New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-11
LIEUTENANT DIES AS
SUPERIORS ENTER
BINGHAM DEPUTIES CROSS
THE RIVER.
Charges against Brooklyn and
Queens Officers Expected az Re-
suit of UhnIrcind Descent.

Early yesterday when In all reason they
should have been asleep. band OF Commis-
sioner Bingham's deputies. inspectors and leu
| tenants went raiding in Queens and Kings
counties They raided the police stations.
Lieutenant John T Callahan dropped dead in
the Vernon station when his superior
officers. If the days Of Piper and Davis had
returned. rushed in and demanded his blotter.
Many officers will have TO face charges as the
result of conditions the raiders say they dis
covered in the various police stations. The
raiders were in seven automobiles, and they did
their work thoroughly.
Every station in Brooklyn and Queens bor-
! oughs visited and, in the descent in
Manhattan some time ago, all Of the telegraph
bureaus seized and ali tips shut of
1t exactly 2.57 a. m when Deputy Com
missioner Bugher walked into the Brooklyn tele-
graph bureau and. showing his shield. ordered
all the operators away from the boards. They
| obeyed and Busher answered the calls. The
seven automobiles were occupied as follows:
No. 1-Inspector Smiling Dick" Walsh and
three Heutenants.
No 2-Inspector Myles O'Reilly, Captain VIII
burn secretary to Deputy Commissioners Bug
her. and three lieutenants
No. 3-Inspector Max schmittberger and thrss
1ieutenants
No 4-Inspector Russell and four Eeutenants.
lieutenants.
No 6-Deputy Commissioner Hanson and
three Iieutenants
No deputy Commissioner Baker and three
ueutenants.
COULDN'T STOP LEAK
The route for each, car ha i been laid out. and
it was so arranged that all would make their
first stop at exactly 3 O'Clock so that there
! could be no leak Every effort to disguise the
cars and their occupants made, numbers
being taken of the machines and goggles put
on by the occupants. Each car crossed to Long
Island by a different route. But despite these
/ precautions some hint of what was toward be-
| came known
/ Just before > o'clock Deputy Commissioners
/ Bugher answered a call
Hello. headquarters. give me the lJIth Pre-
| cinct (Flushing avenue).
'AIi right" said Bugher He listened to the
conv ersation. This is what lie heard
Say, old man. this is Lieutenant Nugent- and
the big boss is on the works Get busy
At 400 O'Clock Bugher listened TO another m
! teresting announc ement from a policeman who
| said he was Patrolman McNsnn. He wanted to
warn Lieutenant william Dooley that there was
trouble brewing DOOey's station had been Vis-
tied. the warning came toe late.
While one party of raiders was in the 2SIth
Precinct a policeman stuck his head in the door
and seeing strangers behind the desk, ran away
at full speed Commissioner Woods. springlng
into the automobile, pursued. and, after chase
of six blocks. caught him. The fugitive proved
to he the sergeant on patrol He explained later
that he ran because he thought there was going
10 be trouble and wanted to keep out of it,
Inspector Schmittberger had the hardest JOB
of the night. for he assigned to the Ja-
.naica Rockaway and Far ROckaway stations
covering district of about fifty miles At the
first named station he found several men Who
should have been on patrol At the Rocka|ay
station he found Lieutenant William Sullivan
probably the oldest lieutenant in the DEPART
rnnet rolled up in blanket fast asleep on a
coueh The lieutenant patrol was nOwhere
10 he found The blOtter taken 10 head
quarters.
Inspector O'ReilIy found most all Of the sta
tions on his list in good condition vt the
Whitestone station Inspector Russell found sew
eraI men who should have been on patrol r.
regularities in the blotter in the Newtown sta
tion caused its seizure and new botter was
opened.
LIEUTENANT GALATIANS DEATH
Deputy Commissioner Hanson's party found
lieutenant Callahan at the Vernon avenue sta
tion desk The bIotter being examined,
when Captain Buchanan. in charge Of the pre-
cfnrt walked in Thank God. you have CONS.
said Lieutenant Callahan. for this thing mas
unset me" He fell 10 the floor. Although
medical assistance was obtained. he died m
few minutes The excitement had been TOO
much for weak reart. The blOtter showed
that everything was in first class condition. and
commissioner Hanson said aftsrward that he
intended TO compliment Lieutenant Callahan ~
his work.
Lieutenant Callahan was born in 1869 and ap-
nointed to the police force in 1889 He was ap-
roipted a roun5sman in 1894 and lieutenant IN
1901 He lived with his family at No. 16I Tomp-
tins avenue His family and friends bidms
commissioner Harsou's party for his death.
Commissioner Hanson's party entered the 1sed
Precinct station through a stable in the rear. In
the stable they found man sitting down. half
asleep He said he Patrclman John Will
Jams and that he was of duty Then Re boited
1t was then discovered that he was the ieu'sii-
ant supposed to be on patrol His uniform was
seized in his locker and later he returned TO the
station and acknowledged his. identity The
doorrnan could not be found
At the IS0th Precinct station, Bedford avenue.
the blotter was seized COMMISSIONS Hanson
ordered new botter to be opened Later ne
visited the station again and found that the new
blotter had been "dOctored." He took that and
opened a third.
At the Hist Precinct station. Fifth avenue and
seth street Bay Ridge. the visitors had TO knock
long and loudly before they gained admittance-
The dOorEnan explained that he had been asleep
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