New-York tribune., 1902-06-10

The shake up ordered by Police Commis-
rioner Partridge yesterday was not as extensive
as had been expected by many officers in the
police force, although it dealt with four IN
spectors fifteen captains and eight sergeahIs
The meaning of some OF the transfers Was
known readily at Police Headquarters put 'ie
shifting of certain captains and sergeanls "0s
regarded as a puzzle and Commissioner
fridge offered no explanation. Before HhaAe
she transfers the Commissioner appointed seVe"
rev captains, promoting the seven serse'A'0
who stood highest on the eligible list
The seven men were lined up against the wall
An the Commissioners Office about 10 a. III
Deputy Commissioner Thurston Senior lnspec-
ter Cortright and Chief Clerk Kip were IN 'he
xoerl when the Commissioner SAID;
h.,,e called vou here to notify you that 1
have nronaoted YOU to be captains 1 want ~
20 20 into the precincts to which seno you a.u @
do good. faithful work You VIII ,e5rce disci
der you and shall expect you &c ehiolOe 80
mine strictly with them; but at the same H. nI
Won must be fair and impartial. tor thal - $50 80
best way TO get gooa |oTk Ie CIV without regard to
,,oiitics or any other consideration except lhe
police work they DO
HE SAID NOTHING ABOUT EXCISE LIZ"
t. mas noticed that the Commissioner salu
,,o,b;ng ahout enforcing the excise law Coroner
gzin took the new captains into his own oliioe'
where they were sworn in and recelVeu '"eit
gold badges Then they.went back 10 'haiiA
! con,rfssioner Partridge for their promouoh' puI
n - on,v said. You have nothing to thank me
for Your names were at the head OF the eiisi-
HE list. and I am glad TO appoint you
The new captains We're assigned to preclhc's
as follows:
1AMEs NAIIY Staten Island.
pFRNARI1 J. HAYES. Fifth-aye. Brooklyn
CHRISTIAN REIMEisS, SsnaISIell TsTlusv Frooklyn
IncHAEk SMITH, Police HeadquaE5erss- Mor,ot-
JAMES DONOVAN. West TWenueth-st' mahha'-
,ro.,os of the assignment OF the new captains
a. .he,r stations was given at the time OF the
announcement OF the transfers of inspectors
cap4ains and sergeants. soon after the new cap
fains had been sworn into office The announce
-.ne,1+s made considerable stir at Police Head
quarters
inspector Adam A Cross was transferred iioih
.re First Inspection District, which incluoes
all the precincts east Of Broadway peioW foul-
,aentf,-st TO the Second District which is west
of Broadway below Fourteenth-st-. changing
,laces with Inspector Nicholas Brooks This
cbar.-e was understood TO be at the request OF
5ar,,as r. REYNOLDS, the Mayors secretary, VINO
was active in efforts to have the dens OF vice
.n the precincts east of the Bowery and ParA
Row closed when Devery was in controI aI
Police Headquarters and Cross was DeVerys 5
rsef,+ hand IN the First District. Recently Cross
caused many raids in his district ana earhe"
the approval Of Commissioner Partridge, Whlle
forcing charges against Sergeant Churchlll' VINO
,vss in command at the Fifth-st station. The
Commissioners confidence in Cross is shown IN
keeping him near Police Headquarters. Brooks
VINO has kept his district clean. is rewarded by
being sent TO a more troublesome district
THOMPSON SENT TO QUEENS.
The transfer OF Inspector Walter l. Thonp-
son from the Third District, East Side, in Man
haitian. 10 the Eleventh District. in Queens. was
understood TO be q reminder that a commander
of captains should not make too many plumbers
or talk too loudly He is sent TO district where
he will be out OF sight Inspector Thomas Mur-
phy was transferred for no other reason ap-
parently, than because he could be trusted TO
change places with Thompson
The transfer Of Captain Vredenburgh from
She precinct east of Park Row to a quiet pre-
cinct In Brooklyn was regarded as a blow at
fy,e mower of the former Chief DeEery in the de-
partrnent, because Vredenburgh. although a Re-
nuhlican was credited with carrying out DeV-
.ery's orders 10 defeat Patrick Divver by the use
Of police influence in favor Of Foley in the Demo-
cratic primaries in the II6 Assembly District last
summer. Captain O'Reilly comes from Brook
syn TO take Vre6enburgh's place, because he
was an open enemy Of Devery- O'Reiliy has a
record for honesty, too. ard is expected 10 Keep
fec from political ertanglements.
The transfers Of other Brooklyn captains
were regarded as unimportant, having been
made with a view TO the assignment Of new
captains IL precincts there
The order for Captains Creeden and Cannon
10 change places was plainly meant as pro-
snot.on for Creeden, who was in disgrace during
-+e Tamuany regime, because he ''squealed"
sn I,excw time. Cannon is 70 answer charges
soon. and he is sent TO goat district" TO pre-
pare for the worst
Captain Martens and Captain Flood are made
10 change places. although both have been
known as Deyery's men, partly because Flood is
10 be placed On trial and must be moved from
The Fzronr Ia order that his trial may take place
al Police Eeadauarters- This is an indication
that Floods trial will come before that of Can
REELIFIY TAKEN AWAY FROM PRECINCT
WORK.
Captain Herlihy, who is 70 be tried again in
criminal court, is taken away from a precinct.
and CAPTAIN Aliaire is sent to the precinct be-
cause he is q veteran and can be trusted TO do
his duty anywhere. The determination TO stop
the annual police parades reliaved Allaire Of
considerable work as drill master Of the force,
which Kept him 40 busy for precinct work.
The order for Captains Haughey and Moyni-
han to change places is q puzzle Both are