The evening world., 1911-05-23
noon that these we're the only possibii-
ties he was considering.
Mayors Letter 10 Waldo.

on, copies'of the following letter. whlcl
he said, he had just forwarded b
special messenger to Commission
waldo at Police Headquarters:
Dear Mr.. Waldo:
Your fine service as head OF the
Fire Department induces me to APP
point you to the headship ~ tho
Police Department. For years be-
fore I became Mayor I, was gen
orally understood that appointments
and promotions In the Police and
Fire Departments had been. vita
some interruption, by outside fav-
orttism, and even for money con.
alteration. and this understanding
was largely correct. To do away
with all possibility OF this ! made
II Q matter of policy that all ap.
polntments and promotions should b.
made In numerical order from the
civil service lists. instead OF the
appointees being picked out OF Ger.
uhed patches. by which the lists had
been jusslcd with In the past.
You found this condition prevailing
IN the Fire Department, bu, have
done away with II completely nv
following out the new policy, there.
by convincing the men thar neri,
n faithfulness alone should count.
n restoring their emulation and
confidence in honest treatment.
You will do the same In the case OF
the Police Department. You have
forty-eight recent Illegal sppoIn,.
ments TO Immediately deal with I'm
the Police Department. hay. al.
rected the Chairman of the ,iyl
Service Board TO sit down with you
about he matter. | want Won to
Danish from the Police Department.
az o have from the Fire Depart
ment' even tho appearance Of ap-
pointments or promotions going by
'avoritism or purchase.
No Finer Men In the World.
There IL no finer or more faithful
body OF men. in the main, in tho
world. and my great wish is to trea,
them with benevolcnce and Justice
There are a large number OF vacan-
cies to be hlled by promotion. The
oelay In that respect has been
against my Judgment and wishes.
Let that be one OF the irst things
10 he attended to. and I would like
10 ne present n participate when
the promotions nre conferred. Whom
the civil service examinations for tho
vacancies among the captains were
hRipG hA1A
mat no outside influence Of money.
politics or anything else would sccure
their promotion, and that they would
~ taken In numerical order From
the list. ! regret hat the carrying
out OF h Mayors word has been
90 long delayed. Very truly yours.
W. J. GAYNOR. Mayor.
There hasn't been so much open 10y
good cheer in the Police Depar,.
nent for many years as tina. which
from Headauarter. to the re-.
hottest precincts OF the city when the
news came out that James S. Cropsey
going u and Rhinelander Waldo
coming In. Mr.. Cropsey retirel
with the distinction Of being the mos
Police Commissioner that hal
since the present system o
administering police affairs was adopted
and he was not In Office very long
The men at Headquarters mad,
no attempt to conceal their citation
They shook hands with each other
each other on the backs ant
jubilated generally. As rapidly Al
the telephone operators sen
the news to the various precincts.
II IL anticipated that there will 500
be an aching void In the First Deput,
Commissioners office. which is nov
occupied by Clement j. Driscoll. 1t 1
reported that Commissioner Waldo nc
oepted the Police CommisslonershiI
with the understanding that he Is 4
name his own deputies.
Cropsey's Fatal "23."
Mr.. Cropsey left Headquarters thi
afternoon after formally turning owe
the property OF the Police Department
In his possession TO COMMISSIONS
Waldo. Observers at Headquarter
noted q peculiar coincidence in the OF
der Of Mr.. Cropsey's going.
The number OF his automobile l
sa.NA. This 10 May q. The total O
the figures In the license number G
Mr.. Cropsey's automobile is %.
For the present Acting Chief Jon
Ksnlon OF the Fire Department will az
- Commissioner. speaking OF "a
change Of the Commissioner. Chit
Kenlon said:
THE appointment OF Commission
Waldo a. Police Commissioner Is Il
hest appointI ent that could be mad'
I am sure he will be As successful wit
the Police Department as he has bee
with the Fire Department. When
Say that W are sorry to nave him 1
] am sure ] speak for the $500 un
formed men OF the department.
"oinger" o'Brien Dismissed.
Cropsey was the dismissal from Il
Police Department of former lnspeutt
John J. O'Brten, better known In polit
circles as Ginger" O'Brien. and IN
caused as much comment at HeAdgua
te~s a. the appointment OF a new Cen
missioner. The O'Brien case has b-'
the subject OF much discussion.
O'Brien was Inspector in command
Coney Island last summer, Wal
Mayor Ga ynor was incapacita;ed by q
bullet wound inflicted by the WpuL
be assassin Gailagher. John PURE
Mitchell. the Acting-Mayor, sent lnye
tigators to Coney Island. These m,
reported that conditions on the Is,al
were deplorable. Their descriptions
open vice ana RIGHTEOUSNESS were sc
sational In the extreme.
As a result OF the investlsatl
O'Brien was denoted TO the office
captain and placed in charge OF q