New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
DETECTIVE BUREAU SHIFT
Eleven Lieutenants Sent Back to
Precinct Duty.
SIX ON THE "DEMOTED" LIST
Shake UP, Oldtimers Say, Is In
spector Russen's Move to
Drop Inefficient Men.

Like a thunderbot" according TO one
veteran detective Inspector Russell. head
of the detective bureau, made series OF
shifts in that department yesterday whlch
carried CONSERVATION TO many OF the plain
clothes force. Eleven lieutenants were sent
from the detective bureau to precinct
work Six detectives, first grade, were
denoted" under the Bingham law TO the
grade of patrolmen. They will continue
to do detective work, at patrolmens sal
ares-a change from $3.50 in some cases
TO s1.4o0 Also a couple of sergeants and
a patrolman were transferred.
Officially the reason for these changes
the first drastic shake-up since Inspector
Russell was placed in charge of the de-
tective bureau. is given in the stereotyped
phrase for the good of the service. Actu-
ally oldtimers around Police Headquarters
said yesterday that this was the way
taken by Inspector Russell to "cut out
the deadwood," as he had promised to do
and to show that he really was running
that end of the Police Department
A few weeks ago all the men in the de-
tective bureau were ordered to turn in
records of the work they had done within
q specified time and the number OF arrests
made and other results obtained. Gossip
has it that in some cases there was a dis
tinct discrepancy between the results re-
ported and Inspector Russells ideas OF
what the efficiency of the particular IN
dividuals in question ought to be. Some
how. he is reported TO have got the notion
that some Of his detectives were laying
down Oh the job for reason or an
other. Out of those reports grew yester-
| days shake-up.
One of the victims Of il was Lieutenant
George Wakefield, who went to Belgium for
| the police dogs, and has handled them ever
since. He was sent to East 104th street
! to do precinct duty. Other lieutenants
transferred to precinct duty were Michael
! ". Collins. to Oak street; Nicholas Hitch,
to Leonard street; jeremiah J. Murphy, to
West S7th street. John D. Sullivan, to 5th
street; George Schoeneich, to West 47th
street: William z. Daily, to Elizabeth street
James J. Cronin, to Rapelye street. Brook
lyn; John Hennessy, to lower Fulton street
Brooklyn: Alphonse Rheaume. to West
Tooth street and Edward M Enwright, tc
Delaney street.
| The first grade detectives who were re-
duced to the grade OF patrolrnen were
Joseph ]. Kessein1ark, Frederick W Lynch
Bernard J. McCahfl1, Michael Hegney, Fred
/ erick A. Buddemeyer and Louis F. Dit
man. They will be retained in the detec-
tive bureau at their old work, but at great
ly reduced salaries
Five patrolmen, for merit, were advanced
TO first grade detectives. with a correspond
ing increasee in compensation: William
Forbes. John F. Fitzpatrick. Francis Nc
/ Gee, Joseph Gilkinson and James Smyth.
| Sergeant Denis A. Ionergan has been
shifted TO Brooklyn. Sergeant John J
Murphy to West Tooth street and Patrolmar
James H. Mclaughlin to West 47th street
| Commissioner Baker will leave town or
! Monday for months vacation. Before
quitting his Office yesterday he ordered
| Captain James Kane, of the old West 20tt
street station, TO change places with Cap
| tain Michael 4. Reidy, of the Bushwicl
avenue station, Brooklyn The change tool
place last night. Reidy has made so many
| changes lately that 1t was a department
| joke that he lived in moving van