, 1864-07-23
BOARD or POLICE.
designations Of PoIits Ofleers-The New
house Arrest-Charges against Superin-
iendent Tartlc-I1eEaI Action
OF the Board.

le0Qenl 1&Iuc-AutE4l ASAVA
OF the Board.
The reculsr meeting OF the Board Of Police Com
mlseioncrs was held yesterday ut the Police Head
quarters. The whole or the members Of the Boatd
The minutes Of the prerious meeiu. were read
spo approved.
The rrf,cnation Of officers Geo AAeck, John R.
wah], Samuel a. Ellis, & A Webper, Joseph F.
Dfckeon, Horace n. Elliott and Smith c. Storer,
were received.
Upon motion the whole were accepted, with the
exception Of that Of S. c. 6torer.
Regarding the case Of 6torer, Mr. Wentworth
raid that II half the charges made against htn Ia
the late Eewhouse scandal case were true, and
Mr. Newbouee informed him that they were, The
officer ehould no! be permitted to resign but tred.
and, II guilty, iepomin1ously dismissed the fo!ce.
ably into The care. and iound that ibe warrant for
the arrest Of the ex.Commfseioner had been sworn
-ont by sto1er. That warrant vas 1a ootained from
rested upon 1t, he had never been taken for trial
before the Justice, nor tho warrant ever returned.
It was alleged. aud he beteFed ttnt1lully, that
his captore the warrant wns destroyed. II 6to1er
bsd ary hand tn the destruction he vas guilty not
s1a sDY .bosa S e s h.eee e'n
Mr. Coventry moved Tint Superintendent TuFtls
be INSTRUCTED 10 arrest Mr. New hanse and take him
for uial before Judge DeWolf, as'the warrant re-
Iii. wentworth said that that couree could not
be purrued, as the document had been destroyed
Mr. Brown said tho Law care them no power to
decline the reslenstou OF sny officer; be consider-
ed alI discussion on the subject to 3e uselesA.
Mr. Wentworth affirmed that az Stnrer had not
ptrcn the Superintendent the required weeks no.
t1ce they had power to refuse to accept his reslg
Mr. brown explained that the only penalty al
lowed By The lay, fot the omission ct an officer ta
fhk4f I,f
back pay. They could not prevent him from leav-
lpe the force il he liked to do 20.
Mr. Wentworth sskcd what Was the amount of
storere back nnS, as that forfeiture might be some
punishment
Mayor Sherman stated that II was nearly three
months sa.nsy. or abort sl50
s,ore1 be Laid ores ns he bad omitted 70 give tue
worth: noes. Meaass. brown and Coventry.
TEE subject therefore fell to the ground.
The resignation Of Cyrus T. Bradley as Sec1eta-
~ Of the Board, was received.
The Mayor moycd that 1t be laid upon the table.
MIR. Weutworth did not Zee the use of any dis
cuseion in the matter. Ata previous meeting they
ed a preyious ones. bachaasn might as ven send
y s ,efsns 81 tae Ths
occupied no office at al. Under the Board, and
therefore, ooviousl5, could not reeigu any.
MI Brown o mosed that the resignation OF Mr.
MT. Coventry seconded the motion.
Upon being put to vote, the matter fell back to
its original indefinite position for want of ma
}or1ty. Mfssrs. Brown and Coventry voting Aye,
and The Nay OF and MI. Wentworth Voting No.
The quarterly report Of the Superintendent oi
! Police for the month ending March 31st, 1864,
xas teceised' signed Cyrus 2 Bradley, Acting Sn'
The Mayor said be would receive no communi
cation IRON Mr. Bradley a. Acting Superintendent
for Is be nor no one e1se'' bad been appointed Il
that post since the resianat.on Of jacob Rehm+
Nj. Coventry said that hi. Sherman need no
By voting for the reception Of previous reports.
| :" Hpyc-in" replied that possibly be hsd don
60. AZ c had done = great many things which b
them without thinking"
No member seemed inclined to mike any motio1
The petitions Of Michael BSphey and others, t
teeome menbers Of the police ioree, were ordese
4 psu,ion nom inhabitants Of hoSorh Division
to attain the removal qf disnllery on North Well
street, nest OAK, was rtcelved and referred to th
4 petition from Officers Fee and B,schop, Of til
ed precinct, sskink for wages during several day
when they were ordered to remain from duty O.
vas ordered to be granted when the petitions shal
be prop IL endorsed 19ys b Sapt Gnnd i.
sub-Station, asking that bis pay be Increased i
the suM SLOWED TO Police Sergeants, as be Va
acting in that capacity.
Acting Sergeant, for be had never been appointed
BE occupied the poeItton that Bradley did in rela
tion to the Office he assumed and should be treate
III. Wentworth considered that no polfcema,
ehonld be epp"inted to the sole charge Of the f1t
station. The patrolmep ought to tGte it In turns
ACCORDING to good conduct.
a petition was next received, SIGNED By snit
| c. storer. praying that William Turtle be place
upon trta!, with view to big suspension or 1e
on account OF certain omissions or miedemeanor
affecting his official acte. The chatges accuse
bin q spplypg to hls own pEtSste nso certain q
. wooden sppu1enancee 10 The ola West Side st:
t tion: Of ordering :nd causing certain pol,ceue
70 work for him IN hls private capacity at the ean
time f1audnlently returning them A. working II
. the city: and lastly Of accepting certain Sums
money from private individuals for labor Official
performed by seve1al policemen.
Mr. WsntV orth asked Superintendent Turtle
be Wue ready for TRIAL.
Mr.. Turtle replied in the affirmative.
Mr. Wentworth then moved that the Board II
rnedialely proceed With the trial Of Vim. Turtle.
] The May Jor seconded the motion, Which Was q
III. esn Tu1tie pleaded ..Nos guilty" to each Of t
: Owing to tbs absence of the petitioner. I
nj Wentworth moved that Ills name be called thr
r times. and on hie pon-2.tendance at the end
l. that time Mr.. Turtle ~as honoraby discharged.
J. The following we're sworn IN as policemen, a
e UlueItu IL IepOfk ~ SUPERINTENDENT 44lL4E N
II morning: Wells Sherman, John Sonnu:k, E.
johnson, and Joseph Carpenter.
Ashnel IN T. e another applicant
T. Other petitions were received and acted upt
II but they sre Of minor public importance.
The Eoa1d then adjourned.
r The action Of The Board In Diminishing the col
u plafnt against the Superintendent WAS q va
= e1t1aordtpary procet ding, and in direct cont,
e yeutiou OF all previous usage OF the Board, to 9
: nothing ot the Charter itself. We know 4
snhs1ant,.ieS ~ FL =. ~ 11nz anst tha car n
! provides that on sworn ehartes being submits
e the Board il bound to TRr the case, first glvi
= reasonable notice to the accused and Issuing sc
# pHnas for the witnesses named II they do not o
:. eswiae apptar. The BosEd has rot done this, 2
= trial-conld not hare done 20 legally. It tis qne
n way Of calculating buainess,7 and beautl
r specimen Of ECONOMY ~ in the use Of time.
a Lave no wish to eee Superintendent Turtle per
3 cuted, Int We want to have the Charter obey.
Copperhesd ttoughit be.