The evening world., 1894-05-04
REFORM FOR CoNEY,
Brooklyn Police to Assume 40
tive Charge There Next Sunday.
All Concert Halls and Dives TO RI
Closed.
Capt. Mckeivey Mace insper., ~
Charge OF the New District.

Police Capt. William j. Nick elyey. NJ
the DeKal avenue station, Brooklvn
was to-day promoted to be an Inspector
and was assigned to duty In the nev
Fourth Inspection District, which COM
prises the Twelfth, Seventeenth. Eieb-
teenth n Twenty-second Precincts,
and the new Twenty-second sub-precinot
OF Flatbush, which will take In Graves
end. Flatlands and New Utrecht.
Inspector McKelvey was notified last
night that he would receive the appoint.
ment. n he was at Police Headouar.
tiers at noon to be sworn INTO office.
In making the promotion Commits.
sioner Welles said that he knew Of ma
member Of the force who was NOR,
Justly entitled to the place than the an
pointee. The promotion was due n
merit alone.
Inspector McKelvey is n of the most
popular police officials In Brooklyn. He
served In the wal in Company e, Tenth
Regiment, New York Infantry. coming
out with the rank Of Captain. He was
made q patrolman on the Brooklyn
force July 20. 1868; promoted to be a tel.
egraph operator Aug. 81. 1873; drill cap.
tan 1sst April !, 1852; and captain Jan. 4
1872 wan Nv oNbt III tU1
police force ever had.
Since he was made a Captain he has
been In charge OF the De kalb avenue
the g 4. r.. being eonnected With Wti'S Grant ri
Post. No. 327. and a lifelong Republican
ne was p Of the guard Of honor who
To Inspector McKeivey will fall the
dives at Coney Island. Commlssdione
| oil N~oI ~ s -
Gravesend police would continue in
charge of affairs at the island until
Sunday, when the territory would pass
under the Jurisdiction of the Brooklyn
police. Early Sunday morning thirty
patrolmen. under charge of Inspector
McKelvey. will 20 to Coney Island to
see that the laws are not violated.
street station. was transferred to the
De Kalb avenue station. and Sergt.
Miles o'Reilly, Of the Atlantic avenue
squad, was transferred 10 Fulton street.
where he will act as Captain.
mayor Schieren had n long conference
In his office this morning with several
Grayesend officials n Lawyer Georgs
Committee of the town. first discovered
the Irregularities in McKane's accounts
There were present In the Mayors
counsel to the Town Board Of Audit.
Mayor Schieren. asked Justice Voor'
neeS ana supervisor Bennett II they
thought 1t advisable for the city author
tiles to close up, all the saloons. conce.
halls, shows m dives or Coney Island
Justice Voorhees, said he thought al
the concert halls: dives and shows shouli
, be closed and the saloons restricted d
a certain number, which would pract
cally. close. up the objectionable ones
Before taking any action in the mats
the Mayor said he would like to hav
another conference with the town ON
: Gals n Mr.. Elliott next Monday morn
l Ing.
told the Mayor OF the many Irregular
: ties in the financial affairs Of the towr
: Mr.. Elliott said ne had papers shown
q that John Y. McKane's accounts wen
/ short about $500, 900 and that gross fraud
3 had been practised by many OF the ON
: cials Of the
, These documents. he said, would b
. produced when Mayor Schieren wa
ready to begin the official investiga
ton. =.
j All applications for licenses alread.
. received by the Coney Island EIcis
Board will now be sent to the Brooklyl
v officials. and II Is likely that only a feS
licenses will be granted.