New-York tribune., 1903-02-13
MUST CLEAN TENDERL0lN
NEW MEN FOR THE WORK
Wholesale Changes IN Precinct and
Defectiue Bureau.

Additional changes among the policemen at
the West Thirtieth-st station and i'm the De
tective Bureau were ordered yesterday by Gen
ersl Greene in furtherance of his plan 10 close
up all gambling houses and dens of vice IN 'he
Tenderioin. General Greene, Chief Inspector
Cortright, Borough Inspector Brooks, AcuIls
Inspector Walsh and Captain Okelny nave
talked over the conditions IN o'Reillys pre-
cinct and have agreed that the policemen who
have teen doing duty in that part OF the city
for years have become too well acquainted Win
the gamblers and persons interested in main
tanning vic GUS places TO be serviceable IN the
general housecleaning that is 10 transform Tue
precinct and maze it respectable
Two 'roundsmen and four plain clothes men
We're sent out of the precinct. Yesterday lhli'
one OF the pa+rolrnen there were sent TO olhel
precincts and thirty-one patrolmen from more
than a dozen different precincts in Mahhatlai
were sent to begin patrol duty in the 1eiioer-
loin al q p
The f,u co7orlement of patrolmen for the
Tenderloin is 1876 and other changes IN the
precinct are to follow. II is expected that lne
sergeapts who have had long service III 0he
precinct will be displaced by new serseaH'S
soon. When the patromen who were 10 s0
on patrol at o'clock last evening answered 'o
the roIlcan they found that all had been as
signed to new posts.
HEADQUARTERS
REORGANIZATION of the police force in the Ten
derloin may help to drive bad people out OF liie
district, they are not going to depend entirely
On the force in the precinct The Detective
Rureau is being reorganized TO make IT effective
sn dealing with the gamblers both IN the len
derioin and in other precincts. Many chahses
tn the Detective Bureau were ordered bv 'eh-
eral Greene yesterday the recommendation
Of rnspector Brooks, Nho is the chief OF Oie
detective service.
Detective sereeants Barrett and McGinness
were sent from the bureau at Police Heaoquai
-ers 20 precincts in Manhattan, and petectNe
serseauts Rhelune and Tuite were transferred
10 Rrooklyn the former precinct ana the
latter 10 tie branch detective bureau De-
-Ac+i,e Sereeants Gildea, Kerr and O'Connel
were transferred from the Brooklyn branch 10
the headquarters bureau. Nine detectives VINO
were moi sergeants were sent away from the
headquarters bureau. all except one gong ali'o
rrecircts TO resume patrol duty Twenty-one
r,atroln1en. selected from precincts in Manhat-
tan and Brooklyn. were sent 10 the heaoqudI-
ters bureau to begin work as detectives
Tho new men in the Detective Bureau are
counted on 10 get evidence against the gamblers
in the Tenderloin- They are entirely unknown
there and viii be able to go into places without
being recognized as policemen. Most OF them
are said to have shown ability in getting eVl-
ience. An official who is interested in the TASK
Of cleaning the Tenderloin said to a Tribune
reporter yesterday.
1t has been astonishing how quickly ne"
19olcemen in the Tenderloin become known 10
the gamblers and disorderly persons there'
Once they get We'll acquainted the oflceTs are
useless in getting evidence against places uhoeF
suspicion. The precinct may need a new SET OF
f,oiicenen every week. There is going 10 De
such a cleaning the Tenderloin never has
known. Ii may be necessary to send a great
before
trucks and carts Of all kinds were lined up
against the curb outside the Tepderloln STA
lion i'm the afternoon. and for an hour men We're
running back and forth, carrying peas manu-
bags and bundles. The carts and TRUCKS hdu
hardly taken these away when announcer &c
began TO arrive with the baggage of the patrol
men newly assigned 10 the preci..ct
While about twenty-five of the patrolrnen
were waiting TO leave the station, Patrolrnan
Kelley. who stands six feet four In his stocking
feet and has powerful bass voice, began 10
sing the Soldiers Farewell The others
Joined in the chorus. Soon after the trans
ferred pstronen had gone. the new men began
10 arrive Their faces looked grave and many
81 them expressed dissatisfaction at the change
The men Of the old force. who remain at the
station. are all anticipating another volcano,
and they are asking each other Who viii go
next p"
Captain O'RefIy last night gave hint OF
what his policy would be in the future
4 going to a transfer system in the
precinct" he said. and expect that it VIII have
a gcod effect / going to shift the men
each man become acquainted with every
post in the precinct 1t will also prevent people
living the posts from becoming familiar with
the patrolmen- If you send man TO new
post. when he first goes there II is How do
YOU do. officer :? when the people who live
the post meet him. But the policeman is only
there week before they call him Jim
PAT Mike whatever his front name is
They get too familiar, and familiarity breeds
contempt. And then there will be less opor-
tunity for biackmail under that system
Acting Inspector Walsh called all his police
captains to a conference last night In the West
Sis1y-eighth-st. station, where the quarters of
his inspection district are. Captains Cottrell Of
the West Twentieth-st- station; O'Reilly. Of
West Thirtieth-st-: Ferris. of West Thirty-sev-
enth-st.: Schmittberger OF West Forty-seventh-
st. and Kear, of West SiXty-eig ghth-st., were
there The talking lasted for over hour, and
Walsh did most of 1t. He said afterward that
the meeting meant more rigid enforcement Of
the laws in all his district. He did not wish to
say that the laws had been enforced with laxty
but he thought II necessary to have a talk with
the commanders to hear what going and
10 hear and suggest new ideas.