The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-29
CHANGE IS MADE.
Chief brennan Sends
Forth His Long
ExpectedDecree.
POLICE DEPARTMENT UPHEAVED
"FOr the Good of the Ser
vice" is the Reason
Assigned.
POLICE DEPARTMENT UPHEAVED

Sergts. Walter N. Drohan and Will
liam Hickey and officers Mason, Hem
menway o. A. Johnson, Fairbanks,
Blanchard, Pike and Whiting will re-
port for duty to Capt Matthews at sta
ton after July l. and Sergts. McMur-
ray and Warren and officers Craffey,
Fitzgerald, Quimby, Thomas, Mat
thews Murphy Boyle and Barrett will
report for duty to Capt. Ranger at sta
ton 1.
The above are the changes in the po-
lice department as foretold by The Spy
Sunday, and now that they have been
made known, more than one officer at
station 1 will breathe easier.
Chief of Police James M. brennan
talked the situation over with Capt.
Matthews yesterday morning after the
session OF the central district court and
the above men were picked to change
ABOUT for the good of the service.
Inc changes were not made public dur
ing the day, but last night order No. 13
was posted in the guard room at sta
tlon l and was also read to the o'clock
relief. 1t reads
On and after July /, 1899, the follow
ing changes will take place in the po-
| lice department:
Sergts. Thomas McMurray and John
". warren and Patrolmen Quimby,
Cfaftey, Murphy, Boyle, Barrett, Mat
thews and Fitzgerald will report for
duty to Capt. Ranger at station /.
Sergts. Drohan and William Hickey,
Patrolmen Mason, Hemmenway, Fair
| oahks, Whiting, Blanchard, Pike and
.: A: johnson will report to Capt.
Matthews at station 2 for duty
These changes are made for tie
good of the service and to familiar
fze officers with police work in diff
ferent parts of the CITY and may
be longer or shorter, as the exigency
OF the service may demand, ami Of
f1cers will remember that there
must not be any distinction between
station l and 2 In character or eff
cheney of the officers or their police
service. By order
James NJ. brennan, chief of police.
With the exception of officer Pike,
| all the men sent from station ! have
been in the police department for a
number of years, and every one of the
seven would prefer to remain at sta
liOil l. w AliC ClNll lildll IGdllLtS Nildl
he will be looked on as "a crackajack''
| by his brother officers of station >, they
modestly shun the honor thrust upon
| them.
The officers sent from station to
station l would also prefer to remain
where they are for the present. Every
one of them considers that the talk
made about officers of station 2 puts
them in bad light in the eyes Of the
! people of the city. One of the officials
at the second station takes exceptions
| to the talk made about the poor work
| of the officers at that station, and he
states that he would not for moment
fear to make a wager that the men
sent to the central station will not have
to keep one eye on the ball to learn
anything about police work.
They have always kept things
| straight down in this district, said
the official, "apd for every time an Of
Tense has been committed a man has
been brought before Judge Ctley to
answer for his offense as quickly as he
would be if it was in station l terri
tery." The way the matter now star :,
II looks very much as though the Off
GERS who are leaving this station are
going into a kindergarten class at the
central station.
The men who go to station l have
been sent there to bring the service at
mat station to a high state of eff
cheney, and some of the Officers at
station are afraid that the level at
the central station may fall bit by
pulling seven officers out of the ranks.
Capt. Matthews will remain at sta
zion ; for another month, probably I'M
til things get into running shape and
then it is expected that he will be back
IN his old berth at the Waldo street sta
| ton.