The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-05

escape. but the guardians of the law
We're resolutely honest, and the &C
cused quartet were tried, and all
served time in jail.
When Presidents Mckinley or
Roosevelt were in Philadelphia it was
always Detective Mel snty who was
placed with them as protector, and
both distinguished men frequently
praised the care with which McKenty
handled his men on these occasions.
But all this progress was purely,
police work, and it never occurred to-
any Of his associates that McKenty
would some day head the department
he served so faithfully.
1T was not until Mayor Weaver went
into the mayors chair that McKenty
had q chance to demonstrate his ex-
I secutive and directing capacity. Mayor
| Weaver 81 1 made him upsrintend lent Of
the house of correction.
Mckenty promptly reformed the in
stitution. He corrected abuses, put
Its gas plant on a paying basis and
|seVen devoted himself to the task of
uplifting the prisoners.
He visited them personally, and all
who We're not past the chance of a
helping hand he offered aid. s
81 was on this record Of III achieve
nlents that Mayor Weaver picked Mr..
l9Mckenty to take charge Of Philadel-
phia's policemen and fremen.
There were some few who caViled
that the new director lacked a college
education, but to these Mayor Weaver
replied that while he might take a
lawyer to be district attorney, or a
financier to be city treasurer, what
was most wanted in the department. of
public safety was a policeman, and as
McKenty had been the best officer and
detective he knew, it was only fitting
that he should be rewarded with the
place.
There is no vanity in the hero of
this remarkable advance. He is just.
the same to-day as when he was COW
cred with the CRIME and SCOT of the
stokehole. ..
He is not the sort Of man to tilt his
chin when fortune comes his way.
Nor does he waste words. His voice
could not be careless if he tried. He
talks like telegraph message, never
| a word wasted s..
This directness of expression is in
tensifed by habit of keeping his lips
elesa-to get "a hen la face
is resolutef and full Of expression. It
| is a strong face, firm but with plenty
Of kindness in it, and when be smiles
| the humor is infectious.
His eyes are small and deep-set,
but they are never still when he is
awake. They draw to mere Sits.
when he is merry, and become almost
hidden when he is reused, but this lat
ter state of affairs is rare, for the new
director has excellent control of him
self and never wastes his power in
bursts of bad temper.
Mrs. McKenty is as large as the d.
rector is small. She weighs ESQ
pounds and makes no secret of it.
There are five boys and one girl in
the family, and they are the apples
of the new directors eye.
There is little library in his home
with a we'll chosen stock of books,
which shows that even if the new di-
! rector lacks a college education, he
knows the value of good literature
In his conduct of the office MI. Nc
Kenty has Instituted the most demo
cratic regime the place has ever
known. His door is always open,
and in the course of day he sees
more persons than used to gain access
to the preceding chief Of the depart
4 ment ina week. Yet so skillful is Nc
! Kenty in his understanding of how to
treat men that the idler and trifler