New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-07
DILLON AS FOURTH DEPUTY
Waldo Names Brooklyn Borough
Police Inspector for Office.
WILL HOLD ALL TRIALS HERE
Gets Perpetual Leave OF absence t,s'
from Uniformed Force, 10 winch
Re May Return at Any Time.

| James T. Difon. appoii'o" -
the Borough of Brooklyn In JahuaiE' was
made Fourth Deputy Police Coiil'"s''o'e'
and trial commissioner for Manhattan
Tho Dronx and Richmond by Commissioner
Waldo .estcrdav. He is the hrst man
since the passing of william 5. Devery to
Use 10 such police heights from the ranks.
He Will receive $4,000 year '''''e''' VI
So 500. as at present
s fourth deputy Dillon VII personai'!
all Commissioner Waldo in the conduct OF
.I.o do,,rtpent He has had twenty-six
vears. oxpcrience rs a policeman. and that
,,c. Ied uniforr,ed men at Headquarters
n nredict that his appointment would be
satisfactory to the rank and file OF the de-
partmchL =,
Commissioner Waldo's reorganization VIII
a,nount To this Douglas l. MCKAY iiSt
deputy. will have charge OF the Bureau vi
Repairs and Supplies; George > Dougher-
T., second deputy. will head the detective
b.,reau. and John J. Walsh. third deputy
will have charge Of the force In brooklyn
and Queens and will preside over police
trials ia those borouGls For TINS syste-
matical department arrangement commas
eioner Waldo is said TO be indebted 10
william j. Flynn. who suggested 1t soon
after Mayor Gaynor appointed him as sec
ond deputy for his brief service
The fact that the bureaus and squads
formerly in charge of Max Schmittberger,
chief INSPECTOR. had been turned over to
Captain Edward Hughes. formerly OF the
East 9th street station. brought rufnors
that Inspector Schmittberger would soon
resign or would be retired That was OIL
Tally denied at Headquarters yesterday
The inspectors powers have not been cur
tailed in any way. 1t is said. He has SIM
rIv been relieved Of a lot Of superiluous
work which can Just as well be done by
another.
Commissioner Dillon is fortyeight years
old and lives at No. 80 East S1th street.
In 1855 he Joined the sparrow cops as
tie Central Park squad was called. After
consolidation he was made roundsman
If the regular force in October. 1897. he
was made an inspector in 1907. He gets
rcrpetual leave Of absence from that Office.
and will thus not have 10 forfeit his right
10 a pension. If he resigns as fourth dep
uty he goes back TO his old rank as cap
tain. there being no regular rank OF in
nassed Inspectors are captains. designat-
cd TO the higher rank with an Increased
salary.
Commissioner Waldo is seeking 10 equal
re the expenses Of the first year men on
the force who get only $500 and have 10
buy extensive uniforms on this small al
Iowance. Many get in the clutches OF loan
sharks as a result.
The new administration wants 10 raise
salaries wherever II is possible by keeping
doun expenses Of departmental appropria-
tons About forty new men are to be add
ed 10 the Headquarters detective bureau
from $50 candidates examined by Inspector
Russell and Deputy Commissioner Dough-
crty.
Captain Hughes Is now head Of the so
called vice squad All inspectors and cap
ttins hereafter are 10 report suspected
Gambling or disorderly houses TO him. He
also heads the boiler. school census and
motorcycle squads. having in all about
four hundred men in plain clothes under
hun. All precinct complaints going to
HEADQUARTERS will he turned over to
Hughes instead Of going back 70 their pre-
cincts. as was the custom formerly.
Hencetof'n every Idll'Iilhh WIZ N"'''' ="
prisoner to station other than his own
will make n complete entry on the blotter'
instead Of a simple entry Of the prisoners
name. The details will then be sent 10 his
own station.
CAPTAIN John J. McNally Of the West
IYth street station. is to take captain
hughes place al the East 67th street sta
ticn. Captain Henry w. Burfend. OF the
East 92d street station. goes TO West Atm
street. and Captain Frank ]. Morris. OF the
Highbridge station, goes 20 East 22d street
Captain Patrick W. Tracy. in command OF
bridge Precinct c. goes 10 Hamburg ave-
nue., Brooklyn.
Captain Thomas Murphy Of the Adams
street stution. Brooklyn. goes 20 Coney ISL
and TO replace Captain Matthew Robinson,
who was the only captain made" by for
ner Commissioner Cropsey. He goes to the
Elatbush avenue precinct.