New-York tribune., 1901-05-30
THE LAUGH ON DEVERf.
CONVENTION OF POLICE CHIEFS MAKES
HIM LOOK RATHER SILLY.

..Tbose police chiefs made our Devery look IKE
eyour last dollar after you have spent 80 cents u
81 said a police Official yesterday. ana ne was ho'
-far wrong The convention may not have meant 10
= 4. h,+ - 5,d n rv-ice The first time when
s-hief Detsch OF Cincinnati, was reading 10 the
assembled police chiefs at the Hotel Savoy paper
sn the social evil In it he said:
The social evil has given. and viii conIiiue nue., ro
give great deal Of trouble to polcs& & aetai pa Connect
You all know how imaginative sous HhS 10 ,orsac-
"a police department with dishonciaDle, Aas ar6
tions in connection with guest disgrace
then, again how some pohce once 80 iso-Tn they
themselves their department and the UNIFORM ~
Tor projection. This can hardly be denied ,oss
A man who profits in -, his o,;l5 %ad s Is nUbIicy dis
rraced and sent TO the Workhouse. poor oeNLI ~,
who steals TO satisfy his munger .io- or 10 'P w
Family from the workhouse is far superior
Deitsch did not suppose for instant that any
one would think he was hitting directly at Devery
hut lot OF Deverys friends in the convention felt
sure that he was Instantly they spranS to their
feet and demanded that the paper be not read or
al least that II be read in executive session Tie
motion seemed about 10 be carried. but wiser heads
persuaded Devery's friends that 10 suppress the
paper would be a frank acknowledgment that It
slapped Devery. The motion Withdrawn.
The next attempt to make the Deputy Commis-
eoner look foolish was more successful 1t was
carried out all innocence by Chief Williams. Of
Columbus Ga, who arose in the convention and
said:
was the greatest city the world and Devery the
greatest chief of police. ! decided 10 make him
present I know that the only thing that is pleas
ing 10 a policeman is pretty woman or a lot OF
money 7 decided on money because It was easier
20 carry around pevery looked pleased.
Chief Williams then delivered to Deyery pack
age the par value Of which he said was $500
..This" ne added Is s2,7O0 real money. bur there
IS string tied To il. is Confederate money. and
am afraid you cannot spend H..
Devery looked disappointed. but replied:
am satisfied. ] guess the present is good one.
rThe South viii pay for II some time. ] have been
accused getting money in all sorts OF ways. but
save it, 1 don't see why this money shouldn't be
redeemed. The FIlipirOs and Porto Rcans got
their money back and ] think this Confederate
Inoney ought be redeemed. tCo ] have the
privilege OF getting lot Of money at times but l
never got any easy this. / generally have
little trouble in getting H. Being an eNpansionist,
7 want this meeting 10 grow. / want 10 make II
3nternational. and next year ] hope 10 see the
chiefs OF all the world at the convention.
Inspector Cross then read a paper prepared by
Jevery the subject Following a Criminal in
which the Deputy Commissioner declared that tho
best way follow Z criminal was TO keep from his
knowledge the fact that he being followed.
The assembled chiefs did not crack smile. There
whose perpetrators never found that Devery
was after them and the public has been left equally
in the dark.
The convention adjourned at noon until to-mor-
row. Many OF the members took trolley ride 10
Eoney Island.