The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-05
BROOKLYN COPS BUNCOED7
a Lor or "PhoMoTION MONET, SAID
TO HAZE GONE TO TEXAS

More, It Is Said, Than the Force Lost in
tho Franklin Syndicats-A Mysterious
Hnrt, Who Has ynnished-Story Recall.
w. J. v. Hart Once of This borough
There has been talk for ten days among
Brooklyn policemen about bunco game that
II said to have cost several score members OF
the force much more than other Brooklyn
policemen lost In the collapse OF tho Franklin
Syndicate. II Is the old story OF money put up
to buy promotion. Nobody is telling who pus
up the money but the Forty-thri precinct.
South Brooklyn. suffered most according to
the current version.
The story Is that a man known as Hart who
professed to be employed In one OF the city
departments and TO have n pull that enabled
him to get candidates past the Civil Service
Board and the Police Board. has disappeared
with n lot OF money collected from members OF
the force DESTROYS OF promotion and Is said TO
be In Texas. Ono account puts his taklngs al
$4,000 and further says that his price was
$4,000 to sergeants In search OF captainces.
$4,000 to roundsmen who would be sergeants.
500 to patrolmen who would be roundsmen
md $500 the staple price OF tradlton-for
men seeking admission to the force. He prob
ably didn't get $4,000. but II the talk heard
among Brooklyn policemen IL anything but
talk lie did get lot OF money The victims
havo discovered. It Is said. that he was
not employed by the city. as he represented.
One version OF the story Is that a former
Brooklyn policeman. now In business In this
city. introduced the victims to the man who
got their money. THE Sun reporter saw this
ex-poiceman. He declares that he never saw
or heard Of the swindler and knows nothing Of
the promotion funds said to have bsen raised.
Deputy Chief Mackellar OF Brooklyn says
that al he knows OF the casa Is what he has
Mt the Forty-third precinct station. but could
ind nothing 70 go upon and dropped the mat
ter,
porter could not learn. The name Of William
j. V. Hart has appeared many times in the
newspapers in connection with policemen and
| money William j. V. Hart kept for some timo
Boulevard. He was twice arrested on a charge
| OF collecting money from men ambitious to
yet on the police force and then failing 10 land
them there, These cases are still pending.
| May 81 Roger Sheedy. the receiving clerk OF
the Old Dominion line OF steamships, testified
| under oath that his wife had paid 500 to Hart
| on tha recommendation Of q. policeman named
| that Hart could get Sheedy on the force Mrs.
| Sheedy was then called to the stand
| "puRan told me she swore. that Hart
made sergeBnts, roundsmen and captains
every week. Mrs. DuRan told me not 70 worry
a hrother.ip-iaw Of President York. When
weeks went by and nothing came OF my pay
| dcncd me Then told Dugnn ! was going TO
| Headquarters. hut he said they would pay no
attention 70 me there because they took money
| Mrs. Sheedy added that she went to Head
| quarters and that the Inspector she saw re-
| fused TO take any action on her complaint
| Cornelius +, Cunningham on the same day
place on the force but that nothing had come
OF H.