The evening world., 1894-08-31

bail, the higher court having granted
l-him a new trtnl.
Justice ihgraham for criminal neglect
Of duty on evidence furnished by Rev
DR.. Parkhursts agents that certain
disorderiy house IN Chrystie street We,
proof was completes. but Capt. Devery
proved that he had given daily orders &c
his men 70 Set evidence a s,,nai,v thai ma
clared that the Captain could not be held
responsible for the failure of tools fur
nished him 10 do the work, and Devery
was acquitted.
Precinct for about year, beginning
March ., 1893. Licentiousness ran riot
In the precinct during his administration,
trial. and las the, Captain remained n wiA
from the trial and offered no defense n
the alleged ground that he waa too ~
to appear, the stories OF these witncsf
ON Aug Il, the Police CommissionA
believing that Capt. every was feigh
ing illness IN order TO escape Or to post
pone his trial. formally ordered him to
day. and that, failing to do so, the trial
would go on without his presence.
ON Ang. 10, Lawyer Elkus, represent
VOC nas s ssfsd for Sef1re se
application with a certificate from DR..
Becker, the Captains private physician,
Becker had consulted with 81. Freder.
lex Peterson and Police Surgeons Nam
mack and Dixter: The physicians de
cided that Capt. Devery was suffering
davit from Mrs Devery as to her hus-
Assistant District Weilman
health before charges were preferred
against him and sick Immediately after
wards. Supt. Byrnes said that every
was IN his Office on Aug. 8. apparently
Mr.. Wellman said that postponement
might mean an indefinite postponement.
and he asked that the trial proceed.
Commissioner sheehan, who said that
no court in Christendom would deny an
adjournment under such circumstances.
. EI-Capt. Cross.
Adam A. Cross was born in Albany,
July II. 1855. His parents were natives OF
Albany. descended from Dutch stock.
But the story that they were related TO
honors from the State Normal School at
Albany. He studied law and graduated
from the Albany Law School In 1875.
came to New York and entered the
office of Birdseye. Cloyd & Baylis. 10
Broadway.
He tried the Civil-service examina-
ton for appointment to the police force
and was successful. being appointed n
patrolman oct. IL, 1878. He was APP
pointed to the old Twenty ninth, now
the Nineteenth, or .Tenderloin Precinct.
under Captain, now Inspector. Alexander
s.. Williams.
Cross was promoted Sept 20. 1882 to
roundsman's place. He became "A SER
geant Jan. g. 1884. and In the examina-
tions Of sergeants for promotion In 1890
ton. 1851. and was chosen by Commits
sioDer Charles F. MacLean Dec. s, 1890,
and appointed captain.
CAPT. Cross was sssigned to the
Twentieth Precinct station in West
Thirty-seventh street, and was trans
s ,tas Elevsnth, psecinc,;; April o, is'
1873. and was succeeded by Capt Devery.
Capt. Cross often boasted OF the COM
parative success Of his efforts to sup
press the notorious dives that had
festered for twenty-five years In the
precinct, and now claims that all that
has done was to continue the compile
ton the work he began and had nearly
completed. when he was suddenly trans
ferred to the Leonard street station.
The Captain prepared his own de-
tense. and his work showed the exercise
of much care and legal skill.
RECORDS Of the Three Ward Men
. Edward Glennon. is thirty-nve ,years
old, having been born at $40 Second ave-
nue., this city, in 1859. He Is tall.
built man. and was appoint
ed patrolman May s, 1886. He has served
In the Twenty-first. Nineteenth. Tween