New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-27
nrvERY SHIFTS CAPTAINS.
,,,r,cANr TRANSFERS OF PRECINCT
COMMANDERS.


r,,e, Of Police Devery yesterday shifted
.-.n,v.,hree precinct commanders. The changes
W.. x.reu,ely significant and go to show the
'.o,r,mme which Tammany adopted when
psrv WAS made head OF the force. The most
,,,nor,ant transfer is that OF captain fIoe "
WI rsraer,o,n from the West Sixty-eighth-st.
,,stion. Captain sheehan. now IN 'ne Ienaer-
80. nenp sent I'D TO Prices old station. The
other changes are
,oux r STEPHENSON. E,drdsc-st to ElIzabeth-st
srEPHEN o'BIIEN East one-huadFeo-ano- 'n'r"-
eish,h-s, 70 L@onard-s;
n,SrEI, c. MOUNTAIN. Morr.sania TO Charles-st
CHARLES L. ALDERTSoN. Muioeuy-s' 70 Maeoou-
gsl-st
GILLIAN THOMPSON Ieonard-st. TO Mulberry-st
fouN NJ o'KEEFFE Deancey-st TO Eldridse-st
ruoNAs DlMOND Newtown 10 Delsneey-st
GILLIAN HOGAN. Macdougai-st to Mercer-s''
urNRY HALPIN. Charles-st to West Th''y-seV-
-,vnrpIcr, W MARTENS Grand Central to Eas;
Thirty-nfth-st
ANDREW J. THOMAS. West OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES" "
IVES, For;y-sevsnth-st
eosERT YOUNG. East Eishtyeighth-st to Grand
Central -
HENRY FRERs. West Chester to East Esh'y-eishth-s''
STEPHEN Z. BROWN. West Th:r'y-eeventh-s'' 10
East One-hundre,i- and-fourth-st
TIMOTHY J. CREEDEN. East One -hundred-and-
tourth-st 70 Newtown
cropGE r TITUS. Yves; Forty-seventh-st. TO west
One-hunlredih-st.
GEORGE 6. CHAPMAN. Mereer-st' 70 Last o'e
dred-and thiry-eighth-st
yoHN wIEGAND. East Thir;y-ffth-st TO Morrisana'
way r sCIiMITTBERGER. fremont 10 Wakefield
WILLIAM DEAN. Elzabeth-st. TO West Chester
.,,,nr Csp;aIn BIRTIE&D. Wakefield to fremont
The changes were freely discussed at Head
,uarters and in other places where interest In
no,,ce affairs is taken. Undoubtedly some of
me transfers are made because the election IS
coming on and Tammany wants certain cap
tains where they can be most useful TO the or
ranizaton. Captain Price was favorite under
the old Tamnany regime. and now gets the
,rsc,nrt which is generally most sought after
BY police commanders.
The transfer Of Captain Dean from the Eliza
beth-st. precinct caused some amusement The
captain a day two ago expressed sympathy
with the crusade against vice which Father Pis-
eooo of the Church Of the Most Precious Blood.
ut Baxter ard Canal SITS. has started IN his par
lsh The anomalous spectacle or a precinct
commander under the present police admnistra-
ton showing a weakness for any reform move
hlent was remarked by many good citizens, ana
II was said that Dean would probably get his
reward" after the most approved Tammahy
fashion. Now comes the announcement that ne
Is TO rusticate in the old Town Hall OF the Tor
mer village Of West Chester The Elizabeth
st. precinct is regarded as an important one as
It includes the whole OF Chinatown. 1t was as
q captain there tha; ex-Chief McCullagh first
made his reputation an efficient police COM
mander. Captain Stephenson. who takes Deans
place was convicted OF taking a basket OF
peaches a bride, just after the Lexow in
quiry. His was carried up to the Court OF
Appeals and was finally decided in his favor
and he was reinstated.
The present administration has always had
It in" for Captain Schmittberger Not only did
he turn States evidence at the Lexow invest-
cation but 1t was he who as a sergeant. arrest
ed the present Mayor. then a City Court Jus
tice. at the French Ball in 1890 When he was
relegated 10 fremont 1t was thought that he
was, rather harshly treated. but now he goes
still further north. and gets only a sub-station
at that.
OF course. Chapman. the former Gear II the
Tenderloin.' is sent far uptown to a quiet pre-
cnct. Tammany never did have any US. for
him.
Captain Creeden, who goes from q good up
town precinct in Manhattan to Newtown. IN
Queens. confessed before the Lexow committee
that he had to pay for his promotion to a cap
taincy, and caused much comment by his frank
and candid conduct. Naturally he was chosen
as an object Of Tammany wrath.
In addition TO the transfers of captains, Chief
Devery remanded to patrol duty a hundred and
fifty men detailed to duty in courts and other
places Only few were taken from each court
He said the men were needed in various places
where patrolmen were short Sixty will be sent
10 the Borough Of Queens for the summer,
twenty-f to Staten Island, twenty-five to
Coney Island and the others TO different pre-
cincts in the Borough OF Manhattan where the
force is short handed.
The changes Of captains went into effect at
p yesterday. The others will take effect
al 8 a. m. to-day.
When Captain Price took command Of the
Nineteenth Precinct Last night. ne at once pro-
claimed that he intended to be boss Of It,
The first object Of his DOSING tactics was the
reporters. who, he declared. would not be al
lowed to hang around" the station. He ordered
them all out. and they were forced TO watch the
station from the steps Of the mission house
across the street.
THE WHITE ELEPHANT" WILL REOPEN