New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-09
J.F. SCOTT TO Be
2DPOLICE DEPUTY
Department Surprised by
Report of Offer to Gay
nor OffCehOlder.
ELLISON SOFTENS
ATTACK ON WOODS
Criticises Administration. but
Says Commissioner May
Have Decided Success.

Have Decided Success.
Members Of the Police Department,
especially those of the higher grades
in the uniformed force, were surprised
last night by the report that Captain
Julian Fairfax Scott mad been offered
the post of Second Deputy Commits
sloner.
Captain Scott was formerly Second
Deputy Street Cleaning Commissioner,
in charge Of Brooklyn, under the adj
ministratlon of Mayor Gaynor, when
William II. Edwards was the head Of
that department lie has been IN bust
ness as an insurance broker IN timber
properties.
Ills appointment as police deputy
was reported from source Of un-
doubted authority. and the rumor
quickly spread until II was known TO
every precinct commander and dctec-
tive branch bureau ia the greater city.
At his home 1872 Montague st.. Brook
Ign. it was said Captain Scott was IN
Baltimore and had until Monday TO
close with the offer.
I'm to-days issue Of "Thc Chief the
organ Of the Police and FIRE depart
ments. appears statement from for
mer Corporation Counsel William B.
Ellison. counsel to the various police
organizations. IN which the author dis.
owns as "badly garbled' his original
Interview in relation to the police sit-
uatIon.
Not so Hostile 10 Woods.
Although Mr. Ellison does not at
tempt TO disguise his candid criticisms
Of the present police administration,
he makes il evident that his attitude
toward Commissioner Woods was not
as hostile as was at first represented.
After reviewing the history of the
police force i'm recent years under con-
stantly changing department admins
trationS. Mr.. Ellison says:
"The present Commissioner has his
future in his own hands, and If he will
meet the men fairly and appreciate
the fact that they are human beings
like the rest Of US. and like himself,
with abundance Of human weaknesses,
he will have the support Of the men
and his administration will be success
ul yea. wonderfully successful. as
compared with some Of those who have
gone before him"
Further, Nh Ellison's version OF his
original statement continues: I'VE
must not. however. close our eyes TO
the fact that the provisions OF the city
charter and several OF the rules adopted
by Commissioner Woods lead TO dissat-
isfaction i'm the force and 10 poor po-
lice service.
There is. for example, General Or
- az
of the late Mayor Gaynor.
This order placed every policeman
at the mercy OF every lswbreaker ~
the delinquent saw fit. as many did. alb
solutcly without warrant. to accuse the
policeman Of having assaulted him, the
officer was Immediately suspended and
placed under charges, and a large num-
Der Of them were summary dismissed
from the department. .
rolice Loyalty.
"If the policeman feels that he can
take q chance against loafers. gangSters
and gunner. and arrest them on sus-
picion. or break up their dssemblages.
he will do 50 gladly. but where he feels
that he does this al his peril the town
is bound 10 be at the mercy of these
lawbreakers."
Significant, as indicative Of the atti-
tude of the police themselves in the
present controversy. is the cOmmunica-
tion sent out yesterday by the officers
Of the Honor Legion TO the medal men
Of the department about the forthcom-
ing dinner at the Waldorf Astoria on
January 90 The Letter says in part:
Dear Comrades: You have no doubt
received the circular requesting you 10
transmit the price OF the number Of
tickets you desire 10 procure for our
annual banquet AT the Waldorf-Astoria
on Wednesday. January 20, 1915
"lf you have not done so. please do
50 al once. as the officers of the Honor
Legion are DESTROYS. particularly at this
time. to have the Honor Legion demon
strate their loyalty to his honor the
Mayor and the Police Commit ssioner,
who Will be present. and to the depart
ment in general. and thus show their
attitude in no mistakable fashion"
Captain Scott, obtains his title By
reason of = commission in the 18th
Regiment. y. Y. y. G.. He is thirty
six years old. and is = native Of Mary
land
Captain Scott is physically giant,
standing g feet 3 inches in his stock
ngs and weighing 265 pounds At the
time of his selection as Second DEPUTY
street Cleaning Commissioner il was
remarked that birds of feather flock
together the First Deputy being big
Jim" Hogan. Of Yale football fame.
Captain Scott. however. did not play
. football. although he is an athlete and
graduate Of the University Of Nir-
| ginia.