The evening world., 1911-06-28
Devery Wants to Come Back;
He'd Like to Advise Waldo
"Wifh Me at His ElboW to
Tell Him What to Do
We'd Haze the Finest
Police Department in
the World" HI Says.


From, Doorn1an Up If He
Can Only Land.
Big Bill" Devery. who cherishes the
characterization given him by ex-Mayor
Bob Van Wyck that he was the best
Chief Of Police New York ever had" Is
waiting and willing TO go back into
the force and the call OF the nightstick
as II resounds upon the pavement. To-
day. out ct his home at Far way.
he told what he thought about the
Christy sullivan bill to restore him to
the force and pension him at the rate
OF 1900 a year. which passed the Senate
yesterday.
In the telling he made II plain tina
nothing would sul, him better than to
DC called into the counsels OF the pres
ent commissioner. although he said .c
would come back II called 60 any ca
pacity from doorman up. and obey
orders on the Job. He insists that he
is still a policeman.
His home is but 100 feet from Jamaica
Bay. AZ the sun mo,rs r,4nd DO. n,s
only to shift his chair and he can con-
~,inually take life easy. About him
played his two iiitle grandchildren,
daughters Of his daughter. Mrs. Anna
Fink.
The best chief" was Interested moro
In their movements than he was In any
or the other matters In his section.
Flowers climbed up the balcony. flowers
bioomed In the yard. and the big fellow
seemed to have an ideal place-too ideal
to be penetrated by the call OF police
duty for any one except "A fellow who
loved the job.
scAREcRoW THERE, BUT Pi0E.
oNs DON'T CARE.
The house is one OF two on a domain
OF perhaps ten acres. II Is all a pas
toral scene. There's a fine growing
garden. carefully tended and In It
n OF the old-fashioned scarecrows.
dressed In a real mans clothes and
hat. but why II was there wasn't mani
fest. There isn't = crow within miles
OF the place but when the visitor passed
the scarecrow . whole fock OF tame
pigeons arose from the garden truck all
around the scarecrow where they had
been nesting. apparently feeding on tn,
old e~x-chief's choice vegetables.
The pigeons weren't = bit afraid OF
Mr.. Scarcecrow. SO probably the latte
was Just another concession to amuss
those grandchildren who seemed e
m~onopoliss the greater part OF Mr.
Devsry's home life.
Well. thors val q big. peaceful eJrsey
COW. too. lying cool and at ease II n ii
a big apple tree ON the green lawn
chewing her cud most contentedly
That meant the finest of milk for thu
Riddles. On the back piazza. In thu
children's playhouse. which they US
when they are not. down by the bay
were big Teddy Bears and a Tedd,
Babboon and more toys than ono coult
shake a stick at.
Maybe all these things were nc indica
ton of Mr.. Devery's character. blu
taken in conjunction wSh lisping "doo'
~dranpas' from the children's lips a
they ran to grab Big BIZ by tn
knees and roinp all over him when Ia
came out. they surely did point Il
something soft In the old chiefs breas
so far rs they were concerned.
SURELY HE WOULD GIVE PEN
SION TO CHARITY.
|, In placing the bill before tho Stat
, Senate, Senator sullivan said that II tn
pension should be given to Devery h
would give IL to charity. The frs
question asked the big fellow related t
this pledge.
'"Th!s IL a matter Of principle. not o
!, money. he replied, IF Christy Sull.
= van told the Senate I would give tn
pension money to 'harlty I will stan
by my word and DO Just a. he sayi
That bill 10 a bill TO right a wrong.
n have never been deposed from the Pc
lice Department. ! was Chief Of Pc
!, lice when the Legislature came alon
and slid ne gravel out from under m
feet.
There we're nvs deputies to III
chief. All Of them were taken care
and I was left standing but in front
d No. 800 Mulberry street. They did NJ
make any provision for me.
/ ~ AM still on the police foros.
. I utill have my old shield and I
consider myself as much q police
. man ~ anybody. I I'm entitled to
my back pay ana Z am entitled to
this pension"
n suppose they should put you bac
on the police force. what would you do
d What would I do7 I'd obey crdel
l. IN any job from doorman up"
And would o like TO be back
. the force?"
l. LOOKS AS IL HE'D LIKE TO q
3 BACK ON FORCE.
yes. would" he said. n he look,
as though that were his chief end
life.