New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-07
FUSION'S RECORD.


pohucal pulls within the department itself is
~ record OF the fusion administration in the
Toilce department. In connecticn with this
gu uIuerlylng all the results. is a complete
reorganization Of the department. nrecedad bv
wedding out Of the corrupt with a thorough
ness that struck terror to the rrafters ana
'ne entire city TO sit up straight and
ADMIRE conscious that at last there was at
WORK reform movement which really re-
formed To-day the police forca oe +h;s i. -
smoothly working machine. excellent in or
eanlzauon. with men of clean records ar the
heao' While not infallibe. it is more efficient
lhah II mas ever been before, and there is an
enIrely dlnerent tone from the don't care
anything goes. can't put il up TO me- spirit ~
laziness and criminality which was i+s dor,
lnant note under Tammany To-day men know
that they must do their work and that no ex-
cuse can stand If the work is not done They
are willing to work. because they are treated
as men, and no politician can get at" them
Fusion was told TO reform the Police Depart
ment; it pledged itself 10 this during the cam
palgn IN 1901, and it has fulfilled its promises
Inc day that Mayor Low went into office
Mlcnael c Murphy, then Police Commissioner
hoInlnaIly' really only a fgurehead for Devery
ana the TGmmany politicians. was deposed and
Colonel John N Partridge was made Commits
sloner- He began a campaign Of trials and
transferring from precinct where the men
were acquainted to others where they could
nave no friendship with the gamblers and own
ners OF disorderly' houses Colonel Partridge &C
complished much good. but he was an elderly
man, and not strong enough for the work so
when he resigned General Francis Y. Greene
was appointed Commissioner the beginning
OF this year
STRUCK AT THE ROOT OF GRAFT
On his first day in Office General Greene is
sued an order which struck at the very root OF
graft Each one OF the 3O6 wardmen was sent
back TO patrol duty, in precinct far from his
usual haunts. with positive instructions that
he should not have special detail OF any kind
for ninety DAYS. II at the end Of that time his
captain made application 10 have him detailed
as wardman and he had z clean record. he re-
suued the duties Of wardman but not in any
precinct or under any captain with whom he
had served for FIVE years previously. Another
order 70 make the inspectors watch themselves
was issued that first day \ chief inspector for
the entire force was made: two borough inspec-
tors. one for Manhattan. The Bronx and Rich
mond. and one for Brooklyn and Queens. were
appointed The district inspectors were told to
make their Offices in their districts. instead Of
at Police Headquarters in Manhattan or Brook
Ign had been the custom In making these
changes the Commissioner declared that he
ever happened under them.
The next step was 10 put the responsi bility
for the non-enforcement of laws on the cap
tains Having made the inspectors responsible
for their districts and the misdeeds OF the cap
tains the Commissioner woke UP the captains.
and required each one to show Just what he
was doing 10 enforce the laws. Captains were
transferred. as the wardmen had been, and IL
this way the system" the organized extortion
Of bT1Sf- M
or wardnan. under the new conditions. could
guarantee protection. and no one would pay for
protection he couldn't get.
DETECTIVE BUREAU CHANGES.
Then came the reorganization Of the Detective
Bureau. The Brooklyn and Manhattan bureaus
were consolidated, under one inspector That
inspector. Brooks. was told to dig in and get
evidence OF which gambling dens and disorderly
houses could be closed When Inspector Brooks
could not produce results. the Commissioner
employed private detectives who did get evil
dence. whereupon Inspector Brooks had sue
cessor. The records Of the Detective Bureau for
the last year show a great improvement in
conditions about town. There is less gambling
than in many years before, and such as there is
is in private clubs like the one just opened
said TO be run by a rich Western sport and
stock broker There has been excellent work in
the criminal cases WHICH GbLLt 10 lLAc DNAtd-'
out Of twelve murders. eleven Of the guilty men
have been caught.
The houseclean ming under Commissioner Greene
was a thorough one. In the first place, he
SUSPENDED all the men who were under charges,
then got after them. Trial after trial was held
resulting in dismissaLs Men who realized that
they were likely 70 be struck preferred TO retire
If they could with a third deputy TO help him
with the numerous trials. the Commissioner
went on and after he got through the list
stood.
Dfsmissed-Inspecfors Adam A. Cross and
Donald
Retired-InspectOrs Walter l.. Ps""'
rohD n Grant John J. Harley. Elias p Clay
ton and John Brennan
acknowledgements John l. stephenson,
Hugh Fitzpatrick. Michael DeNanney' james
Cannon. John Reardon and ID u hoFhihah.
Retired-Captai Watson Nredenbureh'
sreorEe = Chairman. A J. AIlaire, T. F. White,
W r. Rau.hey. J J Delaney. John E Col
pan II = CopeIand. II. III. L-svey, John Mara.
st.Dben T. Brown. William J. Burford. Ed
ward walsh. William Gregory. james n
Price. william Thompson, Michael sheehFn'
Anthony = Woods, Timothy !. Creeden- Ed
John W England. Andrew J. Thomas. Ed
xxard A ,aus and Michael smith.
Some OF these were. OF course. retired for
proper reasons
Changes left room for the appointment Of
inspectors. 81 captains. ~ sergeants and ~
roundsmen. They were chosen for their clean
records Political pull. in contrast with Tam