The sun., 1901-04-12
POLICE RATINGS MISSING.
OFFERING ORAL PROOF THAT POLICE
BOARD ALTERED THEN.
Commissioner sexton Can't Cnderstand what
Became Of the Originals How He Picked
His Frve Police Captains Out Of the
Eligible List -- The Ttnkered Raungs.

Became oS the Originals How He Picked
His FIve Police Captains Out Of the
Eligible List So The rtnkered Rating.
President John g. sexton Of the Health
Depart ment. who was the Tammany member
of the Police Board when the last batoh OF
police captains was created, was the star
witness before the State Civil Service Com
mission at the New York Life Building yes,er-
day The civil Service Reform Associa-
tion complained that the promotions went
by favor, and not on the records Of the men.
and that all OF them ought to be overturned
The room was hlled with policemen who
had been subp1nRed and eI-tommssioners
York, sexton and Abell were in a little group
in one corner y II Ordway, counsel FOR
tho association. asked the questions.
The first thing the association set out 20
prove was that the certificates Of captains
TO the capabny and fitness Of the sergeants
up for promotion were nowhere 10 be found
Chief Clerk Kip said that he did not know
whore they we're, they had been turned over
to the Municipal Civil Service Commission.
he supposed lli- deputy. william Della
mater did not know where the report Of
the Chief on the effciency OF tho candidates
was He said that he was in charge of th"
records Of the department. but cant take
charge Of what H. never turned over to me"
hc added
Chief Examiner q. ireland Of the local
Cyil Service Board testified that he tried Ia
80 bcnnd the ratings for efficiency made by
the Comm. ,sloners. and Ia md out on what
they we're based. but that he never was able
to get anything except the matter that had
been sent to him by the Police Commissioners.
4 " Brlsros. the chief clerk Of the State
- thYF rIa, tha ti.f,a
were Arst questioned ne wa, sent "a an In
spector to investigate. and tried to find out
what had bcc1ina of the original re ports on
the hlnrs, uf tho men He went fr ON one
official Of the department to another. Tho
Original papers had entirely disappeared
1t iS alleged that # these originals wero COM
pared Nlth the ratings sent to tho Clvil Ser
vice Commission it would he found tina: the
board arbtrari,. altered tho MARKS in such
u way a. - deprive certain men OF the Ch ance
to g"' On the ~llgh bile list.
In the absence q. the papers Sergts
Nally. Brown and OtoLnpr wore called 10
tell what marks rad been gwen 20 them hv
their ~lp"rOrs, and The tnrn Who made th@
marks We" Dlll"d - t"II the ediLe fLlng
Police Captain Stephenson sWUr' thar he
marked Nally rNn"llont ~ all things; lu-per-
tor trp-- said thut b" markrd brown rAtellPnt
ot good ~ all ia" question:. and Capt tUrWiu
Of RrDuEIvn did the same for O'tuunor
bm,. l. ,,l. 4 err.,rart In tla rnJ,,I,r nm;
i"N Nv" }"1rS. ana naturally ku-Ws infantry
,,,urt ,,.,, made On him Ino irsn"ctnr t'rr-,
mnrteJ lt,1 ,,NrrlI.1t ~ tarti', Whcr tLo
4 vl Service Bpurd rnt Rru,yu's record from
tLr +, ,lir, Cnl,,r,.. .si ,nar. h, yn. rut inwu
~. hIyIng ,fJ,r so6wi.d,e of rq,,.,irs
tnr,,'T..tnr.- sol ON '.,,',J l,n1gi,. ,iuriny
M, ,ylu.,u.'iuti mi vLcr he wa,. ,.k.d ,hriT
,lc I.r.Il, nr isr r1u,nT.nii"n. Ibat v.r,
h.Id anon. the C,l..IuI,.i,.Irr. IN rrynrI In
'Ir rrnr.'Ion, n, could not rc"oilc1G lie
.,Il .buI 'le nr.y Information linn Tho man
her, II Inc hDaT1 had In ror,rI in tIn ,l'I,'i.
r,ui. fnl. prDrrinfinr. came nom no rrrnfr,is
.uLmifi,I hv th. rni,.iun,,dlry nm rsrs ,f no
force lie ,nuId rnf r,ir.j.l her ilaf ttnrf
Da,.r,. hut Lrsu rIIrI ~, fu lis .-. III. il,.rii
If fine ,,1rtlilt'. Wlrn Ice wne mined down
h,, n ,,rio, Of gurstIutg hn said ri',f Tho honri
,rIr,;nd A." the randlga.,.' kuoW,rdyc Of
tt,'n- Hr -lll 'hnt hr regarded Browns
W Of the report nn ia" men to tlri iyll Nrr vice
Wiut wa, said of he lup.I,i n, Gy 'tIor men,