The sun., 1901-05-03
JEROME, HE Rifles DEVERY.
TIN SOLDIER RAISIN' RIOT ~ THE
STREETS" CRIES THE BOSS cor.
Not DIN to Run This Town n I Can Help Ir'
-subordinstes Applaud wildly Biuecoat
Just Out Of Jail Saved From BEING Bounced
Because the Justice Sentenced Him.

| bechuse the Justice sentenced him
Deputy Commissioner Devery broke loose
yesterday at the police trials and added to
his series of discourses on What | think OF
| certain people" a diatribe against Justice
| jerome Of Special Sessions Devery tersely
I pronounced the Justice tin soldier" and
| announced that he's not gon 10 run the
I city II | can help It,. ut which the whole
! court room. captains, sergcants, roundsmen
and plain cops, appauded whooping II mp with
| hands, feet and voice. while Devery leaned
j back in his big chair purple but happy IN
their support From front seat Justice
! Maclean Of the Supreme Court, who was
Police Commissioner Of anot her stamp in hi =
! day. looked on They u.ei 80 call Commmis-
sioner MacLean the iccle When he Judged
| the cops the slightest sign Of leylty was
! promptly rebuked by clearing the court room.
/ Policeman Michael j McAlanus Of the
! West Thirty-Seventh street sta ton. who
recently was sentenced by Justice jerome
1 to three months In the penntcntary for
| abandoning his children was on trial before
| MIR Devery when he exploded The police
| man has just finished serving his sentence
| Deverv himself, when he was Chief signed
! the com plant against McManus on which,
under the department rules. he was ar
raigned yeslerday
Lawyer Lous Grant, who knows Devery
( and his weaknesses. appeared for the police
man and at every opportunity he Haunted
the Justices name before the Deputy Com
' missioner while out Of the corner Of his eye
he watched the effect His argument was
In substance that hi- client had pleaded not
guilty. but his plea had been put down "a
guilty
p.lig ait uI T.akl lra
after Scrgt Langan had testified that the
records showed tnat the policeman had
pleaded sI!ltv Then came the, explosion
Justice Jerome. en-" beloved Mr. Devery.
This complaints dismissed There's lot OF
tin soldier. runnin around this town With
popgunS on their shoulders. shootin EN- on In
the streets and raising riot and rebellion an
! degradin the whole the whole community
It, ap outrage Juoge Jerome amt goin'
10 run this town If KIN help II wild ap-
plause from the cops ia court say is an
outrage It's claimed here that this man
was wrongfullv coDyicted. an | believe 1t
Its about time a halt was called
The policeman afterward received con-
gratulaton- on what was agreed To be
! lucky escape for him such a charge after
criminal conviction Ia. always been CON
sidered a breaking matter In the next
enemy An inspector OF the MetrVpolitan
street Railway accused Policeman Williams
fender Of the car with which il was entaneled
The policeman said that he was afraid that
the horses legs would be broken II that
was attempted Several reporters testified
"Nes. said Dpyery 20 one of them There
was big crowd around, wasn't there' Just
whRt YOU fellers like It's pity there wasn't
some Of them Tin soldiers around TO mike
some noise and excitement for you loo
bad them tin soldiers didn't go there with q
brass band. an give you another sensatlon!-
This was tho Deputy Commissioners de-
cision In the case. Now In this case, here.
YOU. inspector. hadn't ought tor 40 for to
You were after removiu' him subsequent
to the outanglin' OF his legs In that fender
I'm satisfied THAT the officer was right Case
dismissed
The only comment Justice Jerome would
make on Mr. Dsvery's outbuTst was. IF Com
missioner Deyery Choosos 20 forget himself
that Is no reason why | should forget my
self As 10 he trial Of McManus in Special
Sessions tho Justice said
The records show that McManus pleaded
guilty 10 the charge Of failing TO support
Jacob and Mexican with myself as presiding
Judge McManus after pleading guilty was
s,entenced to three months IN the penitcntiary
The ohildren's society reported TO us that
the man was Incorporate, that two Of his
children had been committed 10 institutions
and that he had deserted his wife The
statement was also made In court. ~ my
recollection serves me. that MCManus had
once been dismissed from the force
The court unaiimousy ~ decided that
an oficer who was drawing 81, 400 year
and vet refused TO support his children was
guilty ~ an offence that called for severer
punishment than a nero fine We knew
that there wei" a number Of honorable men
IN tho police force, and wa thought II was
due 10 them that so inhuWan q man a.
McMHnus should he imprisoned In COM
mittIug him for three months we took into con-
slderation the fact NAT he would undoubtedly
as we thought bo dismissed from the force
II We had though' that AZ the end Of his in
prisonmenf lie would have been restored
10 his position IN the department most as
sur"dly we should have voted for a much
longer term In lhe pcutentlsry