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    1. [MILLER-L] Re: [Bklyn] Bklyn Standard Union 13 May 1931 News
    2. The following was transcribed for the Bklyn Info Pages http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blkyn/Bklyn.Info.Page.html > > FIVE PRECINCT HEADS IN BORO SHIFTED ABOUT > Thirty-four of Various Ranks Promoted - Vice Cop Dropped > > Police Commissioner MULROONEY announced thirty-four promotions to-day, > all the way up the line from beat pounder to inspector, and balanced it off > with a stiff shakeup at the top. > He shifted six inspectors and two deputies and three captains. Several > of them come to Brooklyn by the new order, or depart to other boroughs. > The Commissioner in the same batch of orders dismissed from the > department Patrolman Walter MITCHELL, vice squad cop whose methods were > revealed by the Seabury investigators, and who was tried later in General > Sessions for perjury and acquitted. > There was sufficient corroboration of "Chile" Mapucha ACUNA's story > concerning a phony arrest by MITCHELL at 4 West 114th street, Manhattan, in > June, 1929, Commissioner MULROONEY held to warrant his dismissal. > The transferred: > Inspector Joseph F. THOMPSON, Tenth District to Eleventh, Brooklyn. > Inspector David KANE, Eleventh to Fifteenth, Brooklyn. > Acting Inspector Thomas H.S. KELLY, Fifteenth to Thirteenth, as Deputy > Inspector. > Capt. John O'SULLIVAN, from Snyder avenue precinct, Flatbush, to West > Thirtieth street, Manhattan. > Capt. Henry E. KELLY, Herbert street to Coney Island, to succeed Capt. > GILLEN, retired. > Transferred to other boroughs: > Inspector Thomas F. WALSH, from First to Third District, Manhattan. > Inspector Joseph P. LOONAM, Fourth to Sixth, Manhattan. > Inspector Thomas McDONALD, Sixth to First, Manhattan. > Inspector Archibald McNEIL, Sixth to Fifth, Manhattan. > Deputy Inspector Thomas WYNNE Fifteenth to Sixteenth, Queens. > Captain George H. MARKAUSEN, White Plains road, Bronx, to West Twentieth > street, Manhattan. > The promotions were made from all ranks from patrolman to inspector, > fourteen patrolmen becoming sergeants, ten sergeants rising to lieutenants, > five lieutenants getting much-coveted captaincies, three captains taking up > the duties of deputy inspectors and two deputies receiving command of > districts as full inspectors. The difference in pay is as follows: > Patrolman, $3,000; sergeant, $3,500; lieutenant, $4,000; captain, $5,000; > deputy inspector, $5,400; inspection, $5,900. > > PROMOTIONS, TRANSFERS > > The promotions, with former assignments and new posts to which those > affected will go, follow: Promoted to Inspectors: > Edward J. LENNON, Fifth Division, to Fourth Division. > James J. FITZPATRICK, Sixteenth to Tenth Division, Brooklyn. > Captains made Deputy Inspectors: > Edward J. HANLEY, of Old Slip Station, to the Fifteenth Division, > Queens. > James F. McGOEY, of West Thirtieth street, to the Tenth Division, > Brooklyn. > Edmund J. MEADE, of West Sixty-eighth street, to Fifth Division. > Lieutenants made captains: > John S. BURKE, Traffic G, to command Far Rockaway Precinct. > Louis STILLMAN, Eighth Division, to Snyder avenue, Brooklyn. > Bernard A. DEUTSCH, Detective Division, to Herbert street. > Walter T. HOURIGAN, Detective Division, to Old Slip. > George YOUNGE, Detective Division, to White Plains precinct. > Sergeants made lieutenants: > Hugo R. SCHUSTER, Central Park station, to Sixteenth Division, Queens. > John J. HASLACH, remains in Chief Inspector's office. > Francis McCLOY, remains in Fifth Division. > John J. McGOEY, brother of the new deputy inspector, remains in office > of Second Deputy Commissioner. > Walter C. HARDING, West Twentieth street station, remains there. > Michael GOLDEN, Bathgate avenue to Oak street. > Edward WHITEMAN, Herbert street to Tenth Division, Brooklyn. > Geoffrey SHEA, Poplar street, to Tenth Division, Brooklyn. > David GERAGHTY, East Thirty-fifth street, to Fourth Division. > Frank A. RILEY, Traffic A, to Traffic G. > Brooklyn patrolmen made sergeants: > Frank SARLO, Coney Island to Herbert street. > Edward J. DOYLE, Prospect Park, to Poplar street. > Thomas H. STEDMAN, Fort Hamilton to Clinton street. > George J. MILLER, Miller avenue to Elizabeth street. > Thomas A. HICKSON, Bath Beach, to Brooklyn avenue. > Joseph FRIES, Classon avenue to Gates avenue. > > complete >

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