The sun., 1900-12-28
HAS DEvERY LOST SEXTON I
ABrii FROZrN or NJ rHs 0THSRs
~ rkOHOJtNO srmSsNfs,
wanted . tuh shsre Go, Os- Captain same
% Hess Has Gsnersil, HAD ses'oo On "is
side In support ~ never, The th'ef
shows Va ireiina,ioo ~ Al to Get Out
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iou 80, you 20
bet'y All but dortso
J'olit,m,n, ,ho'uS modified
The Chic' hasn't gone vet. but IN" w'sc
men vino wore around Police Hc1dqunr'erS
yesterday In large numbers 20 grab IN IN"
hng for police captains shook th"ir hends
" hen thov hoard tho result ~ tho board
meeting and snid. "Dcvery's going, sure
tp 70 YESTERDAY Commissioners S' 1ton
and Ahcll lad hnen regarded ~ safe TO sup
port tho Ch.f. In the board against 'h' ~
tncts OF York and tho Brooklyn orsan'zn-
tion, Commi -sioner Hesss Illness mas k"p'
him ont OF tho politics of the board for me
pnst Few weeks. and standing alone IN IN"
board President York has looked With no
favorable eve on the Dcvcry -Selton-Abell
combination From the time weeks aRo
that York declared war on the Chief. Sexton
has stood bv Dcvcry, and has not hcsit1ted
70 say that he meant to stick bv him and that
he would rcvcr vote tn retire him unless
Devery came To him and told him that he
wanted 10 be retired. TO his friends Com
mi sSioner Saxtop has admitted that he would
10 back ON even pevery IL ordered TO hv
Mr. Croker IIo has said, however. that
he did not helicre the Boss would interfere
in the police situation That, however.
was before Devery made the transfers that
resulted In so much trouble with the Brook
lyn organization. Win sexton and Abel
sanding for DCvery York could work in
vain for thc retirement Of tho Chief, for 1t
takes tnrec Commissioners with The approval
OF The Mayor TO retire CAier
Yesterday new -itu1tinn developed
Abc /, siid TO have gone into the board
meeting determined 10 have fair share
OF the promotions, and hC Ia said to have
depended on sexton 20 help him out In
stead of hrl;iug him, however, sexton Joined
forces with York aud Hesa, and AO2ll was
frozen out on every promotion lropo-
sitlon that he made, save the ono that Il had
been agreed in advance To let him have
This situation II was admitted looked bad
for Devcrv. ~ II Indicated combination
between sexton. 'hc man who holds the
y 10 the situation. and York. the rcprsscn-
alive OF tho Brookiyn organization. which
ia clanoring for peyerv'- removal. As
Ia Mr. u-., also getting only on" man he
isn't kicking much. lie takes what he can
The latcst piece Of gossip is that the Brook
Ign ORGANIZATION IL Insisting that tho thlei
be tried on charges of lnsubOrdination ana
for oriticislug the President OF The Police
Board in the public prIntS. and that II found
guilty lie he dismissed from tie department
Tie Brooklyn men. 1t Is said. don't want
DeyeIy- head only tLey want his pension.
nearly total Of having the Chief reiustated
by the courts after Police Board trial, doesn't
None II the Police Commissioners would
discus, Dcvcry yC-teTaIy Mr. Abel was
asked If he thopght ~ much Of the CHIEF
a. ," did a week ago aen le came ort duly
with some euIogI~tic speech about Dcvery
He thought the matter over for a while and
theu remarked that he was not prepared
present time President York held up both
hands when asked about the retirement OF
Davery. and nothing would indu." him 10
would not talk about TIE matter either No
one could D." found who took seriously the
Titus boom for Chief Titus Iaushed AZ 1t
Doputv Chief tortrlCht would fight pro-
The dav he wns made a deputy chief When
he reached that rank he declared that he
ha, seen MoCrllarh and Conliu make their
exits from The department by wGy Of the
Chief, ofiCe, and a. he wants TO remain
thinks the slfe-t thing to do is TO avoid pro-
mot IN
sihle execution a. 1ortrl cht 'ho-r i not
man IN tho department NOR" rnNious 20 stay
IN il than D"'er> II il yossihle mat COM
rro,rC;inn ont ~ tha siv'oru o. were mode
rererda>; HlGht ioi,n. 'orc"s 0itH pev"r,i
be Tho SAM - u wqs when SeNtou and Hess
and IT, Chic' ",r" stanil". 'oC,thcr But
Hc.s Is ro' likolv 20 take any .dC that Viii
nprio-. liun - SoNt"n. lie l. tho r"r"ciul
,,,or,Ner 80 'hr hoard a0d gomez Nv takes
yrlr' no .nts "l'hout ASKING 'pr more. pnd
,,l,Fcs II 4 rus no' To- have any trouble with
IN" I Irmmrny members Of tho board
n, n 'cw dava NJ the most we situation
NJ HN0iuuartrrs ought 10 C'"lr up Com
snrv.tivr Officers helicve Mat IL peverv
l. IN hic rl1Ce n vcnk from TODAY he VIII
ha there FOR rood 50 f1r ~ the Irc,en' oppo-
>itiou TO him i concerned
col joel Is frh'rdt ~ the Com w!t'ce of
Fifteen had sometime 80 s1v about tho re-
tiromcn' of Dev"rV 'e"'crd1v.
- wish to draw attention" he said, so
ono Of tho rrac'ices that sc"r to ohtrin In
this c,-y which rrr'rit- a rublic of1Cial like
pcvcrv, who has tarrcd hln,clf With incNt-
ciarcy and worse. to retire on s2,ON n year
u This hs not premium on irefiC!encv and
criminalltv I'd ike - know what l. II
such an orIcill. through whose neglect, 70
,ul' it mildly. Mo oitv has been mad" y sink
- vice, can he retired upon $1,000 a year Of
The money 81 those citizens to whose Interests
he has been unfaithtul, simrlv because there
j. 30 other way of g'ttirg rid Of him. then
'hnk I hrvn shown Won a promising field
for legislative reform"
Mr. Aben was asked yesterday why he
voted for the promotions when nc could not
get hi, ncn selected Hc said he didn't
want 10 ohs'ruct business
TRIAL OF THE BTG THOMAS.