New-York tribune., 1903-03-30
SERGT. LIED TO GREENE
win Be Tried for Needlessty Tef''ng
FnLsehood about Captain.

,rhr,,,.L .,bot Commissioner Greene thinks was
An sttempt to shield a captain police seFgeAn. %
present doing duty In an East SIDE s'auo" VI "
a few days find himself before Deputy toihiLiS T
stonar piner where he will face charges or NOT oiS
a1ther.+e,,, fsIsfyng records, but Of telling the
Commissioner falsehoods.
And the very peculiar part of IL is. saiu I'm
missioner Greene night. that this sergeant
whose name / will not at present make PUBIC
was endeavorng to shield his captain for some
thing that was not an infraction OF any rules VI
the department, and for doinG what the captain
mad a perfect right to do
81 made a tour of several stations on the East
Side TODAY" said General Greene at his home NO
. Eas Thrtieth-st last night. There was car
tain captain desired to see and didn't want 10
miss I called UP that station on the phone aoou'
1.ap o'clock and asked IL the captain was there
The sergeant informed me he was absent on patfoi.
r sskad The ser1eant 10 send out to find him. II
possibe and to state to him that would be al the
house in the course OF an hour.
About 2:3o o'clock got to that station and fonnd
the sergeant behind the desk. Deputy Connnls-
sioner Davis was with me, and while he inspected
the station I asked the sergeant II the captain
was in He was out patrol, the sergeant III,
formed me i asked him how long the captain had
been out. From a half TO three-qu4F'ois ' ~
hour the sergeant said.
"I walked behind the desk and looked at the
blotter In it I found two entries, "nlcn reao'
T:3D r. m. Captain - in command p H. Ndp-
tain - on patrol and to dinner
these entries signed ostensioly pv tne
captain AS 1t happened I was we'll acquainted
with that particular captains signature. and l
knew he had never written those entries, nor hah
he signed them
those entries and he replied he had looked
back through the bIotter, and there found any
number Of entries made by the captain and signed
by him.
Davis had finished his inspection OF the station,
and when he returned to the main room called
him over to the desk and asked him to witness the
statements of the sergeant.
''Did you see the captain sign those entries in
this blotter before he left the station half or three
quarters Of an hour ago? I asked him.
Certainly replied the sergeant. I saw him
write them
II then told the sergeant to tell the captain TO
remain there when ne returned. I wanted to see
HIM, and would return during the afternoon We
went back after o'clock. and found the captain
there. took him into his and told him
oTeF and n sad he'd never wPen fe asked
him If he had ever authorized the sergeant 10
him He said he had not and was nonplussed At
He could not imagine, he said, what reason the
fopd d. 3ss n had d9 II e akbs 1s saon afh nbou
Il ocock and o. there Was 1 an entry in the bottsr
sergeant and made public as soon as they are
When asked the penalties for the violations By
'Deliberatey making false entries and mISstate-
Commissioner may, in his discretion. break the
sergeant 1t will rest with him. will not inter
fere. The captain had perfect night TO be away:
and am at a loss to imagine what the sergeant
could have been thinking of when he made those
entries. and then lied to me as to the time the
captain left the station
It is known that at $50 O'Clock yesterday after
Twenty-sec0nd-st police station. in company with
Deputy Commissioner Davis. There he inquired
for Captain Gallagher, who happened 70 be out
Commissioner Davis inspected the house while
Commissioner Greene walked behind the Fa1ung
and the desk for half an hour talking with
Sergeant Stahl. While seated at the desk Com"
missioner Greene looked over the blotter and was
observed TO turn the leaves. few moments pc
fore S o'clock Commissioner Greene and Davis
returned TO the East Twenty-second-st station
and there saw Captain Gallagher, who was evil
IDENTIFY waiting for the Commissioners return.
Sergeant Stanl went OF duty at II o'clock last
night and went to his home All attempts TO inter
Speaking Of withdra wing the uniformed men
placed In front of gambling houses and poolroons.
General Greene said:
can and will get the necessary evidence against
these gambling houses. that will be all that Is
necessary. The Detective Bureau has shown IN the
last days that II not only can but that II does
get the necessary evidence In these cases ! knew
It could be done If any one wanted to get 1t: put
it up McCIusky the same as did to Brooks and
the results speak for themselves: Tho Detective
Bureau can get into those houses ,.
Then you think there has been a great improve
ment in the Detective Bureau he was asked
Results speak for themselves" said he. There
have been more raids made and evidence secared
in the last ten days than ever before in the history
OF the department.