New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-04

advanced CAPTAIN Cray, Of the frs:
branch detective bureau, 20 the rsnk
Of inspector and assigned him %
the central bureau. The rank and Gle
of the department, particularly the nneI
who had watched the various changes
in the personnel Of the bureau Under
Woods. wondered what was behind IN
sending of two inspectors to DO TIE
same work.
Cray Has Good Record.
Cray has been a member OF the DE-
rartment for nearly nineteen yearS
lie has been referred 20 on numerous
occasions as the brother-in-law OF Ian
many Chief Charles +. Murphy lbs
Is an error. Cray is a brother OF 70
lice Captain Patrick J. Cray, OF th'
East Eighty-eighth Street station, sac
is Murphy's brOther-ln-law.
Cray's service in the department mas
been devoted almost exclusively to ns
detective bureau. He has been AMI
ated with every case Of prominenss
that has occupied the attention OF DE-
tectives of this city for the last ts,
years. lie is Of the Byrnes school
shrewd and certain. His reputation Is
that he has never made an arrest m
less he had the evidence, and that ths,
there was no escape for the criminal
Woods. when Deputy Commissioasi,
was deeply interested in detective a.
fairs. The expected happened when Be
became Commissioner. He reorganlzet
the entire service and took JohanY
GRAY TO Headquarters. Faurot. accord
ing TO those who should know. stood IN
the way of placing Cray at the head
of the service, and Cray was theref5rs
placed In charge of the first branea.
The Office of this branch is at Head
quarters, and the new inspector was u
easy touch when the Commissions
wanted TO consult him.
Faurot to Resign
Another evidence of Faurot's waning
power in the department, as pointed
out by the wise ones. was the organiI-
ing Of the homicide squad under Cap
tain Cray. 1t is said chat Woods want
ed to give Faurot every chance 70
make good, but that when even the
new squad failed 20 solve mysterss
Cray was turned 10 rs a last resort
Il has been learned that there is con.
siderable dissenslon among the men o.
the bureau. and that this dissens~n.
caused by the so-called merit system
of checking the work OF the men, mas
tended to disrupt the department 70
the extent of causing several good meh
deliberately TO "lie down" on cases
The merit system, which was intro
duced by Woods and publicly com
mended by Faurot, keeps tabs on the
work and the results attained BY eseh
man. Promotion TO first grade, with a
jump 10 $1,000 from Sl,4OO in salary
and vice versa, is based on these re-
ports. The men maintain that they are
at the mercy of desk lieGtenants ana
acting captains. If a man IS not IN IRE
good graces of mis- superiors he Is
given the minor "squeals," such -
thefts of hall rugs, clothes from TOOLS
etc. in which it is next 70 imposslo'e
TO bring about arrests, while the man
standing well with the bosses IS pu'
on the cases that cannot help de'elop-
ing. Faurot is blamed for this eono''
ton.
The Tribune was warned YESTERDAY
that The publication of this story Wouls
call forth denials from the Mayor anu
Commissioner According TO the plan,
so far as could be learned. Fsurot VS.
TO be let out gently. He was to sunef
a breakdown from overwork, u wa
said. and 10 take vacation, NshS
away he was 10 ask 70 be relieved o.
his post and Cray was gracefully "
step in.