The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1895-05-04
KERW|A OEF|Es THE MAYOR.
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munication II IN the Mayor, MIR. Marti

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implication II m the Mayor. MIR. Martin
mo. nor do / expect to. My time has
expired. and am only holding on 20
await the appointment OF my succ sssor.
! am ready to 30 at any moment. and
ever the Mayor sends to take ii.
Il can leave this building with the
consciousness that all my official acts
have never ATTEMPTED to 'e shield Yoa'n man
guilty OF an offense against the rules of
the Department; nor to perform any act
except nhat l considered for the benefit
Col. Grant at city Hail.
upon any wrong doing of mine since the
day OF my. appointment"
, by Monday afternoon the city will
hsys new board whGh VIII have
sided to- appoint Theodors Roosevelt,
Col. Frederick ?: Grant and A. d: Park
viii &C, as President i OF the Board and
Col Grant as Treasurer.
as early as 10 o'clock to-day. and a long
secret conference was the result.
When questioned afterwards as to the
said they did not talk about the Police
Commissionership
,s MY visit" he SAID "eo 'n p sub
missionership appointment.
~ can assure you that l have not yet
been appointed"
When asked II he would be on hand
Monday morning at the Mayors Office.
Col. Grant replied:
Well, tia! that depends on what happens
give no intimation that he had been
asked to accept the appointment.
MIR. Parker waits for strong.
Andrew d. Parker came to the City
Hall Hall t TO- Mn, in answer to summons
Tie Mayor was at the time In confer
ence with Lieut. Gov. Saxton. and Mr..
Parker said that ne did not know wheth-
er the Mayor intended to make him
Police Commissioner to-day or not.
MIR. Parker took a seat to wait until
the Mayor got through talking with the
The action Of the outgoing Commits
sioners at yesterdays meeting in retir-
ing Inspector McAvoy on pension OF
and making number af Of prTms
sioner Andrews. has caused much I'M
favorable comment.
The following Police captains are yet
to promotion to an inspectorship. sub
ject to civil-service examinations:
Anthony Allare. steamboat squad; Theron s
Madison street station; Timothy j. Cr-eden, Nor
risania station Thomas Reilly East Fiity.nr.,
street station Patrick Pickett West Third stree,
Joseph II. Eakins Mercer street station Edward
Thompson West one Hundred and Twenty NTH
street station Moses W. Cartwright. Edrldge
street station, md Elbert o. Smith. Of the East
Twenty second street station.
Nineteen policemen having completed
the thirty days probation. were sworn
In this morning and given their shields
for regular duty
he newly promoted roundsmen TO do
duty in the following precincts: Oliver
II. Pratt. Broadway squad; James r;
Mully. Madison street station: Michael
Brady to the Central Office.
Too YOunS for u Veteran.
Alonzo Powell, one Of the five patrol
men promoted to roundsmen yesterday
by the Police. Board. was not sworn in
With res. of the men this morn nrn Tine
but have discovered that that Alonzo
Powell was retired Dec, 2, 1892; and that snn
of the veteran. He is twenty-s!x years
old and vas appointed on the force
When he appeared to be sworn in
as roundsman Major Kipp was aston
~ why y YOU are I 8. not a veteran; you are
NO. but my father is a veteran"
| replied the young man.
The Major thereupon refused to adj
minister the oath, as the appointee was
| not the man the Commissioners intended
| to promote.
This incident is an apt illustration In
support OF Commissioner Andrewss
contention that every man promoted or
appointed should be before the Board
for inspection.
McAvOy DcnounceS Andrews.
Ex-Inspector McAvoy visited Head
quarters at 11.30 this forenoon to re-
move his personal effects He seemed
to be greatly incensed over Commits
sioner Andrews's statement. He said:
II don't think 1t is very manly on the
| part Of Commissioner Andrews to ma
lign a man after he has been retired
YOU can say Tor me that there Is a
greet difference between the record Of
Mr.. Andrews as Commissioner or poll
tician and mine as policeman.
II consider that mine is an honorable
| record. was born and brought up in
New York, and have lived here al my
life. He is the prodigy of a day. spring
ing up like mushroom in the night
He has yet to demonstrate his capa-
bllit.ss. and I feel that i will not be
long before the pubic will see that he
Is W. nting In many requisites
President Martin busted himself all day
ma cking up r.ctures and other Of his
personal belongings. ready for move.