The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-09-11

the "' msn""indicatine oS " himself him elf that Is
.u',,,na;t,,o n;m,,s hnSo ;,,a, i,oi "" ,,,,,
n Il - rmn had,v nm anti r. biamn a ,o"" q" NV
~ 70 ~" D' W."
Commissioner run the Police Department
A. Sure lie does run 1t. and run it well too
He recently met with a great misfortune.
one of his own stan VAS found to be a CRATER
and every dog in the community is at his
bee,snoy. vha, don't change me particle.
not a particle
Tho Navor said be had rece;ved letters
r; ago ,sa, seu ] NE a reuteu .;th; G ,e'ies ieas
venr and That h. bad ra,,sd tha,, e'T to tLe
attnh,ion oi commissioner waldo
he said mostly anonymous ones. and |
always attend 10 them. No letter comes
To my orice that ~ not answered and at
tended to forthwith"
When Mr. Buckner wanted TO know
whether or not the. Mayor had thought
that IL was safe TO keep that person in
charge OF an important position notwith-
s,an.ilne '"e ai'o.yIhous rn.ters receiveu
,.aS,,Id,,',s ,,,,, ~ 90 ha',, Iii, o' n,'
,no,,. io,,nr oho,,, 80, ,,,,es' ~ so,,nd !,
io be tr,e would vou3- and continued.
"My oyperience in tho police Denart
mept Ia thpt those who do thcir dutv best
have the most enemies and the most
people q bark at their heels and I hap
pen to know that personally myself as
Mayor.
But. Judging from what you have just
saiu' thls was done because there was
Sonle pasis ior me anonymous le'ters
,.ie. i'sh'' nave 'o' saiu All! eu'ii
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nun,,'uE ~ .ne nIa',t1 o pa,,;
cato, 81 Tho ,,,on a a,raad,, cor, ;iad hy tho
SiviI service R,raau Mr. Ructner asked.
.Trt 4
Cropsey. wasn't III"
The Mayor said no such trouble arose
IN Cropsey's time.
u
Now vha, has this tn do with Com
missioner Cropsev9" be asked II don
want 10 say anvth,ng ebout Commissioner
Cropsey. don't think he meant 70 violate
the law but hv Some inadyertapce he
appointed a LOT of Policemen and over
looked the rrie Of Ia w "a to their appoint-
nent don't think he meant 10 do il
,-
- 'on mean oy passing over peopIe
whom he had investigated! ne ap,
pointed a great big batch OF people ana
when he came to figure 1t tip II didn taily
with the numerical order of the civil serri"e
list but think he did II inadvertently. OF
course i, would be never thought other
wise
% Did Commissioner Cropsey. promote
and appoint In numerical ORDER \ Yes
y. Don't you recall, II ! Tay call your
attention to IL. that this was precisely what
he didn't do which led 10 Mr. Crreiman S
letter? A. That is what | am telling rou,
but inadvertantly once he had a large mum
Der 10 appoint ana dlu overlook tii' rdlc w
en-, Joun ,li,L So, down Win him and
-. so, ~, '.''. ~ 90, !, arf,i .rd ,rs,
cnuidn, dn i. h", don., harnor ,b,,
,outun w ~, p"' Wv" '"'"' '""'
against 'ropsey at all
Mr.. Buclxner told the Mayor certain
men had been appointed by Commissione
Waldo after Commissioner Cropsey had
passed. them over because of false af1i-
davits The Mayor sarl that Commits
soner Waldo in conjunction with the
Civil Service Commissioners had investi-
] anno,n,nen,
~You are asking all these things. +"
hs aid CRYING 10 crafty thenotion here
tnat these people we're appointed police
men with bad records. / viii state now
that there IS not word OF ruth in wha
you nave been soiog over. Mr.. Waldo
didn't appoint any convict or disreputable
person 10 the poiice force.
Mr.. Gaynor denied 'nal ohhihlssio,ieI
roPseS hau ON hi'i' nc. !, ~ Ven ,'I.i
have 10 ret n now commissioper, or ,hat
Cronscv's refusal TO promote lieutenants
nnJar orders or 70 appoipt those who
had heen passed over for falsely swearing
had ANYTHING 10 do with his resignation.
Mr. Euckner ken. on with his questions
r,,ard;no tho in vrs, ication of rho record !