The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-02-23
The Grening gnllrtiu.
WILSON AND NEWSOME F.!
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE

Keep it before the people that Thomas Will
son, when mayor of Cairo, appointed as cher
Of police IA man named Jacob Ncwsome
against whom the following charges were
made and in the language of n committee OF
the council, "with good grounds for the COM
plaint:" ,r.. ..
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council of the City
of Cairo;
The undersigned, policemen Of the city of
Cairo feeling that IL is their duty us such
policemen to bring to your knowledge any
infraction of the law, or violation of the
police regulations by any Of the members of
the police force of the city of Cairo and feel
ing il their duty to ask nm investigation of
such charges by your honorable body, do
make the following charges against Jacob
Newsome, ut present captain of the police
forceD d, -.... .... ....
!. Said captain did, on or about the first
day OF May, a. u. 1865, charge certain ofthe
police officers not 70 arteH parties g""itr 81
keeping handy or ic,cd houses in tie city ot
Cairo
q. SAID CAPTAIN DID INSTRUCT
THE OFFICERS THAT WHENEVER
THEY SHOULD ARREST PERSONS
GUILTY OFNIOLATIONS OF THE Or
DINANCES, THEY SHOULD BRING
SUCH OFFEN DERS INTO HIS PRES-
ENCE BEFORE PUTTING THEM IN
JAIL; and unless they did so he would have
such offenders discharged iron, arrest
2 Soi1 Srptrin di9 instruct csrtaib hsn-
bers of the notice thdf rhca they shoUtd orrcst
y,,u for bct,g drunk on tie streets, Mog must
bri,S Them fohiB, and II WOULD TAKE
WHAT MONEY THE PARTY HAD, d.
VIDE THE SAME AND TURN THE
OFFENDERS LOOSE, instructing one ofli-
Ger 10 whom he gave such orders to tell no
one about it--that he could depend upon him,
and such officers rs he could not depend upon
in such matters, he would have discharged,
MS he had full power to do so.
g. Said Captain did tell police officer Bill
lingsly that when the negroes had balls IN
town he would send him to watch them, for
which, said negroes would pay four and five
dollars n night, which he should collect of
them, AMI hcy ,coHid dirido Il.
8. SAID CAPTAIN Is FREQUENTLY
DRUNK WHEN HE SHOULD BE ON
DUTY, and is bat seldom at the office during
N. hours of tie night
G. He further told the officers that unless
they obeyed his orders in every particular he
would scratch their names off the list and
discharge them. NJ he was invested with full
power TO do So
The undersigned bring the above charges |
against said captain, and are prepared To |
prove them, and therefore ask that your hon
orable body win investigate the matter fully |
either by appointing committee for such !
purposc or ~ shall seem meet In yourselves, !
and they will produce the witnesses.
RoREEr j. BuLINGsLN, 1
NICHOLAS WILLIAMS,
and others.
Keep it bcfor, the people. that, after these
charges were made Mr. Wilson appeared be-
fore the the committee appointed to invcsti-
gate them; and By his presence and known
partiality for the culprit. made timid witness
es afraid.
Keep 1t before the people that even after
Ncwsornc was indicted, Mr.. wilson refused 10
diseAa,.gc him; aud when the ,coundrel wa.
compelled To Zee from the city, ACCEPTED
HIS RESIGNATlON