New-York tribune., 1910-08-29
CAPT. CALVIN DIES Al AZ.
One of the Youngest Precinct
Commanders and Worker.
WON 3 medals FOR BRAVERY
Made Record in Chinatown, and
Was Duplicating 1t at
Coney Island.

- 1---,-- 80 wears old. died II - , III
,en--x 9oepital yesterday afternoon lroTll
E-ight's .sease a7d nervous y
Wrought or oy cTeT"orA-
.,..,--., - fH health during the greater
- no zea-. his condition did not oe-
-. serious Until TWO weeks ago A.
80 i'm. he was n command o. the toneF
- --zcs-c- and after an examination
- -,c-,e n Sterling Place. Re vas rs-
- n = Kfncent-s Hospital by dlrec-
-5on oT MS physician. Police Surgeon
Charles 2. NarracE
J7.s- before TIE end there was b-le-
s--e--sl when ne revived sufficiently -
t-eoosrize ana nd farewell 70 HIS wife a7o
Eve children and 70 receive the last rites
OF the Rnnan Catholic Church
Captz- Nike" Calvin was always
Known s-ncng his colleagues as cor
s~ie,-ior1s- ciean-cut cop but the public
,stdn-- l,ro<r much about him until Ma p
1ee when -7rh z bullet hole In MS chest
n chased = fre1zied Italian strike breakeT
-r-o-,g+ New Chambers and Pearl streets .
Park ROW. cornsred him IN a drug store ana
arrested him He was q detective sergeant
--er. attached 70 Headquarters The neN'
rea- On the dav of the police parade ne "a
cetvs5 rom Commissioner McACoo me
Nee medal in recognition of his bravery
or this OCCASION He also received la'e-
he Ehfrslander and department medals
C-a1yi7-S Trisoue-. Giuseppe Ma-cello, vas
r-e n half dozen strike breakers en-
Moved on the pier of TIE Fail River Line a
Warren street and The North River VINO
-ze-e On their va home 90 Mulberry Bend
Guarded hv = Gordon Of police. since the
freight handlers strike against the New
York. &ew Haven & Hartford Railroad
s-o-n3arv had already developed 4 great
,5es1 oT viorenCe ne little knot of Italians
-s6 -eseFed the Brooklyn Bridge entrance
when some one threw = stone into tnelr
midst The fearful strike breakers ran
ern1Ck
Shooting and 7ourishiuE revolTers- taeY
.,rolse trto = run " Park Row. enoanEer1nE
-re lives Of the large crowd ot people a
uzvs corE-~ea-ed - rhat point cIa-F1i
uno vas q New Chambers street ran 70
--ee- -rerr. and as ne made for AIarcello
-ne Italian shot him IN the right breast
CALVIN drew MS revolver ana. exchanging
ehor for shr chased ne strike breaker
--~ovrr >ev C+7arrt.ars 70 Pearl street and
-r-or,zh Pearl hack 10 Park Row again. and
mn z drug store The Italians bullet
which might have penetrated Ire de-
-er-f,,e's heart. hsd glanced on rio and
fa5 come out of his back L was found n
his s-5-- and ever afterTard the policeman
v-G-e Z a : wazchchar1n-
Cleans Up Chinatown.
More recently Captain Nike had maze
g name for himself IS q scavenger - vice
and immortality. Commissioner Bingham
made him 2 police captain on April 13, 1879,
a~d sent him 70 the Eliza beth street sta
-{or. II The place Of CAPTAIN John McNally,
,+o-- 10 transferred 10 City Island. Gal
yin Immediately got out ms broom Flald
se,er raid ne conducted against the gam
-o-r-r Ind 1e
-rjeves and thugs in the Bowery slums-
F-zr7v ir F7-re re ordered that al white
women IN Chinatown who could not show
marriage cert54lcares should seek other
fields. and they did. II 6roves
Then came me Elsie Sigei murder Cap
tam Nike re4doUuled his efforts, with the
ree,lr that before ne suuIu7er vas out
Chinatown had become : peaceful dull
lirrl. section. financially insolvent and pos
eezsirs orlz rhird - its former lnnaoi-
tarr= Eut Captain Calvin paid for his zeal
Il physical breakdown which caused MIN
70 take long leave q absence, beginning
on Argus =
Lax March ~ vas asked i the gambling
= Chinatown would be allowed TO start I'D
aEalr, and he reP-ied-
III -och months % labor. day and night.
b myself and nv men TO close the nests
% zarnolir~ houses throughout the quarter
srd = has been accomplished You may be
sure thar they VIII not be allowed 70 onen
s-sfn The quarter is quiet and the
gambling has been reduced 10 4 minimum,
TO- II Is next 70 impossible 10 prevent them
cunning 4 little game now and then IN
their bedrooms. Thai. or course, is stopped
when We hear ABOUT II. but : Chinaman's
bedroom j. public property among he other
chinese of the quarter, and when a num-
or = friends
came might I,e suggested and carried out"
Sent 10 Coney Island.
Tho captain did not know then that Com
.,feeiore- Fsaker was contemplating trans
<e-~ra MIN 10 Coney Island This change
vrse made on April J. hut the Commissioner
Fsid = the tine that he did not want The
transfer 70 he construed as any reflection
on The eNlciency Of the faithful captain. L
va done merely TO give Calvin an oppor-
4uflity 10 re.r1perate mis- health. ne said
So Conev Island got q taste Of the Same
cleansing methods which Chinatown had
known. though with difference. Captain
Nike knew when 10 discrin mate, and in
srli-s or he -ieor Of MS rule the island
The keepers Of legitimate resorts knew him
= friend But ne could work, re
Porter was looking for him not 50 long
ago. and after 2 frUitless search appealed
u ? mounted policeman on Surf avenue
The mounted one shook his head
This man Calvin IS the hardest worker
ever saw said he. IF you are looking
for him yourE man, you'll have time
finding him. He is in and out Of the pre-
<inct at ali hours. and don't know when
he sleer,s. There Is telling when he Will
return to :he station i might be at 2-30
O'Clock tomorrow morning, or he might
not get back at all"
The captain. who was forty-two years
old bur didn't look il. had student &c
sire TO find out about things for himself,
and in citizens clothes he would mix in
with ,he crowds at the restaurants. dance
halls and other resorts and study Coney
Island and its spirit no one observing the
vouneish man with the dappeT clothes and
bright eyes taking in his surroundings
realized who he was
Broke Up Thieves Gangs.
One Of mis- latest services 10 the island
was q clea n-up Of the gang of thieves who
differed the wraps, etc, left IN standing
automobiles This he accomplished about
the middle Of July. Back in May he and
his wife while in q ta1icab at Neptune ave
rue and West 14th street. Coney Island.
were hIt by Brooklyn Rapid Transit train
and thrown out. Captain Calvin was cut