The sun., 1901-12-29
% MORE SLEUTHS APPOINTED.
A TOTAL FOR COL. MURPHY or
100 IN ELEVEN MONTHS.
Col. Partridge May he Able 20 Reduce Some
OF These Detective sergeants
New Men for brooklyn " Murphy wants
Rubber Shoes for the Horses. Too.

New Men for brook lyn- Murphy Wants
Rubber Shoes for the Horses. Too.
Police Commissioner Murphy appointed
twenty-five more detective sergeants yes
terday. This nIakes 100 detective SER
geants who have been appointed by Com
missioner Murphy since no took Office
about eleven months ago.
Here are twenty Of the men who were
promoted by Col. Murphy yesterday
Charles Connolly, Henry A. PfeiT, John I.
Linden, Michael C. Brindley. Roundsman
John d. Sullivan. John +. Bracken, John J.
Bradley. John W. Boyle, John s. Sweeney
and Richard Manning, all of Manhattan;
Daniel f. OFonnor, Martin McCauley,
Thomas +. Kane. Frank Foster. John +.
Langan. John r. Lindsay, John NJ. Long.
Andrew Delaney, Joseph Thompson and
Adam kletz, Of Brooklyn.
Henry A. Pfef has had charge Of the
Bureau Of Repairs and supplies at Police
Headquarters and consequently is fully
qualified to be a star sleuth from the view
point Of the present regime Detectives
Bracken and Bradley have been on Com
missioner Murphy's personal stan. On
Thursday Robert s. Heilferty. Jr. who
was appointed on Oct. 10. 1900. was made
a detective sergeant. His increase in pay
is about 81 600. He is a son Of Robert S.
Heilferty, the chairman OF the committee
that presented 70 Col. Murphy a diamond
badge about a week ago. The promotion
of Detective John Linden, who has been
doing clerical work on Col. Murphy staff,
is merely complimentary. He would havc
become a full detective sergeant on Jan l..
any way. as he was "A member of the Head
quarters Squad on April last. Detective
to
Montreal. and has done detective work
in the Old slip, Oak and Eldridge street
precincts.
The ten Brooklyn men were vouched for
by Democratic Assembly district leaders.
The Detective Bureau in Brooklyn now has
sixty-four detective sergeants. each draw
ing 81 600 year salary. Capt Reynolds.
who is in charge. had hard work yester-
day TO find something for the new men 10
do.
street yesterday that there had been a
slump in the promotion market The
demand for detective sergeants jobs at
from 81 500 10 $4,000 exceeded the supply
a week ago. but now. according to the pro-
motion brokers, there are few bidders
It was reported that Col. Partridge, who
will succeed Col Murphy as Commissioner
had found a way In which he can lawfully
reduce the detective sergeants appointed
by Col, Murphy. Hence the scramble TO
get the jobs has subsidized 70 some extent.
A story was told yesterday OF how the
present regime proposes TO put rubber
shoes on the horses of the mounted squad,
despite the protests of Comptroller Coler.
II seems that complaints have recently
been made that the horses were not shod
properly and that they were falling In the
parks and on the streets. vol. Murphy
advised that rubber spikes be used on the
horses feet Comptroller Coler, 80 the
story goes, declared that the appropria-
ton only called for steel shoes.
a number Of men are being transferred
TO the Detective Bureau and made do
tective sergeants, said a friend Of Col.
Murphy's. why can't you transfer the
horses to the Detective Bureau? Then
they will be entitled TO wear rubber shoes
and the difficulty will be overcome