The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24

was filled there would be vacancy among the sergeancies. They believ- ed that the particular place was that occupied by Sergeant Dunn. His sucr cessor, it was freely stated around po- lice headquarters, would not be named until after the examination January , To the surprise of the police force the new sergeant was named last night.
 The file of the police force say that the action of the police comnis- sioners Is inconsistent in that they first called for an examination for ser geants to replace one who has been elevated to a captaincy, and then se- lected an officer from the list Of eli- gibles obtained in the competition nine years ago.
 This is something that they cannot fathom. However. it is charged to political work on the part of those commissioners interested in filling the place of Sergeant Dunn at once.
 The star chamber session of the police commissioners was brief, but productive. All of the commissioners save Mayor John P Studley, ex-officio member of the board, were on hand about o'clock.
 Ex-Chief of Police James Wrinn appeared at the door of the office of the chief of police. He said he want ed to have look-in.
 'I cant resist coming around" said he. Like the atmosphere and all that, you know
 rrbera ,,,ae sn,,,h 5ala,, tr ba,,ir,,;,,, the business in hand. It appears on account of the Christmas rush at the postoffice the letter from the office of the board of civil service containing the names of the eligibles derived from the recent examination was de- layed in transmission. Chief of Police Cowles called up Jeremiah Donovan, clerk of the board, and told him the list was needed at once. Everybody in the chiefs office wanted something to work upon. The commissioners accommodated themselves in arm chairs and waited for the thing that
 they were to do when the moment
 was ripe.
 The wire talk not being Gs official
 as the communication itself Clerk Ar ! thur V. Phillips was dispatched to the
 postoffice and succeeded in extracting
 the belated message from the post
 office in time to be of use to those present.
 Then Commissioners Ullman, Dan
 Tel F. Kelly, Charles F. Smith, Jere- miah J. Sullivan, Ed, Joseph c. Kelly James P. Manning, Chief of Police
 Cowles and Clerk Phillips filed into
 the secret chamber, where Is great mahogany table on which the officials
 reflect in moments of doubt. Meanwhile Mir. Ullman and one ol two members of the board were hay. ing sotto voce consultations as to fur. them procedure. Suddenly smile , rippled over the face of MT. Ulltnah.
 The board will go into executive
 session" said he.
 NO opposition developed, H. , simply said that the board would gt
 into executive session, and it did
 forthwith. No vote was taken. . Upon the retirement of the report $ CTS MT. Philips told them that the ses e sion would last only fifteen minutes ' Immediately the session ended Nil e Philips reappeared with the sum unan n imous of the boards proceedings whicl : he furnished the reporters.
 Y Sergeant Dennehy had been sittini n in the detective bureau throughout tn t evening. He believed that he had tn : job cinched. But Commissioner Danie = c. Kelley came in there and told hir Il what had happened and that he ha { stood his friend anyhow.
 e The record of Sergt. Dunn shows tha E fe was born in lS61 being the son c e Mir. and Mrs John Dunn. For severs # years prior to becoming a member c l. the police force in 1889, he was em d ployed as gunmaker at the works ( 1T the Winchester Repeating Arms com
 pany. He became q supernumerary pc
 liceman in June, 1889, during the reg
 ime of ex-Chief of Police c. F. Bol
 man. Sept, 1, 1889. he became regula II patrolman. During the administratio
 of Treadwell Smith as superintendent
 of police he was made sergeant. Tn Is was Jan. S1, 1903. As sergeant he wa d assigned to the Howard avenue pfe It cinct. serving there four years unde le Capt. Mack" Hyde and Capt s. l. Woodruff. He remained there fot st years, and then went to police heat st quarters, where he served two and | half years under Capt. James l. Brewer. Then came transfer to u q Dixwell avenue precinct where he d T. service two years and two months LII z der Capt Samuel J. Woodruff. s- He was assigned to the Grand av, S- nue precinct in 1901, where he has ser sh ed six and a. half years under Car ie James P. Brewer
 le While connected with the Howal lo avenue precinct he and Patrolman Jct Doran several years ago arrested tv
 men who had arranged to kill an o
 man named Lockwood who lived
 West Chapel street The men hs d, masqueraded ill order to accompli: tn their purpose. Sergeant Dunn and u el patrolman penetrated their disguis t. and caught them redhanded. Loc as wood is said to have had a roll S. money at the time the men were pla
 ming to kill him. This is the most nc
 able achievement in the police work D. Sergeant Dunn.
 re Sergeant Dennehy first saw the lig Ills of day in Ireland in 1852 He was a he pointed to the New Haven police for 'e- Dec. 10, 1882, as a patrolman, and en June, 1891 he was transferred to the q li- tective department, subsequently, bel re made sergeant. He has therefore h
 over sixteen years experience in tn