| Show I THE NEW IOUK ChIEF IBTtn CONLIN MADE SUPEtllN TEND NT OF POLICE rfonnlllj of tho rn Wh II toe ecelel 110 mrelel 1IIr Tb In Hi Vt Mill Thirty t ar a CI of Hi t1 lIT 1m CONMNIbe 1 v new chief of police rife uLP ot New York nili I IL I P I wrned the dlitlnc > Uni I j lion conferred on him by prolonged on1 faithful sertlco I In faithful which I he Joined i Jt Julv 29 1805 when t bo became patrolman patrol-man In the fourth Jireelnct Dee 21872 ho was promoted to roundiman and on luly 19187G was Ivauccd to tho rank of sergeant Ho Iwcanio ruptaln on Feb 241881 and on tug 8 1887 was mal Inspector and though Inspector Williams was np pointed on the same day the court iiibsrqiitnll decided that Conlln was the senior Ho Lemma chief Inspector nn the retirement ot Inspector Steers let I 1X92 and held that office until II I was Abolished In February 1S93 From that time until May 27 of tilts year he had charge of the third Inspection ills Hid Then he wu detailed II acting chief of nol Ice succeed Ing Chief 1Iroo who WM retired tie deserved the promotion observed President Iloose volt of the board at police commission eta commenting on the event I havo i i i rl Iw r I t I I j iff i Is fr Z I w I J ji jiU U 1 tk c r ST llIm 1 Pimm COMIN wslehcd him carefully for eta month and he proved himself efficient and bu done lilt duly well Theexamlnn tlon for Iho promotion was a rigid one mil though Mr Conlin had no competitors competi-tors for tho position ho was required la tabllrli n high standard to succeed i The subjects of the examination were I polite rigiilatloni ordinances ot the I city lawn of iho stale nod military I tnc I tics The question were presented In I printed form and tho newer given In writing After the elimination which I occupied I I tvrel hours the commissioners t held n meeting and made up the rating I It v ns announced that Jie attained 303 per cent CO per cent nf which was allotted al-lotted for record and seniority and 33 03 per cent for limo written nnsner Ono of the answers has excited a deal ot comment Asked what disposition he would mako of troops railed out to pro mrio order In case of n general street cur strike supposing tho center of the tlliturbanco was nt a elated 1 point Mr Conlln answered categorically all tho point and added only grape and can nUter la bo used This Is I construed is Indfullnc n very severe method of dealing with strikers coil Is I variously tondcmncj and approved accordingly ns Iho people look upon the subject Mr Innlln was born in New York In 1811 In 1SC1 he enlisted In the Twelfth regiment and with that command participate par-ticipate In tho battles of Williams burg Fair Oiks lain Mill While Oak Hnamp nnd Moltcrn Hill In that engagement en-gagement ho was seriously wounded and subsequently honorably discharged dis-charged Upon recovery from his wounds ho rocnlercd the army ai lieutenant lieu-tenant In tho Sixtyninth regiment ot the Illustrious Irish brigade and served until the dote of hoktillllcs Ho Is I n halfbrother of the Into famous actor W J Florence popularly known among his admirer an Hilly Florence |
