New-York tribune., 1918-01-29
Mrs. Ellen A. O'Grady,
Brooklyn Widow, to Look
After Girls of City
Was Probation Officer
Commissioner Says No Man
Could Attend to Cases She
Wall Handle

Police Commissioner Richard +. En-
right Yesterday appointed woman as
with Deputy Police Commissioners.
she is Mrs. Ellen A. O'Grady, Of 1875
President Street, Brooklyn. For sew
sral wears she has been probation Of
.;cer in the magistrates courts OF
Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond. She
will be placed in charge of "whitc
slave" cases and will look after miss
ing girls.
The appointment OF woman as
deputy police commissioner was one Of
the points on which Mayor Hylan and
former Police Commissioner Bughcr
disagreed. The Mayor suggested to his
first commissioner that he appoint q
woman, but Mr.. Bugher demurred. de-
claring that it was not the proper work
for woman.
Is Matronly Looking
Mrs. O'Grady is gray haired and ma
,ronly looking. She is about forty-eight
years old. widow, and has three
daughters. She was escorted to Police
Headquarters yesterday afternoon by
Grover Whalen, Mayor Hylan's secre-
tary, and after short talk with Com
missioner Enright he announced her
appointment.
Mrs. O'Grady became probation
officer June II, 1907. at $1,000 a year.
and her salary later was increased to
$500. She Will receive $4,000 year
as Deputy Police Commissioner.
Relative 10 the appointment. Police
CommiSs ioner Enright said:
NV experience in this department
has demonstrated to me the absolute
necessity of having q womap as deputy
commissioner. In this city every year
here are hundreds of girls lured from
their homes and their lives wrecked.
How many Of us would have believed
that such fate as Ruth Cruger met
was possible? Men have not the same
Kind of sympathy in these cases as e.
mother who has daughters OF her own.
Long a Brooklyn Resident
Mrs. O'Grady has been a resident
cf Brooklyn for twenty-five years. Her
rugged honesty. experience and fear
iessness make her peculiarly adapted
tor the work that she will be called
upon to perform. Her time will prac-
1ically be devoted to the investigation
;nd elimination of the white slave
traffic; also looking after the loafers
On street corners ana subway and ele-
yated stations who make it their bust
less to insult and annoy women and
girls"
Police Commissioner Enright issued
an order Yesterday, applying to all the
officers policemen and other employees
tf the department. prohibiting smoking
while on duty. The order also states
that hereafter all civilian employees of
The department working in offices must
not wear their hats while on duty or
read the newspapers, magazines or
looks. He also issued an order in
structing all motorcycle ratrolmen to
wear their full uniforms while on duty
The Police Commissioner summoned
all inspectors to headquarters yester-
day for his first "heart to heart" talk
with them. The Commissi sioner told
them in a frank manner that he was
not trying to "lord it over them" He
said he had not forgotten, despite his
promotion, that as u Commissioner he
was still q policeman, but he intended
to hold each and every one of them to
strict accountability" for conditions
N their respective inspection districts.
No 'Wide Open Town
Commissioner Enright said that any
idea Of the town being thrown wide
open TO gambling and vice should be
discarded that the town would not be
vide open. and in saying this he was
ou!y bearing out instructions from the
Mayor.
81. is the order of the Mayor and
'he Police Commiss oncr,' he said,
that all laws and ordinances be en-
forced. Graft must be totally and per-
manently eliminated from this depart
ment. The gambler, gangster. gunman,
prostitute, illegal vender OF narcotic
drugs, the disorderly house keeper and
the trader in all forms Of commercial
'zed vice will have your special attcn-
ton and you will prevent them from
operating in this city.
The Mayor will not tolerate failure
upon my part Nor will l tolerate fail
ure upon yours"