The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
ORDERLY THRONGS
WIN CHIEF PRAISE
Head of Police Department IS
Commended for Keeping Or
der During Carnival
Lack of HOOdIumism Declared
to Be Largely Due to Regu-
IatiOnS of Officers

Grief Cook has received many con-
sfstulatorv messages on the conduct
Qf the police in keeping order during
the carnival festivities and preventing
acts of hoodlumism. One was from NJ.
r Hall. secretary of the san Fran
cisco sociological society. as follows:
AS a student OF sociology interested
: in. everything sociological permit one 10
say. In walking from the Mission 10
5 lcillmore street and from Fillmore
street 10 Market remaining IN those
tlToroughfares from O'Clock 10 mid
night New Years eve, 1 noted par
-ticlilsriy the attitude Of the great num-
her 81. police officers toward the merry
Iriaking public. and / firmly belleNe
That there is no city on the globe OF as
Cosmopolitan nature as THIS Wnere
p policemen could have handled the vast
fh.rong of people as good naturedlY and
2 IS effectively as they did that evening.
= If--Seems TO me d duty TO send to you
fvea this slight recognition or so Valu-
:sasl3e q sociological fact
Police Judge Conlan also paid Mt
? ! Ms need of praise TO the police when
Ee:saId yesterday: During the 16 years
have been on the police bench l have
never before seen the police court cal
anSars free from men arrested for acts
cf hoodlumism. There is not one in
stance Of rOwdyism in the courts. and
. it, speaks volumes for the chief of po-
lice. and the men under him
chief Cook, while pleased at the eN-
pyesssons OF praise, refuses 10 accept
any Of the credit TO himself and says:
Whatever. credit Is due for the orderly
manner. in which the festivities were
carried out is entirely due to the men,
who did their duty, and to the com
pany commanders. who carried out my
Instructions to the letter. 1t is a
pleasure to me to know that their ef
forts have been appreciated"
Captain Anderson in Charge
Captain Marcellus o. Anderson took
charge. in person of the detective
branch of the police department yes
terdav morning, and expects in a few
DAYS 10 have thorough grasp Of the
situation. Meantime he is being made
conVersant with the details OF the new
position by Detective Sergeant Thomas
J.. Rysn, who is familiar with the in
side and outside workings OF that
branch.
The new head OF the detective branch
was warmly congratulated by members
Of. the department. attorneys, and
friends on his promotion. which has
caused wide satisfaction. 1t was freely
predicted yesterday that Captain An
.Gef%DI W04lQ prove aS SUCCESSFUL d.
the guiding hand. Of the sleuths as he
had been in command of the Mission
and park districts and during his short
tenure Of Office as acting chief Whether
BE viii suggest any changes in the
j personnel Of the detective sergeants to
chief Cook will not be known until he
has had an opportunity Of judging for
himself the capabilities of the men for
that especial work
In this connection, Chief Cook yes
terday morning delivered q brief ad-
dress to the members OF the detective
force and the men on special detail.
IEe Informed them that he expected
them to DO their. duty, to suppress
gambling and to promptly arrest all
pickpockets and other nefarious char
scters. He declared that SO long as the
men attended strictly to duty he would
make no. changes in the present de-
tectiVe force.