The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-01
NEW DETECTIVE BUREAU HEAD
MCAFFERTY SENT TO FLATBTSH
ri SELL IN CHANGE.
Raker says Nan Win No Affiliations Win
Members OG Detective nareau ls
NEEDED 20 carry out the Radical
meGarms PLANNED Other shifts.

meGarms PLANNED Other shifts
Ono minute after midnight this morn
ing Inspector James McCaherty ceased
40 he head OF the detective bureau and
took up his duties a. inspector in Flat
bush. His place At Police Headquarters
wAs taken by Capt. John H. Russell. who
vas made an acting inspector and shifted
from the Fifth street station. Inspector
McCanerty's fall had long been rumOred.
but the appointment of Capt. Russell
20 hiE place accustomed great surprise
In the department Russell was acting
as borough inspector in Brooklyn when
the Duffy case fret came up and was re-
cluced and transferred 90 The Bronx
Immediately after
i will say this about McCaHerty.- said
Commissioner Baker yesterday: 1T IN
well Known that he is HONEST and he II a
hard worker But IN view OF important
changes IN the method Of carrying on the
work of the Police Department | deemed
q best 20 put a man In the detective
bureau who has never been there before
and who will perhaps more easily adapt
himself 90 the new conditions than one
who had previously been there. Russell
n an able and experienced officer. He
has been twenty-three years in the de
partment and IL still n young man. OF
necessity a great deal OF labor will he
required TO hiring the detective bureau
20 a higher standard Of efficiency and
q man who has no Affiliations with its
members will he lees hampered in his
work.
inspector McCaHerty was appointed
March -. 1850. He served first in the
MuIharry street station and later in the
Fast Th.rty-ffth street and West i52d
street stations Inspector ByrDes A.
signed him 20 the detective bureau June
10. Isni. and he was put At its head April
10. 1856 by Commissioner Bingham.
While McCaferty was in the last Thirty
fifth street station he arrested three men
for the shooting OF Edward Gillespie.
The SCENT was cold when he asked per-
mission TO try his hand At u and the case
was practically given up by the Central
Once men The three men whom the
young policeman ran down were convicted
end cert away. IL was this case which
called the attention OF Inspector Byrnes
20 McCaherty and IL was probably re-
sponsible for his transfer TO the detective
bureau. IL was MCCaferty who secured
the arrest and conviction Of the man
who shot William Farrell in the doorway
OF Q saloon. By constructing a model
Of the door McCanerty showed that the
assailant must have stood with the light
in his face Re found the man who had
thu light on his faoe and he was convicted
Charges were brought aSainst McCaf-
ferty by District Attorney Evans 81
Richmcnd on one occasion. The District
Attorney alleged that NcCsherty had
secured a reduction OF the sentence OF
a burglar who had gwen information
which brought about the arrest OF two
other burglars.
The lineup of crooks in the morning
and the rogu-s gallery were two OF
Met 'aferty : hobbies When they moved
90 the new building McIsHerty tried
20 do away with the nas<s worn hy the
Detectives At the lineup.
In nv ignorance OF such matterS.-
he Raid. i thought that there must he
sofne mechanical device NheI ebv We could
have the crooks VA strong light while
the detectives we're pre"tically invisible
That scheme faded aud the masks
are stLl worn.
The prartice OF making the prisoners
walk the lenRth a the rOon. IN front Of
the detectives was introduced by Mctaf-
you may forget a mans face and not
get a chance 20 hear hrs voice. said the
tnsg'ect or hut when you-s one seen
him IN acton yCu'u Enow hum anywhere
lhe truth 4 ms statement was teriii ed
20 by the reluctance with which IN. men
under inspection started on their short
parade.
In regard TO the rogues' gallery the
INSPECTOR had no newfanRied ids1S II
you DO away with it, he said. you may
save one person the embarrassment 81
being phoJogRphed but you wall let
Ahundred crooks esca0e for each innocent
pecAon saved
The n~w inspector has been on the
force nearly as long Rs his predecessor
He was appointed on October 20. lsss
made = sergeant March 2. lsSr, and a
Inacs . captain on October ~. 1905. ana
on april 10. 1877. Cominissloner bingham
made him an inspector lie went to
BROOKLYN Rs borough INSPECTOR April IL.
1909 and vas reduced ana sent - The
Eronx Judy /. isF' IN Starch - last
Com miss oner liaker transfer red him
from the Highhrldrs station 20 the Fifth
street. station lie - a nephew Of former
Chief Cf Police John NicC ullaugh. Rot ore
his appointment - the police force he was
a letter carrier During mis- service he
has had many details 10 Head1uArters
but has never neen IN the detective
bun eau. Ne - man With considerable
executive ability and served a. chief OF
stpa 20 Deputy I Commissioner piDer
As a captain he made \ record for him
self As a cl@anerup 81 bad precincts
Russell was in Macdougal street when the
precinct was full Of poolrooms and dives
When he got through with the precinct
IL was one OF the cleanest in the CITY
When he went TO West Thirty seventh
street as captain he found unsavory re-
sorts without number He was told that
the proprietors had pull and that II
would be official suicide TO attempt any
raiding He got 20 work at once and a.
conviction followed conviction the dive
propristors who had been Boosting Of
0hntr mill VN4rag~ad NJ Fha district
After Russell had cleaned W the West
Thirty-seventh street precinct Commia-
eioner Bingham made him an inspector
and Rent him 20 the Second Inspection
district with headquarters IN the Charles
street station. he continued his house
cleaning there and Was transferred % the
First district. comprising the lower East
side and known IS q hard" district.
With District Attorney Jerome he ralded
acme OF the most notorious resorts and
am had The aaInhlara acIIrrvInZ IN