The sun., 1919-02-09
POLICE EXPECT
AK WILL STRIKE
BROOKLYN NEXT
Enright Now Says Costigan
Spent More Money Than
Other Inspectors.
"HONEST DAN" DEFENDED
Rift in Harmony Of Hylan's
Feminine Appointees in De-
partment Puzzles.

Conditions at Police Headquarters yes
terday were as unsettled as the Balkan
question. A summary OF the results of
the day shows:
The amalgamated order OF friends OF
Daniel E. Costisan, replying Informally
to Police Commissioner Richard z. En-
rights letter to the Mayor in which the
Commissioner said Costigan's reduction
from inspector to captain was due to his
poor record, asserted that Honest Dan
had a record OF arrests comparing with
that of any officer in the department.
The Mayor also replied TO the Com
missioner, but in n friendly spirit, ex-
pressing approval of the Commissioner s
reduction of Costigan in letter into
which the word propaganda crept
somehow.
Announcement was made by Commits
sioner Enright that Augustus Drum
Porter had been promoted TO take the
place of John w. Golf. Jr (res!gned), as
Third Deputy Police Commissioner (after
the newspapers already had printed III.
The harmony duet of Miss Anna
OHara, Mayor Hylan's Gster-in-law
now an executive clerk in Deputy Com
O'Grady. Fifth Deputy Police Commits
sioner was said to be going flat, OBJ
servation being made that the ladies
were no longer speaking.
Rodman Wanamaker. Special Deputy
Police Commissioner. was reported to be
contemplating his resignation. but Com
missioner Enright was willing to deny
this.
Enright Gets Impatient.
The Commissioner was not so willing
to answer other question with regard
to the Costigan affair, and with acerbity
asked one reporter making inquiries
what was his fee for conducting the
croSs-eXamlnation.
Fears began to float through police
cI-cles that the ak was about to swing
on other necks, and tremors of depart
mental earthquake were reported to have
been recorded by police seismographs
even as far away as Brooklyn.
In view OF this contingency police
prophets got out the dope sheets and
began picking the possible changes in
the Centre street lineup during the
coming spring training.
Taking up the first chapter OF the
foregoing table OF contents acquaintance
OF Capt. Costigan. who knew the COM
bination giving access TO departmental
records contradicted the statements OF
the Police Commissioner to Hlzzoner-
printed yesterday-that 315 arrests were
made in the First Inspection district by
squads under other inspectors. while the
special vice squad under Inspector Cos
tigan, supposed to clean up the district
made only forty-one arrests for
gambling, OF which five resulted in con-
victions, with five pending.
In one single appropriate word. as
10 o
terday, Costigan's record as Inspector in
charge OF that district from January /
1915 to October 90. when the exit was
shown to him, was rotten" on the
other hand. Costigan's friends felt they
could point with pride"
Figures Show Many Arrests.
They produced figures to show that
2a4 arrests for gambling were made by
Costigan's squad and that twenty-eigh
were made by the special service dki-
sion of Inspector Thomas Mcdonald, who
supersede him in charge OF the work with
lesser number by Chief Inspector
Daly's special squad. Besides this work
BY Inspector Costigan's own little bant
OF shock troops it was represented that
altogether the other men under him II
the inspection district had corralled Q.
300 offends for vice and gambling, the
latter being generally the small time
stuff known as craps.
Concerning Commissioner Enright':
charge that Honest Dan had never
done time on desk duty, 1t was con
tended that the same thing was true Of
Inspector Mcdonald. the reigning regen
o. the vice squad. Costigan's supporter!
maintained that his record, based on ar
rests. was 3 good as or better than any
other inspector in the department. anC
waxed warmly statistical in proof OF -
SO far as could be learned no charges
have been made against the officer. who
Is now in eclipse in the Beach street sta
ton. which concerns itself mainly with
the social doing of the dock rats and
with hurry up calls for Polish weddings
The centre of the typhoon, Capt. Costi
gan, declined to make any comment or
his adventures or even TO explain how
ne came by his sobriquet OF "Hones'
Dan though it is admittedly nothing tc
be ashamed of. So that settles that.