The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-16
INSPECTOR DIVER
HAS NO FRIENDS
He Walks the Streets Alone with No
Friendly Nod for All are at
War with Him.
[By Carlton Ten Eyck, written for
the United Press1


the United Press.l
NEW YORK. June 16-Mingling
with the crowds on Broadway north
of Forty street every night is
to be seen thick-set man OF medium
height, with sandy hair and a griz-
zled, close-cropped mustache, who at
tracts the attention OF observers be-
GAUGE he is most always alone. He
is a regular around Forty-third and
Forty fourth streets and the habitues
of that district have come to know
him. He Is conspicuous among the
hotel, restaurants and theatre crowds
because his clothes are not bizarre,
and he carries no walking stick. With
hands in Jacket pockets and SLOUGH
hat pulled down over his eyes. he
strolls along, apparently without aim.
yet seeing everything around him.
The man is Inspector Dwys q the
New York police departmsna, Who
has Jurisdiction over he "Wp9 ten
derloin" and he 10 the most lonely
man on Broadway. for he can call no
man his friend. We are considering
Dwyer, the police oficer, OF course
The Inspector has his personal friends
/ and his home life, the same as other
| individuals But when he is on duty,
his position is peculiar one. He has
not single friend among his super.
Tors, his subordinates or the asso'
ciates who surround him. There is
not man interested In the police de-
partment or the tenderloin who would
mot be glad to be rid OF Inspector
Dryer, and yet he Is as impregnable
as the Gear OF Russia.
In the line Of his duty as he sees
it, Inspector Dwyer unconsoiously
perhaps, but none the less effectively
has played both ends against the
middle until he is as solidly entrench-
ed as mortal man can be. The very
forces that would like to see Dwyer
discredited and transferred are at
war with each other and 30 each pro
tects the intrepid inspector against
the other. The thing works out In
an amazing manner. Rhinelander
Waldo, police commissioner of New
York, who put Inspector Dwyer where
he Is today, Is now the inspectors
sworn enemy and would gladly send
him to Tottenville or even remove
him altogether If he dared to brave
public opinion. But Waldo Is with
held from touching Dwyer by the
storm of criticism that he knows the
transfer of the Inspector would bring
down upon his head.
| The upper tenderloin" does not
approve of Dwyer little bit because
he is a Cleanup" man of the most
vigorouse type. So 1t Is that this
fearless man who has done more te
clean up the town north OF Forty
second than any of his predecessors
In wears, has turned his enemies up
on each other to his own advantage
He raids vice wherever he finds II
and gives his superiors nothing or
which to hang a charge against him
He Is no respector of persons In up
/ nOlQlng Ile Jaw anu WiiSh VI uoiou "
enforce the a. m. closing, he 'pu'
the lid on" Churchills as quickly al
he closed the Green Turtle, ever
though southern senator was In thu
midst Of a meal In the fashionable
4 restaurant. His failure to distinguish
i between the classes when 1t comes
to reinforcement has embarrassed
Commissioner Waldo and others high
err up to a. great degree, and that Il
why they do not like the inspector
! Another peculiar element enterin|
into the strange situation is the dis
like of Dryers subordinates for thei
chief The inspector really ha
cleaned up" his district. He ha
played no favorites, and this does no
please the rank and file of his staff
They are against the inspector, bu
they do not dare disobey his orders
so they go about making raids an
enemies where before they were o.
friendly terms. The things cut bot
WAYS, though, for Inspector Dwyel
knowing that he is the object of tn
antipathy of the men above him, tn
men below him and the public aroun
him, is taking no chances. He hew