New-York tribune., 1901-09-25
CHARGES AGAINST DEVERY
fFRCHANTS' ASSOCIATION CHARGES IN.
Efficiency, INJUSTICE. TYRANNY
AND OPPRESSION

The Merchants Association NJ Neuyor,r
through its attorneys. Messrs Dill end BALDWIN.
yesterday afternoon served on Police Commits
sioner Murphy formal complaint against Dep
uty Police Commissioner Devery, charging him
with inehiciency, injustice. tyranny and oppres-
sion and demanding his removal from the Office
Of deputy commissioner. The complaint covers
thirteen typewriter pages, and cites fifteen in
stances Of alleged ineffciency shown by the
deputy commissioner in the conduct of police
trials The charges cover the time from March
II 10 the last trial day, when Patrolman John
BIarrinan was tried and punished by Devery
The attorneys ask for A hearing before Com
missioner Murphy.
The complaint flied by the Merchants Asso-
citation is. in part. as follows:
While presiding at the trials Of members of the
broke the regulations Of the Police Department by
imposing unjust fines and penalties. On March
trial Of complaint against Patrolmen Conboy
larry Devery conducted himself in a manner uTi-
becoming deputy police commissioner in that he
It's impossible for the Police Department to
stop these burglaries when the magistrates won't
hold the persons and have evidence
against Magistrate Poole is one OF these men.
a Poo ens ea 6nrgss oose ssF
We arrest Them: # there ever was malfeasanse
on April l. while trying complaint against
laundry of Chinaman named Charley Chinn,
YOU police can't come over here to testify for
each other an fool me- You've got to protect
warield. I fne you thirty days pay. Hereafter
you protect Chinks and sheenies when they need
Two weeks later. in the trial of Patrolnan Urqu-
hart, charged with failing to arrest a at
the request Of the complainant, the deputy COM
TT takes two to do the soncitin',a lady and
a gentleman The LADY wont @ solicit if you don don't
goo-goo eyes she wouldn't have troubled yoI. Any
way, I guess you we're excited
with firing his revolver at a prisoner. Devery
''Twenty, days pay for not hittin him. Next
time you hit him"
The fifth specification deals with Devery's
outbreak against Justice Jerome
The seventh specification quotes Devery,
speaking TO Patroman Patrick Mulligan.
charged with being intoxicated while on duty,
follows:
Il you wanted to go on a bum, why didn't you
surgeon TO give sick leave for couple
OF DAYS? Any one would "a done It.
To Patrolman Meehan, who had in his trial
presented letter from Park Commissioner
Clausen which said that Meehan had performed
his duty in arresting person who was tres
passing, Devery said:
Commissioner Clausen amt the general public.
q right To- 'rain't for Commissioner Clauseri to
make thrills fpSs daT aJg pay eehan TO and that will
you fellows not 10 a-chasin' ladies an children
OF the grass.
Then the complaint gives IN full the conversa-
tion already familiar TO the public, between
Devery and Patrolman ONeill, when the latter
was on trial before Devery. charged with abus-
ing prisoner whom he had arrested for viola
ton of the Sunday law.
1t was at this time" the complaint con-
tinues. when Devery told oNeill that it was
TOO bad he Cthe complainant didn't throw you
out of the window and had fined O'Neill thirty
days pay. that the later told Devery that he
wouldn't stand for shake down.
Devery's abuse Of Patroman John Marrinan,
in which he called Marrinan "a dirty bum" and
other epithets which could not be printed in the
newspaper reports Of the case, is given in full
in the thirteen specifications OF the complaint.
AS Deputy Commissioner Devery was leaving
Police Headquarters last night he was asked
if he had anything to say concerning the charges
which the Merchants Association makes against
him.
Haven't read EN-" he replied. Il haven't
time read 'em now. When / do I'll have a
copy Of 'Bradstreet's, ! can find out how
many Of these charge makers are real mer-
chants"