with an axe. Gleitsman lodged the blow,
knocked Decker down with his billy. and
lodged him in q cell
The cells are on the ground floor under the
office at Headquarters. There are four OF
them, built OF iron. with iron lattice work form
ing the upper half OF the doors. There are no
hunks in the cells. but tho prisoners are fur
nished with canvas hammocks fitted with
tached to bars placed at either end OF the cells
for that purpose.
The police have a supply OF the regulation
night sticks such IA tho Now York police car
Tled until few months ago. These are re-
served for emergencies. For ordinary patrol
duty the Mount Vernon police carry billies
like their New ork neiEhbors on the force.
As a reserve force for en- ergencies there is a
contingent OF twenty men who have all the
only on demand aud receive no pay except
when thus called upon for special duty
Tho Headquarters Is not always bedecked
with bunting, but was photographed on tho
day OF the fremsn's parade. when II was dec
GRATED in honor OF the red shifted IRE laddies