The sun., 1900-12-20
WHY I DID IT-BY DEvERY.
yORK AND MLAroHIJN nav BRo0HLyN
UNTIL mr. WAS URED.
wctlushy ws Too Chesty and wouidnr Con-
nde In the thief No Politics In n
Chief wont He.iHn Did He E,cced Ills
Powers7 - More Transfers Just Announced.

| chief D"very announced yesterday that he
| was at homo He evidently expected
( reporter. NJ hia house. They came and he dc
tnt"d a st1tcment about hi- sweeping trans
I fers Of high pocciofiiclaI. He said
| York and the brooklyn crowd have been
| throwing mud at me since Saturday. ]
! want to tell YOU something about Mr. York
| aud his Brooklyn people. Whom | was made
| Clief Of Police York told ne | must keep
! my hands on Brooklyn. He said he would
: be responsible for that borough. | did keep
| my hands OF and let him run IL But nnally
| concluded ] was chief Of Police for the peo-
| pie of this community and not for the polIt-
| clans. York and Mclaughlin ran Brooklyn
| to suit themselves Mclaughlin did nothing
| He loufcd around with IA high hat on the back
of his head. ! never could set him to my
Office at Police HEADQUARTERS. He has never
been there since | was Chief Of Police. 1
never talked police business with him. because
could not get him {" come. could do moth
ing In Brooklyn on account Of York and knew
| nothing about what was going on there,
lork's Instructions were for mo to keep my
hands on
Il refused 10 do so any longer. and you
know what the result Is. l did not want to
bring vice there Whatever IL going on therc
that IL wrong York Is responsible for. lie
said he would he and lac IS.
Il made up my mind To- move Mclaughlin
because believe in the people and not poli-
ucians running the Police Department
Il don't give a rap what Whuen says ABOUT
my right TO make trans,c re- | knew what
was doing and stand BY what have done.
The Police board can make the deputy chief.
but alter they have made him he is subject
10 the orders q? the Chief of Police. When
the charter was framed il provided for the
organization of the Police Department. IL
gave the right to tho Police Department TO
appoint the Chleg and his deputies, but after
Their appointment the commissioners had
nothing more to do with their disposition
except in the case Of charges.
let iue ten you, am not stuck on my
place. Providence put lue there, l didnt
have much help But sihce I'm here ! am
not going To resign Get that straight Neither |
arn ! afraid Of tho Police board removing /
II the board deems fit to make transfers /
over my head that IS another matter. They |
know the law On thHj subject aud 50 do ].
were part OF a political deal Now. lei. mo !
saw most. cmphatically that lanmany Hal;
notIlnc 10 do with H. There wa. no political
in''ricrence am ca not dea;i1t vow w'h ian pew sav
right here that | bclieyc that there Is no place
In the Police Department for politics Ana
you can say further that p"huos VII! not be
,hlcr Of police. wont have II and they
know l wont have It. believe IN putting
men in re-lprs.hI" positions who know how
u treat people dccruly.
yog an %ny Tem%,ved Chisi G.Gf,I,e of peteo Go
bureau as part Of my own office. Iti created
IS part Of IN" Polio" Icrartment ana Is, Is undeT
heliry" IN the chief oi Detectives controlling
hi, own men, but a. tn" same tim" Mhii, l"
Tn9T SS what "a s@ to IH Erc daYr nT. H., M rcck
murder and other mysteries. wanted 10
know all about tho~" cases WORK Ju't
~ hard a. amy other man ia this GelHItr'At
aud | am responsible Tor the entT" police.
Now, / couldn', get McClusky. +" I;ve y"
any niormat,un. When ! rrnt for Inn ;.
syrllrd up aud seemed atfrorted As Chief
of Police could not and would not tot rae
that. The sort oi men want IN rc,poLsihie
Titus He is an able officer. treats people
well and understands his business. McClishy
was good man. too. c"udu'ted ms once
"rhcy say ,.'lr. ny own men down to
Con.v Island to look after things. | never
did. ] haven't cIv. Of a. own men 10 send.
York and M'LYuS2hn dlt send Ms'r m"n
,hcv know about II and are responsible TOR 1t.
They've been shielding tr"u selves tGp long.
don IroPcr" }or "a 'T 10 ,b5 5' per ' ;ran,rs
| haven't anything against the men, blt II
is good for N" dIpaLtmen, 70 f"an" A. , ra~in
iers were mad" solely on my own ludgWent
without consultation with another ind diyiduai
and absolutely without itical advic"
The Airf added 70 thi~ that he had intended |
to spend a part If H. vacation out of town.
Sut that he guessed he would st1v IN town
now nov ''''a and TIA, ho thought il quite possible
that y" would h- back in his Office and at
wort within few day-. p.,,. n-,
wn, asked about the, D"very statement he
sad tha, he had read some headlines about
mil hc did read IT,. h" -aid he would have
nothing To say about II.
s Til adGand .ffn II" one S tnss Hnu snn VIII Nsn Keep
Won know aud some things vii. not keep.
is pevcry one q n" thlngT that a.r% VI not
DO YOU think that Prov >td"nce made Dev- |
cry chief OF police" reporter asked Mr.
Il don't know" responded the President OF |
tho tosrd. "Provid"nuc Is very wise 1t |
est1blisned an asylum at the upper end OF the
Men the statement that he was trans
ferred from The Detective Bureau because he
be laughed and refused e shy & nn,,ytnins ,,, ,
Sf or crf Htf bnverV S %sl'ot tran.cr q deputy ta!
MIR Whalcn said that he had not written the
opinion vet. Mr. York eNpsgt7 the @ Gp'n,on
il viii sustain his contention that "a deputy
chief cauno, be Transferred without tho
boards consent Ii York Is sustained Clay ,
ton will 60 back to Qu"enc and Mclaughlin
viii take up his work again in Brooklyn.
James Sheylin sud yesterday TINT lie was
Ib og Tg"sday nlsht ana sdar. n.d a., thS 8 wth an
Of ha, e did nd onsG a" ham
about tho transfers. The Police Board did
not meet yesterday because President YORK.
s. nved at the oflce of Cprporntion Counsel
Whalpn unit 4Su O'clock ~ VIII surrey
N ect to-day. aCrordlug to Mr.. York, and the
prob bDtie- ore that "a motion 20 ClII on IN" I
ilyil service Board for the eligible llst "t
s"ryeants 20 be promoted to carialncl"s Wlil =
be lassed. II was said yesterday mat
v hon the request reaches the tlvll service
tncv will dcclIn" 10 Furnish ,
tho list on the ground that protests against
their ratings have been made by some i"ttE
uf the sCr,'uuts who nre on th" list. ! he~1
scrgoantI say ihnt after getting the fun 20
per cent. awarded bv the livil Service Com
rissioner-, they have been undcrra'ed by
the Police Board on their records in the de-
pJrtmen'. ,,.,
Transfers that were mnde last SATURDAY
hy Chief pevery. In addition 70 those made
tho dav before. were made public Yesterday
The transfers are mostly tho result Of the
transfer. of tho day before, each captain I
and inspector transferred taking mon WA"
lad served under him in his old post along
with him to ms new post. Ih"S" ar" me
more important Transfers Serets. Patrick
Welsh Mulberry street, 70 High Bridge.
James MrGlynn, h,sh bridge, TO Mulberry
street and then to kincshridga Jacob Brown.
Grand Central depot. - Elizabeth street;
John McNamlra. Elizabeth street. 10 Grand
4, s,atinr Rtuul-luan Herman MelsS, | 4