New-York tribune., 1901-08-14
DEVERY'S BAD RECORD.
MOSS AND JEROME HAVE PREPARED IT
FOR TRANSMISSION TO THE
GOVERNOR.

GOVERNOR.
Deputy Police Commissioner William 5. Dew
ery's bad record as policeman, together with
that of his old wardman, Edward G. Giennon
has been prepared for transmission to Gov
er-or Odeu 1t was learned last night that JUS
tioe jerome and Frank Moss bending all
their energies toward indicting Devery. Glen
non and Captain Flood, of the Tenderloin pre-
cinct 1t is believed that Governor Odel VIII
be asked to order the calling Of special grahu
jury consider Devery's case, if 1t should seem
to be necessary to go to that length. Devery
record prepared for the Governors inspection
is follows:
Appointed patroman June is 1S3s; s, made ma .er a
geant May o. 1884 and made a captain IN s iSsl
Commissioners seven times. the charges and judg-
ments being as follows:
25 ls7s-Neglect report when ordered; rep
December 5 -conyersatoq; aned two ia days. pay
6 n ~ nned onehaif days pay.
January 81 lssoConduct unbecoming an oihcer' com
March Il iSso@Neglect to report ordered; fined
November Is 1Ss7-Absent duty reprImanded.
Prior to 1898 Devery commanded the Twenty-sec-
ond Precinct which included colony Of dis9rdsry gd @
enth-aves. In March, 1S93 Devery took command
Bowery and south Of Houstcn-st which contains
large number of disorderIy houses and suspicious
quarters. as follows;
Thomas Byrnes. Superintendent:
sir: In compliance with rule 64 I herewith sub
NIT the following report:
There are houses of prostitution. designation.
suspicious places lottery or policy oiiiceT 6aSo
fRISeS fay. OF opium JOINTS william II fn S. pEvERY
Captain Eleventh Precinct"
The Lexow committee testimony of the Rev; w:ll
in which Devery told Mr.. Hamilton. who com
In 1898 the Society for the Prevention of Crime
dence against more than fifty disordery houses and
many gambling houses which were being continu-
Confronted with evidence of the existence of dis
orderly houses in his precinct Devery on the wit
ness stand. swore that there were none Five pro,
prietors of these houses were then arrested and
Judge Mcmahon. After one OF the hearings in the
Z LsseX MARKET Mar court mob attached the so4letys t
men in the street looked and refused to interfere
for criminai neglect Of duty as to four houses and
four separate indictments were returned. He was
liberated nine hours they acquitted Devery. In
Ss RlstFlc{ AdtoTney Fellows got the three re-
In the Lexow Committee investigation witnesses
watchers and Voters at election time. With the
knowledge Of but without interference FROM
Charles PREM testified that he kept dis3rderly
house at No IS Bayard-st., and that when DeVery
came into the precinct he paid Edward Glennon;
Devery's wardman, 800 as an Initiation fee and
PREM testified that he paid Glenaon in all over
5000 and that when he he @ left the house he was
Rhoda Sanford. before the Police Commissioners
on August Is 1894 testified that She paid Devery's
wardman. Glennon. 500 on account of her house.
Katie Schubert, who kept disorderly house AT
came personally to her house and INTRODUCED him
self as the new captain He wanted @ $g w. whiGa dd9a
later Captain Devery and Glennon called again
and she handed Devery 500 and arranged to pay
Kari Werner, another Lexow witness testified
hat nd .1aTa gT1la IN
Devery said Gi@nnon, was his wardman. The next
stalment of $500. He thereafter paid $50 a month
from January TO November 1885
disorderly house at No $50 Allen-st. from April
1898, to January. 1884 Hoffman testified before the
in the station house. One day one of his women
sent for ofman no' and sad f them Women Of
yours call me up again will take You by the neck
called and raised Hoffman's payment SO month
as punishment for Deverys alleged embarrassment.
Katie Schubert, the Rev. Mr. Hamilton and others
~as a tS % & e pded 6 boa and vas as
Commissioners Martin. Sheehan, Murray and Ker-
to the Courts and Because e. the trial pTo
ceeded without his presence he was reinstated by
At the close of the Lexow investigation an ex-
of the Governor, conducted a separate inyestiga-
tion and found an indictment against Captain Dew
named f W. seagrst 500 in 1884 While captain of
the 9t IS PsGnef ia DTey Sr Was sd on this
and an alibi. which was much strengthened by the
testimony of Police Inspector Williams that he
Saw Deyery at fire at the time fixed by Mr.. Sea-
grist. The jury out twenty hours, and asked
to be discharged. Being held together It brought
IN verdict of not guilty.
In the latter part of 1896 the police board
charged Captain Devery with neglect of duty,
citing fifty or more cases Commissioner Andrews
Devery applied to the Supreme Court for a writ
o prohibit the Police Board from trying him, and
obtained stay OF proceedings pending decision
of the motion. 1t was argued in February. 1897.
before Recorder Smyth, now dead, who never de-
cided the motion. The temporary stay has
beer vacated, nor has the writ been granted
or denied. but the last Police Board going out of
Office practically quashed the whole proceeding
Captain Devery was made inspector and a deputy
chief. acting chief and, finally. chief with these
charges pending undetermined
The two Democratic Police Commissioners.
James ]. Martin and John c. Sheehan, who
helped to break" Devery, were not long after
ward broken" themselves. Sheehan was driven
out of the organization. Martin is still in. but
he is looked upon as a friend Of ex-senator Hill