New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-26
DISCIPLINE BY TRANSFER.
AND THE OCCASIONS FOR THEIR
REMOVAL. TIiEREFROM.


The recent transfers Of police captains by
Chief McCullagh have again brought To the at
tent.cn of the public the fact that some OF the
police precincts OF this city are regarded by the
captains as favorte berths while other pre-
Crcts nave attached to them certain draw backs
and disadvantages which unnvting TO tho
wcarcrs Of gold shields. All NEWCOMERS know
that the Tendcrloin is the precinct most desired
al a captains bawicl. and it has been 50 re-
gardei by captains OF The finest" ever since 1t
got the name from a boast Of Alexander >.
b Williams V hen he was installed IN the station in
West rhirtictn-st as captain rye got inc
tcndrtion of the department"
Since Williams became SO notorious in the
'rcnderlon the precinct has had variety OF
commanders. good. bad AID Indifferent. but the
most notorious Of the lot was Chapman. VINO
VAS sent away to make room Tor Sheehah I
week ago. III former times. before the LeXo"
Cnmui'tc laid bare so much police cxtOrtion and
matchmaking. there was a fortune in the protec-
ton OF the ranblng-house5 rooirooms ana
other dens OF vice in the pre- 'nct and even
since the reformation Of thu department the
precinct Is an inviting plac" for Il captain Wh)
wants notoricjy. The heart Of New-Iork beats
In the precinct all night ionf. The leading hotels
ard thcatics are thor. and along the chief
thorovghfascs of the precinct the tide OF hu-
manity sets most strongly. There IS life. ex-
element and interest IL the Tenderloin when
the streets Of ether parts Of the city are d..
scrt,I
Not 50 many years ago the most inviting spp;
cur 4 polio, CAPTAIN to s.tile down in, next to
the Ten!crioin WAS the Fifteenth Precinct, thu
station II which is in Mcrccr-st. When Thomas
| Eyrrcs was a captain h. commanded the pre-
circt for years. The murder Of Fisk by Stokes
ard TIA. Manhattan Bank robbery were two ol
many startling crimes which were committed
! in the precinct when there were fewer hotet
! and theatres further uptown. when Broadway
was lined with gambling houses near Houston,
| st. ard dance halls and other resorts for the
| wicked were thick in the precinct. Reform
, and the advance az business have changed the
character Of tn" precinct 50 much that there Is
less life at ni;ht there now. but it Is still con
sidorod on, II thc desirable places for Il captain
II police.
! Most 81 the other downtown precincts ara
preferred to precincts far uptown. for the reason
! that there is more business of importance going
| on and more opportunity in them for work that
make "A commander 81 police popular and we'll
known good record Of arrests may place
captain in lin" for promotion. and In the thckly
settled districts and business centres there are
more opportunities for arrests. heca iSc there Is
rior. crime If there w.ls NJ crime in the city
,i.,c would L. no need q The police is remark
! ofcu mad. 10y captains of police who ar IN
1 cliu,I to h" philosophers
4, g.. sent mp among VI" gorts' - contlcrei
a., greatest indienity and Disgrace n"yt To Dis
4 missa' that Il police captain has To suffer.
/ .G..i,.ii-" g. a police captain means fremont.
: itllstrGgr or Inghbtil;r - ono 81 those
T .Ntrciuc northern precincts a captain Is sent