New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-10
TRANSFER JEROME MEN.
HOSTILE TAMN4NY NOPE.
McAdOo Says Only His Department
Is to Control the Force.

In future no more plain clothes policemen from
precincts will be detailed to the District Attorneys
Office says the latest order by Police Commission
McAdoo. This interpreted by the District
Attorneys friends Tammany move against Mr..
Jerome
1t was learned yesterday that Friday night
the Commissioner transferred every policeman,
who was not a detective sergeant from the Dis
trict Attorneys office. and sent him TO precinct
to do uniform duty.
Formerly there eight assigned to the
office and this number has been reduced 10 six.
They Detective Sergeants John Herlihy. John
O'ConneIl, James McCaferty. James Reilly, Sam
uel Price and Mcknight. Price and McNaught
have been there for long time. but the four
other sent from Police Headquarters
yesterday. They practically the cream of the
detective force, each man having long record for
good work.
Bernard Flood, Roundsman Beery, Sergeant
Brndley and Patrolmen Louis Rappolt, Harry
Friedman, Neggersmith and Hunt.
With Patrolman Rappo!t sort OF secret service
department in vogue the office Ever since
the killing Of Detective Sergeant Welch last year
Rapport was active in all the raids in which the
District Attorneys office took part. He was re-
sponsible Assistant District Attorney Lord only.
The Police Department itself able to
ascertain what the District Attorneys office was
doing contemplated, as the seven patrolmen
made no reports 10 Police Headquarters Detective
Sergeantg Mcknight and Price. however who had
been at the District Attorneys office for years had
report dall| al POnce headquarters at the ron
cali in the detective bureau and at any time In
Spector MCGlushy could find either Now that
there only six detective sergeunts. each one
will have TO report al the detective bureau every
morning and, if asked, Will have TO tell everything
that Mr.. Jerome and his assistants doing.
1t is also feared that by this system the District
Attorneys office will be hampered in the execution
OF warrants for raids. Exactly how this would
hamper, the assistant district attorneys die not
state. II declared. however. mat two years
ago ii was the rule in the Police Department that
when a county detective requested patroman on
post assist in q raid. the county detective would
be taken 10 the station TO IL the warrant was
genuine. the detectives word no: being taken. In
this way, Il asserted, there where
dence had disappeared by the time the detectives
with the police arrived. The assistant district
attorneys said they thought it would now be neces-
sary for the county detectives to get all the evil
secret and then get patrOlman the street TO
make the raid legal
Commissioner McAdoo said the movement was
intended in no wise a slight the District
He was opposed having any authority outside
OF the Police Department control the movement o.
the force. assert as a right any control over
special policemen"
''Tf the District Attorney should ask you TO send
him men in place OF those you have detailed TO his
office. would you comply with his request the
Commissioner asked
Il should receive il with every disposition TO
comply with and certainly with intention TO
slight him In any possible way but IL / had good
service reason from police standpoint why such
should not go there. would have to refuse his
Inspector McCIusky said yesterday that the de-
failing OF six OF his men TO the District Attorney S
Office would make little change in his force. He
declared the men would report at Police Head
quarters every morning for rOllcall. usual, and
later would report to the District Attorney. They
Inspector McCIusky would have say in their
work.