New-York tribune., 1912-02-19
Dougherty, Head Of Detective
Force, Says Public Should
Be Patient.
POLICE SHAKE.UP AHEAD
Line .Up of Crooks at Head
quarters Said To Be One Way
of Checking Wave OF
Crime in City.


view Police Commissioner fhihe'aiioe'
Waldo at his hotel yesterday OH INC
week's carnival Of crime and the per-
sjstent rumors that circulate In the very
corridors of Police Headquarters sayins
that he is 10 get out of the department
put wbether the rumors have any
foundation or not there Is feehhs 1T
beadauarters that there Will De pis
shake-up I'm the department wlthh
short time, beginning somewhere arouhu
the head and not stopping until the ola
order of things are restored--incluolns
the re-establishment of the Central ol-
flee and the morning lineup of CROOKS.
The abolishment Of the lineup is re-
garded by every detective in the depart
men. as fatal error and responsible
for Ne present epidemic of hold-ups.
Coupled with this the scattering of more
than four hundred detectives all over
the city under precinct commanders Il
pointed out by those who are In posi-
ton % know as having almost complete
ly wiped out the efficiency Of the detec-
tive lOTCc VI the tltS.
! II was said on good authority that
there was conference among the vari-
Gus police heads recently which resulted
in Police Commissioner Waldo being
asked TO restore the Central Office and
the morning lineup.
When George ;. Dougherty, Second
Deputy Police Commissioner, was asked
II this was true last night, he referred
his interyiewers to Commissioner Waldo.
Dousherty on the Job.
But Mr.. Waldo is inaccessible: he has
denied himself to newspaper men, Mr..
Dougherty was informed
But ! am not inaccessible" replied
I, the Second Deputy. Il am here right
along, willing to be interviewed. And
want 10 say here that I'm no chicken in
this game. I'm here to deliver the goods.
and I'll show YOU | can deliver them. I'm
not egotistical when | say that. have
not the swelled head. I'm working for "A
living here just the same as ! would be
n was working for any business house. -
Mr.. Dougherty insisted that he was
not hampered. and cited the taNicab
hold-up. In which two bank messengers
were robbed OF $4,000 on Thursday fore
noon I'm Trinity Place.
Il have sixty detectives working per-
sonally under me In this case" he said,
men whose work have personally
mapped out. And IL wanted six thou
sand men ! could get them"
| Speaking further on the taxlcab case,
Mr.. Dougherty said he was not worrying
about Gino Mcntanl, the chauffeur OF the
machine who was held earlier in the
day ia 5000 bail on a short affidavit
accusing him OF completely in the crime.
81 am not worrying about Montani,"
he said III he Is not held on this com
plsint-and have no reason to think he
will not bel can rearrest him
"On what charger"
"Montanl knows
This case?"
"A case" said Mr.. Dougherty, cmpha-
sizing the first word
Pressed as To what further evidence
had been adduced In the case, II any. the
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remark that he could report progress.
He said the same was true OF the mys-
terious murder Of Mrs Grace Willis
walker. I'm her apartment, No. 103 West
18th street, on the night OF February 3.
who was killed when she opened an in
fcrnal machine.
That's case where II has now re-
solved itself into a one-man job" said
Mr.. Dougherty. 1T Is a job for an Al
detective and there Is that sort Of a
man working on II now, under my direc-
tIons."
Not a Sherlock Holmes.
Mr.. Dougherty said the public ought TO
be patient and not expect mysteries 10
be solved In day or two or three.
IT could cite scores OF big cases that
were solved after months Of hard work. /"
he said. Il have in mind just now the
robbery of bank In Winnemucca, New.
The robber got away with $4,000. II
took two years OF constant detective
work to finally bring that man behind
the bars. But I am not apologizing for
the police. There is no need of It,"
Are you satisfied with the powers Of
the detective to-day?"
"Yes, you got to be satisfied with
them" said Mr.. Dougherty with a
laugh.
did they have greater powers in the
psst?"
Possibly. yes"
"Are you satisfied with the work Of
the detectives?"
Mr.. Dougherty paused a while and
said:
II am. Now, let me tell YOU some
thing. J know Of daring robbery COM
mitted within the last two months. The
man was arrested almost red-handed
and the stolen goods were found on
him But he was turned out by jury.
Now, that isn't up to the police"
In reply TO another question he said
"The greatest thing for police de-
partment I'm a large city is the line.
tThis Is police parlance for information
concerning criminals) Now, why should
we have a large number Of people I'm this
city without visible means of support 4?
You can see II for yourselves all over
the city. We should have law that
would permit us 10 pick up all kinds of
professional crooks.
"Now. the proper thing to do with a
known thief who is unemployed is to
stand him up against wall. Make him
work. Put him to work building roads
I'm Queens and In Richmond under armed
guards. And when he gets through at
night with his work on the roads or