New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-27
FLOOD, AID TO DEVERY,
GOES OFF POLICE FORCE:
Waldo Also Retires Captain
ReimeIS and Promotes Two
LieutenantS Commanders.
ROBINSON TAKEN TO PRISON
Sergeant Duffy Will Be Ar
raigned To day, but His Trial
Is to Go Over Until June
3 by Agreement.

Inspector John F. Flood. one Of the few
remaining police officers developed by
the old "Byrnes SCHOOL" was retired yes
t,rday at his own request. for physical
disability Flood has been captain OF the
Hichbridge station recently. He is fifty
three years old. and will receive an annual
pension Of sl.75o.
Flood was appointed patrolman TWEEN
ty-seyen years ago and was made SER
geant i'm 1892 He became a Lieutenant IN
1896 and a captain in 1900 In 1905 h.
was assigned as an inspector, and was for
some time borough Inspector Of Brooklyn.
lie was confidential secretary to Chiefs
Conlon. Mccullough and Deyery, and IN
addition to his official relation always has
been a close personal friend OF Devery.
Floods term as inspector in The Bronx
brought him much unsought publicity wnen
two new patrolmen in mis- district. Thomas
Keenan, and Charles +. Cunningham
started out on a sunday morning without
orders. 10 round up number Of saloon
keepers who were violating the excise law
The two patromcn subsequently were DIS
missed from the department
1
was captain Of the old Grand Central
notice station on charges preferred by the
Parkhurst society. which were prosecutor
hv present Assistant District Attorney
Frank Moss. II was charged that Flood
rs captain. know ~ the existence Of
notorious disorderly house in West $50
street and made no effort to close IT UP.
Two New Captains Made.
CAPTAIN Christian Remels, Of the Yer
non avenue station, Brooklyn. was retlred
under tho same order hy which Flood LETT
the force yesterday. and Lleutenants VIII
lam n Ward and Abram c. Hulse were
promoted to fu the vacancies
The following captains were trans
ferred. John l.. Falconer. from the East
blst street 20 the 5th street station
Alfred " Thor. from the West 5oth 10
the Fast 5lst street. John 7. Keith t'oi"
tho lower Fulton street. Brooklyn. 20 the
High Bridge station; Wilet Barnes,
from Headquarters. Manhattan, TO lower
Fulton street. Brooklyn, William +. Fen
molly from the Classon avenue. Brook
lvn. io tho Vernon avenue. Brooklyn
and Patrick l.. Walsh. from the -.
Nicholas avenue TO the Classon avenue
station. Brooklyn.
Thomas r. Robinson. former patrol
man and henchman OF Inspector Dennis
sweeney. was taken 10 sing Sing prison
Yesterday by Sheriff Hamburger. Robin
son goes 10 .er,e a term Of not less than
six nor more than ten years for eXtortnS
money. As a policeman from LudoVcl
Tancredl. an Italian restaurant keeper OF
Harlem. Robinson's application for a GER
tidcate Of reasonable doubt was denied
last Friday
Robinson was calm from the time the
Sheriff and his assistants took him from
the Tombs until he arrived at the state
prison lie freely discussed his convc-
ton and insisted ne was the victim OF
perjury. The former policeman denied
the accusations against him and asserted
that Tancrcdl had not told the whole
truth on the witness stand in court. lie
said ne cared not So much for himself as
for the good name OF his family, eX-
pressing sorrow that his children must
bear the stigma and attending hardshps
Of his conviction. which he said was
grossly unjust.
Sergeant Peter J. Duffy. another q
Sweeney's men, will be arraigned for trial
this morning before Justice Seabury By
agreement. however. the case is to 80 over
until June 3. when Justice GoH will be
on the bench I'm the Criminal Branch OF
the supreme court Justice Seabury did
not want "a take up the Duffy case so
near the end Of his term because it was
thought II might drag out beyond the
time when he Will leave there TO return
TO one of the civil branches.
The grand jury which indicted Duffy
as we'll as the four inspectors. Sweeney.
Uussev. NIurtha and Thompson; Patrol
men Thomas ]. Heaney. Victor Meyer and
william smith. former patrolman Robert
TlIner and his wife Annie Grey. ana
which also returned the indictment against
Anhut. will be discharged this morning by
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