New-York tribune., 1912-08-22
Terrorized the Crooks.

I OnIV- he UIW 1..,- ;,,
| .s o.Iis AZ, ~ .ha+ bjs word was to he law IN
,ba Jon9rtment over which he held sway
Terrorized the Crooks.
During the first few weeks OF MS reiS"
I'm the department 1t seemed that t'i'
nromise was being kept. but "he' ~ Il"
continued to raid gambling house hltei
gambling house. getting the soous on
,bc nroprietors instead Of making s'dh
raids there was a sudden loss OF entnn-
eiasm among those who had employed
! Flynn 10 clean up"
! Pretty soon mysterious messages besdH
"a mass between certain elements in the
gambling fraternity and thoSe nIs"ei
IN" Flvnn was not long in seeing how
things were going. lie was disgusteu ana
straightway handed I'm his resignauoh'
Aftervard. I'm discussing the reasons TOT
his action. Flynn openly announced ina
he had been hampered in ms WORK III
every possible way and that men IN DIX
Jobs in the department. whom ne KIN"
10 he crooks and had branded as s"o"'
were allowed TO remain. He said his woTh
had been interfered with in every pos
s,ble way. and that he either had TO sno-
init 70 conditions as they were or get out
He got out.
After severlnG his connection with the
Police Department, Flynn returned I" MS
nosition with the Secret Service Nhen
the grand jury was investigating the
graft conditions in this city in April l'll'
FIvnn. together with Commissioner crop
soy. reigning head OF the department AT
that time. was summoned to appear ne
fore that body and tell who the men were
higher up" who had blocked ms WORN
FLYNN very blandly refused TO 90 So
lie said ne was not there 10 name names
or IN talk scandal. and after conhnlnG
his testimony to routine police business
ba left the stand. carrying his secrets
with him.
one thing that caused hostility against
! Flvnn when he was I'm charge OF th'
Detective Bureau. was his wholesale
changes i'm the personnel Of the bureau.
The old time detective bulls were u''
placed by the new head. In their place
he put young patrolnen from ou'iS 'he
precincts men who had not had an oppoi-
tunitv to get acquainted with the peopi'
OF the underworld.
The old men. grown gray In the service
Of the city, and with whom the gamblers
and other transgressors of the Ia" "e''
on more than speaking terms were
sbunted back TO patrol duty. Before TAX
ing this step. however, Flynn had studied
each man carefully and had found ms
failings. As soon as ne decided a man
had ouilived his usefulness as a detecuNc
that man was put back In uniform.
YOUNG Men to Fore.
Tho not result Of this upheaval was
that the young men. eager I"' a"'"''
mont went at their work with VIII
Results quickly followed, and those "h'S'
foot tbc shoe pinched the hardest were
the loudest I'm their protestauons' ia
fo,, ,,ontbs the man who had stepped OUT
~ tho Government service had accom-
,Ii.hod u.bat was commonly regarded as
an impos,lbiity. lie had put ne" "',
and ability into the detective urah'" "'
the city's police force. Then just ""'''
the bureau had reached the pihhd''' ''
it's usefulness, Flynn got out.
Everybody believed when fIFnn i'-
turned to the government service 'h".
ho ,,as tho man who could toll about
the inner workings Of the system. ne
had worked within the charmed cir'''
had studied the men who lahored aIois
side OF him and knew just where TO place
his finger on the "desdwood. but fiyHh
would not talk. ..
Long before he consented 10 give hIs
services to this city Flynn had mace
national reputation for himself as h'''
of the Eastern Division Of tho Secret SCI
vice Bureau. under chief Wllkie lie hdd
made his name terror 10 the counter
feiters both In this country and Europe.
When the Bank Of England began to be
deluged with banknotes 50 shlfuIly made
that they almost dehed the scrutiny oil
those who made the genuine article,
FLYNN was requested 10 discover the lair
Of the gang. lie did 50 in short order.
Again. when the government was ,ry-
ing 10 dispcl the cloudy workings of the
| sugar frauds, Flynn was summoned ana
laid bare the whole gigantic scheme. ~"
II was. too. who landed the murderers OF
"Iupo the Wolf' behind th, bars at sing
Sing after they had enjoyed practical
immunity At the hands oi the New No.k
police force for seven wears.
Flynn was appointed as an officer n
the United States Secret Service Bureau
in 1897 Two wears later he was as
. ! signtd TO the charge Of the Pittsburgh
district. where he remained until May.
1901 when he was instructed 10 take
charge Of the New YORK once.
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