Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-26
CAPTAIN ]. E. BROWN, HEAD
OF NEW EIGHTH PRECINCT
Chosen by Police Board. Which
Also Sends cordano to
the Second.

The Board of Police Commissioners
had busy session yesterday promot-
ing and transferring officers to be in
readiness for the first of the month
when the new Eighth precinct COM
mences operations
Captain John e. Brown will be in
charge and a number of his subor-
oinates in the Second precinct will be
moved with him, among them Lieu
tenant William Sonnick, Doorman
jeremiah Mullaney and Matron Sarah
Plum.
OF the lieutenants raised in rank
yesterday, Edward K. Heller and
John r.. Huebner go to the Eighth
and of the new sergeants William G.
Hoffman, John A. Brady and Herman
G. Num- are assigned to the new
command, as well as eleven of the
new patrolmen. Sergeant William
Bonnet was transferred from the
Fifth to the Eighth.
Captain Brown will be succeeded at
the Second Precinct by Captain
Joseph Cordano, now on duty nights
at police Headquarters, move
prompted largely by the fact that
many Italians who live in the Sec
ond have asked that a man speak
ing their own language be placed in
charge there.
OF the men promoted yesterday,
Lieutenant Frederick j. Teller and
Sergeants Theodore S. McNally and
sylvester j. Smith have been assigned
TO the Second.
The other promotions and assign
ments were: From sergeants to lieu
tenants. John N. Sites, First; James
B. Fitch. headquarters, in the capa-
city of drillmaster; Uzal Carey,
mounted; Frederick j. Teller. Second
h. ce;n 7
ant James +. Meehan as drillmas-
ter was not made. From patrolmen
to sergeants, John J. Keene, Fifth
Precinct; Michael j. McGrath, Sixth;
Theodore S. McNally, Second; Charles
l.. Kabis, Seventh Sylvester ].
Smith. Second: Frederick r. Gibney,
Sixth Cornelius Hearn, George B.
Callan, Fifth; Edward H. Vanegri,
Fifth; Edward F. Mclaughlin, First;
Dennis d. Cronin, Seventh, and AL
bert Schmidt, Seventh.
The following assignment of new
men was made: Eighth precinct, Da-
vid j. Campbell, jr., Peter Schmidt,
Edward Smith. Frank W. Hemmer,
John Il. Mccarthy, John Theobold,
Andrew r. Stichtner, William H.
Weitzell, Fred d. Sweet, Charles Has
brouck and Henry Kapps; First pre-
cinct, Thomas Boland and Frank j.
Hager; Second precinct, Frank r.
Cotter and John r. p Weber; Third
precinct, George H. Schmidt, Joseph
Nichols, William Zelles and James G.
Bennett: Fourth precinct, William
Applebaum and Edward A. RAIDER;
Fifth precinct, James J. Mcfarland
William j. Hammell, William G. Sea-
man and Herman F. Allen; Sixth pre-
cinct, William J. O'Connor, Elmer
virgins, Joseph F. Schott, Anthony
F, Calgary, Patrick McGurty and AL
fred G. Merkle; Seventh precinct,
Henry Mcconnell.
Transfers were made as follows:
Lieutenant William Sonnick. from the
Second to the Eighth precinct; Ser
geant Frank ]. Opel, from the First
to the Fifth: Sergeant John Knoedler,
from the Third to the Fourth; Ser
geant Patrick Farley from the
Fourth to the Third: Sergeant Mi
chel J. McLane, from the Sixth to the
Fifth; Sergeant William Bonnet. from
the Fifth to the Eighth Sergeant
Charles Manager, from the Sixth to the
Fifth; Sergeant M. Joseph Dauth,
from the Second to the First; Ser
geant Oscar Fl. Luddeke, from the
Second to the First. and Sergeant
.James Farrell, from the Fifth to the
Sixth.
Patrolmen were transferred and
given details as follows: Emil Fill