The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-02
SPECIAL DEPUTY IMPOSTORS.
WHEN THEY FLASH SHERJFFS.
BADGES car THE POLJCE.
Nobod, With Authority From the sheriff
Is selling Goods Bought on the In.
Hallrnent Pian-Trickstrrs Using Old
Badges sheriff Complains TO Police.

Sheriff OBrien has written TO Polio.
Commissioned Partridge to say that com
plants have been received at the Sheriff :
once from people who have been imposed
on by spurious special deputy sherifYs.
Inc complainants arc generally persons
VINO nave purchased furniture, jewelry
and other goods on the installment plan,
ana they say that men fourishing bad ees
as deputy sherifs have made seizures of
these g lods whenever the payments have
fallen behind. Later on they learned that
the alleged deputies were not such at all
but merely men who had once been depu
ties and had never surrendered their
badges Sheriff OBrien wants the Police
Commissioner TO issue orders for the arrest
Of any men found practising this game
In the future.
According TO Under Sheriff Moon. il has
been the custom for wears in this county
f'r the incoming Sheriff TO appoint a num-
Der OF special deputies TO whom badges
were ISSUED. These mon were pmDOWpret
during the Sheriff term of office 10 make
arrests and levie~, to enforce judgments
and executions and had other privileges
which placed them above the plane Of an
ordinary citizen. or course their powers
ceased when the Sheriff who appointed
they should have surrendered their badges
But IN many cases they failed 10 do this.
ana according to the complaints received
by Mr.. O'Brien, u number Of these men
nave been intimidating poor people bv a
display of their badges and have pra,and,d
TO make arrests for the purpose Of eXtorting
monay Sheriff O Brien's first complaint
10 Commissioner Partridg" was answered
bN request Tor the names of any special
deputies whom he had appointed. The
Shertn's reply IL as follows:
! have issued no special deputy sherfrs'
badges slnC" beginning my term OF office.
The following have received commissions
under IN, hand and seal. namely: Five pccidl
deputy rms 70 assist m matters pertain
pose. an ApprllItc Division clerk as speil
deputy sheriff to attend ~" terms of the APP
p"llit" Division OF the supreme Court o Id
In the county of New York Il Madison SQUARE,
under sections ?t2 and 2i5 OF the Code OF civil
Procedure and ior no oth'r rnrrosc. an az,
t"e torn, of Ia" supreme Court. Part .Crimi-
nal Rr1nch, and provide urou tie order of
bile food and lodging for jurors of SAID part
and To MAX" ccrtitCnt" thereof 10 ~" under
section t2i of IT." Cod" OF Criminal Proceed
nrc, and 10 do no other acts.
u rsc gentlemen are ~" only special DEPUTY
stcrlfs appointed hv ~" and tut lor2.d to
Get rs such, and t'"v AZ" empowered to per
written comUis-f on ant Norlying item to act
MI other l"rsons claiming To act rs special
s sSdmd he S 90 t r@g OF NSw York
public ofiC"r, pursuant TO section sos of tho
PcuIl code.
Many Of those now gliding old badges re-.
."iv"d from former administrations of TIE
orn's Office are Row using them for various
PURPOSES. although their commissions TO act
rs such special DEPUTIES h"Chm" nun and void
uIOu the expiration Of ~" term Of Office of In,
apuointins Power and d,d nG' hold over.
t"r"d IN tLis "Ncc thg' persons Ginning 10
~" sp"clal deputy ~ crin- have been disraving