The sun., 1907-12-01
NO lI0AE cULrURE FOR coPs.
Get the HOOk." the New Captain said m
seeing Elizabeth streets Art shew.

Get tl1e HOOk.'' the New Captain said m
seeing EllLabeth streets Art show.
Out oE the depths. out OF the depths 6k tha
Elizabeth street police station there conneEh
a cry, and " any one present has q copy
Of the first unnecessary aids TO the injured
here is his chance 10 make a killing and
probably get q Carnegie medal in the
bargain. For tho Sixth precinct, which has
been pointing with pride to its distinction
as the founder OF culture and sweetness
among police stations. has backsliddep.
Woe, woe. and tell the undertaken to. be-
sure and bring plenty Of sackcloth and
ashes. for there's no telling what's going
TO happen next.
YessiT. culture as a visible aditmou no
police stations was inaugurated in tn
Elizabeth street police station. 50 callei
because IL ia built in the Eizaoethan style
Of architecture. Here IL was that the walls
OF the station house were adorned with
mural paintings and Hrescoes and the cap
tain first started to read RuslSin's Stones
Of Venice AS Compared with the Cobble
stones Of New York" at roll cali Rut all
this is changed. The change began with
the arrival of Capt. John J. McNally.
Capt. McNslly! a short. fairly rotund
little man. entered the station house with
an alert eye but freezing smile for art.
Lieut.. Harry Murray. who just loves art
and richness and who is so witty people
laugh at his silenoes showed the new skip
per around the station house and pointed
out each object of vertu from the gilded .
bungstarter presented by Ngger Mike 10
the collection OF Chinese coins given by
leading citizens or Pell street.
The captain viewed them with indider-
Axnl,a kta 49, H.
was completed he merely said
Get the hook"
Lieut.. Murray was thoroughly taken
aback. He did not know what to make of it
and therefore he consulted his pal Lieut.
Nigger Jim Kane. Lieut.. Kane turned the
light of his powerful intellect upon the
problem and finally suggested that since all
these works Of art had to be disposed OF and
were too valuable by far to throw away an
auction be held.
Lieut.. Murray was much tick,ed with this
suggestion and carried. Il to Detective
Frank Caddell. who whispered IL 10 Detec-
tive Richard Owens. who mentioned IL To
Inspector Russell. who came all the way
down from his Office in the Charles street
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This stuff here. said Inspector Russell,
lis what the Single Takers call unearned
increment. Now II am auction h held what
shall be done with the prOceedsf Shall
they be turned over to the Police Mutual
Benefit Fund? Shall they be devoted to
the purchasing Of new supplies for the
station house. necessary supplies, such as
era new spittoon and so ong'
1T is true" said Capt. McNally glanclng
earnestly at the rimless cUspidOT. that
there are a few things we really need here.
But I'm no Single Taxer and don't think
the unea rned increment amounts 10 shucks.
- -, s1a.1 se ak.,
be in circulation. Therefore | move We,
allow each patrolman and sergeant to
take home a chunk Of art for two weeks,
at the end Of which time he can renew
il for two weeks more. IL will have all
the advantages Of a circulating library. and
culture will for once be dispensed as freely
as knowledge"
But somehow the suggestion Of the
skipper didn't meet with much approval:
A straw vote among the patrolmen and
sergeants showed a large majority who
didn't apparently care whoOp about the
higher things Of life as connOted by bric-a-
brac.
And the Eeutenants groaned aloud at
the idea OF having to enter In the blotter
each object taken home by each man.
Also a cent fine for each day the work Of
art was overdue would be no end Of bother.
1t was agreed the captains scheme was
too cumbrOus a.
Lieut.. Kane and Lieut. Murray now
hung on each others shoulders. piteous
picture of detection. Lieut. Mccarthy
stood in the offing eying the debatable
bric-a-brac fondly and ever and anon
caressing some especially fine Bit
Capt. McNally turned on his heel and
tiptOed along the floor. He seized this
thing and that thing and threw it into the
middle Of the floor. In less than no time
a small mountain OF vertu reared itself in
front Of the desk.
Get the hook. said the skipper. and he
departed for Doyers street.