New-York tribune., 1903-04-17
HOW KIND OF MR. DEVERY
His Willingness Policeman ONe'A
Should Be Reinstated.

William, & Devery alias big BilP' Devery, alias
ex-Poce Chief Devery. alias ex-Deputy Pohce
Commissioner Tammany leader of the IXth AS
semby District. and sworn foe OF the Tarnmahy
Hall General Committee custodian of the Pump,
Ganymede of picnics and chowder parties, author
of a monograph on "Touchin' on an appertalnln
to higher up and coiner Of the epigram, Don
get caught with the goods on you was In hlsn
feather Yesterday at the reopening, before Third
Deputv Police Commissioner Davis. or the trlal
of x-Policeman Edward O'Neill. obtained by MIN
through legislation at Albany. O'Nein was tleo
and dismissed after he had committed the heinous
offence of talking back to Deputy commissioner
Devery.
The big Fellow of few more aiases)
sauntered into Police Headquarters, where once ne
had been lord of all he surveyed. as II ne held
first mortgage on it, and inspecting the prop
erty.
After he had deposited his huge bulk on the wit
ness stand he was asked by De Forest Baldwin
counsel for O'Neil. how long he had been In the
department.
''I think am in the department yet" he re-
plied. with a grin as expansive the lower Gee
ton of his waistcoast.
when you wanted to transfer man IL Wouidn
take long; it wouldn't take twenty-four hours
would it?''
mo It could be done mighty quick
isn't it true that a man used to be transferred
and retransferred inside Of twenty-four or forty
eight hours?'
II don't remember; you know I've been on 1ur-
But you often did transfer men when you want
ed to give them rub didn't you?'
YES, when they needed q little brushing down
Did you ever hear of any one shaking down a
member of the force?'
Devery took breath while expression Of con
scious virtue and spotless innocence mounted 70 ms
brow. All he lacked was a halo when ne repheQ'
IF I ever had heard of that l would nave mace
down from the back Of his head to his heels
Are there not police reasons for these frequent
transfers."
Then Devery became confidential and gave an
extract from the unwritten story OF his life
officials the Police Department thought my name
French-AIr. Devroo; and every time there was
any vacancy be filed work to be done tney
would send for Mr.. Devroo, that Frenchman
DeVery made to ONeil at the first trial IL hau
the merit of amusing Devery and he laushed SO
hard that he sweat
language and action in ONetHs case were 1usu-
fable, he said: - -
''Tve known O'Neill for fifteen or twenty years
and l always found him good officer on the slde..
and I think that he's suffered enough, and want
to say. right here that have no objection 10 MS
going back the force ,., /.
The magnanimity of it! He had no objection to
O'NeiITs reinstatement Then he turned to Com
missioner Davis and gave the result OF his renee
tions since he has viewed the police force from
the outside point OF view -, - ,-z..oz
of nine thousand to properly patrol this CITY,. ne
said Your districts IN the summer time at nlshss
are not properly patroled because you nave 10 Senu
6ftv men to Brighton Beach. forty men to Coney
island and others the various resorts. and that
decreases the number or men thdI ouSH1 W D N1'o
patrol duty 49,. ,.
When the trial was over Devery did not lnger'