New-York tribune., 1918-01-25
Mayor Makes
EnrightA AFull
Commissioner
Lahey, Transferred at Time
of Vice Expose, Is
Second Deputy

Mayor Hylan was busy yesterday
the police situation, caused by the ele-
walton OF Richard Z. Enright from 6
lleutenants desk to the head of The
department, to take the place Of Com.
missioner Frederick II. Bugher, de.
posed. The legal question was raised
of the Mayors right to appoint ar
Acting Commissioner"
After series Of conferences be
tween the Mayor, his new police heac
and the Corporation Counsel, Mayor
llylan settled Enright's status bv elm
mating the word "Acting" before his
name and making him "the" commits
sioner. Commissioner Enrght ther
proceeded to repeat the appointments
and transfers he had made during The
first few hours as "Acting Commission
or" Thursday. in order to give then
unquestionable legal status.
Captain Lahey Deputy
The appointment Of two new Deputy
Police commissioners was announced
both from Headquarters and from the
Mayors office. They we're:
Captain William J. I.ahey of the Old
Slip station, Second Deputy Commits
sioner, in charge of the Detective Bu-
reau.
John ". Gof jr., Assistant Corpo-
ration Counsel and son of Supreme
Court Justice Goff, Third Deputy Com
missioner. He will preside at police
trials
John c. Hackett. a magazine writer,
was made executive clerk Of the de-
partment.
Deputy Commissioner Lahey took a
six months leave of absence from the
uniformed service to enable him to
take up his new duties. Lahey jumped
from salary of S3,120 as captain to
$4,000. the salary of all the Deputy
Commissioners. He is one of the
"old- timers" on the force, having en-
tered the service in 1888.
Deputy Lahev was reduced from the
rank Of inspector to captain early in
the Woods administration, and earlier
in his career had been transferred from
the sd Inspection District, of which
he was the head. to the I'd By Commits
sioner Waldo after Assistant District
Attorney James Smith had raided up
ward of thirty-tivc dsordcrly houses in
the Tcnderlon, which was in the 81
District, and exposed the "vice trust
and the "white slave" tratiickers. When
Commissioner Woods reduced Lahey to
the rank OF captain he sent him to The
Bronx.
The Mayor and his Police Commits
sioner broke the sequence Of appoint
mcnts from the uniformed force in
their naming of Deputy Commissioner
Goff. First Deputy Commissioner John
C.. Leach, who was appointed to office
with Commissioner Enright will be in
charge of Brooklyn and will not pre-
side at police trials, as first announced.
This leaves the places Of fourth and
, fifth deputies yet to be filled, and a
special deputy without pay to be ap-
pointed to have charge of the Home
Defence League.
Big Shake-Up Predicted
The new Commissioner followed up
yesterday an already good start in
shifting men about in the department
There was every indication that a big
shake-up was coming, and that many
Of the minor police officials who had
been relegated to the suburbs under
the Mite, Ell w oods regime were to be
rcinstated in their old bertns. The
political wiseacres began to shake their
heads wien it was realized that within
the first twenty -four hours Of the new
captains in the "whte light" district, as
we'll as in parts Of the gayer sections
OF Brooklyn, had been transferred and
new men put in their places.
The Commissioner announced that
he had transferred Captain Oscar T.
Hmmel from the Bergen Street sta
ton. BROOKLYN, to the Old Slip station.
which Captain Lahey had left. He also
transferred Captain Bernard Hayes
from the Vandervecr Park station,
Brooklyn, to the Bergen Street sta
ton.
Lieutenant Edwin Dobson, who was
hand man stationed at the Commits
sioner's office, was missing yesterday
Lieutenant William Mccarthy. vice
president Of the Lieutenants' Benevo-
lent Association, of which Commits
sioner Enright is president. came in
from the Richmond Hill station to ca.
on the new Commissioner. and the re-
port spread that he would take Lieu
tenant Dobson's place. The Commits
sioner announced that he had trans
ferred Dobson to Traffic Squad B. When
EnTlEnC was transferred 70 i IdtDuSn II
by Commissioner Woods Mccarthy
went to Richmond Hill.
The Tammany organization leaders
were quick yesterday to disclaim any
part in the Earthquake" that rocked
the Police Department. They appeared
to want to place the responsibility
squarely on Mayor Hylan. The atten-
tion of some Of them was called to the