The New York herald., 1922-08-26
FIASCHETTI FIRED
FROM DETECTIVE JOB
Former Italian Squad Head
Who Caught Many MUIR
derers Reduced.
PUT BACK IN UNIFORM
Commissioner Enright Sim
ply Says Its For Good
Of the Service
TO RECALL LOANED' MEN
City Departments Must Give
Up 1876 Policemen They Are
Using on Detail.
TO RECALL sLOANED' MEN

Another of those transfers Police
Commissioner Enright occasionally
makes "for the good of the service"
style, as it were-will put Michael
Fiaschetti back into uniform as pa
trolman attached to the Herbert street
station at o'clock this morning.
AS first grade detective at $4,000
year Fiaschetti was at the head of
the Italian squad until February g.,
when it was merged with the bomb
squad under command Of Lieut.. James
]. Gegan. His last important work
was on the Varotta kidnapping case, in
which three men were convicted of
first degree murder. Three weeks ago
he was decorated by the King of Italy
In recognition of his aid to Italian dig
nitaries who visited the United States
In wartime. He has been in the de-
partment since June "a, 1908. AS q
patrolman he will get $2,2S0 a year.
He had nothing to say yesterday ex-
cept that he didn't understand why
he was being reduced.
Ten Lieutenants Transferred.
Ten lieutenants were transferred by
the Commissioner yesterday. but without
reduction One of them, Frank McCar-
rick. who has had charge Of the Detec-
tive Bureau at night, goes to the Office
OF Inspector James S. Bolan, Fourth In
spection district In West Sixty-eighth
street.
In addition to this pre-autumnal jog
Cling the Commissioner has notified
heads of several city departments that
beginning January I. 135 policemen now
detailed to routine duties In depart
mental offices will be sent back to active
work in the Police Department. The
Commissioner suggests that civilians can
be engaged to take their places and their
salaries added to the departmental bud
get.
This Is something Police Commissioner
Arthur Woods tried to do--gather up
policemen performing clerical and SINH
lar work In various offices and restore
them to the Police Department, which
needed them. Some Of the departmental
chiefs fought to retain their bluecoats,
in certain cases successfully. Now En-
right, with a restricted budget and un-
able to hire all the men he wants, ap-
parently does not see why salaries of 1876
policemen who are not working for him
should have to be paid out of his appro-
rraton. He has requested for example,
the return Of n lieutenant and two SER
geants who officer the sanitary squad Of
the Health Department.
squad Provided by Charter.
This squad Of fifty policemen is estab-
lished by the city charter and the sal
aries are charged to the Health Depart
ment The charter also says the squad
must have officers. and the Health Com
missioner will not give up his lieutenant
and sergeants without struggle. vari-
Gus courts also have detailed policemen
serving as warrant officers and record
Keepers. In some departments they are
nothing but doorkeepers
Last February's abolition of the Italian
detective squad was not officially ex-
planned. One reputed reason was COM
plant from italian citizens that as
there was no Russian, French, German
chinese, English or other squad of
defined nationality, Italians were being
Disseminated against Anyway, Fias-
chetti became subordinate of Lieut.
Gegan's. and as had ruled the Italian
squad since 1918 he found 1t hard to
realize. 1t was said yesterday, that he
first grade detectives. Some OF his men
have taxed him with domineering and
with receiving credit for work per-
formed by others. On August law
yer, Lorenzo G. Carlino Of 1872 Bowery,
quarreled with Fiaschetti at Headquar-
ters. Carlino, counsel for Mrs. Maria
Iavarone. charged by her husband with
taking $4,000 from his safe deposit box
tthey were later reconciled). objected to
questions the detectives asked her. Car
limo said later Fiaschetti threw him out
of the room. Carlino, 1t was said at
Headquarters yesterday, complained to
the Commissioner.
Took Up Slain Mans Work.
Fiaschetti spent several months in
italy in 1920 completing the task of
Lieut. Joe Petrosno. who was murdered
in Palermo while running down mem
bers OF the Camorra and the Mafia at the
source In 1918 Mayor Hylan called
Fiaschetti TO City Hall and pinned on
him two gold medals awarded by the
city of Akron, Ohio, for capture of two
slayers OF four Akron policemen. In
1919 Fiaschetti posing as hand on a
Long Island truck farm, got the con-
fidence of a man he was after and
rounded UP a gang who had killed
Joseph H0lDacn ana MS wire IN their
roadhouse In Ozone Park. He was
praised for catching the men who
stole the child Giuseppe Carotta and
threw his body into the Hudson River.
but some critics held that IL the trap
had been properly sprung the boy would
not have been murdered.
Fiaschetti lives at 81 Grand avenue.
Brooklyn. He is married and has a
daughter 16 years old.
Detective Sergeant Reduced.
Reduction OF Detective Sergeant Jo-
scph Cooncy to patrolman and his trans
fer from the West Forty-seventh street
10 the East 126th street station was
announced yesterday.
The leutenants transferred are Eze-
kial f. Keller. East Thirty-ffth street
TO First Inspection district Joseph Cour
tenay, West Forty-seventh street TO
Brooklyn avenue Dennis II. Hourigan,
city Island to East Tnirty-fifth street
Henry u. Winant. West New Brighton
10 Seventh Inspection district. Staten Is
land. Harry l.. Lobbell, Brooklyn ave-
nue TO Ninth Inspection district: Will
lam n. Anderson, Butler street district
10 Chief Inspectors office: John G. Nc
Manus from Third to Fourth inspection
district: Thomas p. Mcnamara. from
Fourth Inspection district to West Forty
seventh street. and Bernard r. Byrne.
from Jamaica to West New Brighton.