, 1870-06-08
POLICE AND PIANOS.
How tho West Side Police tAuausr Them-
seivca-Gartain Miller II FinUo Forte
GnEdilntc-Ho4ns Checks mt Work.

A great deal of fault hes been found, Of lass,
With the iInpelstnenr Gonlact ct sundrJ officers of
our police force, in streruou5y rnintlinG every
bodys business bnt their Own, ami for interfering
in nlatte1s about which they should have 20 COLI
been scandal Of long standing. has never met
with any check from the heads VI the department,
perhaps because its extent has never been fully
understood or appreciated but the time has
come when the matter should be fully ycu-
Hated, as It tends to effect serious denor-
ncglectful Of their duty, and Is creating serious
dissatisfaction among people who have certain
rights which members OF the police force are
bound to respect One Of these abuses is the COZ
duct Of Officers at fatrs- The tncmbers OF The
West Division polce tuEce nsTc twice. within
year, under the lead Of their CAPTAIN, George Y
Miller, beeI4 fairly TUNED on beam ends, In thelr
desire to gain q prize for some superior officer,
and 1t Is doubtful If Ehey could OUT I've another
such siege, and be Of any public benefit there
Alter. So
About Z year ago, Captain Miller figured as one
OF the contestants for . cane, At fa1r net1 ae
Anrora Turner Hall During ths week the ,a!r
force did little else than talk about
that cane, and everybody EnoWn 70
hs cssrs T. sse soIs,nnS 70
mtaus Of Securing exeMptlt from arrest, whils
o1heTs On general principles, desired to stand well
with the pci!ce subscription list Was also passed
sEnopg the rcD, and. however unwtl!iuviF. nearly
every lubtsibutea something, rs few Po'eoe.ss
the Easdihood fall oct Of tile good gEaces OF their
Eupc! iGr OftCGrs.
Fiat struggle ealed In iguo1nia!ous defeas ntt:r
ali, for the police forrc mt al enemy WotthJ o.
their steel in tic attaches OF the Northwestern
Halfway Company. who piled up votes nWntaln
high fer tht: Master Mechanic Of the roal Ihe
1nt thtels Of the ferre whC hal worked hafd dal-
leg the wetk, and eren contributed from tnsn owl Owl
hard earning to gain the Frt1e, 1s!s Vety
blue ever thei1 defeat; and a sss7., tea!
o1 dissatisfaction Of one lind and aaosAcr Tas
felt AMI expressed. Suca Tas The eneGt upon sag
men that II vas hoped thai Capt3a ~ MN in sea
In this people were mistaken oI!f lA's Week me
srt1 tn manucr ihat calls for the louie5t 9ennnci-
afinn from ali who have the reputation ana Eeuase
Of cur police force at h:ast- ,,, :. .,o rrx.,,.,,
s;rcct Turner Hall, for the aeuett u Tue Eernan
Hsh scnIol, a NEST worthy lha:Entton, 0t Tatch,
Se Se uaeaRI' ae aI Gin1, ana ,aar !'' Y With NJ asi
for taking an tEtese7t u the education
Of Of the youD9, and bad he WasSed only
cuds even considerable olficia! negligence, m,.as
Le Willingly overlooked. But tie fact s1lE h.s si.-
y;.ttl almost bis entire THE IL tho eatsrrsi5,-
serving 4 personal enf,-aat also enlisted s.e
services uf nearly his entire complement OF Sci
Gp*nfs AID men, cannot br overlooked
Among other articles that were rahet tnr u ne
fair WAS hanrscne rosewood piano. auu t1ptt
Miller entered the 1st Us one Of ~. cou:esta7t,
General McArthu-. 8 member u the boatu OF
Public WoEks. became his principal pponsnt FL. ~.
! gced ds al Of spirit. On the a!,,e Of The Cap
tain, as he.orr, WAS the police 'nrce ANY n'Hue .
aurrg the progress ii the tatr II the rol nan tsi
called, rrnre mel would hare :ansHer9n ~ S t.En
name at the fair than u. the statlua ssoEI LUZ, ~
70 four Sergeants were present all lac aine- s
ct the men came IN uniforms. aut otntfs ~
any outward sign OF oflcial tflSt.ncI!ont ous =.
wGrteI to the common enl Of H!nniaS ths pi1so ~.
Tor Cspl3Il Miller. On the last ni1n', "aeu ~
rolls were closed, each ct The pfthE'!tM sot a1nt
iE:s chose two umplres to sopertn!SMno r. ~.
:ng Of the votes which EgnIsl up 5a loa s; wos,
HIti:er, ana s,418 tor Gent:al McAr.nar eacn sos1
representing twenty-nve Cents AMuns .I1 80.
contributed for Captain Miller, Il = eE1nt ,.s ~
bogus cheek for $co1, purporahTt1 nc nnt!,;aea.
S. l. Schwartz, OF Schwartz hafsf sr;.ts rn,n.E
drawn On Henry Greeneb3uls oahA- intaeMinrti IN
the uE pires for General Macarthur #e!eLS XVt.sn
to throw OUT thereby reversing .st 1snt,n he
their Intention became known 70 tne ~ sfirioa-
entered the pre- sence Of The amp!tsn snxrxise cn-
tize ore Of them az SaGranf, anu o!ns ntf1t.f
.lnctei hJrn.eif in manner uahecominS ~ thC
Ftr th,s hrearh OF dccorum, It Is hn1cstst-atinn
Captain will have ~ answer ~ s'
- H. ~ 10 hOrtti that t0ls bnnJ at,- 49, .n.1
+nnrnnTh Investigation OF tas su, ,ar1,r.
,ssne st,tnvent orders aSas. Sa.s.,-4,;,, ~ a
I reneS rese1,,,,om ~ Of the boaru, no omess nee,
IS a!'o"s ", h,srtI Would not this plano come un-
seut ~ ~ ~ head OF pFesensSt Il already IN tne tap
| uef tne tne,esessinn-sndh has the board granted hfn
tan ns,lrsion r fn retain the same : 1t Is high nm1
Iat ,hc hoard put full stop to the Practice ~,
lna, ~ "gI,t. OF officers receiving presents npus ~
tfv,ens and admirers" for, In nina cases ons ~ "
,.n The buzz at the money Ia Contributed o5 5,tien u
rrr;,iahlc characters, who thereby seek exeups4''
| frtn, jussltable arrest,