The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-04-12
"Just Tell the
i Crooks That You
Won't Stand for
= r h M n d
They'll Go Else
mhere. If Erery
Commander Said
- the Same Thing
WHAT They'd Jump Into
the OCEAN,
Iv,. "Thcrc Nay Be
oAi o. Crooks in the
Department. But
/ Don't Believe II.
O "Wdldo IL ANRight.
IT'S a Pleasure to
Retire Under
Him.

Cant. NGes O'Reiliy Of the Police De-
pa-tmem Of the City Of New York asked
for retirement Thursday. The dppitca-
ton wds granted immediately. ont IN
the course Of Office routine the release
Of the captain. oho has been N UNIFORM
thtrty-Ntne pears. It'd not reach him IN
~ to day. He uas doing fun police duty
~ the Amity street station IN the chip
pug district Of South Brooklyn until
thts morning.
Mice O'Reiiiy IN his time has COM
manded the Tenderi0in. He has been
an inspector. He has ruled Concy Island.
Ne has been the potcntote Of the poly
riot district which centres about the
Oak street statton, under the Brooklyn
Bridge. He has done every KIND 81
police dutv--reai police dMfy-one ca~
Imagine.
Hereafter Miles O'Rsiily means to de-
rofe himseD to the task of what he calls
"euItiratin0 patriotism" For four years
a soldier ~ the Union army IN tho ctpH
rdr-after he had "Iicd" to quality for
sniistment--he has determined TO devote
NE last years to making young Amert-
cans realise tchy they should be proud
Of their country. He means 20 spend
HE days from school house TO school
house, from church 10 church, and from
one orphan asylum TO another presenting
faes to 'ttls boys and girls. he says.
and teaching them uhat those flags
mean.
The captain has a White mnstache aud
trhite pompadour hair. BE locke like aw
irssh Bismarck.
That phich JolIo,rs 10 he rdIcdictory
to paid public service as pronounced to
an Evening World reporter IN the cop
tdins room Of the Amity street station:
WENT TO WAR As SOON As HE
GOT HERE.
You were UP 1T the house in Quincy
street. you say?" he began. Who did
yor see there? I'm pleased 10 hear
you describe her that way. but Il you
told her what you are telling me now
I'd break q chair leg over your head.
shes the prettiest girl In the world and
the best daughter. You're right but
It's for me to say 1t, not you"
You want my record? All right.
came to this country when . was eigh-
teen years old. The civil war was Just
beginning. regret to say that It was
Necessary for me 10 tell q lie. 10 tell
the recruiting ofiicer that was nine
teen years old when / enlisted. The
boy ahead Of ne In tho line said that
he was eighteen years old and was
rejected because he couldn't prove It.
30 was nineteen and they didn't CUES
ton me.
ThtRTv.NINe YEARS OF WORK
ALL PLEASURE.
Il look back on thirty-nine years Of
pleasure. based on duty which I believe
to have been we'll done. You ask me
what 10 the matter with waldos sd-
ministration? I might a. we'll try to
tell you what was wrong with Crop
ssy's administration or Bakers or
Bingham's or Partridgs's or Greene's or
Roossvelt's. or any Of the rest OF them
They were all fine men-fne! And not
one Of them can say ever failed to
obey orders that any one Of them gave
me-
did you ever pay for shoes for TWEEN
ty.six feet? BY that ] mean my own
my wifes and eleven children's. II
some OF these reformers who stand
around telling what . policeman ought
TO do would strike that experience once
in a while they'd have something te
be troubled about. II ! had time enough
to think up as many ways Of being q
crook a. you can hear about now adayi
I'd be q millionaire and retire.
whether you are q policeman or q
Senator or . hod-carrier, life 10 good
I've been q patrolman. . roundsman.
sergeant, a lieutenant, a captain ant
an inspector Everybody has Away
tried to be lovely to me. Sometimes
the men under me have failed In Thu
laudable purpose.
u am minded OF the time the mel
in the Mercer street station complaine'
that I made them eat breakfast before
roll.call The iazy goats! ! went Il
the Commissioner and he made 1t a
order and they did eat their breakfast
when they should. But It was . sor
trial--to have them talking about m
a. though was a landlord.
do YOU know who did It all for me
The newspapers Time and again whe
vent into Thirtieth street and oa
street and the rest Of them. the wor
would 70 out that Miles O'Reilly wa
the new captain-and the crooks close