The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
DRY N IN BROOKLYN.
CHIEF M~'CULLAGH LECTURES THU
POLICE CAPTAINS.

He Says tho Law Must He Enrorced in ali the
BorouEhs Alike. nnd slde Doors Must ne
Closed - Dissatisfied with Last .sunnsy,s
Record in Brookl,D. G.aeens. and Richmond.
Chief McCullagh hau all the commanding OF.
fcers of the police force in Mulberry street yes.
terday. They came in two squads, those from
the mainland which is supposed to comprise
Manhattan and the Bronx. in one. and the
islanders" that is to say, the men Of Brooklyn,
Queens. and Richmond, in another. This wa
because his r IN can poorly accommodate them
all at once. partly also. It may have been. be-
cause he had a word for tho private ear of the
islanders which 1t would not have been good for
the others to listen to.
The Brooklynites came over in force. headed
by their Chief. Mackellar. They were in coun.
Gil with him when the summons came from
Mulberry street. and they went right across in
q body, arriving just as the tribe of Mani attain
and the Bronx left. The big Chief had talked
plainly to tho first squad. He was about tired
of denying the story that this was to be o wide.
open town. he said, and he wanted them. in
their various precincts, from the Tenderloin to
Wakefield on the north and to the Battery on
the south, to show the people tomorrow and
every day that it was a mistaken notion.
Saloon keepers. gamblers. pool sellers, and all
were to obey the law. and obey 1t to the letter.
Last Sunday was not wide open. Tomorrow
I want you to shut a little tighter II possible,".
said tho Chief as no dismissed the mon. Upon
their heels came tho islanders. "
The Chief invited them in and said that he
was glad to see them. At the same time he
would have been gladder still had they made e.
denco that they took him at his word. There
were. said the, Chief, consulting the footingS
i've arrests for violation of tho excise law in the
bor9ughs Of Manhattan and the Bronx. -
Brooklyn. Queens. and Richmond are bianf3
Not one arrest in your three boroughs that day
nor s lllsaisl s iiatGudH oo sel ajaF in M Bro q . 1sas or 5h IN i %sse
Island City. in Jamaica. or on Staten Island !
should be very glad 7 to believe it but I am etrsid
one for BTrSoklyn, Long Island CITY. and staten
a aS!t w infs a rs HSs9f Is q shut e ti wia0 1MP s orders 81 s' GO
swinging side doors in either place on Sunday.
cr m1O !, know MS.T t that 4 Eaam;b f Yon IL illegal; .rs Well Ell.
to run IL, Ridsewood hotels any more than In
when you find them%Snd you. had better re-
member that you arc there to find them-orI will
dc 1t for you. But then that may not DO to your
Tho Chief pointed out that to-day was Sun
go home and enforce the laws" he oonclud.
cd. Enforce them strictly. yet with modera.
ton: There is to be no persecution; Every:
objects, you tell them that McCullagh said 30.
1t Ia his orders
The Captains went, and tho Chief resumed his
investigation of the bribery charges against Pc.
licemen Henderson and Lilly Of the boiler in.i
| spection squad. Charges have been mado on
behalf of the Engineers Association that a reg
ular system of extortiOn Is practiced. at the
Boiler Inspection Bureau, and the Chief means
TO get to the bottom OF tho matter II he can. 10
ia said that there are letters In existence to
provo that other engineers have been victim-
lied. and the Chief has called for their produo-
tion without delay. ,
Tho examination of the police of Queens has
been finished by Inspector Rhodes. and his re-
port - In: The legal status Of tho hundred
days" officers appointed In anticipStion Of the
their status has been ascertained the board will
know how many policemen 1t has and how many
1t needs. The charter allows an increase Of $50
each year. but it Is not unlikely that the board.
will ask the Legislature for a larger number In
a lump this winter. That will depend on the
reports from the borougbs and the Chiefs
recommendation as to the kind OF police wanted
for the outlying districts. He Is now preparing
a report for the board embodytng his recon-
mendations for the different boroughs.