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 Schls-
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 T~wenty-secnnd Precincts.
and the new Twenty-second sub-precnt
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 HeadquarA
tiers at noon to be sworn into Office.
In making the promotion Commits
sloner Weiles said that he knew Of no
member OF the force who was morn
justly entitled to the place than the APP
pointee. The promotion was luz to
merit alone. me
Inspector McKelvey 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 ran of Captain. He was
made a patrolman on the Brooklyn
force July 20, 1858; promoted to be a tel
egraph operator Aug. q, 1S3;. drill cap
iss5' A Aa was !; i IT, Sest Gda aIIi.ma. 5sr. IL Y;
police force ever had.
Since he was made a Captain he has
been In charge of the De Kalb avenue
the g A. r.. being connected with Grant
Post. No. 327, and a lifelong Republican.
He was one Of the guard of honor who
accompanied the body OF Gen. Grant
To Inspector Mcelvey will fall the
very important task OF closing UP the
Welles announced to-day that the
charge Of afairs at the Island until
Sunday, when the territory would pass
police. Early Sunday morning thirty
Patrolmen. under charge Of Inspector
Mckelvey. will go to Coney Island to
sec ca iHa' john tas '1 ". E eas mot OF S'U sss Fulton
street station. was transferred to the
Ne kaih avenue station; and Sergt
Miles o,Reilly. Of the Atlantic avenue
where he will act as Captain.
ward Of Brooklyn, Mayor scSieren pro-
into the financial affairs Of the town in
general. including the accounts Of ex-
Gar John Y; McKane who Is accused
payers money to his own use.
Mayor Schieren had a long conference
In his office this morning with several
Grayesend officials and Lawyer George
Committee OF the town, first discovered
the irregularities in McKane's accounts
There were present In the Mayors
office Supervisor Bennett. Justice OF ths
Peace Voorhees, and Lawyer Hubbard.
counsel to the Town Board OF Audit.
Mayor Schieren asked Justice Voor~
hees and Supervisor Bennett IL they
thought II 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 practi-
cally close up the Objectionable ones.
the Mayor said he would like to have
another conference with the town off,
Gals and Mr., Elliott next Monday morn
Ing.
ties in the financial affairs of the town.
Mr.. Elliott said he had papers showing
that John Y. McKane's accounts were
short about $500, 900 and that gross frauds
had been practised by many or the oniS
Gals OF the town.
These documents, he said. would be
produced when Mayor Schieren was
ready to begin the official investign-
ton.
This news will strike CONSERVATION
to the hearts of the property-owners,
fakirs and d~ive-keepers on the island.
for Mayor Schieren this morn
ing that the real. work or clearing up
Coney Island would begin very soon.
Leases in the West End n along the
Bowery draw rent on a valuation OF
$500 a front foot, and It is believed that
the value OF property will now be greatly
deprecated.
Xii applications for licenses already
received by the Coney Island Excise
Board will now be sent to the Brooklyn
officials. and Il is likely, that only a Few
licenses viii be granted.