The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-11


81 who suddenly finds himself
at the head of one OF the big
, gest armies OF peace in the world. lie
is Douglas ]. Mckay, Mayor Kline
raised him from a first deputyship on
the last day before he went out of
office and now Mr.. Mitchell shows a
disposition to keep him at the head OF
the Police Department Of New York,
az the Constitution says Of Judges
during good behavior
Mr.. Mckay has plan OF police adj
! minlstration which is already showing
results. He skctchcd I; in few words
to some OF his friends who called upon
him the other day in his office al Police
Headquarters. lie calls it elemental
He believes that there are only = few
elemental plans applicable 10 human
beings who themselves are elemental
The plan which he has decided To nnt
into effect first is slmple-catch your
thief before he commits the crime that
you know he has in his heart, In other
words, IL yon apply 1t to New York
gather IN all the thieves and pick
pockets the felons, the gamblers, the
burglars. the new race OF gangsters
and gunner. in short the whole lawless
population which gathers in public
places; make New York just as uncom-
Portable as you can for them, lock
them up or make them move on.
This is the season which is the most
profitable for petty criminals, and bie
ones. too, for that matter in New York.
Tho streets are crowded with shoppers
from up the State and the West, people
, who are unwary and good prey foi
iiuh an pvpufarc MglSaN 4
| that the harvest is ripe for the siCltl,
! and he has his roapers. The first weel
| of the new scheme, which after all i
an adaptation OF schemes which hay,
| been used with success in New Yorl
| before has been successful.
| John Purroy Mitchell, the new Mayor
has put ban of silence on his Com
miss!oners. They have been asked I,
keep still until they have somcthn'
tangible to show for their work, "1'all
after you have worked" is the Mayor''
advice, "and don't talk too much ahou
what you are going to do"
Not only has the new Commissioner
acting under the direct advice of III
Mayor. put his plans before Chief Mag
istrate william McAdoo and got hi
promise of help )ut he has applied +
! DlStflcl ATTORNEY W llltIltis MI w nv
man has promised to put the Dlstric
Attorneys office closely in touch wit
the Police Department and Is deter
mined to help the new administrator
to the limit OF his power,
In these two important particular
Mr. Mckay has help which was NOR
or less antagonizcd under the prcviou
Commissioners The frequent complain
Of the police was that II they caught
criminal the Magistrates We're not will
Ing to hold him under the vagranc
act The result was that the polio
made fewer arrests. Mayor Gaynor'
charge 10 the police was to make as fey
arrests as possible, to eliminate tho IN
necessary arrests. The police and tn
Magistrates Interpreted the Mayor
command 80 broadly that they left i
the streets many OF the thieving elias
which Mr.. Mckay and Mr.. Mitchell wis
to clean out of New York.
In the first test Of the new pla
thirty eight men accused as vagrant
were brought into court. Thlrty-fou
were discharged, but four got prise
sentences The large proportion of me
discharged did not worry the new Con,
missioner. On the other hand he fee
that tho hrst exercise Of the schem
was a distinct success, and for TIL
reason:
The one thing that criminal Is a:rai