The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-11
GENIlS OF A new YORK POLICE. }
MAN WHO CARVES m WOOD.


1000 men has many geniuses in its
ranks.
FORMER teachers. Arctic explorers AMI
lawyers are on the force, but recently a
new genius has come to light in the
personality of Officer Conrad Schellen-
berger of the Twenty eighth precinct
located on East Eighty-ei street.
between Avenue A and First avenue
Mr. Schellenberger boasts as his avg
cation the skill of artistic wood carving
ana engraving, and he has several night
STICKS beautifully worked by his delft
hand that testify to his artistic talents.
He has carved three sticks. but the
most interesting one il his own. which
he caWied on night duty from the date
vt his appointment in May. 1885, until
November. 1900. This stick has seen
very trying times and all kinds of ser.
vice.
Oifcer Schellenberger was for many
years located at police headquarters on
Mulberry street. and for years did duty
on the Bowery and throughout the Red
Light district. He ~, served under
Deputy Chief Devery when the latter
was captain; also under Deputy Chief
Mclaughlin of Brooklyn, and under
| Captains Cross and Allaire.
Mr.. Schellenberger was an eneraveY
before he joined the police force in 1885
For ten years he worked on gold and
! silver and for several years he put in
| scriptions and scroll work on the class
rings of the West Point cadets. 1t was
not until he became a policeman that he
conceived the idea of wood carving, but
1 on the first trial he found that he was
even more successful nwoOd than he
, was on metal.
! Three highly ornamer,ed night clubs
are the result of his seven years labor.
In moments of recreation when he was
not patrolling the streets or doing sta
| ton house duty, Mr. Schelenberger could
be found studiously at work on his night
stick
| The result of his labor is a marvel.
| What once was repulsive looking in
| strument of torture is now an aesthetic
piece of work. The jackknife has been
| the instrument Of transformation and in
the deft hand of officer Schellenberger
has worked wonders. Every policeman
has associations that cluster about his
night stick, but there is no club in the
city speaks for itself as does this one
The triumphs and reverses Of officer
| Schellenberger's career are carefully
noted on it.
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formed into a skull-and crossbones. On
one side of the stick is carved Faithful
| Unto DEATH" and on the other side a
| cross can be found with l. H. S. carved
on the limb. At the right of the cross IL
a smaller cross. the emblem Of faith and
| on the left is an anchor thhe emblem Of
hope. At the foot of the cross is a heart,
symbolic of charity. Under the inscrip-
ton Faithful Unto DEATH is carved
police Department" in the form of a
| barabola. and in the space surrounded
by this figure is cut "City Of New York.
Beneath is carved the figure Of a wo-
| man, and below is a grotesque mask.
Under his name is a figure OF Column
bus, and below is female figure. At
the end of the stick is a map Of the
Western hemisphere, surmounted by an
eagle with outspread wings, and below
Cape Horn is the slogan of the Spanish
American war. Remember the Maine"
With all these figures and Inscriptions
mentioned there is also a picture Of a
police officer saluting his sergeant, and
between pictures and Inscriptions leaves,
flowers and scrolls are carved, as we'll as
his monogram, &C. S." beautifully
worked.
Mr.. Schellenberger is now at work
carving stick for officer Wagner, and
has already put upon it a crucifix and a
fac smile Of the meritorous medal which
Mr.. Wagner has won. He has also done
a stick for Roundman Bauer of the West
Thirtieth street station. on which he has
Icarved skull and crossbones and po.
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