The evening world., 1895-05-20
CAPTAINS Ask TO RETIRE.
Ryan and Eakins File Applica-
tions with the Police Board.
Police Cemsured for Not Aiding
Other City Departments.

Police Capt. Thomas NJ. Ryan. OF the
High Bridge station. and Capt. Josepa
Il. Eak.ns, Of the Mercer street station.
filed applications for retirement with
Chief Clerk Kipp a; Headquarters to-
day.
Capt. Eak.ns's record was questioned
during the Lexow Committees .nvesti-
CATION last Summer.
capt. Ryan. 1t is said. mas a clean
record
Capt. Ryan was appointed on the
force In 1863. and Capt. Eakins in lStd
The applications were referred by the
Police Board to the Committee on Pen
sions.
At the meeting u the Commissioners
the President read the letter detailing
the neglect OF the police to assist tn,
Sherff's office and street Cleaning De
partmen'.
CO.. Waring wrote that ne often had
to apply to the Delaney street station
and the Eldridge street station for as
II meet with great hindrance in this
respect from capt. Schultz, Of the De
lancey street station" wrote the Colonel
but am nobly assisted by Cart Cort,
The Hoard decided to send the letter
Sheriff Tamsen wrote that the police
had not assisted hts men as much as
they could In making arrests.
1t was announced that the personnel
Board % would would be "I named a, the nSNi
sergeant sergeant who viii be SECRETARY of the
The Commissioners hlled an engage
ment In Commissioners Parker office,
to- sit for a group picture this morning
The Commissioners decided that they
| would make supplementary to the pres
ent police physical examination test the
Civ. Service Examining Boards ap-
President Roosevelt said he had been
Informed by patrolmen that It was
nstSy Impossible for them them to comply
at the station house. after tour, II they
had been called of post during the day
The complaint, the President said. was
that the Sergeant refused to note in the
bIotter such report. and the patrolman
in consequence received the blame
Formerly there were already found
behind the desks small books, and each &
ord II ne had been on post during his
tour Of that day The Board decided to
resurrec: the dead system.
One Hundred and Fourth street station
was dismissed from the force. He Is a
liquor-store victim, with q bad record,
West One Hundred and Twenty hftf
street station. was retired with a pen
| sion
The Board then went into executive
| session. 1t was said they would consider
several important applications for retire
| ,ne,t
The Board. however, made public @ only
| delinquents:
Franklin C. Cooper. West Forty-sev
enth street station. failing to discover q
days; George c. Strong. Madison stree
station, failing to arrest tough II
Cherry street on April g. fifteen days
Patrick Donnellion, East One Hundred
and Twenty-sixth street station. failnt
John II. Hurley. East Fifty-first stree
station, not properly patro!ling his post
five days.
The funny fellow who worked Mayo
Strong up IN January by writing Il
him. calling his attention to a rendez
vous n public building for crooks q
all kinds, tried 1t on the new Police
Roosevelt, who gravely had 1t read anC
placed on file.
The letter was as follows:
NEW YORK. May IS. 1895
Dear Sir | beg leave to inform you KNOWN
that you will give due consideration, that Elr
street. between Franklin and Leonard is the reso'
years Very little effort Is made to rid tn
place permanently of the pests. who have grow
bolder with the apathy Of the police. until tn"
now make rendezvous of almost the who
block. Active measures your part to STAN
them out will earn the heartfelt thanks Of man
sufferers. JOSEPH DDNOHIE
The rendezvous is. of course, tn
Tombs prison.