New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-28
WALDO ApPO|NTEES QUIT
Six Rejected by CrOpsey Listed
as Resigned"
OTHERS UP ON CHARGES
Present Commissioner Permits
Men to Go When Complaints
Are Hard to Prove.

Investigation shows that of the thirty
six policemen whom Commissioner Waldo
appointed after they had been rejected by
, Commissioner Cropsey. his predecessor
six are on police records as having re
signed" from the force without any stated
reasons and seven others have been NJ
on charges at Police Headquarters.
Mr. Waldo testified before the Currar
committee that he would allow man &c
resign II charges were contemplated
against him which would be very difficult
of proof. He considered It an easy and
efficient way to dispose of such men.
The six men who are recorded as having
resigned" with mo charges pending -
customary entry it is understood, In
such Cases-are:
Joseph Cherico, who was appointed a
few days after Commissioner Waldo took
Office on May @, 1911, and resigned on
July a. 1911. The report of Mr.. Cropsey S
investigation bureau which led him to re-
Jet the applicant from the civil service
list. as brought out before the aldermanic
committee was I'm part that:
The applicant falsely stated in his afii-
dlyit that he had never before made an
application for the Police Department [.
lie further falsely stated that he was
never arrested, while our inyestigat ton
shows that he was convicted under the
name of Joseph ChieSa on September IL,
1906. charged with bigamy. Sentence
suspended October %, 1905.
Michael J. Benedetto resigned" on
February 90. 1911. The police bureau
Ia. IN OF hp
was employed on a railroad, because he
had been discharged. had made false
statement about employment in 1895, and
had been dismissed by Bingham and re
jected by Baker and Cropsey.
Philip Meixner was appointed on May
%, 1911, and resigned on January o,
1912 The police bureau report set forth
that:
Swore he was never arrested. Police
records show he WAS arrested I'm 1903 for
gambling. Discharged.
George Hammond was appointed on
June 90, 1911. and resigned on Decem-
Der so. 1911 The police bureau reported:
Falsely stated h. was never arrested.
Police records show he was arrested in
1876 for petty larceny, discharged. viola
ton ordinance, fined &; suspicious per-
son. discharged, in 1896, violation ordi-
nance. fined 8.
William Maus was appointed June .,
1911. and resigned" July .. 1912 HI
record. according TO the police bureau
report. showed.
Stated In his affidavit he was never
arrested. Police. records show he was
arrested In 1895 for lntoxicaton, fined 81
again Tor disorderly conduct, discharged.
Edward O'Neill was appointed June p,
1911. and resigned" April 5, 1917. The
police bureau reported on him:
Sworc he was never arrested. Police
records show arrested In 1907. disorderly
conduct, one day In jail. second arrest In
1907. intoxication, sentence suspended
II was said yesterday at the home ad-
dress OF Maus that he had since died.
Patrolman Edward O'NeiiI. formerly or
the I'd precinct. died several months ago.
George \. Hammond. who resigned last
December denied last night that he had
done go because OF any pressure brought
10 bear upon him or for the good OF the
service" DUTY on fixed posts on bitter
cold nights was the principal reason /
quit" Hammond said.
Thomas Il. Harding. one Of the men on
Mr. Cropseys rejected list, was up on
charges I'm March and fined two days pay
for being absent from post Angelo Cara
was charged with lettering" and leaving
his post on September -. 1911, and was
fine three days pay on october Is, 1911.
Patrick NJ Dunno was fined one days pay
for being absent from post IN March. \
complaint was fled against Martin j.
Harrison In May, alleging absence from Il
fixed post. but no further action was
taken. Samuel Hirsch was fined two days
pay on July 10 for lettering" A COM
plaint against Paul Schubert for failing
to report promptly at the station house
on May was dismissed