New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-27
To QUIT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Deputy Commissioner Sent Let
ter of Resignation to the
Mayor Ten Days Ago.
TROUBLE WITH CR0PSEY
To Re. enter Secret Service Soon
After May Has Made Per-
sonal Raids on Many Al
legged Gambling Resorts.

William J. Flynn has resigned as Sec
ond Deputy Police Commissioner Inc
resignation will go into effect on May !.
II has been in the hands of Mayor Gay
nor for the last ten days.
The report that Commissioner Flynn
had resigned flew like wildfire through
the department early this morning. and
was great surprise. as it was not at all
looked for.
When the COMMISSIONS was asked the
reason for his resignation he would only
say:
MY resignation has been in some
time. shall return to the federal ser
vice. Further than this | do not care~to
sav ANYTHING. and | would not say that
much had the information not been OBJ
tanned elsewhere. This much IL all
have said TO any one tonight and all
will say
Behind the Deputy Commissioner s
resignation there is reported to be sur
prising condition of affairs in the foHce
DEPARTMENT. II said Mr.. Flynn has been
hedged about by barriers Which nave
blocked him in his work ana fnaiiy
driven him in disgust TO tell the Mayor
that he wanted to get out.
He went 10 the Police Department
from the United States Secret service
where he made a name for himsef III
running down criminals. Inc Mayor
expressed great satisfaction when ne an
nounced that he was able 10 get Mr
Flynn to accept a deputy commissioner
ship in the department.
During the last two months ne mas
heen especially active in raiding gam
hing houses all over the city. He mas
led attacks on nearly fifty alleged gam
bling resorts since he began his crusade.
and has collected mass of evidence on
which several men are now being tried
Nanv Of his raids have been particu-
larly spectacular, and he has thrown ter
ror into the ranks Of the gamblers VINO
have frequently boasted publicly that
they would get him.
When Mr.. Flynn entered the Police De-
partment 1t was said by certain OF MS
friends that he had merely been Dor
rowed by the city and would. IN the
co,rse Of time. return to his federal job.
II was also said Of Mr.. Flynn's appoint
mcnt that his leave of absence from the
1,nited States Secret Service was not ar
ranged for until Mayor Gaynor had per-
sonally made request to. President
Taft
Recently there have been well defined
minors of a break between Mr.. Flynn
and Commissioner Cropsey. and II has
also been reported that the matter had
heen taken To Mayor Gaynor for ad-
Indication.
Mr. FLYNN was appointed Deputy Com
missioner in october. 1910 For thirteen
wears he had been assistant to Chief
Wrk,e Of the Secret Service. As soon as
no took office Commissioner Flynn en-
tirely reorganized the Detective Bureau
He personally studied and selected one
hundred patrolmen and appointed them
as full -fedged detectives. This caused
considerable uneasiness among the mer
who had been in that department fo'
wears But Mr. Flynn chose men whe
have since done good work In that line
Ue was also instrumental In doing away
with the various branches Of the De
tective Bureau in the fve boroughs
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