, 1865-09-23
POLICE AID FIRE COMMISSIONERS.
Our Police Force-Fclnnlcs and Fire.
aruax-T'lc Recent Hank Kobber-
1c1-Inycstlgarlon Into the Con.
duct ofn Dcfcct1Vc-lkc&{g.
nation and Appolnt-
NGQta~

AAse44ea4 +s4'T eo1Ae1 " Warrington and Las ale
strcetf, ycsteriay afternoon. Present, Commission.
Ct John Wentworth, in the chair, and com,1,sIoncr
I. B, Brown.
coeoznlasioner Brown reported that The to,al
police iosce ofthe city now numbers 1s3 men-1lG
regulars md - Epeua1f. These were divided iuto
the following nationalities: IS Aucr;c lcg: q
iHsh 81 Gennan;S > EnclsLmen; : Norucc1aus; ;
FreIchman.
4 communication was received from ]. W. Nash
hs fhskns pmlseion T9,h to 5nd:E i lara II h!s pssng
Commissioner Wentworth said in reply that any
man Ind the privilege to render lard Or other sub
51bttAnees solong as he confoz1ned 10 the city or
A communication signed By about twenty in1u.
ential cittnne Wna rectired praying that III ordtr
be tssued to dl.arm females who are in the habit of
ossa dsaaS sa
pcrtUns were nfrnid 10 visit the Theatres since
certain affair had t,enspted at ono Of places Of
tendcnt Turtle 10 proceed to dsasm MI fctuales In
The city known to carry fire at7ns OF knives.
Secretary Scott 1rsl1 the following commuoica-
s.Io The Honorable Board Of Police Commissioners:
*GExTlENE-Complain has been naade agsnst
Robeta Kenny for yiotations Of sections l, Sand 5
| OF Rules ald regulations: also, violation OF an
! ordcr passed by thc Bond regulating locknps,
wherein no party charged with any offence shalI be
released without written order from the Supctin
| &cndcnt al Police, which order Robert Kenny Aas
ytolntEd."
1aere WIS no signature to tho document, thoneh
1t wae understood to come from officer Jaues Hail.
committioncr John wentworth asked that de-
tectiye Robert Kenny be brought before tlIe Board
guilt 70 the ehsrecs pFsticred hy III. nal.. IL
staied thAt he rtady for the Investigation. Mr.
10 he
examination.
Toa better understanding of the case before
giving The testimony Of the witnesses, II may NOT
BE- inappropriate 10 give 8 short md concise state
gus. and the arft Of The present month series ol
throughout Northeastern Ohio. bonds snd ercsn.
backs 10 the extent Of bewyrn seventy dye aud one
hundred thousand dollars were stolen, and the
rsNa were oasfed ); the h.nK antsoste; nim4ns
e. 8 Is ;$s q: @ s. T. s sSsSs
of coucse our Chicsgo police were not bchina iose
ofany other city IN their zeal 10 catch ono or more
of the bold operators. Noted detectives from o1hcr
them was Captain Mckinstry, Of Cleveland. ne
consulted with supe1inicndc1t ToEt1e about ihe
er af s aasT al tH o5k o Il VIII
60. About the 9Th instant these officers believed
they had got on the track Of two Of the parties i'm
them they decided to NE q noted character, loo
p,geon Or .'pirsE'" to ascey the suspected
Fo fur,bcrauce of bic osjcct, peteetise Keaas ap
piled ior md rccaaved trom Superintendent Turtle
permission to use hts name III procuring The re-
fall into the hands OF the Other police while WORK
Ing for Kenny. On the night of the 8;h inst. they
succGeded in en.ictng ihe suspected parties into
had s,ai,oncd himse.f as per appointment
The men wcrr somewhat inloxcaied, hayire been
piled with wine BY o'i:c=r kenny, that
little time became very boisteron.. One Of them
tnshed INTO the rarlor aud danced jig On the
ptano; enifrely dtetroy1ne the Instrument, while
the othts struck one Of tho girls with chair, n-
most hretking hcr arm. Kenny and hIs companion
did eycSthine they could 10 qnell the Disturbance
s,l md hnsl1y ~. Benny dispatched messenger to
tinued their work q destruction, About O'Clock
9n sae tue ~ hn9 an3 Fl. npo,hes
Hall WAS sent At the head OF a posse OF men 10
arrest thc tn1,1ntes Of the house. When be ar-
!tsed there, be found them dancing round
the room II botsteTous mannet- and gave oftess
to arTtst NIL four. kerny, h.s companion, and the
tWo furpecsed tank robbers. Mt. Kenny made an
employ. hut IN .he noise and turmoil which cns1cd,
his words were either unheasd or clEe puzpose}y
dlsrcsurdcd; at sny rae they ere both takcn into
tic suspected rofe.s vas p permitted to csc ese.ps ge by
jumping ont Of The 01n1ow-he. loweyer.was afler-
wards fccap:nscd- When the Armory wns reached
companion and rLosed him into The hal, kenny r.
morsuaed, and 1t Is stated by Witnesses made use
Of spuEh lsuErage toward the officers who
for tho release Of the man, signed the 2perintcn-
Senst name to 4. and presented i 70 the ,ock;np
afssr being assutcd by Kenny TINT it was Ill right
ordered the release. The Gcxt morning the Two
a@ss pars qt ss oSs1 aua
nan, were a1a:gDed before Justice MillIkcn in the
Police Cont 70 ansner 10 The charge Of 1iot- Mur-
I aioa s 1ss wi ha5ss assee 1sn3zn &se &C.,
f. ssn? g. IN o. see sss
cases investigated. In accordance thezewith oHeer
Hall preferred the aboze ehargcs against detective
kennE. Ihe ioa9Sins 10 the testimony tasen be-
TESTIMONY OF OFFICER HAIL
.}Gnes HHk, sanon-Ou The morning Of the 9th
instnnt, we were called 10 20 On our beats: The
roll vas called b Sergeant clsyton. While ths
va va seinc Oh a Lon na,per'f Ion Monroe strees;
thai pianos and chairs being smashed and the
deuce to ray generally sereeant Clayton ordered
and arrest the rioters. l did So stationed
oEce1 Kemp On one side Of the house. and oahcer
Murphy at the front door. | thsn entered the
found Iii. Kcsny md lhrrc otae1 men in room.
The ether men we're Phil Rogers, alias Farley,
sPt = 9hs re rsa as nu Sv w5sp ed Ggs'd o5nsd 6s 6
door saw them al engaged in dancing round the
room. In making The arTes, Kenny tniefter,d and
through windox. Immediately went ont on he
back ViaEza and fred shot At hin. then r.turn-
ed to the FooH, and had seutte with the other
and sie1 T confidersble search. foand Murray t11nc
10 break into honte IN The rear 9f naEpefs.
Cemmissiontz Nentwo!!h-" What do you know
Of thiR man {the setool n.y. ......-
Officer ua1l-"1 know him to be thief and coa-
conmist,ones-"I= he rot employed as dcsec-
Onlccr-"So eir. he Is not