The New York herald., 1922-01-16
POLICE GUESS over
MORE CHANGES DUE
Detective Division Has to
Be Realranged Among
Other Things.
ENRIGHT WON'T TALK.
Rank and File of Force Can
not Understand Drastic
Moves by Chief.
CRITICISM rs NOT LACKING
Old Tenderloin. Now Manufac-
turing Center. Left With
Only One Station.


abolishing four of the most iunnortant
precincts in the city aud creating a
new office-deputy police inspector
to take care Of surplus police cap
talns. He remained at home ap7 ST.
Marks avenue, Brooklyn. through
out the day and would not discuss
police Affairs.
otner officers were not so reticent.
No one on the police force. knew ex-
actiy what to expect, because It is be-
iieved that more changes aye due. The
detective division must De reorganized
10 meet the new conditions. Two in
spection districts are eliminated. which
means two detective divisions must
be abolished it was said
one police officer aons stationed at
Headquarters said sether he nor his
associates could undey stand some of the
changes. The foup stations abolished
West Twentieth stueet. La Sale street.
East Eishty-eightb street and Vernon
! avenue. BROOKLYN. were always consid-
cred Indispensable. he said. The old
Tenderloin. now "a great manufacturing
center Is left with only one station
mousse. West Tbirtieth street, to protect
TWO square miles Of the richest terri
tory in the city
STATIONS Closed on Time.
Az one minute after midnight the four
ponce STATIONS abandoned by the Com
nnissioners orders closed their doors
and the men on duty reported to off
GERS In command of the adjoining pre-
cincts. f'e
Gloom prevailed in the La Sale
serese Noise. The breaking up Of the
precinct drew the attention of business
and professional men from all over that
section Of Harlem. DR.. Nicholas MUIR
ray Bttler, president of Columbia Uni
verstT. telegraphed to. Capt Patrick f..
Garfan, veteran precinct commander.
as tIollows:
Very sorry to hear Of your transfer.
rope to see you back here in the near
future"
Capt. Gargan had directed police ar
frangements for football games and the
visits to the university Of famous men
50 often that he could manage things
without hitch.
| In West Twentieth street II was the
same. That house was built in 1911 and
! Is strictly modern. The precinct was
an important one, and in the days Of
! Owney Madden and Tanner Smith was
frequently endvened with gun battles.
! The remnants OF the Hudson Busters
still keep the police busy there. 1t will
take from twenty minutes to half an
hour now to call a policeman from West
| Thirtieth street.
The detectives Of the West Twentieth
| street station were transferred to the
West Thirtieth street house In command
of Lieut.. Peter J. Carmody and Lieut..
James Brannick. Their arrival in
creased the number of detectives there
to thirty. Some rearrangement of Of
lice space was necessary. 1t was said
the patrolmen will not be so comfortably
fixed from now on because of crowding.
One man who deeply regretted the
passing OF the old station was Patrol
man John Kerr. who had served there
twenty-five years. He, Sergeant Jerry
| O'Connell and Pntrolman Jerry Quin-
Ian gave a vocal concert, the program
including all the old Harrigan and Hart
numbers.
The East Eighty-ei street station
was the scene OF burlesque obsequies
Charles Coylc. an undertaken, whose
father once was a patroiman there.
drove up to the door with a hearsc at
| midnight and went I'm to say goodby
While waiting for Lieut. John Merritt
to close the blotter he. pinned his bes.
black crepe on the door. finishing Il or
with bunch of white roses and a sheaf
OF shiny green stun.
Right UP to the last minute there was
business at the East Eighty eighth street
statiou--an arrest for assault and an
ambulance case.
The old East Eighty-eighth street,
Yorky{t1a 20
1873 and was renovated lately. II was
built on the site OF the first school in
forkville. At midnight Lieut.. John Mer-
rltt put out the lights and locked the
front door for the nrst time I'm forty
nine years He and two other Iieuten-
ants stationed there reported to the
1ofth street station Fifty-two patrol
men also reported to l0ath street and
forty-three to East Sxty-seventh street.
Leaves After 1s Years.
One of the saddest policemen in New
YORK last night was Simon BoumeI. who
has been eighteen years attached To the
Eighty-eighth street house. He Joined
the force twenty-six years ago and be-
gan service at 10<th street. He packed
his belongings with the others and
moved out nd midnight to return 10 the
station where he served his apprentice
ship.
II was said at Police Headaus tiers
that Commissioner Enright issued the
order without consulting any one unless
II was the Mayor. Since he has been
Commissioner Mr.. Enright has not
opened a new police station In any part
Of the city. although he has closed many.
In addition TO the four abandoned last
night he has closed Mulberry street.
Greenwich street, Madison street, West
Thirty-sevepth street and others which
previous commissioners considered
necessary.
The West 125th street station house
could accommodate at least 100 more
men. No one there could understand
why Mr.. Enrielt had not chosen one of
the smaller houses IL he wished TO shut
any. There have been many robberies
and hoidups on Washington Heights and
the residents OF that section need more
police protection. the police OF West
i25th street said.
Lieut.. Daniel kelleher closed up at
IL :o1 as ordered and reported 10 West
Tooth street. Seven plain clothes men
having no orders remained on duty In
the house.