Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
Police Commissioner McAdoo
Resigns.
COMPLAINS OF SILENCE
CRITICISES THE COURSE PUR-
SUED BY THE MAYOR.
Declares That He Was Kept in Studied
Ignorance Of the Others Intentions
Regarding the Position.

NEW YORK, december u-POllce COm-
missioner William McAdoo tonight made
public hts letter to Mayor Mcclellan tender
ing his resignation to take effect tomor-
row. Mr.. McAdoo states that his res!gna-
ton was requested by the mayor, but says
such request would not have been neces-
sary had it even been intimated to him
what the mayors wishes were in the prem
ises. He declares Mayor Mcclellan had no
cause whatever for keeping him in studied
ignorance of his intentions, and concludes:
The unusual circumstances under which
I accepted this trust and our personal re-
lations demanded that you should SO state
to me in that candid and honorable way
which prevails among gentlemen
Would Have Retired Anyway.
In his letter Commissioner McAdoo says:
II am In receipt of yours of the 10Th in
slant requesting my resignation as police
commissioner, to take effect December 81,
1905. l take pleasure in complying with
your request which would have been I'M
necessary had you acquainted me with your.
wishes in the premises. l stated some time
ago that / would not raise a finger to Sc
cure a tenure In this office for forty years.
and I can now add to that that would not
have continued In this Office even IL you
had requested me to do SO.
The circumstances under which accept
ed this office from you and its conduct
during my incumbency entities me, l sub
nit, to knowledge of your wishes, more
especially in view of the following CORE
spondence. which speaks for itself, and the
fact that within the last few weeks you
took occasion to speak of me TO others in
complimentary terms"
Mr.. McAdoo then quotes a letter which
he had addressed to Mayor Mcclellan in
October last, calling his attention to news
paper interview attributed to the mayor,
to-, g, ia., rtn:,,
cised. Mr.. McAdoo told the mayor that
without the support OF the city's head he
could not consent to remain In the police
department.
Praised by the Mayor.
In the mayors reply to this letter, dated
October 3, he wrote to Mr.. McAdoo:
Il am indeed sorry that my action OF
yesterday should have awakened in your
mind even the slightest suspicion that you
and your administration did not have my
fullest confidence" The mayor concluded:
With undiminished faith in you and your
administration, and with assurances of my
personal esteem" etc.
After giving this correspondence In full
commissioner McAdoo concludes his letter
OF resignation as follows
so FAR as you have ever expressed yOur-
self to me or my friends, you had no cause
Whatever for keeping me in studied ignor-
aEce of your intentions. II vacancy was
utSiIeu 10 pe created, L should have been
consulted with; If we had differed as to a
question of policy it should have been a
manly and honest one from which we could
have parted as friends If 1t related to my
personal conduct or that of those under
me, L should at least have been given a
hearing; if you believed that my contInif-
ance in this office was an advantage to the
public, you owed 1t to them and to me to
say SO and to at least have given me the
opportunity OF refusing in this connection
any further honors; or even If you were
convinced to the contrary, the unusual cir
cumstances under which I accepted this
that you should SO state to me In that
candid and honorable way which prevails
among gentlemen"
Detective Sergeant Dismissed.
One of the last official acts of Police
Commissioner McAdoo will be to dismiss
from the force tonight Detective Sergeant
VIM. ]. Eggers, who was until recently
the head of Mr.. McAdoo's so-called vice
squad It was alleged that Eggers failed
to suppress disorderly house in West
Fifty-fourth street against which he had
evidence. He was tried last week before
q deputy police commissioner and found
guilty.
Eggers, in his defense. declared he had
been ordered not to proceed against a GER
tain house by VIM. Howell. Commissioner
McAdoo's private secretary. Mr.. Howell
asked for an investigation and this was Or
dered by the commissioner. Mr.. McAdoo
leaves the department tomorrow, and in
his statement regarding the Eggers case
his resignation as secretary and that he
has therefore no further control over him