The sun., 1904-07-31
n POLICE CAPTAINS SHIFTED
OH, NO SHAKE-UP, SAYS M'ADOO.
AS HE GOES ON VACATION.
All the Wiseacres Puzzled a. to Truo In'
wardness OF the Chanses-McCarren
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Police Commissioner McAdoo's long
threatened police shake-up came yesterday
IL was only flash In the pan In comparison
with what was expected, but 1t is beieVeo
to bA only the forerunner OF what Will nap
pen when the Commissioner gets back from
his two weeks vacation.
Yesterdays shake-up embraced seven
teen police captains. It did not touch the
patrolnen or officers outside the rank OF
captain. These are the captains trans
ferred:
Joseph Burns. from Church street to East
John j. McNally. from East 1ssth street
70 Church street.%
John DAILY. from Union Market to west
Martin Handy. from West Twentieth street
TO Union Market.
Michael e, Foody, from Wakefield to Alex
snder avenue, best post In The Bronx
Joseph G. .Gehe n. from Alexander avenue
to Wakefield.
e Jefferson Deevy. from Central once to
Bronx Park.
Charles D, Kemp, from West Sixty-eg ghth
street to Fourth street. Long Island City.
James E. Dillon, from Grand Central Station
to West sixty-eighth street.
John Cooney, from Long Island City to
Grand Central Station.
Michael pevaney, from Butler street,
Brooklyn. to washin gton street, Brooklyn.
John j. Murtha. from Bridge TO Richaros
avenue. Brooklyn.
Dennis Driscoll, from Bedford avenue.
Brooklyn, to Butler street. Brooklyn.
Patrick j. Harkins. from Adams street..
Brooklyn. to Bedford avenue. Brooklyn.
Patrick Murphy. from Richards avenue.
Brooklyn, to Adams street, Brooklyn.
James E. Hussey. from West Thirty-sevsnth
street to West Forty-seventh street.
Cornelius G. Hayes. from West Forty
seventh street to West Thirty-seventh street.
M'ADoo "ExPLAINs.'
Commissioner McAdoo remained at Police
Headquarters late on Friday night an
ranging for the transfers. He left them
for his secretary, William Howell, to give
out yesterday. He also left this type
written statement:
This is In no sense neral shake-up. 1t
is merely the making OF some changes that
an convinced are necessary for the greater
efficiency Of the force and which l concluded
ought to be made now.
| have given Capts. Hussey. Burns and
Dillon three very important precincts. and
1 will hold them responsible for good results.
most important precincts In the CITY. ana n
some ways quite as much SO as the Nineteenth
coura seols and impsrtlal. and. Of course,
thoroughly upright and possessed OF good
Judgment. ! shall expect good We work from ON
mine II good results are not obtained. Capt,
Dill on is young officer. and showed good
ior the snnus sns sPras parade
very important one. send Capt, Burns
70 the rhirty;sseeond precinct with Il, con
i have 6lied the vacancy caused by the
death OF Capt. schultz by sending Capt.
pshoyut MAXIM to al
canoy caused by the death Of Capt. Short
No promotions. therefore. arc at this time
necessary.
KNOWING ONES AT FAULT.
The wise ones at Headquarters had .
hard time yesterday trying to figure out
Just what the shifting Of the seventeen
captains meant. They agreed that they
were made without thought Of politics or
political effect. and for the good Of the
avoided the timeworn expression. In a
majority Of cases, two captains had simply
changed places with each other. but in
some instances the transfers seemed to
indicate wish on the part OF the Com.
missioner to reward certain captains and
to punish others.
Capts Burns and McNally, who changed
places in the Church street and East 10th
street stations, both have their work cut
out for them; The Church street precinct
hotbed Of poolrooms and gambling houses
Capt. Burns, it is believed, has pretty well
cleaned up the precinct and had only many
court proceedings to contend with. The
see that Capt. MoNally kept his new precinct
clean. The East 12eth street station is a
hard one, and will give Capt. Burns an
opportunity for more cleaning up.
No one at Headquarters yesterday was was
shifting of Capts. Handy and DAILY. Handy
at one time had charge Of the West Forty
seventh street station, one OF the hardest
precincts in the city. His new post in the
West Twentieth street station will give
him WORK more ike his old command than
he got in the Union Market station.
Capt Foody was In command OF the
West Thirty-seventh street station, the
lower end Of the New 1enderloin.' early
trouble over the enforcement of the excise
laws. The reform Commissioner sent him
up to the goats in Wakefield, the most
northerly precinct In the city. There
lie has been ever since His advancement
to the Alexander avenue station in The
Bronx, half way back to his old precinct,
is taken to indicate partial return to
favor.
Why Capt Joe Gehegan was sent up to
Wakefield could not be explained, unless
W
was for many years the sergeant in charge
Of the Sanitary Squad. Later he was
acting captain under Capt. Kear in the
West Sixty-eighth street station. He il
not mixed up in politics.
Deevy, the only man In the department
who has been reduced from the rank of
captain to sergeant and then reinstated
by the courts goes to the Bronx Park
station, vacant since the death Of Capt.
Schultz. When Deevy was restored to
the rank Of captain all posts were filled.
He was put temporarily in Police Head
quarters at night. There was really little
work for him there.
Oapt. Kemp, who goes from the West
Sixty-eighth street station to Long Island
City. Is man with a good reputation,
who apparently did not hit 1t of well with
Commissioner McAdoo. His transfer to
Long Island City Is looked upon as punish
Inent, as he has always held post in this
borough.
Capt. Dillon is park cop" who came
in with the consolidation. His first command
after being made a captain was in the West
Forty-seventh street station, the middle and
west part Of the new Tenderloin. He had
ia contend with VICE found in the Tender
loin and had besides more licensed liquor
places IN his precinct than any other cap
taiva IN tho nit II xyas tho aalOOns that lad