The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-13
DEVERY MUSES. ON PARTRIDGE.
HE'S 4 NICE OLD NAN AND NEEDS
QUIET, SAYS THE EX-CHIEF.
But 1.-THE Chaps From the Gilt Furniture
Parlors'll Never Run Mulberry street"
--One.liandeti Game There Now
Wouldn't Nlr. Low Like Old Biii Back"

$50 the old gentleman has wrapped his
shawl around him and gone home, has he;"
said william >. Devery, when ne heard
that Col Partridge had resigned. We'll.
he's nice old man. an hope he'll get the
quiet his nerves need. He never was
made for a head Of the Police Department,
You want a knock -abou, for that ob,
continued the ex-chief. Pine theories
do no, make fine Police Commissioners.
II takes a Teller with some figh, in him.
a Teller that knows somethin' about human
nature-best Of ~ an old policeman who
knows all about the business from the
walk up. You cant run the IoIce with a
tin whistle. | wonder IL it wouldn't take
load of Mayor Lows mind TO Put rus
back there now.
The ex-chief had Just come out of his
house III West Twenty-eiglth street Tie
rum OF black perfecto was still aglow.
Snow was blowing down the street as If
Frank Mckee Lad sci the scene
Big Bill turned up lis collar ~ d went on:
The chaps from them parlors with the
gilt furniture ard cigarette cabinets II
never he able 10 run Mulberry street. Il
needs "A man who's been used to bein' out
il the streets OH lights like this. such a. the
Wait an 49," how long the next fellow II
last. six months of that job to a man who
lets worry worry him viii make him vi, h
he knew Of quiet opium joint where III, IN
Citizens Union fellows wouldn't be likely
To spot him.
They started out with "A four-handed
game down in Mulberry street. Partridge
and our bercaved friend r. ggy Thurston.
al l,.
or was IL at nightt-a bruised himself
80 he had to resign. Then they made 1t
three handed. Now with Partridge out
it'll be- one-handed arrangement and that
fellow Piper viii work that one arm of
.aluting himself in the lookinggas-.
Il see that the Rev. Or Siccr says the
force Is no better now than II was when
Devery VAS Chief He'll be able 10 LAY
the same thing a year from now; and Two
years from now, too. Ii isn't "a good a.
il Vas when DeNcry was there. 1rcy talk
about the lammanyi2ed Police l.JaTt-
mcnt. There wer. only four lamruauv
captains IN the DEF artuent when | left, an
they're all there yet.
-iuW does Partridge'e record Hi2" up
with mire; Look 1t Overt don't mean
the statements h. may give out The
way 10 examine the records is tn examine
ON Get the books AT Mulberry street
see how crime under his aduliuist at ion
| compares with crime under mine.
They didn't get away with hold-ups
and highway rol,N"ricS When | was Their.
| wouldn't stand for il. There were fewer
crimes. an We got bigger percentage Of
the criminals.
They say tho new admnistrs,io ion has
stopped gambling an such. Well, ! lost
| "A stack of checks myself the other light
The same gang Of reformers that were
after me got after Partridge II "A good
committee went after them reformers
they'd all land in jail in short order sure
| AZ anything, YOU know.
What the Police Department needs first
| Of all IL legislation 80 that 500 more men
| can be appointed, the three platoon system
put back. an the block system installed
| The block system puts the patrolman
| where you've got him. He can't plead that
his beats so long that he can't hear the
| wells Of the fellow that's being held up
/ at the other end Of it, He'll be within call
! for any trouble.
Partridge hasn't been in a year. but
| he's wronged a lot Of men in that time, an
| he'll have something to answer for when
his. time comes But suppose mos, people
| will saw his intentions were all right
Wasn't he put in Office as State SUPER
| intendent of Public Works to catch tie
| crooks on the canals? Wien he couldn't
| do that he'd no chance with tie police
| Craft Say. the PEOPLE az talk about
| graft are tie girgerhreads. If YOU Lad tie
| night scent YOU could go of on hop loo
| after grafter- some night and land long
WAYS from the Rowerv Some Of the ahlcst
| grafters are in that high-ioned class where
| 10 mention their names with graft would
| lie as had as lightin' a cigar in church Sun
dav morning
"Sav, did YOU hear about the ds af and
dumb man that got his hands dirty lellin'
Smuttv stories?"