The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-29
CAPTAIN NIKE CALVIN DEAD
A GETiT PRECINCT CLEANSER
PiSSES iHtY.
Active Ilfr and successful work af New
NnrN'> Most strenuous Policeman
Onn captain In the Honor Line
Iin, Hear Ia Hospital Two Weeks,

e llcl J. Calvin. one % the most
-. ..-r II New York's captains of police
r... ,,-tcrday afternoon Ia ST Nincent's
ll-..tl. where he was taken couple
VS. ago suffering with Bright 8
.-..-,
.N,"' Calvin. a. the skipper Of the
t.rH.''h street police station came
..,.. v 10 Ia known. first got a record
,.r..sl his cleanup OF Chinatown while
be- ,- 10 command u that station. lie
v.s. n'y 90 years old. and when he came
.. nutown he was no better known
tHu NY one 81 fifty police captains.
Die .r.ut been there thres weeks before
TO- .uc knew his name. and his pre-
a. 'nH''" not only knew hut feared il
. Nrw much uf the grim cleaning
. ...a'oWn WAS due To Calvin and
'." wI.h To his supeTiors has never
.... -"'r."l There se-ms good reason
.,."," that Calvin wa sent to Eliza
.... street 10y former Police Commits
.,..ar bingham with orders To clean
TO- r.lcr A. It had never been cleaned
teton" or else endure all the trouble that
o.. nwmi~sioner could make for him.
lH-l"rnr DAILY was then in charge OF
to- ~-npnd INSPECTION district, which
o.. lies the Elizabeth street station,
al - friends have always declared that
-" .r.ttative was due to DAILY himself.
J: - y"rtaIn that Calvin and DAILY worked
.," team at improving conditions in
,i- ~Iuahd quarter. Whether Calvin
v.-.ei under orders or not can make
.'- difference in reckoning results
n" ~ results. Hc made Chinatown an
. "w.ua'lOn and a dissolution for the
o.. -, the inhabiting women and the
brv"rv derelicts who constituted a part
Il rs population. lie made the cheap
rlrml- from Niger Mikes to Big Jack
F.ssIs Close at l O'Clock in the morning
H. i.i II 50 persistently that the half
u f"u all night joints were soon reduced
- 'Vn. And then these two were forced
70 o.nse at closing time
uH.NIn personally. a. well a. his men
v-n' and called upon the disorderly
non who had always lived in China.
WI aud knew no other place. The calls
~. short
-uH you 90 before /? tonight Calvin
would say.
wv. Cap'n! Cap. don't kid. Don't
hail mo that nonchalant stuf.- LIGHT
MAaie would make reply.
l'r answer the skipper would point 20
70" hour on his watch and say simply
I'LL then
In two more sentences Lichi Minnie
ia comprehend that here was no
yI'. Then would come screams and the
"a Il starvation. The skipper. I'M
moved. would suggest she pawn her
,arrirgz.
But. Cap. that's my 'front.' Lichi
Minnie would cry.
Calvin would point once more 70 tho
hour hand on his watch and move shortly
away. Tn" woman would IL gore from
Ainatown by the hour. too. She might
-'arve-that To Calvin was a matter 81
4nnec'ssary unconC'rn. He had 20 bs |
ruthless 90 accomplish things. and he !
them. He made even the |
Chinese behave. Chinatown was rels-
lively more peaceful. quiet. safe, while |
b" ruled than It hal ever t~an b-'for- |
Il was also a dead place but that was a
s"cundary matter.
Last January the young CAPTAIN asked |
=, IL transferred to some more Testful
ir"0inct. He was Ill., he had r-en 4
v king tw enty hours out Of the twenty
Or. day N and day out He was sent 4
lrnsy Island in April. because. Com
..s-lon"r .sr figured. he would get
l-y summer SEASON began. Calvin
.Ilt bungalow for his family at tho
& West Thirty -sscond street, Coney
!. and
: .ng after Coney the wRy he had gone
s''"r Chinatown. Capt Calvin replied
that the two places were different. that
- lid not intend any wholesale crtIsad-
Ag but that he intended TO keep the
+ aoe sufficiently clean 30 that he could
htz family ehars, md that nfhar 1
families with growing children might
move N. lie made many friends IN Coney
l-and among every kind Of folk except
TIE crooks Many Of them tried differ
anywhere. II was characteris tic u him
that he didn't believe a man who had once
gone had could come back
~ one occasion he was walking along
Sun avenue. when he met an old acquaint-
al0e who used 10 pick pockets but who
had Undergone an alleged reformation
a.! was showing his best girl around
IT, i-Iand just Ike the best Of them.
he vas 80 well satisfied with his come
tArk' that he even dared salute the cap
tan Calvin. however. WA not to be pla-
oAtSd
can't help that he replied 20 the
fellows protestations OF good intent. you
All YOUR gal have got ten N inutes 70
oierat. and then you'll have 20 chi p for
oheg parts or you're in for IL l.,
CAPT Calvin. besides looking for &C tual
reso -. had his weather eye open TO
AAohes 81 tas te in the way Of bathing
t'e-. les He W a. absolutely OF the con- |
yo'nn that uppers should be- worn out
:. 20 '" Confinement o, the running string.
!a.s and other matters Of taste he ele.
ya'e'! 20 the ~ att 81 law and insisted
@ n ri"S'y among the surf bathers.
~-'s' Dan orc onnell feels the worst
~ '"m down AZ q he Coney Island house.
- -" gloom u general enough.
4 lost thirty years ago Dan and Nike
4s''i - cell papers together along PARK
frv ~ company with another chap who I
10 v deputy chief in the Fire Depart .
'r~.' Ian was telling last night how he
4 N.-" u-'-d TO sleep togetier winter !
T. t'- .'n grating AZ the side Of news
"a '. hiding W. ,re the hot air came '
49, - warm then Ia
We 9TH w-nt on the cops together ,
.' -. and we've been together ever |
rory time they shifted Nike they {
.... .." with him"
Hr' calvin was the only police cap
DO. marched ia the honor line Of the ]
a.. ..'. parade lie joined the police
Nav II, 1897 Ia 1904. while a I
...a -"FR"ant. he was shot In the !
..a-' during a strike riot Though