New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-19
CROPSEY GOES HOME IN
OFFICIAL POLICE AUTO
u;s Smile Leads Observers to
Think He Is Still Commission
er. Despite CreeIman's Blast.
uE AND MAYOR BOTH SILENT
Wont Discuss Expected Change,
and Rumor Names Flynn,
McCullagh and McAdoo as
Possible Heads.

FOSSlUlc 11CdoS.
,ar,es c. Cropsey weathered the storm
=. another twenty-four hours as Police
l,.-,,,,,ssjoner. and when the sun went
soo.r last night he was still holding the
,oh still riding in the official automobile
80 the head of the Police Department
and still smiling.
The last fact was the more noticeable,
,.cause he spent the last hour and
s,.eon minutes Of the afternoon in con-
.orsnce with Mayor Gaynor at tie city
uau and though neither Mr.. Cropsey
~ The Mayor would say whether he was
s.u Police Commissioner after the con-
,o-s,ce the smile was perforce accepted
os strong circumstantial evidence.
:, was said at the City Hall that Crop
go. had been summoned 70 the Mayor
osica earlier in the day and that he was
,,-,c,s6 10 come at . o'clock. If that
- CO the Police Commissioner took his
aur time about responding, for it was
,.,,ie after { o'clock before he finally APP
,norsd For half an hour before that his
.,,.o,,ohile had been standing at the
,.,odwav side OF the City Hall. while
" Cropsev attended 10 some business
IN the city Court Building.
A. $50 o'clock he came out Of the
Mayors Office. shot down the hall like
,oo-Ad rabbit and laughingly repeated
&c well worn phrase. Not a word,
como tventy-odd times in answer TO the
Queries that were flung at him.
Are YOU still Police Commissioner?
brought no different response from him;
end 70 Are you going TO resign and
Have YOU been asked TO resign he
kent repeating his stock phrase
Mavor Gaynor. a few minutes later.
was equally uncommunicative. He
would not say whether Mr.. Cropsey was
in. out or on the edge.
mo News" Says the Mayor.
There's no news" was the Mayors
rendering Of the same thought that MT
CroDsev voiced with his Not a word,
Inn, the Mayor was willing TO vary the
formula occasionally with some slightly
different wording When he was asked
whether Mr. Cropsey was still Police
Commissioner he said first that he would
have 70 decline 10 answer. but on being
asked if that was TO be taken as a sign
that Mr.. Cropsey was either out or on
the verge Of going out he added, You'd
better see Cropsey."
The subject OF the letter Of James
Creelman. accusing Commissioner Crop
sAv Of arbitrary and unlawful assump-
ton of authority" in passing over the
concentrations OF the Municipal Civil
Service Commission with regard 10 ap-
pontments 10 the force. was another
phase Of the police situation that the
Mayor would not talk about.
Meanwhile the City Hall vas filed
with rumors as 70 Cropsey's successors
and the observers of the situation scat
tered about the corridors leading 70 the
Mayors Office believed that the end OF
he conference would bring with IL an
announcement Of Cropsey's resignation
and the name Of the next Commissioner
The names most discussed were those OF
William J. Flynn and John McCullagh
with Michael p. Drummond and William
McAdoo bringing up the rear Flynn's
recent connection with the Police De-
rartment and the manner Of his exit
were taken by his supporters as evidence
Of his probable return. and they eX-
planned it with the story that Flynn had
the Mayors word when he first went into
office a. Second Deputy Commissioner
that he would be made the head Of the
force as soon rs the Mayor worked out
his reorganization ideas.
Flynns resignation. said his friends.
was simply a move 10 bring matters to
head. and they pointed out that he had
not yet returned TO his duties with the
United States Secret Service. Mr.. Flynn
himself, in answer 10 questions. said that
he had not heard from Mayor Gaynor
Yesterday. nor at any other time about
the possibility Of his returning to the
department. as It's head OF in any other
capacity.
John McCullagh. who preceded Big
PIP Deyery as Chief Of Police. was
picked as a candidate for Cropsey's
lob and his friends were eager TO
point out that 10y appointing McCullagh
Inc Mayor would put at the head Of the
apartment man who knew the ropes.
and TO whom the force would look up
win the greatest OF respect.
Michael J Drummond. who is the pres
'h' Commissioner Of Charities. was men
TONED as an outside possibility. more. il
j believed. because he has worked
smoothly with Mayor Gayncr than be-
cause Of any aims ne might have him.
SCI toward the far more troublesome job
III Centre street.
Waldo Among Those Named.
as mas been the custom every time