The sun., 1903-02-12
new SET OF TENDERLOIN COPS
GREENE TRANSFERS FOUR AND
OTHERS WILL GO soon. be-
One s,or, Is That II May BE Ordered Ont
To-day--.Done Because OF O'Reilly's
Compl aint-Je Views on Clean.
Ing Up-TwO Weeks Enough. He Says.


Police Commissioner Greene yesterday
transferred two roundsmsn, two precinct
detectives and two plain-c hes men out Of
,b, T-nc,crloin precinct II was said that
,hc tran .fers we're made as a result OF a
complaint from Capt o Reilly that he lacked
efficient aid from his men. The recently
published stories that some, or nearly all,
of the bluecoafs there we're collecting
protection money on their own account
may have had something to do with the
moves.
II was also suggested that o Reilly had
legin to feel a bit anxious for his reput a.
ZION a. a cleaner-up. In this connection a
remark made yesterday by tho Dstrict
Attorney is interesting. Mr.. Jerome said
b. thought competent police captain
vth plenty Of support ought to make a
pretty good start in any precinct in two
weeks.
1t i, underst ood that Gen Greene plans TO
move more OF O'Reillys men away from
the Tenderloin. One report last night
wa that twenty-five Of them would 60 to-
day There are 100 men in the precinct
The transfers were:
Roundsman John D. Ormsby to White
stone l.. j. Roundsman Eugene Casey to
Bedford avenue, Brooklyn: Precinct Detec-
tlyos Wilbur NJ. Bacon and Frederick c. Groeb-
ler To the Church street station; Plain Clothes
Men Edward Cooke and Daniel Kerr TO do
patrol duty At the Union Market station.
lhe new Tenderloin roundsnen are Al
fred Anderson OF Whitestone and John
Cooney Of the Bedford avenue station.
while the following patrohien have been
ordered to do detective duty under o Reilly:
Henry J. Standish Of Oak street and Ed
ward Shibles and George Mickey Of the
1enderloin.
Before announcing the transfers, Gen.
Greene had a long conference with Chief
Inspector Cortright, Inspector Brooks.
ference that there would probably be more
transfers made in the precinct. The Com
missioner said that Capt. O'Reilly was
not TO be transferred, and added most en-
phatically: Capt. O'Reily is an honest
man
The understanding about Headquarters
vas that that the changes were made to
give O'Reily a chance to make good
and that if he failed. he himself would be
transferred.
The transfers created good deal Of ex-
citement among the Tenderloin police.
One Of the transferred roundsmen. Ormsby.
who has an excellent record, demanded an
explanation from o Reilly.
4 want to know if there is any complaint
against me, he said.
Capt. Reilly said there wasn't.
Well continued Ormsby. lit doesn't
look good for any mans reputation to
be sent out of here just at this time"
Then, according to the story that was
going around the Tenderloin last night,
O'Reilly denied that he had requested
Ormsby's transfer.
District Attorney Jerome hadn't any
thing to say about Capt. OReilly yesterday
Talking about the Tenderloin in a general
way. Mr.. Jerome said:
THE Tenderloin is always looked upon
as measuring the integrity of the police
force. II the Tenderloin was as clean
a. 1t could be and the others were more ol
less rotten there would be commentator
practically. undeserved. II seems to me
that the first thing to be done is to clean
up that precinct .,
Mr. Jerome was asked how long II should
take a nov captain to begin work Of clean
ing precinct.
II think any man with free hand in the
Tenderloin and plenty OF support, )" he said
Ought TO get substantial results in two
weeks and get evidence which could be
used for prosecuting some cases"
Mr.. Jerome said that apparently the
election next fall is having its effect on the
force and that policemen are afraid to
face the consequences Of a Tammany regime
II they do their duty now. Mr.. jerome
talked az II he expected q change OF power
after electio next fall