The evening world., 1894-08-31

| Albany. descended y(rsm Dutch stock
But the story that they were related e
| Gov. Flower II deuied. Cross ATTENDED
the public school ard graduated Will
| Albany. He studied law and graduate
! from the Albany Law School In 1876
After he was admitted to the liar h.
came 20 New York and entered IN,
once OF Birdseye. Cloyd 4 Bsylis. ~
| broadway.
lie tired the civIl-Service examina.
| ton for appointment TO the police fore"
and Hss snccessful. beng appointed 4
pointed I" the old Tw'n'y-ninth. nov
the Nineteenth. or Tenderloin Precinct
under Captain. now Inspect or. AleSanh"f
\. William
Cruss Wa promoted Sept -. Issc, 10
a IoUudsInsn'. place lie became a scr
cHant Jan g. 1894. AMI IN tho exBminH
lions Of scrgeaUts for promotion In $50
he made tho top record of the cNamina
tlon. g7.6l. and was chosen by rommh
sioner cha rlns y NHTI.can Doc g. isHl.
and appointed captain.
capt. Iross Was .s-gned TO III.
Twentieth Precinct station in NcS'
Thirty-s"vcrth street. and Was trans
frrred from there to the Elhrilgo street
station, Eleventh Precinct April ~
l@2 lie r"rnairod there until March =
lt?3, and was succeeded by Capt DeverN.
capt. Cross often Duasted pf tn" com
parative success Of his efforts 10 sup.
press the notorious diyeH that hal
ffNlfFt'l LOT tHtn'N-UNh Years III lI'
precinct. and now claims that all that
capt Moses tortrght. his successor.
has done was to continue thr .compl"-
ton the work he began and had nearly
ferred To the Leonard street station.
Tho Captain prepared his own de-
Tense and his work showed the exercise
Of much care and legal skin.
Records of the Three Ward Men
Edward Glennon. is thirty-five years
old, having been born at 80 Second ave
nue.. this city, In 1889. lie Is tall,
ed patrolman May ). 1885. He has served
In. the Twenty first Nineteenth, Twen::
tlGth. Twenty second, Eleventh and
First precincts In that order. and hul-
fered but one penalty That was NV.
years ago when he vas fined six days
when D.very became a captain he
asked TO have Glennon detailed as pre-
rlrct detective under him at the West
street station. Glennon
went with Capt, Deyery when he was
March 2. 1885, and continued with him
til he was relieved last Winter.
George Smith. who was ward man. or
precinct detective, under Capt. Cross, in
The Eleventh Precinct, al dufi!,ntE ,,i bis
street. il thirty-nInc years old Smith
vas born In the West OF Ireland IN 1850
md came to the United States with his
parents while yet a child Smith picked
ip what education he could In the pub
ic schools. at nineteen he was arrested
With two other boys and charged with
and the theft OF some blankets.
md HIS picture was taken for the
,ogues' Gallery at Yonkers. Although
le was discharged later on the discovery
hat he had no guilty connection with
Itogiies' GALLERY. and Mr.. Weliman pro-
iuced II in the Cross-Smith trial, Great
ng "a momentsry sensation. till smith
produced the record OF tis appoint
nent In 1855 TO the police force.
These papers showed that he had told
he Commissioners OF that boyish scrape,
md he testified that Superintendent of
'olice Walling Investigated the story
patrolman. Few charges have been
made against him.
James Burns was born in County |
Ireland, June !, 1858. His par
So. The boy went to the public schools
He was appointed a patrolman by
Police Commissioner Joel W. Mason |
Inne q. 1857 and assigned to the Eighth
twenty third and then was transferred
o the First Precinct, Old slip station |
shere, by selection OF Commissioner
Martin, he was made ordinance man
'aptured Hardy the bank burglar. after
, hard chase. In which the robber fired
vice at his pursuer. one bullet passing
through hi. hat When Mclaughlin
lad been month In command OF the
Eleventh Precinct BURNS was trans
erred and became his ward man or
precinct detective. He was ward man
lust nine weeks. and the charges OF
which he has been convicted were for
acts done during those nine weeks.
Prior to this time he had In all his
welve years of service been punished
or violation of the rules but twice. He
)aid one days fine for falling to report
defective lamp and one days pay for
alling To report an ordinance violation.