The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-16
SHAKE.UP
MAY NOT GONE BUT
SOMETHING'S DOM
Department Is Watching Board
Meeting This Afternoon
With Anxious Eyes.
FAVORITISM TALK AT
DETECTIVE HEADQUARTERS
Chief Corbitt Summons Captains.
Interesting Announcements
Due Thursday.

Rumors that there would be an i'm
mediate wholesale snake-up in the
Newark police department startled all
precincts and headquarters today and
the meeting OF the Police Board this
afternoon is being watched with in
terest.
In contra diction of these runors,
however. two Of the commissioners said
this afternoon that there would be no
shake-up. but they strongly intimated
that there would be trouble and that
few Of the malcontents of the de-
partment would be given to understand
that they would have to cease their
petty jealousies and get down to work.
Despite this assurance that there
would be no general transferring of
men, there was q common belief, espe-
cially among the policemen, that the
Police Board would enliven things by
making changes. 1t was not expected.
however, that the changes would be
ordered until next Thursday, the regn-
lar meeting day of the board.
Another disquieting feature was that
before the Police Board meeting was
called for this afternoon Chief of Po-
lice Corbitt had sent orders to all pre-
cincts for all OF the captains to meet
him in conference at headquarters this
afternoon. This was unusual. 1t
strengthened the rumors of a shake-up
Differences Among sleuths.
One of the first and most important
matters which the commissioners say
they will consider Is the unpleasant
relations existing at detective head
quarters. Detective -Sergeants Joseph
Cordano and Joseph p Farrell have
asserted that they We're not getting a
f"square DEAL from Captain T. Carroll.
! chief of detectives.
| A preference has been expressed that
Captain Christie. formerly of detective
headquarters, but now in the Third
Precinct. should be returned to detec-
tive headquarters. Farrell announced
several days ago, before it was known
that the police board would meet today,
that he had already written out a re-
quest to the board that he be trans
ferred to do precinct work. That re-
quest was to have been considered next
Thursday, but it was considered likely
that it would be the subject for hot
discussion by the board this afternoon.
At the same time Detective Cordano
said he would appear before the board
in peHson and make similar request,
and would, If asked to, explain why
he desired to get out Of the detective
bureau.
Chief Calls Captains.
When Chief Corbitt summoned all of
the captains to meet him this afternoon
it was announced that they would go
over the complaints roundsmen have
made against patrolmen. But, when
it was announced that the Police Board
would also meet it was generally be-
lieved this information was for the
use of the board
The Two commissioners interviewed
by THE EVENING STAR before the
meeting declared positively that there
would be no shake-up. They said that
there had been a lot of petty jeal
ousies among certain of the men and
that they proposed to have a heart-to-
heart talk with the disturbing elements
and to tell them just what they would
have to do.