New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-02
CAPTAIN FOODY TO COON TRIAL
OTHER PRECINCT COMMANDERS WILL FOLLOW HW AS
RESULT OF POLICE REVOLT
EVIDENCE AGAINST FOODY ISAY MEN ARE DISGRUNTLED
OBTAINED BY JEROME'S DETECTIVES
DEVERY SAYS MEN MUST BE
LOOKED OUT FOR"

Police Captain Michael E. Foody IN whose
precinct policemen demonstrated their ability 70
enforce the excise law sunday evening Is t'
be placed on trial for neglect of duty Dis''i''
Attorney Jerome made the announcement yes
ter1av afternoon. afte: he had talked with
P,1ire commissioner Partridge The trial "l
Captain FooGy is to ne followed b. the trials Oh
other captains The revolt of he pattoiiS''
was spreading to several precincts yesterday
1t bids fair to extend throughout the CITY
We have 800 specifications of violations oi
tha law in CAPTAIN Foody's precinct. MI Je-
rome said and all the proof was obtained %
men in my office | cannot go into the ce'anS
of the specifications at present. but eNpe~'
to make the formal charges against captain
Foody this week As to charges against o''ie'
captains l will say only that they Will not oe
brought this week
Captain Foody commands the police oI tlie
Twentieth Precinct. the station of Whlch Is ir
West Thfrtv-seventh-st He has been on the
sick list more than week At his nome III
Morris-ave near e-hundred-and-elghty
fourth-st it was said yesterday that he was
still too i'll 70 report for duty He was in charge
of the jefferson Market Court squad for seVeral
wears as a sergeant before he was made cap
tain by the Tammany Police Board that was
legislated out of office. After he was made d
captain he was in command at the MacdouSai-
St station for a time. and then ne chahseu
precincts with Captain Cooney, who had been in
West Thirty-seventh-st.
It is regarded as significant that the police
men of the MacdougaI-st. station we're the hrSt
to ioin in the revolt started by the men OF the
Wasr Thirtv-seventh-st station Captain
Coonev was on the sick list. too. on Monday
afternoon when his men went to the Jefferson
Market court and asked for suTnmohses Aoi
saIoonkeepers who had not obeyed the eNcloe
law on Sunday. Cooney recovered MS healti'
in amazingly quick time. He was back IN MS
precinct yesterday. COoney is credlted "ltn
horse sense. He is said TO be able to turn d
corner quickly AS soon as he returned 10 uu'S
he declared that he was in full sympathy with
the policemen who wanted TO enforce the law.
He even went to the police court and proclaimed
his friendship for the patrolmen who wanted
to do their duty
COONEY FRIEND OF DEVERf
Cooney has been close friend OF eN-onlei
Devery and yesterday Devery broke the sieIiCe
in which he had been enveioped since MS retire
ment to say that he believed the patroi'iie"
sho,,a fight for their rights. IF the policeman
on the street thinks his position IS III JeopdiAS'
said Devery. L Indorse the stand he has taken
,,he cantains have got to understand that the
na,rolr,eu must be looked out for The patron
man has as much authority on the sidewalk as
a captain las.
Tho policemen OF the West Thirty-seVenth-st-
st,tion who made eighteen arrests on SUNDAY
,i,b+ v,er. at the District Attorneys oflce yes
,.rdav afternoon before Mr.. Jerome annouHceu
that charges were TO be made against captain
Eoodv Il believe" Mr.. Jerome said later. 'hdt
tho noIcemen revolted because they were urea
of being bounded and handled the way they
have beer. They have had a hard time OF IL Oh
n, hPi
asserted their independence
Mr. Jerome declared that he would 90 every
thing in his power to aid the patrolmen IN the
enforcement Of the law. He said he thought
commissioner Partridge was taking the right
course in encourag ging the men to do their duty
Then he added:
There are many policemen toionei fartrTEe I
can trust and | think ii he goes along the lile
~ C3Dtaus sergeants and Others and breaks u
fau he will be doing the right thing and going 'l!
tba right pIan If he transferred them IL Woui'i
ini1Ire the work he Is trying 70 90 captain theli
SIi,, have rho. excuse that he had time 10 get
acuuaInted with his precinct Bu. II ne taxes up
nrrCfuCt after precinct. and works on thdt Hlc
five captains, L Will nave the
nrorer saIutary effect the department IL taxes
a month or six weeks To get evidence IN thtSe
r,re,inCts and he will work hard on a single pre-
rfnct and do what be done there IL Was dith-
rtIt 70 get the evidence In the $50 specthcs tons
against F.oodv and ii could not be done in a little
time.