Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-03-06
MACK QUITS
AN D D>SCORES
CEN.|BINCHAM
Third Deputy Police Commission
er Resigned Yesterday With
out Warning Of Rupture.
CLAIMS INTERFERENCE.
Bingham Says He Begged TO Re-
main : Mack Says Its
a Lie.

James f. Mack, third deputy police
commissioner of New York city, who
is well known in this city, where he
spent his boyhood days and was en-
ployed on the Lehigh Valley coal
docks, resigned his position at noon
yesterday and Immediately afterward
bitterly criticised both Police Com
missioner Bingham and Mayor Nc
Clellan.
There is a definite issue between
the two men over the question whe-
ther the resignation was voluntary.
Mr.. Mack declares that unable to en-
dure General Bingham's methods,
rather than impose heavy penalties
or break policemen for trivial of
fenses and rather than sever his con-
nection with the Tammany organiza-
tion he left deliberately to preserve
his self respect.
Commissioner Bingham declares
that he demanded Mr. Mack s resig-
nation because his work had been un-
satisfactory and that his action was
taken after consultation with and ap-
proval by the mayor, and that not
only did Mr.. Mack fail to say that he
wanted to leave but he pleaded to
be allowed to remain.
There was no hint of the trouble
until noon yesterday. Before that
time Mr.. Mack had arrived at his Of
flee and had been seen to leave hur-
riedly to go to City Hall, where he
sent in his card to the mayor. The
mayor was too busy TO see him. He
returned at once to headquarters and
at noon Daniel Slattery, the commits
sioner's private secretary, gave out
typewriter copies of the third depu-
tvs letter of resignation. There was
nothing more to be added then, Mr.
Slattery said.
Mr.. Mack ended his business at
headquarters within an hour, and
then, as Neighbors, his private secre-
tary, had also resigned, the two of
them left the building Mr. Mack
was very angry and started off. de-
claring that his self respect compell-
ed him to leave the Office, and Il
would not lose my self respect" he
added, for all the McClellans from
here to HI" Later at his Office and
at his hotel he became more specific.
There were many things which
compelled me to leave" he said Il
have been considering the matter for
four or five days. 1t was impossible
for me to submit any longer to the
methods of General Bingham. He
went into that office as Mcclellan
man. and as he knew that nine-tenths
of the force had voted against the
mayor he determined to have re-
venge. ! was to be the instrument, for
] conducted the trials. His orders
were TO Break! Break.' or fine heav-
iyl for trivial offenses. / might ar
que, | might plead with him to be
merciful, he simply laughed,
Mack, he said to me, we are
only going to be here four years, and
after that l am going to live in Ber-
lin. | don't care a d-n, what they
think Take the Dooley case, fol
instance. | advised against trying
or filming Dooley, who is one of the
smartest men on the force. Bingham
ordered the trial to go on, because
he said, 'Dooley and all his men had
worked against Mcclellan The straw
that broke the camel's back was Bing
hams written order to me to fine
every policeman found guilty of fail
ure to patrol fifteen days pay and
every man absent from reserve rol
call ten days pay. | could not dc
that and | told him this morning.
He lies if he said he asked for my
resignation. | tried to see the mayor
to get him to have the order rescind-
ed, and failing in this ! resigned.
gave up $1,000 law practice to take
this $4,000 a year job, and | am go
ing back TO the law
& asked the third deputy commits
sioner to resign this morning because
his work was not satisfactory" de-
clared Commissioner Bingham 81
asked for the resignation to take ef-
feet on Saturday, and he submitted a
letter asking that he be allowed TO &C
at once That accepted" The com.
missioner spoke with very great de-
liberation. "Mr Mack never sale
one word to me about being dissatis
fed, and so far as his resignation i.
concerned | may say to you now tha
this morning he pleaded with me tC
be retained" He also denied that he
had given orders to break policemen
or fine them heavily or had mention
ed Captain Dooley as being an oppo-
nent of Mayor Mcclellan.
Later in the evening Mr.. Mack sait
that Bingham had insisted on Neigh
bors getting out of the department
because he was brother of the pri
vate secretary. of Elihu Root. Mr.
Mack said that Fire Commissioner
O'Brien had told him to retain Neigh
.hnrs WIN had strnnp lnttars frnn1 Mr..