The evening world., 1911-03-04
POLICE SHAKE Up
WITHOUT WARNING
JARS THE FORCE
Inspector Hussey and Acting
Captains Reduced and Ten
Captains Moved.
HIGH PLACES VACANT.
CropSey Can Name 7 inspect
ors and IS Captains, but
Doesn't Like "Eligibles."
HIGH PLACES VACANT.

Commissions Cropsey hurled a bomb
sheil in the Police Department just be-
fore he left his office at Headquarters
Tor his home last night. Tho shock was
all the more severe because 1t was en-
tlrely unexpected: there had been not
the ~faintest ~intimation of the uphaav1l.
The shakeup is one OF the biggest the
department has experienced In years
and has caused CONSERVATION In the
force.
The hardest hit of all was Inspector
James L. IIussey. in command OF the
Sixth District, Harlem. with headquar-
tors In the West one Hundred and
Twenty-fifth street station. lie was re-
duced to the rank of captain and sent
10 take charge OF the Sheepshead Bay
precinct. In the past few years Hussey
has survived the many s~hakeups. He
was one OF the inspectors who Went 10
Albany to fight the bill fathered by
Commissioners Bingham, giving him the
right - reduce inspectors to captains.
1lussey will continue TO draw $500 a
year. an inspectors salary.
VII
Equally as significant as the demo
ton OF nussey was the transfer Of ten
captains, most OF whom eommand
Brooklyn precincts. This. like the other
sweeping changes, was unlocked FOR,
as 1t was supposed. after the shakeup
in tho latter part Of January. that the
Commissioner would not alter condi-
tons. But at q o'clock last night tho
following captains were transferred by
a special order:
william +. Fcnnelly. rom the Glen
dale TO the Classon avenue station;
Thomas Cullen, Classon avenue to
Richmond Hill. John Barnes. Rich
mond Hill to Glendale; Christian
Relmels. College Point, 10 Vernon
avenue; Donald Grant. a $500 a year
captain. from New Dorp. S. l., TO the
Fourth avenue station; Patrick Muir
ply. Tottenville to Flushing; John
Dulfer. Sheepshead Bay to Butler
street; George Aloncle, Flushing to ia
maica; Thomas i. Darcy. Whitestone
20 Fort Hamilton, and Charles c. Wen
dell, Jamaica to Bushwick avenue.
Must Face Charges.
Heretofore when a captain Incurred
the displeasure Of his chief he was
transferred 20 one Of the outlying pre-
C!ncts, or as l. was called, TO the
woods" for punishment. Hereafter they
will be brought up on charges and tried.
There will be no acting captains" but
'!leutenants IN command at city ISL
and, New Dorp, Far Rockaway, College
Point and Whitcstone.
As II TO emphasize the fact that tho
title of a|ctins-cip a. has been virtually
abolished. Commissioned Cropsey ordered
the following li%eutenants who enjoyed
that rank back 20 desk duty.
Richard Enrlght, from Vernon ave-
nue. to the desk at the Gates avenue
station; Il. w. Thor. Fourth venue
20 Ralph avenue; James j. Savage.
Butler street to Fourth avenue, and
Joseph O'Connor. Far Rockaway to
Snyder avenue. The only three who
escaped the transfer We're Edward
Eoirke, in charge OF Bridge \ and u;
Philip Grosbeck, Traffic H., and Fred
erick Mott, HarhOr A. 3 and 9
Bourke heads tue i~ieutenauts' eligible
list and it was thought he. Enright.
Thor and Savage would probably be
made captains.
Yesterdays changes also included the
TldlltItI Oh a score VI lltul'lldiilS dllh
sergeants whose names and the pre-
clncts to which they were shifted were
not made public.
High Places Vacant.
Ike shakeup caves the department In
one OF the most unusual positions in its
history. There are now seven Inspector
ships and fifteen captaIncies vacant, with
no prospect that they will be filled, II
there IS any truth in the rumor that was
spread at Headquarters a few nights
ago. There is now an eligible list con-
tanning 40 names, with twenty-five posts
a. be filled,
Mr.. Cropsey IS said 10 have declared he
would resign before ne would appoint
some Of the men on the eligible list.
That Yesterdays sweeping changes
Will have a far-veaching effect VAS adj
mitted on all sides. but what the key TO
the puzzle il none would venture to
say.
The Brooklyn changes are known 10
have been made at the instance OF
Fourth Deputy Commissioner Reynolds.
lie has been displeased by tho presence
~ gamblers in some of the brooklyn
precincts and has complained that ne
could not get tho transferred captains 10
make a strong aggressive tight on the
pool rooms and gambling houses.
It was announced to-day that a new
patrol box system Is 10 be used In six
Brooklyn precincts. II Is so arranged
thai the lieutenant at the desk in the
station can ring bells at six stations
along a pOliceman's post. Deputy Com
missioner Reynolds has been greatly dis
pleased by Sinking Of duty. which he
ha stound b. many night excursions.