New-York tribune., 1911-04-07
Jury VISITS TENDERl0|N
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ga high as so per cent Of the force has
suffered through the ruling which
changed the date of paying off. more
conservative estimate. however. places
the number between 30 and 90 per cent
Many Of the policemen complain that
they have been compelled to move be-
cause Of the change in the date OF pay
and their inability to meet their rent
on the first OF the month.
The Controller, it was learned, made
an inquiry of the Corporation Counsel
after the complaints from the force be-
gan to pour in upon him, and was toid
that il was legal for the patrolmen 70
be paid ON the first of the month. Inc
CORPORATION Counsel said that In all the
other departments the time sheets were
made out 50 that the employees couio get
their money on the first, and there was
no objection 10 the same rule applying
to the police force. but nothing could be
done in the face Of the order from COM
missioner Cropsey
William Z. Murphy. the former police
man who is now counsel for the Poiice
and Patrolmen's Benevolent Association
said yesterday that he had prepared a
hill 10 be introduced before the Legis-
lature for the reorganization Of the Po-
lice Department.
Wants Five Commissioners.
The bill provides for five commission
ers. to be elected in succeeding years Ior
terms Of five years each, the senior
member 10 be chairman OF the poard.
TIE commissioners are TO have charge
Of the business affairs Of the depart
ment. such as the buying Of supplies
the erection of new buildings ana
auditing of accounts and payroils. Inc
commissioners are to choose from the
uniformed force a chief, who will have
charge of the discipline Of the men ana
all matters of a purely police nature
such as the suppression and detection or
crime
Subppnas We're issued yesterday for
several members Of the uniformed force
and for a number of civilians as we'll 10
tell about the conditions that led Dep
uty Police Commissioner Driscoll 10
make his entry 'on the blotter Of the
Tenderloin station about the number
of women and beggars patrollng Broad
way in the Tenderloin. Deputy Commits
sioner Driscoll also will be called upon
+, tell what ne knows OF the situation
nf his entry
on the blotter of the Tenderloin sta
ticn. Mr. Driscoll issued an order yes
terday that reporters for the newspapers
were not 10 be allowed in the future 10
s.av in the Tenderloin station longer
than was necessary to ask a question
and receive a reply. The order also for
hade smoking by the reporters IN the
hujlding. II has been the custom for
wars 70 have chairs for the reporters
in the Tenderloin station, and they have
received uniformly courteous treatment
from the police OF the 23d Precinct but
last night they were uncerenloniously
thrown out. in accordance with the or
der Of Deputy Commissioner Driscoli'
who was himself a newspaper reporter
before being made Commissioner OF
Weights and Measures by Mayor Gay
nor
II was said at the District Attorneys
Office yesterday that the crime inVesu-
cation was still in its first stages ana
that il was probable that more tnan
hundred witnesses would be examiner
as a consequence of the charges MADE
by Magistrate Corrigan.