New-York tribune., 1903-01-19

ers Jerome in this city in lSUl is given 10y Aliieu
Holder, now private secretary TO the District
Attorney in the current number of The Out
look" The article is entitled A Fight for the
City: the Story of a Campaign of Amateurs.
In course of it Mr.. Holder says in part:
Mr. Jerome was himself in some sort an amateur
OF The City Club from the date OF ITS lorna atloh'
,tS,T 80 ana member Of the executive committee in
5he camIaign 1h' b had been associate counsel in
the investigation made by the leNoM coili@.aeS . @
fics he had connned himself TO executing with with
singular audaeltE ana eneIsE ee ,Titb one exce5
zion those of his adherents who first rallied To-
5e,ngT ayhss se None Of them had ong been friends
OF his. and few Of them had long beer iie4s c
Unexpectedly fortuitously to meet the needs OF he
When, al the close of the municipal campaign OF
1901 Mr. Shepard formulated The TWO d a, iicet he
iRe words ana acts Of WiIiar Devery first Chief
and then Deputy Commissioner of Police under
The late ADMINISTRATION and in The part PLAYED e1d IN
date for District Attorney of the county OF New
York William Travers jerome. MI Jerome 5idu
been for five years justice of the Court OF Spe-
cia Sessions. and in the spring ana summer pr @
zion principal in a prolonged duel "l'h
Mr. Devery had been for years, so far as the
great public knew him, ngure Tor opera poplle; III
Shief OF Police that New-York has ever had, and
continuous performance III IN
spred mixed metaphor and Irish pull. HIS phrases phrases
achieved currency. in particular The Pm. PHRASE @
an aPpertanin' to that there's nothin don.
from the frequency with which ne uttered ] II, 6I n
From time to time ne not TO be found at
Police Headquarters and was reported IN win an
attack Of grip or out of town AT such periods
friends might have mistaken for him. was Likely , 10
bc discovered, very unsteady on his legs throwing
5ne IN i raf driving f faster than the law allows
and qifl ST rcd a
yatrolmen. AS Deputy Police Commissoner
heverv held court every Thursday. when he sat IN
judgment delinquent members of the force ana
made maXims for their lns5ructon men St re
siictum that achieved instant currency He pre-
s or &idence @ inspfFes by the Witfcism or the rri
non OF the t Shooting %aS oi6's 6 She
streets; the Chief glared at MIN. do DID you you M nt
ifn iGF main hm X Next 'PG8 9me 'g gog d hit % Every
Thursday afternoon the proeeedings IN in his 00nTs
dedicated comedy; every Thursday evening gen
cussed the disgrace to the city of having man
like Ny DeEgEy at the head OF i ITS ponce nee i da
cussed him. In their indignation and disgust no
O DeTery 2 lad some seven thousand ea to keep in
hand by military reGkonIng a M hTgade amd no nop9Gg COY
1nasterly. He knew his men from helmet to shoe
gave a command they walked in the eye of the
lord S3 Se % he has f been the ra anG
file still Ike his orders. Men who have eVer. mad a
% sn s6ne ie qns boon 4 70 as o bis brufaE Of
speech and harshness IN }udgment there are few lew
American the British army. 10 go no further.
cannot be kept smart by politeness, and the
do not respect a commander who knows no better
f5, w5y of experiment The leading truth about
he was in his own world. formidable; His supe-
hacked him up. and his subordinates were
him
the spring OF lEh mat The lnllaoltantS OF Iile
elafia of he main OF
ery's rule and of the degree of its arrogance. and
The Rev Mr. PsddocR who had been working on
the East Side. laid complaint before one OF
lie rule in Anen-st- the red light district and
Bishop Potter sent admirably temperate letter
I" Mayor Van Week, Deyery-s official superior
In their refusal listen Bishop Potter the ad-
im the cornmonveaith 10 ali practical intents and
purposes both uIaWarS ol thelf existence ana at
Fifteen organized 10 inquire into the conditions
"enizc The blunder Of his henchmen appointed
T:'mmany Committee of Five for the same pur-
= the head Of 1t and ordering II 10 take action
organization, Mr. Nixon chose to begin his in
Nt-stjsatjon by raid on an alleged poolroom at
warrant; and there the defeat OF Tammany in the
Mir. Jerome knew down to the ground the nature
- fake or TIPPED & off, of raids al The 9 magistrate t
serve 1t; the police officer organizes raiing party
The time for the raid and the raidng party
Iinds set Of empty rooms SI IN charge perhaps Of
10 issue warrants: but he declined to be a figure in
comedy. He made out the warrants against
-oor,I viz r NiSn, and Sf, p17iiiiT led "a Tsid
Ing party. ignorant Of its destination. to No. 20
Dey-st.. and rushed the place Rushing means
free fight. ending possibly. in a shooting scrape
with such of the occupants Of the within as
Try To make good escape. In outer
dedicated 10 lounging and drinking Mr.. jerome.
upon eight members Of the police force detailed to
Ect evidence against the place These testified
oh drew
ia fN11,se Ed % +st @ r, %r ,br+I. tiI NJ 6 6.S ~ ~
tIlt oo lo' UNI I'M qdys con
perfectly unaware OF any gambling conducted in
The house. In another room. where something like
hundred had been rounded up and reduced
% submission Mr.; Jerome gave an officer the war
Througt- the spring and summer tTonths. right
the city. He he'd not sought the position cf chief
1essional refoTmer aspirant for political ad-
Nancement he was ostensibly a cubman and man
The District Attorneys office. and later judge.
he had learned the police game; he at once
hy knowledge and position the one man who could
and would do the work cut for the Committee
prisoners, waiting the police station afterward
fer such Of them could secure bail. meant
monty staying abroad all night and his official
Suties required him to open court in the Special
low clubmen criticised him for making himself
conspicuous. His brother lawyers and judges criti
The newspapers car:catured him as Carrie Nation
IN which Judge Jerome's name came before De-
cry he said: Judge Jerome. this complaint dis
missed! There lot Of little tin soldiers runnin'
around this town with popguns on their shoulders
shooting them off in the streets, raising riots
Judge Jerome isn't goin to run this town if
help it. This here claims that he was wrongly
convicted and I believe him II is about time
halt was called on Judge Jerome
where the fact is seemingly novelty, and even d
paradox that the aQTnlnlstratlon III great cities
other to the pooT To Tot the Tieh it means.
judges in The higher courts, gatherers, and in