The evening world., 1894-09-15
ApTAINCIES TO FILL.
Police Board Has Taken No Steps
to Replace Dismissed Men.
Nor Has the Civil-Service Board
Been Given an Eligible List.
kerwin and Murray Offer No Ex-
PLANTATION for the Delay.

one OF the peculiar features Of the
police situation is the apparent apathy
OF the Board OF Police Commissioners In
the matter OF appointing SUCCESSORS OF
the four captains who have recently been
dismissed.
Although these vacancies should, from
their very nature, be filled without the
loss Of day no step has yet been taken
towards that end.
Not only has the Police Board neg
lected to call upon the Civil-service Ex-
aiming Board for a list OF eligibles
from which to select the captains. but
| II was learned to-day that no such list
| exists.
Before the Police Commissioners can
name the men who will succeed the
| captains removed, an examination OF
asprants for the places must be held
The ordering OF this examination Is "A
matter which rests entirely with the
Police Board
According to Secretary Lee Phillips, OF
the civil Service Bureau, no communica-
ton OF that nature has been received
by him: In fact Mr.. Phillips does not
Know oflcially that any vacancies in the
ranks OF police captains exists,
nv p''hHlOll IuI tnlS UelHy mas Deen
yariously given, and an Evening
WORLD reporter endeavored to-day to
get at Its true inwardness A VISIT to
Police Headquarters proved ahortive, SO
lar as getting any satisfaction from the
Commissioners was concerned.
commissioner Kerwn, as soon as he
learned the nature Of the reporters
business, assumed an attitude OF severe
Asked II the Police Board contem-
plated ordering an examination OF APP
pllcants before the Civil-Service Com
say as to that.
No action had been taken in that con-
nection, he thought. why was this?
Well, probably because the Commission
ers had thought nothing about 1t. Mr.
kerwin was also unable to prophesy
when the matter would be taken up by
about the matter than did his confrere
when will the Board apply for an
eligible list from which to select the
captains he was asked
II don't know"
Has action been taken with that end
in vlew?"
81 don't know. I'm sure"
list?"
II don't know; perhaps So"
Why has II not been done?"
Probably because other matters en-
gagged the Boards attention"
Commissioners Martin and Sheehan
did not come to Police Headquarters
this morning, so their reasons for the
peculiar attitude Of the Board could not
be obtained.
The lack OF interest by the Police
hoard In the appointment OF captains to
take the pls ces of Devery, Doherty, Ste
phenson and Cross can be construed In
several ways.
1t may be due to the rumored fact
that the Commissioners anticipate the
reinstatement OF the four captains by
the courts
Another reason which finds favor in
the minds OF some of those who profess
TO be politically wise Is that the Com
missioners are waiting to see which way
the cat jumps when the political deals
are all liked up this Fall.
Even the suppositon that the police
gained place in the minds OF some as
an explanation.
From what can be learned from the
Intentions OF the Lexow Committee thef q
Is every prospect that there will be not
only more captaincies to MI, but that a
couple of inspectors will be out OF a lob
II Lawyer COTS plans don't miscarry at
the next session OF the Committee.
sensation upon sensation Is promised
the public as soon as Mr.. Golf gets to
work again. The offices of the counsel
to the Committee are crowded every day
with persons who come there to OFFER
themselves as witnesses when the ball
| opens on Oct l.
While Mr. Con- will not say so in so
many words, there Is every reason to
| believe that he has a bomb of great ex-
plosive force to set off when the Lexow
proceedings are reopened.