New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-29
WEDNESDAY,
MAY 20, 1895.
FIRST DAY WITHOUT BYRNES
WILL CONTINUE THE
WORK OF WEDDING OUT.
MLAUGHLIN IT is SAID. WILL HAZE TO Co
THE CHARGES AGAINST CAPTAIN EAKINs-
PREPARATIONS FOR THE ExAMINA-

MLAUGHIIN 1T IS SAID. WILL HAZE TO GO
THE CHARGES AGAINST CAPTAIN EAKINs-
PREPARATIONS FOR THE ExAMINA-
TON OF APPLICANTS
The work of the Police Department. went on
quietly and smoothly in the absence OF ex-Chies
Byrnes Yesterday. Acting Chief Conn assignee
Acting Inspectors Cortright. Brooks and McCui'
lagh to the First Second and Third Inspection as
trcts respectively and they made inspections AT
the various police stations In their districts. Cort'
right has the office the first floor OF Police Heaa-
quarters which formerly was occupied by ex-in-
spector Williams. while Brooks and McCullagh nave
the offices In the basement. formerly used by ex-
Inspector McAvoy and Inspector Conln.
The Police Commissioners had no meeting yester'
day.
MLAUGHLIN WILL PROBABLY Go.
President Roosevelt said that the Board would go
ahead in its work Of reforming and reorsanizing
the Department. Notwithstanding the defeat IN
the Legislature Of the Reorganization BILL 1t begins
to look as though the Commissioners Will accom-
plish nearly as much II they had the powers
that would have been conferred upon them II the
Reorganization bill had become law. With
Byrnes williams and McAvoy out OF the way the
Commissioners will now try to get rid Of certain
number Of captains who are under charges
They are determined that Inspector Mclaughlin
must go, but nothing can be done in his case pend
ing his trial. The Detective Bureau will be re-
organized In the near future. II is said that q
large number Of the men now In the squad VIII De
taken out and sent back to precincts. VINO IL
to be put at the head Of the bureau no one knows
yet 1t is safe to say that Mclaughlin will never
20 back there. At present. Detective sergeant NC
Cluskey Is In charge Of the bureau. McCluskey 10
Il capable officer. and will in all probability be re-
tanned In some capacity. But the greater part OK
the present STAFF. IL Is said, will 60
Commissioner Andrews yesterday contradicted the
report that Inspector Conin and Captains Cort-
and Neon
IN their new positions six months probation.
"These simply detailed temporarily ne
said. They could not be appointed on probation
unless they were first examined by a civil Service
board"
ROOSEVELT AND CONLIN CONFER.
President Roosevelt consulted with the Acting
Chief Yesterday and met the new Acting Inspectors.
There was more or less gloom at the Central De-
partment among the men who Will be affected by
Byrnes's retirement. Naturally many changes will
be made In the near future In the various ofnces
AZ HEADQUARTERS. The feeling that such VIII %
the case is worrying the men who have held de-
tailed places for long time. they don't know
what IS coming what TO exepect. The physical
examination Of the 1850 men whose applications
for appoinfment were made the Civil Service
Board will begin to-day. one hundred or the men
have been notified 10 appear before the surgeons.
who will examine 100 each day until the entire Lso0
have been examined. After the physical examna-
to pass the mental examinations before the Ponce
Civil Service Board.
THE CHARGES AGAINST EA<INS
Captain Joseph b. Eakins will be tried next Tues
day on charges made by Frank Moss OF the So
cIety for the Prevention of Crime. The charges al
lege neglect OF duty. violation OF rules Nos d. "
and AZ: conduct unbecomng an officer; conduct in
furious public peace and welfare: inef1cency, OF.
lenses mentioned In Rule No. ls2 Of the Police De-
partment. upon the following specifications:
/. Between January /. 1885,. and May u. 1898:
there were. conducted in the Fifteenth Precinct. OF
ds0rdery @ Opsniy and sc o Police nd
did not attempt TO repress them.
2. As to several barrooms.
Each OF the places has an excise license ana
Eakns was charged with the special duty 10 care;
fully observe and inspect them and 70 arres' AZ
fully neglected these duties.
) That on or abou, May Is. 1895 there was
most OF the disorderly places mentioned. but fiye
OF them received renewals OF excise licenses rom
the Board OF Excise without any objection pelng
made by Eakins. and without any notincation oy
the places, or OF the notice which had been served
upon him. , ~ A..
premises No igl West ThIrd-st expiring January
- 1885, was granted on the recommendation OF cap
. s appean 9Sr the license Joseph + Wal
lace. and personal Acquaintance with the pace anu
its bad reputation and character
Charges formulated at Headquarters yester-
day against Sergeant John j. Taylor OF the steanl-
boat Squad for receiving money az gift IN VIOLA
ton Of the rules OF the Department Tayior was ac-
crsei before the Lexow Committee by Patrolndn
Charles A. Beck. who testified that ne pam 'hs
Sergeant So which was part OF certain moneys re-
ccived monthly from steamship companies.
Taylor was also a witness before the committee.
where he gave testimony involving former In.
specor Taylor made application TO be retired. nnt
Il was denied by the board. HIS tria! has been SET
since the new reform Police Board began the bus
mess OF reorganization there have been retired one
chief of police annual pension 5000; one inspector.
x,iO a YEAR: two captains. each on S,3~ year,
one surgeon. on $3.50 year; seven sergeants ana
detective- serreants at $1,000 year each: one po-
lceman AZ $iOO one doorman. AZ %u, ana twenty
six patrolnlen at 500 year each. Thus forty men
49, hsen retired since May 8. and the drain on the
Prilce Pension Fund has been Increased solW
year The payments ont OF the pension iund lass
yonr amounted TO S6n.oU.