The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-22
$500 TURKEYS FOR POLICE
SONE ONES GIFT TO EtrH PER.
son ON WtNHATT FORfE.
Bootblarks and ~rrubw omen n Well as
commissioners and cop, troI,>r,
Not Allowed To Tell VINO the Donor
lsThr distribution Made To-day

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Every one connected with the Police
Department in the Borough OF Manhattan
will receive to-day one turkey free. The
4 person giving the 800 turkeys told Police
Commissioner CrJpssy thar b. must re-
/ main anonymous.
The giver H. an individual. hut beyond
I that no one hui Commissioner 'rnp-ny
knows his identity tommI,-'uu.r crop
sey says that The donor cams. ~ HIM SOM"
time ago aud at first ine,lt It.d glEtng
turkey To each policeman ~ ia" greater
city. This was found ,mpraCti.'lhlr
The reason - not tu b- learned thuIEh th'.
limited number 81 turkeys IA IN" world
~ supposed 1" have >om'thlag to du with
~
Iv'u when tn" gu had i.."n 'puiiu'N
To- Manhattan much work vas n..,,.>SIrv
Tor TIA" gIvrr wished every -,-IhwpuIIu
who daily kn.rls ola III. ii.aiGiIlrt.r>
floor and every boot bllCS vino ppIl-h,.~
the shoes in precinct house to receive q
Thanksgiving dinner. Their" w"'. l"ng
lists he compiled. and after -yhI'I h"rn
made up III. total of turkeys requisite wp~
found to b. 800. lhI> viii meal 4 fowl
for every civilian clerk at HeadqYar'er>
fer every chauffeur 81 Il police au'0. each
detective. cleaner and llborer IN N" de
pirtm.r,. Even tn. inspectors and Dep
rrr commissioners will have "a turkey Inr
he appearing The ms,ron- IN tho
station houses will have one apiece TO
deal with
Ifthe turkeys a yerdg e ten pounds apiece"
at Is cents pound II - estimated that
hey will cost s. .953 -.
IL
Headquarters and IN. station houses
SIX b. .ndr.d come to Headquarters aIou"
Fac t..ptiin - responsible" for the fowls
sent Ia his precinct and must >"s L. ~
that not one goes astray
az the fowls themselves IL - promised
that they will be the very hest tn h. had
They will ne large and an .ndcIvor -
To bs made To- hay" them reasonably
uniform in weight An Inspector will
not receIv. larger on" than i PLAIN
patrolman except 10y happy chance
Word of tn" arriving bounty WA sent
out To the Manhatt IN precinct, last night
IN the form Of "A general alarm. This
insured every on. knowing ahou; IN.
Thanksgiving gift for general alarms
are read To all tn. uniformed men on the
f,oor at roll call. The turkeys are {" ~.
distributed to-day. that no dinner may
be helated.
There will he no preference. shown IN
the distribution except a. men in "A station
house may agree Ia let In" larger ones
go to those who have good sized faWih".
AL the detail of the distribution was
worked ont by Deputy Polio. ,pmml,-
sioner priscoll. who said last night that
II had been a hard II "A pleasant job.
Some one suggested that one ~ the
express companies might he making IN"
gift Frank II. Plat said last night
that 50 far as he knew tins wasn't the
case. but I'm glad they're going to hiv"
tn. turkeys. h- commented
Headquarters was busy last night try
ing 10 reach every Manhattan policeman
on SICK leave or leave NJ absence and la-
him know 81 the turkey waiting him to-
day II the policeman livod IN Rronk Ign
or The Bronx sorrow was expressed Nv
the men of tn" precincts transmitting the
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