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1916 New York City polio epidemic[edit]

Summary[edit]

The largest polio epidemic that ever occurred in the United States took place in New York City and lasted from June to November in 1916. It caused a widespread and sustained panic to grip the city and beyond, with thousands of families fleeing to nearby mountain resorts or to wherever else they could. Movie theaters were closed, meetings were canceled, public gatherings were almost non-existent, and children were warned not to drink from water fountains or go to amusement parks, swimming pools, and beaches. Names and addresses of those affected were routinely published daily in newspapers, placards placed on their houses, and families placed in quarantine. By the time the epidemic ended, more than 23,000 people from Washington, D.C. to Vermont and Canada had been affected, resulting in about 5,000 deaths. The vast majority in both categories were children.

Background[edit]

Polio had been a well-known disease for hundreds of years, but the virus that caused it had been identified by Karl Landsteiner and others only several years before the epidemic, in late 1908. The epidemiology the disease and the means of transmission of the polio virus were not well-known, even by experts, although the propensity for infections to occur during warm months had been observed in numerous previous epidemics.[1]

From January to April 1916, there were 13 cases of polio in New York city, fewer than in any corresponding period since the disease had been made reportable to the New York City Department of Health in November 1910. These cases were determined to be not part of the epidemic because they were widely scattered over the city and could not be linked to the cases that followed.[2]

The Onset[edit]

During the month of May 1916, no cases of polio were reported in Brooklyn to the New York City Department of Health, and there were only five cases in the remainder of the city. Although polio was a feared disease at that time, it was not rare, and the number of cases in May was few compared to those of other months.

Then, two cases were reported in Brooklyn on June 6 and four more cases on June 8, all from the same Italian neighborhood, bounded by Fourth Avenue, Nevins, Carroll, and Union Streets. When a notice was received by the Department of Health from its research laboratory that an unusual number of requests had been received for the diagnosis of polio, a house-to-house investigation was made, and 29 additional but undiagnosed and unreported cases of probable polio during the month of May were discovered in New York City – 22 in Brooklyn – all previously unknown to the Department of Health. Some of those cases had not even been brought to medical attention because they were mild.[3]

On June 15, several cases of recent paralysis were noted in infants at the Baby Health Station at 184 Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn.


On Saturday, June 17, 1916, the New York City Board of Health announced that there had been 24 recent cases of polio in Brooklyn, mainly in the neighborhoods of South Brooklyn, Bay Ridge, and Williambsurgh. The New York Times carried only a brief, one paragraph article, buried in its sports section, which said that health officials were not "unduly alarmed."[4] Four days later, the Times published another article, stating the number of cases was 43, mostly in South Brooklyn, with additional cases being labeled suspicious, and mentioned that there had been three deaths.[5] By June 28 the number of cases reached 183,[6] and two days later the count had reached 255, with 12 deaths and cases in all boroughs except Queens.[7]

Because of the very rapid rise in cases and their quick spread, by that time, the level of public concern was high. The Board of Health began to mobilize its resources so that all their available personnel were arranging meetings with local physicians, seeking cases that otherwise may have been overlooked, and enforcing quarantines and isolation. A special unit was set up in the Kingston Avenue Hospital, a city-run hospital in Brooklyn, for patients who could not be isolated at home.[7] Newspaper reports about the epidemic started to appear every day. The Department of Street Cleaning devoted special attention to affected areas, and the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was called in to remove cats from tenements. Parents were warned to keep their children away from others and not to bring them to moving picture theaters and other places of amusement, churches, picnics, and other types of gatherings, especially those that were indoors. The public was also told that the polio virus could be spread by kissing, coughing, and sneezing, and that flies often carried the disease.[8] (At the time, the means by which polio virus was transmitted were incorrectly understood.)[9]. On Sunday, July 2, polio cases were discovered in Beacon, N.Y. in Dutchess County and the New York State Department of Health became involved in tracking and controlling the epidemic. The following day, children under 16 years of age were banned from movie theaters in New York City by the Commissioner of Licenses as coverage of the epidemic moved to the front page of the New York Times. There was even a plan to keep every child under the age of 16 in their homes for two weeks to stop the epidemic.[10]

Because the first cases had occurred in Italian children, there was suspicion that the disease had been brought to New York by Italian immigrants, but careful investigations did not find any cases of polio in recent immigrants or even in their towns of origin in Italy.[11]

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That year, there were over 27,000 cases and more than 6,000 deaths due to polio in the United States, with over 2,000 deaths in New York City alone.[14] The names and addresses of individuals with confirmed polio cases were published daily in the press, their houses were identified with placards, and their families were quarantined.[15] Dr. Hiram M. Hiller, Jr. was one of the physicians in several cities who realized what they were dealing with, but the nature of the disease remained largely a mystery. The 1916 epidemic caused widespread panic and thousands fled the city to nearby mountain resorts; movie theaters were closed, meetings were canceled, public gatherings were almost nonexistent, and children were warned not to drink from water fountains, and told to avoid amusement parks, swimming pools, and beaches.[14] From 1916 onward, polio epidemics appeared each summer in at least one part of the country, with the most serious occurring in the 1940s and 1950s.[1] 1. ^ a b c d e f Trevelyan B, Smallman-Raynor M, Cliff A (2005). "The Spatial Dynamics of Poliomyelitis in the United States: From Epidemic Emergence to Vaccine-Induced Retreat, 1910–1971". Ann Assoc Am Geogr 95 (2): 269–293. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8306.2005.00460.x. PMC 1473032. PMID 16741562. 14^ :a b Melnick J (1 July 1996). "Current status of poliovirus infections". Clin Microbiol Rev 9 (3): 293–300. PMC 172894. PMID 8809461. 15 ^ Risse, GB; Fee E, Fox DM (editors) (1988). Epidemics and History: Ecological Perspectives. in AIDS: The Burden of History. University of California Press, Berkeley.ISBN 0-520-06396-1.

A Summer Plague Polio and its Survivors By Tony Gould Yale University Press (C) 1995 by Tony Gould All rights reserved. ISBN: 0-300-06292-3

External link[edit]

  • A Monograph on The Epidemic of Poliomyelitis (Infantile Paralysis) in New York City in 1916 – Based on the Official Reports of the Bureaus of the Department of Health, Department of Health of New York City (Public Health Monographs, vol. 2, part 2, no. 16, 1917), H34.31m, New York City Municipal Reference Library, 31 Chambers Street, room 111

References[edit]

  1. ^ Eggers, Hans J. (1999). "Milestones in Early Poliomyelitis Research (1840 to 1949)". Journal of Virology. 73 (6): 4533–4535. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. ^ Wyatt, H.V. (2011). "The 1916 New York City Epidemic of Poliomyelitis: Where Did the Virus Come From?" (PDF). The Open Vaccine Journal. 4: 13–17. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  3. ^ A Monograph on The Epidemic of Poliomyelitis (Infantile Paralysis) in New York City in 1916 - Based on the Official Reports of the Bureaus of the Department of Health. New York, N.Y.: Department of Health of New York City. 1917. pp. 11–14.
  4. ^ "Many Cases of Infantile Paralysis". New York Times. June 18, 1916. p. 3 (section 8). Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  5. ^ "City Brevities". New York Times. June 22, 1916. p. 22. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Infantile Paralysis Increases". New York Times. June 28, 1916. p. 8. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  7. ^ a b "All Unite To Check Infant Paralysis – Health Department, Rockefeller Institute, and Private Doctors Organize Campaign – 49 New Cases Yesterday – Facilities Provided for More Complete Isolation and Better Nursing in Crowded Areas". New York Times. June 30, 1916. p. 8. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Day Shows 12 Dead By Infant Paralysis – Board of Health Gets Report of 52 Cases – Brooklyn Leads, with 43 – Week's Fatalities Are 59 – Commissioner Emerson Apprehensive of Crowds on the Fourth – Dr. Flexner Issues Warning". New York Times. July 2, 1916. p. 6. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  9. ^ Flexner, Simon (July 22, 1916). "The Nature, Manner of Conveyance and Means of Prevention of Infantile Paralysis". Journal of the American Medical Association. 67 (4): 279–283. doi:10.1001/jama.1916.02590040033009. Retrieved 25 October 2015.(subscription required)
  10. ^ "Bar All Children From The Movies In Paralysis War – Health Order Applies to Children of Less Than Sixteen Years – Police Forbid 4th Fetes – Plans for 15 Celebrations Canceled at Request of Dr. Emerson – 72 New Cases In The City – Twenty Three Deaths Occurred Here Yesterday and Two Died at Beacon, N.Y." New York Times. July 4, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Infant Paralysis Starts A Cleanup – City Departments Unite to Impose Sanitation in Crowded Districts – 47 New Cases Found – Health Commissioner Warns the Public That Adults Are Not Immune from It". New York Times. July 1, 1916. p. 7. Retrieved 25 October 2015.

Ernst P. Boas 1921–1929 [1]

Dr. Ephraim Bluestone (January 1, 1929? – December 31, 1950) [2]

Dr. Martin Cherkasky, January 1, 1951 – 1981 [3]

Eisdorfer, 1981-July 1, 1985 [4]

Michael I. Cohen (interim) See Foreman appointment)

Spencer Foreman internist and pulmonary medicine specialist [5] Moses Building[6]

Merger http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/01/06/91249516.html?pageNumber=31

Lucy Moses http://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/04/obituaries/lucy-g-moses-103-benefactor-of-hospitals-schools-and-parks.html

Baron Hirsch Cemetery references[edit]

Improperly incorporated, outrageous fees, no annual election of trustees as required.[1]

Philip Gresser is paid $1,200 a year and living quarters, gets 10% commission for selling plots, is superintendent, admits automobiles are barred, grave opening fee $3 before WW2 to $9 at time of article[2]

Annual care increased from $1 to $2 in 1926.[3]

Pre-Consolidation Police Commissioners[edit]

1882-4

Number Name Dates in Office Administration Notes and References
As Police Chief
a George W. Walling – June 1885
a William Murray June x, 1885 – April 12, 1892 [4]
a Thomas Byrnes April 13, 1892 – May 27, 1895 [5]
a Peter Conlin May 27, 1895 – December 6, 1895 (acting)
December 6, 1895 – August 25, 1897
[6][7][8]
a John McCullagh December 6, 1895 – January 6, 1898 (acting)
January 6, 1898 – May 21, 1898
[9][10]
a William Stephen Devery May 21, 1898 – June 30, 1898(acting)
June 30, 1898 – February 22, 1901
[10][11]


Commissioners of Marine and Aviation[edit]

Name Dates in Office Mayoral Administration Notes and References
John McKenzie January 1, 1942 ~ December 31, 1945 Fiorello H. La Guardia
Charles R. Haffenden January 1, 1946 [12] – May 24, 1946[13] O'Dwyer
Frederick G. Reinecke May 25, 1946 [14] – December 1, 1947[15] O'Dwyer there's an obit 11.23.69
G. Joseph Minetti by December 1948 – Mayor
Edward F. Cavanagh Jr. January 1, 1950 – February 15, 1954 Mayor [16]
Vincent A.G. O'Connor February 15, 1954 – June 26, 1962 Robert F. Wagner [16][17]
Leo Brown by June 26, 1962 – December 5, 1966 Robert F. Wagner, John V. Lindsay [17][18]
Herbert B. Halberg by December 5, 1966 – April 28, 1968 [[John V. Lindsay [19]
Charles G. Leedham by November 1970 Mayor
Edgar C. Fabher 1972-1975P&T Mayor
Louis F. Mastriani March 5, 1976 – Mayor [20]
Vito J. Fossella, Sr. January 14, 1974 – 1977 Abraham D. Beame [21]
To ports and terminals late 70s
Anthony B. Gliedman May 1978 – August 29, 1979 Edward I. Koch [22][23]
Susan M. Heilbron October 12, 1979 – October 1, 1980 Edward I. Koch [24][25]
Linda Seale October 1, 1980 – June 30, 1983 Edward I. Koch [25][26]
vacant July 1, 1983 – July 31, 1983
Susan Frank August 1, 1983 – September 18, 1985 Edward I. Koch [27][28]

Police Commissioners of the City of New York[edit]

Until 1844, New York City had a watch system, not a police force. The Municipal Police and the position of Chief of Police were established by the Laws of the State of New York of 1844,[29], and restated in the Laws of 1846.[30] The Laws of 1849 amending the charter of the City of New York stated that the Mayor was the head of the police, but that the chief officer was the Chief of Police.[31]

In 1853, the state legislature created a police commission, making the Mayor, Recorder, and City Judge, as the "board of commissioners for the trial of officers, policemen and doormen of the police department," also giving them responsibility for appointing officers.[32]

However, police corruption under Mayor Fernando Wood prompted the legislature to pass another law in 1857, taking away control of the police from the Mayor and giving it to the Governor via a police commission. The Municipal Police and Police Board were dissolved, and replaced by a Metropolitan Police District consisting of the counties of New York, Kings, Westchester (which then included the Bronx), and Richmond. The Governor was responsible for the appointment of five police commissioners — three from New York County, one from Kings County, and one from either Westchester or Richmond Counties, with the Mayors of New York and Brooklyn serving as ex-officio members of the commission.[33] Wood refused to recognize the new commission, declined to attend its meetings, and challenged its validity in court.[34] He also refused to disband the Municipal Police even after the New York Supreme Court, the trial level court, upheld the new law. This resulted in two police forces at the same time, the Municipals and the Metropolitans, with one often interfering with the other. The arrest of Wood was ordered by the commission for the Metropolitans, and when member of that force tried to enter City Hall on June 16, 1857, the New York City Police riot occurred, with many officers being injured and the Metropolitans retreating. On July 3, the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state, upheld the law. Mayor Wood backed down and disbanded the Municipal Police and his commissioners.

In 1860, the towns of Newtown, Flushing, and Jamaica in Queens were added to the Metropolitan Police District and the number of commissioners was reduced to three.[35]

After Governor Horatio Seymour tried to remove all the commissioners in 1863, resulting in another stand-off with two police commissions, a bill was passed as a political compromise, increasing the number to four.[36]

In 1873, the Brooklyn police were separated into its own jurisdiction, although the number of police commissioners for New York remained at four[37][38]

The police commission in its various forms spent much of their time reviewing and approving the hiring of new police officers, and serving as the judge and jury for complaints such as drunkenness, dereliction of duty, not following orders, or failure to prevent crimes were lodged against members of the force. They were also had other duties, such as serving on the Board of Health, selecting monitors for elections, and making sure the streets were kept clean — including clearing snow. One of the ongoing problems with the arrangement for the four-man commission after 1863 was that two commissioners were selected from the two major political parties, primarily because of their responsibility for annually selecting election inspectors and poll clerks to make sure voting ran smoothly, so they had to be non-partisan. But it also sometimes made it difficult to reach decisions in other matters, and led to paralysis on numerous issues. Corruption on the force was an ongoing problem for decades, in part because the work was hard and the pay was poor.

1903–1913: 37 seats[edit]

Congress District District District District
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
1857
Townsend Scudder (D) George H. Lindsay (D) Charles T. Dunwell (R) Frank E. Wilson (D) Edward M. Bassett (D) Robert Baker (D) John J. Fitzgerald (D)
1858
William W. Cocks (R) Charles B. Law (R) George E. Waldo (R) William M. Calder (R)
1859
1860
Otto G. Foelker (R) Richard Young (R)

James S. Havens (D)
1861
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1862
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1863
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1864
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1865
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1866
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1867
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1868
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1869
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1870
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1871
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1872
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1873
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1874
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1875
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1876
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1877
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1878
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1879
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1880
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1881
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1882
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1883
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1884
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1885
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1886
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1887
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1888
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1889
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1890
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1891
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1892
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1893
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1894
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1895
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1896
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1897
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
1898
Martin W. Littleton (D) James P. Maher (D) Frank E. Wilson (D) William C. Redfield (D)
Year Commissioners Chief or Superintendent
No Separate Police Commission
1844 – April 13, 1853 George W. Matsell
As a Three-Man Commission of the Mayor, City Recorder, and City Judge[32]
April 13, 1853 Jacob A. Westervelt Francis R. Tillou Welcome R. Beebe
January 1, 1855 Fernando Wood James M. Smith, Jr. Sydney H. Stuart
As a Five-Man Commission Appointed by the Governor[33]
April 20, 1857 Simeon Draper (New York)[39] James W. Nye (New York)[39] Jacob C. Cholwell (New York)[39] James S.T. Stranahan (Brooklyn)[39] James Bowen (Westchester)[39] Frederick A. Tallmadge (superintendent)[39]
April 22, 1857 president[40] treasurer[40]
July 17, 1857 resigned due to disagreement with other commissioners[41]
July 1857? president
November 11, 1857 Pelatiah Perit[42]
February 4, 1858 resigned[43]
May 3, 1858 Thomas B. Stillman[44]
December 2, 1858 Lebbeus B. Ward[45]
April 18, 1859 resigned[46]
May 1, 1859 completed term,[47] replaced by Michael Ulshoeffer[48][49] completed term,[47] replaced by Isaac H. Bailey[48][49]
May 2, 1859 president[47][50]
May 20, 1859 Amos Pillsbury (appointed)[51]
July 1, 1859 assumed duty[52]
As a Three-Man Commission Appointed by the Governor[53]
April 10, 1860 seat eliminated[53] Amos Pillsbury[54][55] seat eliminated[53] John G. Bergen[54][55] resigned to become a commissioner, Bowen became acting superintendent
April 15, 1860 treasurer[56] president[56]
April 24, 1860 resigned for another position[57]
May 14, 1860 Thomas C. Acton[58][59]
May 23, 1860 John Alexander Kennedy[60]
January 1863 resigned to volunteer in the Union Army[61][62]
As a Four-Man Commission Appointed by the Governor
March 15, 1864 Joseph S. Bosworth[63] William McMurray[63]
March 17, 1864 president[64]
February 29, 1866 retired[65]
March 1, 1866 Benjamin F. Manniere[66]
July 17, 1867 died[67]
February 8, 1868 Matthew T. Brennan[68]
April 9, 1869 retired due to health[69]
April 29, 1869 Henry Smith[70][71]
May 19, 1869 president[72] treasurer[72]
April 11, 1870 resigned, replaced by John Jourdan[73]
October 7, 1870 resigned[74]
October 10, 1870 died[75]
October 17, 1870 James J. Kelso[76]
November 28, 1870 Thomas J. Barr[77]
May 2, 1871 president[78] treasurer[78]
As a Four-Man Commission Appointed by the Governor
May 22, 1873 Abram Duryée[79] (continued in office) Hugh Gardner[79] Oliver Charlick[79] John R. Russell[79]
May 23, 1873 treasurer[80] removed, replaced by George W. Matsell[80]
February 23, 1874 died[81]
March 12, 1874 president[82]
May 1, 1874 term expired[83]
May 7, 1874 Abraham Disbecker[84]
July 7, 1874 resigned, replaced by George W. Matsell[85] resigned, replaced by John R. Voorhis[85] resigned to become a commissioner[80][85]
July 9, 1874 treasurer president[86]
July 23, 1874 George W. Walling[87][88]
May 3, 1875 William F. Smith treasurer[89]
May 24, 1875 treasurer[90]
December 31, 1875 president[91] removed,
replaced by Joel B. Erhardt[91]
removed,
replaced by De Witt Clinton Wheeler[91]
May 4, 1876 Sidney P. Nichols[92]
April 17, 1879 removed, replaced by Charles F. MacLean[93]
May 20, 1879 term expired, replaced by Stephen B. French[94]
August 5, 1879 removed, replaced by James E. Morrison[95]
November 24, 1879 resigned, replaced by James R. Voorhis[96]
February 7, 1880 Sidney P. Nichols, reinstated[97]
February 12, 1880 president[98]
May 25, 1880 resigned, replaced by Joel W. Mason[99]
July 10, 1880 William F. Smith,
resinstated[100][101]
treasurer[101]
March 11, 1881 resigned, replaced by James Matthews[102]
October 20, 1884 died[103]
October 28, 1884 Fitz John Porter[104]
November 24, 1884 John McClave
treasurer[105]
May 9, 1885 John R. Voorhis[106]
June 9, 1885 forced to retire[107]
June 10, 1885 William Murray[108]
May 10, 1888 Charles F. MacLean[109]
May 22, 1889 James J. Martin[110]
January 4, 1890 president[111]
February 29, 1892 resigned, replaced by John C. Sheehan[112]
March 3, 1892 president[113]
April 12, 1892 resigned due to illness[4]
April 13, 1892 Thomas F. Byrnes[114]
May 21, 1894 Charles Henry Murray[115]
July 16, 1894 resigned under investigation, replaced by Michael C. Kerwin[116]
February 15, 1895 removed, replaced by Avery Delano Andrews[117]
May 6, 1895 resigned, replaced by Andrew D. Parker[118][119] resigned, replaced by Fred D. Grant[118] resigned, replaced by Theodore Roosevelt president[118]
May 27, 1895 retired,[6] replaced by Peter Conlin (acting)[6]
December 6, 1895 Peter Conlin[120]
April 17, 1897 resigned[121]
April 22, 1897 Frank Moss[122]
May 5, 1897 president[123]
July 31, 1897 resigned[124]
August 2, 1897 George Moore Smith[125]
August 25, 1897 retired,[126]replaced by John McCullagh (acting)
New City Charter
January 1, 1898 Thomas L. Hamilton[127] William E. Philips[127] Bernard J. York[127] John B. Sexton[127]
January 6, 1898 John McCullagh[128]
May 21, 1898 removed, replaced by Jacob Hess[129] removed[129] president[129] forced to retire,[129] replaced by William S. Devery (acting)[129]
June 30, 1898 Henry E. Abell[130] William S. Devery[130]
February 22, 1901 replaced by Michael C. Murphy as police commissioner

The rest of the sandbox is empty for now. That means I need new ideas. And should it be sandbox or sand box?

Jerry vale[edit]

  1. ^ "Charges Cemetery Asked Unjust Fees – Rabbi Alleges Richmond Burial Ground Barred Cars and Forced Mourners to Walk – Says Profit Was Sought – Price for Grass Cutting Raised From 50 Cents to $2 a Lot, He Testifies at Ottinger Inquiry". New York Times. May 25, 1928. p. 12. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Ottinger To Widen Cemetery Inquiry – All Corporations in State to Be Scrutinized, Says Statement Denouncing Profiteering – Denials Made at Hearing – Head of Baron Hirsch Burial Ground Says He Got No Bonus on Stones – Admits Autos Are Barred". New York Times. June 2, 1928. p. 17. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Charges Cemetery Has Flooded Lots – Witness at Ottinger's Inquiry Says Coffins Sank in Water at Two Burials – Superintendent Denies It – He Asserts Only a Little Seeps In at Baron Hirsch Plots – Defends Ban on Autos". New York Times. June 9, 1928. p. 31. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Supt. Murray Drops Out – Chief Inspector Byrnes Will Succeed Him – The Change at Police Headquarters – The Ex-Superintendent's Career in And Out of the Force – Probable Changes of Captains". New York Times. April 13, 1892. p. 4. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Byrnes in His New Office – He Takes The Oath As Police Superintendent – Passing A Civil Service Examination – Inspector Steers in Charge of The Detective Bureau – The New Superintendent's Career". New York Times. April 14, 1892. p. 9. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "Chief Byrnes Retired — Had Served Over 32 Years on the New-York Police Force — Board Acted At His Own Request — Inspector Peter Conlin Appointed by the Commissioners as Acting Chief of Police — Three Captains Acting Inspectors — Capt. Berghold and Detectives Golden, Crowley, and Kush, and Surgeon Dorn on the Retired List". New York Times. May 28, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
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