The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-26

New York. oct. 25.-Police Commissioner
Bingham to-day made the biggest shake
up" the New York Police Department has
ever known lie transferred eighty
police captains, every one in the Greater
City, with the exception Of Herman w.
Schlottman. the present car Of the Ten
derloin.
Captains who have commanded precincts
where the white lights blaze wero sent
to the rural sections OF the Bronx.
Queens County. and Staten Island. while
captains who had forgotten what street
car looked Ike were brought back to the
city. Bingham's order followed a two
hour conference with Mayor Mcclellan.
Politics in q way are responsible for The
shufiing OF the H4n. IN past years police
captains have been transferred just before
election, but never on such scale as to-
days Encouragement one noticeable fea-
ture was the fact that the half dozen cap
talns known 10 be close friends Of Timo-
thy d. Sullivan. and who were given good
posts several months ago. when the mayor
and Rig Tim" were pulling together,
drew the dullcst kind Of residential pre-
ciucts in the new assignments.
Gar of TenderIoin TO Remain.
Capt. Schlottman. who stays at tho
Tenderloiu station. IS q hard working. re-
liable policeman. lie has not done won
ders IN keeping the section orderly. but
under his command the Teuderloin police
have been diligent. and the district has
furnished no police scandals.
II Is believed that a number Of the cap
tains transferred to-day VIII soon be
brought up on charges based upon evi-
dencc gathered against them IN their old
precincts Those spotted Tor retirement
will find that members OF the l.sw gum
shoe squad from headquarters are wait
Ing for them in their new posts. ready TO
report any delay in getting TO work.
The transfers went into effect tonight
at e O'Clock
Primarily said Commissioner Biug-
ham. in discussing the transfers. these
changes are made 10 put new policemen
ia the various precincts on election day.
but q majority of them will stick After
nc eleetion I may transfer a few back
to their old places. As long as Capt
Schlottmau does his duty IN the Tender
loin he can remain there. As FOR the
others. they viii have TO make good or
get out OF the department"
bingham Declines TO Explain.
No inspectors or subordinate officers
were shifted, but it Is regarded as pos
sible that other change are imminent
The commissioner had very little % say
about his sweeping changes. It has been
known for some tine that he was pre-
pairing 10 redistribute the captains. and
he has admitted that he felt that there
was much that was wrong i'm the man
agement Of several precincts. Grating
Was going on, b. was told, and there
were constant complaints of a too great
activity in politics on the part of several
Of the precinct commanders. However.
whom the commissioner was asked this
morning about the reasons for his action
he said that he had nothing to say.
Did the Parkhurst charges have any
influence with you in the natter" he
was asked.
Not bit" answered the commits
sioner.
Did reports that the town was wide
open prompt the changes?'
Nothing TO say
rs this the ending or the beginning of
the changes you will make?-
We'll. it's a big chunk anyway" was
the reply.
SuIIivan's Friends shifted.
The transfers of Capts. McNaIly. Licb-
ers, Murtha. McDermott. and Zimmerman
are regarded as especially significant.
With the exception of Zimmerman, these
men were all stationed south OF Four
teenth street. Zimmerman was stationed
in the West Forty-seventh Street pre-
cinct. a section Of the town in which in
years past disorderly houses and pool
rooms have flourished. All of the men
have been looked upon as friends of Sui
livan's.
Each one Of them gets what the depart
ment regards as a poor post McNally
goes from Church street to White Plains
avenue Liebers leaves Leonard street
for High Bridge. Murtha leaves Ed
ridge street and assumes command Of
the Brooklyn Bridge station. McDermott
passes from the busy Fifth Street pre-
cinct to Rockaway, and Zimmerman
takes charge Of the Grand Avenue station
in Brooklyn.
DOoIey of TcDderIoin Fame.
Capt Dooley. who was nut in command
OF the Tenderioin by McAdoo. is trans
ferred from Hamilton avenue. Brooklyn,
to Elizabeth street. Few precincts are
more important than the one he is taking
because it includes not only a crowded
section of the East Side, but also China
town. It is generally regarded as rank
ing next in Importance to the Tenderloin.
Il was the plum in the present list Of
transfers.
Dooley was the man whom McAdOo
dubbed Honest DOoley. The former com
missioner rescued him from COney Island
and put him in charge of the Tenderloin.
One of Gen Bingham's first acts was 10
remove him from that post and relegate
him to Brooklyn Since then until now he
has had no opportunity TO show what he
could do. and Mulberry street had begun
to imagine that he had been forgotten
Miles OReilly, another of McAdoOs IA
vOrites and also a former TenderlOin ear
IS likewise rescued from Brooklyn and as
signed to the Mercer street precinct, where
he viii have plenty Of opportunity to
show what he can do in finding pool
rooms. Capt. Shaw, another man whom
Mr. McAdoo looked upon as honest and
capable is brought from the Adams street
station in Brooklyn, a post Of secondary
Importance, to the Fifth street station.
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