The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-30

conscientious an honest chief &C y ice
who is terror TO evildoers Chi Foey
is masiuR a oetermire' effort - Iring out
all of the facts /. connect u Wit tie ca 80,
md the peorle If Mount Vernon are with
him. Mayor H~ke's amp intncnt Of Police
| commissioners has probably hurt him
| more from political STANDPOINT than
! any !, Jug elSe that he has done ia lis whole
/ care,r
POLICE FORCE NOT so GOOD.
The eject Of the appointments. 60 saw
! TIE least, has been demoralizing. The
Mount Vernon police force un Ter Chief
! Foley has been a mo lei BODY Of mon, but
! TIE G if cvi,, n'lv fools hat l. T. le.ari.
! ora'ing. for the other nj -lt, staniing before
! the ni-'t platoon, lie accused some of the
! men ~ neglect OF duty and nearly tore the
! va .ge from Ronn 'snan G.ei'zrnan, who
! had been fined sixty days pay for sleep
! ing on DCs'.
! Gerzman was the cop who was on poet
! In front of the alleged house OF III fame
/ Chief Foley says that he daily assured him
| that the place WIS q ] right Even when
reports came In from citizens against the
, place the chief says that Gletzman in
| sisted that there was nothing inn roper
going on. The chief had great confidence
| In GleitZman.
I He was therefore dlmfounded when one
, day last spring couple Of detectives came
| over from Yonker- and raided the place
| taking out Of II two girls who belong TO
a respectable family In Yonk-rs These
girls afterward told the District Attorney
| and Grand Jury that the worst kind of
! debsuchcry had gone on al the house.
| When Chief Foley heard this he arrested
| the alleged rIrretor OF the Place, A, j. Pei
| tier and his wife. A rel arate indictment
1 has also been found against Peltier for yio-
| Ation Of the Excise law
FoLEys' WRATH.
Then the chief Of police went after G'eitz-
man He finally lad him convicted of sleep
| ing on post and fined sixty DAYS pay.
| There was a sensational scene IL the police
| station the other night when the chief
read the finding Of the Poli>e Commission
ers to Gieitzman. In the presence Of the
| night platoon.
-Glei'zman.' said he. white with rage,
Il trusted you and you pulled the wool
over nv ewes Now | want 10 tell YOU
and every other man in this department
hat neither YOU nor anv one else will ever
| have the chance 70 fool me again
Chief, you'll find You hay" been mis-
led replied the officer IL tones that made
| the others turn their heads IN surprise
stop, stop, and right now thunderrd
| the chief. -or I'll take vo,ir badge from
you; III strip II night now
BY this time the chief, had stepped so
clos, TO the Officer who has Of late been
80 mnch b.for" the public that every one
| expected he would then and there tear the
bads" from the officers coat The chief
then continued:
Now, you keep quiet; don't YOU say
another word. want 10 sayto YOU and To the
| rest OF YOU. right here Tonight just stop
your NONSENSE and do police work. There
are thing, going on in this city that YOU
know are wrong, yet YOU pass ny, don't
open your mouths and keep your eyes
81 ,scd You don't even hand in I report.
Now, YOU will take my advice right here
and attend To your work hereafter, or III
make il hot for YOU III Nr"fnr charges
against YOU and TN go further and have
YOU indicted IL necessary. ! am here to
enforce the law. and no living man shall
| stand in my way.
I've talked and talked on this matter
| time and time again, but tonight is he
last time You know what is going on
around here. You wink az It, and pass 1t
by You don't DARE To- como into nv Office
and tell mo sbou il II has been CON
sidered AN offenr" for n police officer to
como into that o'icc and talk with me
-Now TON YOU right now that my position
IN this matter is very pl'in am responsible
! Understand this, am She eyecu'iv" OH 'cr
Of this department, and al orders are 10
bn given by me. No hvlpg man ia the city
Of Mount Vernon has any right to give
YOU directions excepting tho fun Board
Of Police Commissioners and their orders
are 10 go through me; and you've got no
right To take any orders from any living
NAV in tho city II Mount Vernon, excepting
the Commissioners.
= ti ow that ,,u havo ,sou told 10 DO
some thing, n q Lot e. do others bv Icople
VIZ met on your beats Just do your
| duty III stand bv VOL No mai cat,
pur al you for that III stand ny Won.
| There II hut orc thing thrt vou ca q
my ish"d Tor That is nsl "'aVior. You
don't misnelarc Nour"lv- by ol"vin &
| tho law. | know that there haNo hoer
attcmuts To- irtimidatc YOU, ~ q To make
ION do cthor than vnur duty. You 90 vonr
work and i'll stand Nv Won as hard rs I'll
prosecute Won If YOU AZ" ieri"' tia.
| Il doi I like to soo Won o. iiu,Ca'cd. They
4 ,ri"d II OF me- and ] am l"'o yet, a Il rrolH-
'lv will he n good wli'c Ia, Cer tha. mn v
who are hc>r uu. ! VAT Won e. see TIA
overv linUpr ealoor ol, your NcG'e ol "y,
the Fyc'fc law. The'" are Nario.s other
thu IS IEcv will 'crraf'cr 9 r"h"arscd
W tho BOARD Of Police cornm'ssir, ers "
TIE CONDITION Of NJ ~ N tie p lice
d Hartmett has stirred the ieo' le Of ON t
Vernon M Ia such NJ extent TINT there is
talk 81 asking the Governor 10 abolish
the en' ire hoard
PAr.Ep TO GRAN FIRE prrARrMFNT.
Mayor FsLr a. d bis friends recently
tried ~ got control ~ he Fire DcpartmeI,t
bv olec'irp James y 1alcy thief in the
place Of Gilbert = Aurovire Tho clectio''
, resulted IN hci fgl', ~ Il automobiles
we're usod 10 carry the firarcu To the polls
20 cast thcir ballots, Wien tho votes
wore couted II was found that Mr.. Ar Re-
vine, who had made very satisfactory
chief. would cortinu" 70 direct tho Affairs
| Of the derHr''no't
MYSTIC iroR TIrRrArESED
One Of the most aggressive of Mount
vernons reform officials is Alderman lanes
p. Hayes. Alderman Hayes is chairman
81 the invest gating committee which L.
~ obing into the citv'S affairs. Since the
invest igation was begun he declares that
numerous attempts have been made Il
brighten him on Threatening letters. h,
says. have been sent to him decorated with
skulls and crossboncs. In one letter