The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-26
IS POLICE CAPTAINS SHIFTED.
GEN. BINGHAM MAKES TIE Rig
GEST SHAKEUP EVER.
No Politics In II. He Says. n the Mayor
Denies Prompting n-sulllvAn Com
handlers Scattered -McCarrcnites to
Manhattan -schIOttman Stands Pat.

manders Scattered -McCarrcnltcs To
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Stands Pat.
= In the biggest shakeup in the history
of the Police Department Commissioned
Bingham transferred yesterday every cAp-
tain in Greater New York, with the
exception OF Capt. Herman W. schlott-
man, who was recently sent to the Tender
loin and who has made good in putting
the lid on and keeping 1t down tight. In
all there were eishty-six precinct COM
manders shifted. They were ordered to
report to their new stations at Q O'Clock
last night. They will remain there at
least until after election. n possibly
for good.
While it had been known for several
days thai Commissioner Bingham was
contemplating a shakeup in the depart
ment, not sven the wisest OF the wiseaores
had the slightest idea that every captain
but one would be affected. A few days
ago he declared that he was not satisfied
with the condition Of a number OF precincts
throughout the city, and he made it known
that the captains who were Sinking their
duty would be sent to commands that
were anything but desirable. The Com
missioner was receiving reports right along
from all the precincts, and he knew what
was going on even il the captains them
selves didn't know.
When asked yesterday wha prompted
him to make the wholesale transfers Gen.
Bingham replied:
They were made for the good OF the
service"
Were you Influenced at all by the charges
Of DR.. Parkhurst that tbs city was wide
open7" he was asked.
Not in the least
Does this mean the beginning or the end
of the changes you have in mind?"
well, it's a pretty good chunk, anyway.
There may be more to follow, but l can't
say anything about 1t yet"
why was Schlo8man the only captain
who wasn't transferred7'
Because he has made good in the Tender
loin, and I intend to keep him there as
long as he continues to make good"
Commissioner Bingham announced the
transfers shortly after he returned from
the City Hall, where he had an hours con-
ference with Mayor Mcclellan. While IL
was rlmored that the shifts were made
at the instigation OF the Mayor, both he
and the Commissioners denied the report. 1t
was also denied that the transfers were
made for political reasons.
Considerable significance attaches 10
a great mahy Of the transfers. Captains
who never did a days duty outside Man
! haitian were sent TO The Bronx and to out
! OF the way stations in Brooklyn. Farmer"
commanders who crossed the Brooklyn
Bridge only on parade day we're brought
in fr In rural districts and placed in charge
Of important precincts where the lights shine
brightly and there lie plenty doing. Old
timers who made no bones about their
| political affiliations were routed out Of
snug berths and sent to sections where
goats roam. flowers bloom and the sad sea
raves wash up on the shore.
Big Tim Sullivans pets, captains who
boosted Of his friendship and influence,
got lemons-Zimmerman. | icbers, Murtha,
OConnor. McNally, McDermott, Herlihy.
Mangan, CoCnev and Carson. Capt. Zim-
norman, the pride Of them all, wEo for the
last niUe months commanded the Weet
Forty-seventh street .tation house, next
in importance to tie Terderloin, was sent
TO the Grsrd aveNrc station houfe, Brock
Ign. Johnny Murtha, who commanded
a good h~ustling precinct in FldridGc street,
right in the heart OF the Sulli var = 'tailivicH,
will hereafter re kept busy during the rush
hours at the Brooklyn Br'dre. He won't
be able to lie useful to arytcdy but the
homeward hourd B~rooklynites. steve
McDormott, who commended the Fifth
street station houcc, notorious in the old
days for it's rcd lirhts ard now a stamring
ground Of the ~Sullivars, received the limit
when the Commissioner sent him to Rock
away.
Capt. Robert Emmett Dooley. orce cZsr
| of the Tenderloin. will hereafter fold forth
in OConnors TlcCe in Eli7al eth street.
Dooley has been brought over from the
Hamilton avenue station house, Brooklyn.
and will try his hand at putting an end TO
the fantan games and the gambling syndi-
cate that is said to ha We been fourishing
without the slightest molestation. Dooley
tried to get out of the department recently,
but the police surgeons found him At, and
the Commissioner ordered him TO remain
until he has his twenty-five years in.
A Brooklynite was put in another i'm
portant precinct, the Mercer street station
nOlPct WHoIO Sapts Dhl AlOuBuhn L1duS mini
self famous by leading sledge and crowbar
parties into the heart Of the poolroom belt.
Capt. William Shaw, who did some cleaning
up on the East Side and was sent to the
Adams street station in Brooklyn, is placed
in command OF Steve McDermott's precinct,
the Fifth street one. This is one Of the most
important precincts in the lower end OF tbs
city and has always been looked upon as a
desirable berth.
Capt. Herlihy, who has been in the West
12Sth street station, goes to Union Market.
He has had raids made over his head, and
besides he was recently mixed up in q
political squabble which boded no good.
Capt. Edward Gallagher got into disfavor
with the Commissions . couple OF months
ago by a few jump raids that were made on
poolrooms. It was said that ~poolrooms
were doing a great business since Gallagher
entered the precinct, and his transfer has
been momentarly expected.
Capt. Lantry OF the East Fifty-hrst street
station, who Is known a. q Mcclellan man,