New-York tribune., 1905-01-22
INSPECTOR To BE TRIED.
Charge against Him Neglect of
Duty-WOrk of "ShOo Flies.

To await trial on charges Of neglect OF duty In
-spector George r Titus. Of the ID Inspection
District. suspended At midnight last night
Deputy Commissioner Lindsey was busy all Gay
Yesterday drawing the charges. which Commis-
sioner McAdoo signed last evening, ordering the
inspectors suspension without pay.
Commissioners McAdoo announced the preparation
OF charges il the afternoon. They were. general
that there were several specifications in the docu-
ments The I'd District includes the Mercer
-. station. where Captain Tighe. now awaiting
trial on charges. was in command. and it is be-
heved that the charges against Inspector Titus
are an outsrowth Of The charges against the cap
tain.
Inspector Titus received the charges coolly when
they were served on him. and only said:
When we are on the firing line we must expect
be hit
The trial is set FOR Thursday January Il. The
charges against the inspector are the those
against Captain Tighe. with the exception that
there is no charge of making false reports to the
COMMISSIONS. The charges against the inspector
solely of neglect Of duty. in failing to close
certain poorooms
Inspector Schmttberger viii take charge of the
2d Inspection District in addition to his own
work. He has been at home for several weeks with
broken ankle. but will return duty tomorrow
Inspector Titus IS . lawyer. and a man of consd-
erably higher education than the average police
man He was appointed a patrolman in 1886
roundsman in 1895. sergeant in 1895. d car plain in
4SSt ana an inspector IN lSV5. Titus was one OF
Inspector Bymes's most trusted detective
geants
The police force is stirred. from the newest pa
trolmen right up 10 the Commissioner, who Is max
ing the fur Fly in his newly acquired consciousness
Of the evils of the system The men in the
street wondering how long II viii last; the
Commissioner is determined to break up the
soldering on duty and the grating OF the
patromen His force of special detectives under
Sergeant Eggers will do much toward this If he
get the men for it. but Sergeant Eggers sees
little hope In that direction. He is confronted by
the prospect Of getting forcing TO
work at spy duty when he knows they will shirk
their work
The Commissioner had his regular "shoofes'
a heart-to-heart talk about the evils they would
foster II in mistaken kindness carelessness they
permitted shftless work the part of the patrol
men He urged that they visit the posts at irres-
ular intervals. by devious ways.
i want them especially 10 jack up the con-
Yersatiou the force-the who stand
on corners and In doOrways talking, and l have
assured them that ] viii stand by them" said the
Commissioner. Il intend 10 look into the making
Of entries by patrolmen i'm their memorandum books
when they caught off post. They In the
Ia bit. I understand, OF writing in their memoran-
dun books a statement that they were called off
post by citizen. and were putting in the exact
time at which the TOundsmen charges them with
being away from their beats. Entries must be
truthful. and II l catch any policeman making
a false entry in his book II will go hard with him
We had case not long ago or several policemen
who deliberately changed the hour al which fire
occurred. They put IL back fifty minutes in order
10 cover themselves