Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1898 — CHIEF OF GOTHAM POLICE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CHIEF OF GOTHAM POLICE.

John McCullagh Is at the Head of the Force in the Big Metropolis. The police commissioners of New York City have appointed Acting Chief John McCullagh chief of police of the big metropolis. McCullagh is a solid citizen of comfortable fortune, who has been upon the force since 1870. In 1872 he was

made roundsman, lie was advanced to sergeant in 1876 and to captain in 1883. McCullagh became a conspicuous member of the department as captain of the sixth precinct, where he fought the evils of Chinatown and the remnants of the notorious Whyo gang.

JOHN M’CULLAGH.