The evening world., 1904-02-24
Capt. CottreII in Charge Says
that District Is Cleaner Than
Ever Before, and Shall Re-
main So While He Is There.
"N0 SUCH THING AS PULL IN
THIS PRECINCT" HE SAYS.
Praises Work Done by Capt Bur-
feind and Declares that He
Will at Once Begin Crusade
Against All Crime.

Police Capt. John J. Cottrell took
command OF the West Thirtieth stree;
police station to-day and declared that
the 'rid'' was on in the Tenderloin and
that 1t would remain on, no matter who
was kept shut in. Every police
man. plain-clothes man and detective
In the precinct was called before the
,csnfnin and told to do his duty.
"Law and order shall prevail here"
s7!onthe Captain.
Capt. Cottrell walked from the Wost
Twentieth street station to the West
Thirtieth shortly before s O'Clock. lie
there relieved Capt. Burfeind OF his
command and set about learning his
men and the duties that had been as
signed to them by his predecessor.
When the day shift of l2j policemen
started out to relieve the night SHIFT
Capt. Cottrell took his stand before
Dem. -
II am now in command of this pre-
cinct," he began. II am determined that
.tie law shall not be broken and that
all vicious persons who operate in this
precinct shall be run to earth. You men
shall not pull the wool over my eyes:
NOR shall 1 pull 1t over yours. Capt.
'Burfeind has done excellent work In
this precinct. This good work shall not
only continue but it shall improve. He
has opened a way for a complete refor-
! nation of the Tepderloin and I shall
work toward this end.
II now instruct you to arrest all law
breakers, no matter what the conse-
c-quences. There is no such thing as n
.spull In this precinct with me in com
.mand of IT. We have no preferences
,.swhere the law is being violated. Now
Ego to your posts of duty And do your
duty" (
z Capt, Cottrell did not take command
Aof the Tenderioin until he had procured
"a list or all suspected places In. the pre-
scinct. He and Capt. Burfcind had n
ttalk last night which continued until
"a late hour. Capt. Burfeind turned over
fail the information In his possession to
his successor. Tho Captain also OBJ
Ytained the work on which the various
plain clothes men were assigned.
Cleaner than Ever before.
you "a n for me-" said Capt.
'Cottrell to a reporter for The Evening
World, that the Tenderloin is cleaner
now than It has. been In many years
in fact. than It has ever been before.
1t shall stay clean. and / shall mako il
cleaner. I have been sergeant and
acting captain in the station-houses all
around the Tenderloin station, and I an
familiar with conditions here. have
been at the West Twentieth, the West
Thirty-seventh n the West Sixty
atohth Rtraaf citations and whla nj
them I had an opportunity to study the
Tenderloin and learn much about 1t. 1
do not feel that l am n stranger here
by any means.
"If 1 md a pool-room or a gambling
house in this precinct and evidence
comes TO me convincing me that the
law IL being violated / shall beat down
b doors and break In, no matter
who Is to suffer. ! shall not walt for
q warrant before breaking into such
suspected places.
Capt. Burfeind has made good prog
ress in his campaign against pool
trict. 1 shall start at the pool-rooms
and the women at once. There are
also hand-books here now. Capt. Bur
feline has been after these persons, but
they are. hard to catch. 1 shall catch
them. My men will begin on them at
once.
4 VIII DC Jill AiiiN u NAlS NAAiii va
decrease from now on. There was a
time only a few years ago when there
were hold-ups and badger games worked
on Thirty-second street every night.
These same sorts of robberies were
Committed in every part of the Tender
loin. too. but they have fallen off under
Capt. Burfelnd's administration until
now there are few OF them reported.
1.-THE former reputation OF this pre-
scinct made 1t unpopular with captains.
1t meant work constantly. 1t Is not
Unpopular now because of it's great i'm
rprovement. II will mean work of
course. but not the constant work it
meant formerly.
If any one hears of a leak in the
lid / would like to be informed OF
II. The smallest leak will be pulled
'up as quickly as ! can reach II. There
will be no open violations of the law
las long as 1 am in command here"
Cant. Cottrell is a man of less than
aforty years. He Is clean cut and ath-
sletic and is popular in the department,
His popularity in the West Twentieth
street Station was shown to-day by the
flowers sent him by friends who re-
lgretted his leaving his old precinct.