The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-02
SUILIYANS LOSE FORMOSA.
INSPECTOR NiLLY TO RULE OVER
THE BOWERY.

Commands shift ed nv Gen. bingham Yester.
day Police Captains 10 Use Only Upper
serEeants Hereafter -Ilugest siakeuD
n for Election HAY only.
Another slap was handed to the Sullivan
clan yesterday when Police Commissioner
Bingham transferred Acting Inspector
Charles A. FormoSa from command Of the
I First district. which takes in all the pre-
cincts from Fourteenth street to the Battery,
and put Inspector James +. Nally in his
place. Formosa is u dyed in the wool
Sullivanite and for a long time has been
a protege of Big Tim. Ever since he
was mad an acting Inspector, with head
quarters in the Eldridge street station
house, he has been in charge OF ali the police
In the bailiwick Of the Sullivans. He has
never made any bones about his influence
with the clan, who worked hard 20 make
him q full inspector. but without success.
Or the other hand, Inspector Nally has
received lots Of hard knocks since ne has
been in the department. Known TO be a
Republican. he got himself into disfavor
with Big Bill Devery when the latter was
-the best chief of police New York ever
had" Nally passed a splendid examination
for a captaiucy. but at that time Big Bill
was strong with the Sulliyans and Nally
was passed by.
Nally took his case into the courts and
won. While Big Bill had to stand for the
promotion, az did the Sullivans, he made
Nally travel a hard road when he finally
got the gold shield. Nally was buffeted
around, but he maj ma ged to win an nspec-
torship, and when last heard Of was COM
manding the Tenth distriCt over in Brooklyn.
To-day he finds himself in the heart of
the enemy's country, and Commissioner
Bingham believes he will do good work in
keeping a sharp eye on the district where
anything and everything goes during cleo
ton times.
Acting Inspector Formosa takes Nally's
place in the Tenth district over Brooklyn
way. There Senator Pat McCarren holds
forth, and as he il on the outs with the
S~ullivans because the clan has rallied to
the support of William II. Hearst it is
needless TO say tina Formosa will not be
Of much benefit TO his friends during these
strenuous times. Senator McCarren will
nave his eye on the sullivan prot6ge.
- Formosa was lacked up by Commissioner
Bingham not long ago because OF the Hour
tshing business bucket shops were doing
In the Wall Street district. Business men
complained to Gen. Bingham, and when
Formosa was hauled up on the carpet and
told to get busy he started right out and
showed how quickly he could make the
bucket shops stop running. He was one
of the five candidates for promotion whom
the Commissioner refused to accept, de-
claring that there wasn't a man on the list
ft 10 be an Inspector of police.
COMMISSIONS Bingham, before he an
nounced the transfer OF the two inspectors,
had a few things TO say yesterday about
the captains and their status in the depart
ment
when l remanded all the plain clothes
- t,aNral y aid tho I,nFnD nl.GIonnr
zone of my objects was TO pull the captains
dow n a peg, and ] feel sure that ! accom-
plished it. The captains in the past have
been too darned important"
1T is nay intention to deal hereafter with
the inspectors, who are the real command
ing officers in the department. The in
epectors have the authority, and | mean to
uphold that point and hold the inspectors
to IL. To my mind captains are upper ser
geants; the Inspectors will be Responsible
for every precinct in their district. They
will be the real commanders,
THE captains in the past had more put
ny to them than they were responsible for,
while the inspectors thought they had
nothing 20 do. But it's different now. Tn
inspectors will do the work, and they are the
only ones l want to deal with. | have
given them the privilege Of selecting their
own men to do the detective work in the
precincts of their commands. The cap
tains will merely have charge OF the ser
geants, roundsmen and patrOlmen and see
TO IL that they do their duty"
When Commissioner Bingham was told
that several captains still had their plain
clothes men doing precinct detective duty.
he replied that the captains had probably
misunderstood the order, but that every
one Of the sleuths would be in uniform
to-day.
Before election, the Commissioner an
nounced, the looked for shakeup Of the
eergeants. roundsmen and patrolmen would
be made, but no date for the shifts has been
decided upon. Every patrolman in the
~city-eil be on a strange beat in "A strange
Precinct fer election day only, he said, but
the day following most Of them will be re-
turned to their old stations. What he
intends TO do with the sergeants and rounds
men he would not say, but they will be
shifted with the cops and many OF them
will remaip where they are sent.
The Commissioner also announced that
every member of the force will be relieved
for four hours. on election day so he can
tourney todbis home TO vote.
Gen. Bingham said he had received a
list Of disorderly houses from DR.. Park
hurst and that il varied little from the
captains reports. He said he had gone
over it thoroughly but found no evidence
submitted by Dir. ParkhuTst. He will
ask him for the evidence, II any, when he
gets time.
swe want the evidence DR.. Parkhurst
81 talking about, y said the Commissioner,
"and we will give him reasonable time TO
furnish il. The list he has furnished me j.
OF little value because it is about the same
that we have been keeping mp 10 date right
along with the receipt of the captains
reports. Wei wait patiently for DIR. Park
bursts evidence until after election. Up
90 that day well have all we can do to run
the department"