New-York tribune., 1901-11-22
THE CONSOLING DEvERy
WANT REINSTATEMENT DESPITE
MURPHY'S ASSERTIONS

After the regular calendar of police cases -,
been called before Deputy Police Comuissioa-
Devery yesterday, the only feature Of vbcb -
the trial OF Policeman P. T. Farney the c,,.. =
John c. Henderson and John H. Idllv tuo -
policemen who dismissed in 1898 on cba-
OF bribery, were called The two men anne,-s
with their attorney lawyer named Davidson
When Devery called out the names OF I.i1v ars
Henderson the opinion became general that ,b
process of reinstatement was about begin
Davidson presented a printed report of the vbo,
case. showing the various steps taken and all the
testimony. He said that injustice had been do
the men: that they had been acquitted by Jus.,co
Fitzgerald and jury practically the saw
charges for which they had been dismissed T,ava
took the matter under advisement Davidson had
started to leave the room when Devery called hin,
back. saying
You had better submit brief touching on this
case soon possible. Better put it in Monday"
This remark created the impression that these
cases for reinstatement would be Immediately taken
up and disposed of. The applicants appear to Be
hopeful OF reinstatement No witnesses were called
and the whole affair carried through without
the appearance of a LAWYER or any representing
the board that passed on the cases originally
The cases OF Leroy Snyder and James T. Perkins
who dismissed from the force on April 9 1900
also heard Snyder and Perkins de-
tectives in the West Twentieth-st- station, when
Captain Richard Walsh in command there
John l. Grfger was robbed of gold watch in
resort in Eighth-ave and he made allegations
against the detectives. Snyder and Perkins
dismissed the technical charge OF failing to
report the recovery of the property
Devery heard testimony showing that the detee-
t1ves had made proper reports and entries in the
books to which they had access. but that these
reports had not been copied in the blotter in which
they should have been entered by a sergeant
81 think there's been an oversight the part
of some sergeant said Devery, "and that those
mems positions have been put in jeopardy; and
they have been dismissed from this department in
my opinion. oversight of the sergeant at
the desk in some way. shape form connected
with this case, and whoever that sergeant might
be- he should have stood up to the situation, and
he's the one that should have got complaint, and
not these These men, according 70 this ap-
pIication were dismissed from this department
without cause provocation. and it shouldn't have
occurred they shouldn't have been deprived Of
their positions without cause Now. there's moth
ing like standing up fashion. in these things
talk of half an hours duration after the cases
were heard. As Murphy was leaving his office he
The cases of Lilly and Henderson and of Per-
kins and SNYDER have been actually reopened
They have not: not a single case has been re-
opened" ,,o..o. ,.r. swo-, and heard in the
trial room If the men were actually on trial
Who swore witnesses! l d4n care "aaL ;v1o evl,
case has been reopened- I am simply going 70 take
what they have presented and turn It over TO the
FaTney charged with interfering T Gith,.a With a
49, that being registration day In the polling place
in the Eleventh Election District OF the lid As
dence Of ali but one witness showed that Farney,
on the order of Jack Pye. Tammany captain, or
nave a watchers certificate. vanni did not have
his certificate with him at the time Nanni tod
had the power TO do this. and order was given
by it He said that the big crowd Of men were reg
istered without Republican watcher present
Devery took the case under Amusement