New-York tribune., 1917-07-18
Lieutenant Quinn
Deposed by Woods
AsDetectiveH Head
Second Branch Chief Will
Be Succeeded by Captain
Louis F. Haupt

Police Commissioner Woods an
nounced yesterday that he had de-
posed Lieutenant Joseph +. Quinn al
commander of the I'd Branch Detective
Bureau and had assigned to the post
Captain Louis F. Haupt, of the west
l23d Street station.
In the move policemen last night saw
the collapse of the Commissioners
nlan TO make detective chiefs OF sue
cessful uniformed lieutenants and re-
turn to the system of other days, which
called for a ranking officer as COM
mander of detective bureau branches.
While Commissioner Woods would
saw only that the shift was Tor tne
good of the service, it is UNDERSTOOD
that Ouinn's transfer is due to the fall
ure of the I'd Branch, which covers
east and west from Fourteenth 70
Forty-second Street, to clear Up 'he
robberies recently brought to the at
tention of District Attorney Swami oy
a silk manufacturer, one of the VIC
Tins.
inexperienced as Detective
Quinn went into the detective bureau
as lieutenant in charge Of the detect
ives at the East Fifty-frst Street sta
ton. During the Woods administration
the branch bureau system was substl-
tuted for that of the precinct unit
system. He had had no experience as
a detective, but had earned reputa-
ton for executive ability as lieuten-
ant in the uniformed division.
When the branch bureaus were or
eanized Quinn was assigned as lieu
tenant to the Sd Branch, on the east
side of Harlem, where he did desk
duty until sent to the I'd Branch.
He succeeded Lieutenant Paddy
Gildea, who had been seasoned IN de-
tective work by twenty-five years eX-
perience in the bureau under COM
manders who retired with world-known
regulations. Gildea was sent TO the
Bronx bureau in a subordinate capa-
city.
Charged with Burglaries
A number of heavy losses from bur-
glaries are charged against Quinn. The
bureaus territory includes the famous
diamond Back District" in which are
located the homes of some of the coun-
try's most wealthy families, the up
town jewelry district, the hotel dis
trict and the manufacturing district.
Nothing was known of the failure of
the I'd Branch men TO cope with the
situation-it being the policy to keep
from the newspapers all such reports
until Morris Stern, of NJ. Stern e. Co.,
1877 West Twenty-ninth Street, last
week told District Attorney Swami of
a $4,000 silk robbery in his establish
ment on June 30. At the time Mr..
Swami said that MIR. Stern. who is also
president of the Dress and Waist Man
ufacturers' Association. had given him
information which tended to show that
almost every large manufactures in the
district had been victimized.
Policemen last night pointed out tina.
the Safe and Loft Squad, which was
organized for the purpose of elim'nat-
ing or preventing such robberies, wGe
as unsuccessful as Quinn's men, and
in all probability would have some en-
planning to do to the Commissioner.
Captain Haupt is the young type Of
modern policeman COMMISSIONS
Woods has educated for appointment
as commanders. but has had considera-
bic experience in detective work. He
worked on the West Side with many
we'll known detectives. and, after the
Rosenthal murder, was placed in COM
mand Of the detectives assigned TO the
West Forty-seventh Street station.
May Get New STAFF
1t is thought that Captain Haupt
will be given an entirely new staff at
the Second Branch. He will have the
same opportunities that were open 20
the sub-commanders in the days of IN
spector McCafferty, and upon his WORK
will depend a return TO the system Of
that time.
For the present, Quinn will do desk
duty at Headquarters. His salary 0:
$4,000 as acting captain will be re-
duced TO s2,250, that of lieutenant.