New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-27
"COPS" MAY Be CAPTAINS
1888 Now on Eligible List, and
There Are Fifteen Vacancies.
<. ]. BOURKE COMES FIRST
1872 Lieutenants Fail to Get
Required 80 Per Cent at
the Examination.

The studiousness OF lSS police lieutenants
tas been rewarded by the announcement
that they are at least on the eligible list
,or promotion 20 the rank Of captains. The
Srst fifteen on the list are further com
!orted by the fact that their aspirations to
wear two bars on their collars instead of
one may be realized by eary promotion.
az there are that number Of vacancies TO
be filed For some 1862 who aspred just
as ardently and burned just as much mid
night oil. but failed TO make the requisite
50 per cent rating. there seemed 20 be no
comfort al all
The publication of the new eligible list
attracted attention 10 a number OF lieuten-
ants pretty well known TO the public. First
OF the list was Edward ]. Bourke, acting
captain of the Brooklyn Bridge squad. who
was the first 10 shake Roosevelt's hand
when he took Office as Police Commits
sioner His fame as handshakcr did not
rest at this for later. when he had the
temerity to arrest Mike" Callahan, the
politician saloonkeeper. for violating the
excise law. Roosevelt sent for Bourke and
shook his hand.
Alfred W. Thor was second on the list.
lie was high on the previous list but was
passed over by General Bingham. He had
served under Bingham in the army. but the
former Commissioner never explained why
he would not promote him.
No. on the list was Lieutenant Jimmy"
Dunn, who has been in the department for
the last thirty-ive years He has long
served as the chief aid TO the various COM
manders in the Detective Bureau, and has
ii world record for the number of crooks
he has met and knows personally. 1t was
said that the loss TO the bureau by his
promotion would be a serious one.
William +. Peabody. fourth on the list Is
at present in command Of the detective
squad in Chinatown. He was dismissed by
Bingham for going to Baltimore in the
Gould divorce case as "a personal matter"
hut was later reinstated.
Matthew McKcon, Of the harbor squad,
has a number Of rescues from drowning to
his credit Cornelius f. Cahalane rose
from the rank Of parolman in ten years,
and won his first promotion by rescuing an
Italian murderer nom the fury of mob
of his countrymen. Joseph Faurot. eighth
on the list. introduced the BerIllon system
at Headquarters and is one OF the best
known finger print experts in the country
Others among the first fifteen are Henry
Cohen. John Ivers Thomas Myers. John d.
Ormsby. Frank J. Rohrg. Frank J. Con-
10y. Patrick l.. w. Walsh and Frank a.
Tierney.
George r. Wakefield won the eighteenth
place. Under the Bingham regime he went
abroad and brought back the fine German
police dogs used in the department.
The twenty-hfth man, August Kuhne. In
1909 served thirty days in Jail for contempt
Of court for 'mugging' a banker contrary
10 a court order. Immediately after get
ting out he was placed on trial for refusing
10 take picture of James Duffy OF t Of the
Rogues' Gallery He was exonerated by
Baker.
The twenty-siXth man, John j. Cray, is a
brother-in-law OF Charles +. Murphy.
The list has been in the hands OF Mayor
Gaynor for several days. At the time of
the examination the Mayor addressed the
men ana said he would promote the first
ten men as soon as the result was known.
Subsequent vacancies have increased the
possible appointments TO fifteen.