The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-17
DEVERY IS FEELING BETTER.
HE'LL ne RACK TO-DAY TO HELP
RUN THE POLICE MACHINE.
seems 10 ne Needed TO Keep the "Cnesty"
NcG1uky Out NJ the Enemy's HAND
Percy Nagie's After Him Deputy
Commissioner Aske d About 1Iis Double

Mcflunky Out of tne Enemy HandD
Percy Nagie's After Him Deputy
commissioner Asked About lIis Double
nepu,y Commissioners Devery has been
leard from and last night reporters sAw him
though they couldn't get him to talk about
his little vacation. Police Commissioners
Murphy said that Devery hal called him
NJ on the telephone and said he would
he At Police Headquarters to-day.
lie y In the city said Col. Murphy.
n. told me he had . bad cold. ] asked
him how he felt and Ia. said he war gettns
hotter. He said he wouid he st his Office
to-morrow.'
Mr.. Devery hasn't been at Police Head
quarters since last Thursday. when he pre-
.idcd al the trial.. Since then = double
- his has visited Jersey City and cut a
vide swaih. wsrdman Glennon :. on a
vacation, too. Gl-nnon is Mr.. D~very's
closest friend a. we'll a. HIS personal rerre-
sentative in the Teadefloin.
But IN peVery's absence the mac hinsry
~ the Office at HEADQUARTERS l. running
~, a. smoothly a. " lie we're Al the helm.
Sargt Sugdsn. the functionary who stands
between MIR. Devery and visitors 20 the
iron, once, Is In charge. Scrgt. Sngden
/. credited with knowing a good deal about
Mr.. Deyery's pushes A small incident
that occurred Yesterday impre--ot on
Mulberry street that the ~ergeant knew
very much indeed about department work
ing- and some other things.
The Hon. Perciyal Magic, Tammany's
street Cleaning omn,i--ioner, called on
Col, MURPHY. In aboIt ten minutss Sergt
Sugden was summoned to the Commits
-,oner's room. He and Co mmissioner
Nagle came out together. Mr.. Nasle
thing. Sergt. Sugden was self-po-seeaed
Bystanders overheard this con versAtion
a. the two walked downstairs:
Commissioned Nagle-lll bet you .
hundred ne go-s m bet you 200 III bet
you 2oo TO ! he goes.
Sergt. susden Keep your money. |
Those who Heard took II tha, Mr.. Nasle
wa> willing to bet that Cap, -Ch-sty
George, Mccluskyi lately reoonciled to
hi command "a the Fast i,oth street station,
which IL In Mr. Nagle's stronghold. Rumnrs
20 tina effect nave Teen rife Tor weeks.
Commissioner Murphy has said repeat
edly that there Is nothing in tho rntnors
Mr.. Magic said that he only asked Com
missioner Murphy for five policemen 10
he de- ail~d 10 his department. He said
also that he had only seen Capt. Mo- husky
once since he has been uptown. On that
ono occasion, however, a. y said thai vi
Magic and Cap. McClurkv hat "a falling
uut. IN the course Of which the captain
deii himself 81 this speech
Won can hove me transferred, tut no
matter where | 20 III e., my s2.7H a cap
tain's salarvl, even II it, In Queens.
"A man reporter and a woman reporter
waited for the Deputy Commissioner
near his hours. in West 1venty-eighth
s,r-rt last night. Al last Mr. p"v"ry came
around the corner Of Eighth avenue tovard
his home. some ~ his friends on the other
CORNER went toward him.
Go way. let me alone. said Mr.
Devsry. They went hack
Il -.a vou're back again. Chi"f, said the
man reporter.
well. what of it'-ssked Mr pevery.
We'll. th,"f. there have l-@n stories
printed about you ~ v'ur douhI" having
q good tine m Jersey Guy
Mind Ur Iusiu.ss. vii YOU roared
M De,-ry. -I'r % free an' ~iud"rendcnt
citizen ~ ~ a. | plea" CIT tell outer
here. nov
In" rrporjer naked away Then tho
woman rprrur'sr approached.
Now vou 70 a lady said Mr. IeNery
But y"u q" away or som"thinRN hapTsn.
She went