New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-04

tween Chief Inspector Schmittberge' ana
Inspector John DAILY, growing out OF
case of many years standing. in when
DAILY. then a captain in the Union Market
station. had protege of Schmittbergcrs
transferred from a plain clothes .nan's Job
in his precinct
Say Higgins Case Made Trouble
When this was put up 10 the Chief In
spector yesterday. Schmittberge- SAID
Nov. stop right there! You mean me
Higgins case
As the story is told in the Police Depart
nnent. Higgins was formerly plain dothes
man under Schmittberger, and was finally
assigned 10 that kind Of duty az the Union
Market station. When DAILY became eaI
tain Of the precinct he placed Higgins IN
charge Of the work Of keeping down inc
"stuss" games, which we're then a pest IN
that precinct. When the complaints against
"stuss" became numerous he called ing
GINS before him.
The matter ended when DAILY had Hig-
gins transferred, but schmttberger yesler-
dsv declared that his only interest IN j1lg-
gins had been professional that ne haa
found him a good policeman ana 'Hf'
when Dalv told him he wanted him trans
.errad he agreed to a. simply saving tnat
he r-ss sorry that Higgins wasn't sails
factory 70 Daily.
There lie absolutely no friction between
49,, spd any of the inspectors, sald
cobr,i,tbereer Yesterday. and az matter
~ fac, DAVIS first warning OF pa5ro! con-
6,t,ons in the I'd Inspection District cane
from the Commissioner himself. the O' M
,Jf, dfSfT1CI
Insn.ctor DAILY before the time ! mace lily
- "a thew saw only two policemen on
patrol Daily was told then that TIE CORFU
t,ons IN his district were rotten
=, IN. 7d Precinct OF the "a lnspecuo"
So. The greenwich street station. the
ohIeF ,nspector found ten men off post, ne
went out under a general order rom - :,
,,,ss;orer waldo 10 take "a look arouno'
and happened TO End ten out OF iorty - -
policemen." as he put 1t himse1 Ees'ei'a'
off post. 49,. ,~o.u,-,,s.
When he made his report 10 the Conli'i,'
,,oner he did not expect to nave 10 man
charges against the men, however
scbno,ttherger, and he could not swear ',i@
.ba mon we're off post hut merely 'ii"'
=. lid not find them 'on post he ulo NO
hunt M the missing cops nor cover '''e.i
uosts because he felt that his orners WEI
only 10 take a general look arouhu' a-
I, was the duty Of the lieutenant on pau
a, those stations to cover posts on WIN"
the men were not TO be found
This was Schmittberger's eXplahdIloi yes
! +ordav OF the reason that his tesuii'oIiS
NJ painst the policemen was not more sPecl'iI'
Xput the fined patrolmen contend tha' suCn
general testimony as the chief lhsPeC'oi
gave was never before CONSIDERED suili'io''
for conviction.
Men SAY They Were Tipped OH
rscb NJ the thirty-eieht who have sent
ro,ice Of their intention TO sue me cl'y 'Or
~. ar,ourt Of their fines declared that ne
IS on most. and many Of them asserted
,hs. ,be,, had been tipped off that the chieI
,.ae IN the district and were on the LOOKOUT
for him. .,,.
scbmIttberger said Yesterday that TINS
was impossible that no one knew ne was
going 10 make the inspection until ne start
ga ONT. but finally he admitted it was pos
slble that word cf his tour might nave so'
oround arr lie started. and m time 70
warn the patrolmen.
"a con will always lie" declared
scbmittberger YESTERDAY He u ai"als
swear that he was on post "hen ne
brought up on charges.
He gave II as his opinion that the reason
he had found so many men OF POST "as
that when Commissioner Waldo announced
AZ the start Of his administration that men
wore not TO he brought up on trivia
cbarees the police force generally had IN
,erpreted il that things we're 20 be cement
and so they were not looking for any such
rigid inspection rs the chief inspector made
The patrolmen who got their last month
checks shv fifteen DAYS pay, however say
that never before was there such NOV
ing down" OF patrolmcn in one district and
srch remembrance Of convictions on eV-
dence which. at the most. tended 20 sho"
that thew were not seen on post They de-
,lared that the Wholesale conviction or pa
.rolmep was a piece Of inside politics
aimed AT the inspector Of the district and
cited the old stories Of bad blood between
scbuittberger and DAILY as the reason
Evidence we introduced to contradict
,hat given by .he chief said one Of tho
ened cons" Yesterday. went for nothing.
and any one OF rs who tried 10 explain
that he was trying doors when the chief
passed by was convicted without another
word"
William T.. Murphy. tho former police
sergeant now a lawyer. has charge of sew
oral of the poccmcn's cases. ho said that
none OF them considered a fine Of fifteen
DAYS pay excessive for the violation Of the
rule rs 10 being on post, but maintained
that the men had no chance 10 offer a de
fence an all AZ the police trials when the
fines were imposed and that many II not
oil Of them were convicted uniustly