, 1870-03-22
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1895
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BOARD OF POLICE,
Several IaatrOlmen KKnulcd Over
the Goals.
6rldaWeH Women--The Union Street
Lodging House.

hrldeweu Women--The Union Street
Lodging House.
The Board Of Police and Fire Commissioners
held meeting yes,er.,ay afternoon, President
BEn~n Ia thc chslr; Observation-Disclosures SheY-
ldAn, Gund, and James
The resignation Of Charles F. Schumau, a mem.
her OF the detective fu1ce, was received and &c.
ceptcd-
On Recommendation Of tho Rsyefs,de 1mprpv.-
ueut Company, George Skinner and Charles MOI
ley were appointed Special polio Den without nav
fer duty In the town Of LJonA
The petition OF George Weid1nses, 70 be an
I. inted q special policeman wtthou, mar. va. rr-
icrr.d to Captain Fox, Of the Third Precinct
Pauolman Chs: c. Kloss, Of the Second Pre-
der passed hJ The board, VIZ: neglecting 10 nav
Just indebtcdnesa incurred BY the professional ser
wees of Dr: Philip Ado!ph1s ~ The charge WAS
rsgu1ar In the matter o. debts
fatrnlnan Michael Walsh, Of the Second Pre-
c;uet was charged win = ina;tenaon s e duty. and
ihe Prairie State Loan and Trust Company, Al IS
West Randolph street, testified that Walsh uu-
locked the hank door late II night and came IN,
ton 10 tie effect that he Wished to demonstrate
that The lock WIS nnsafe for such an establishment
Witness expressed himself - greatly Obliged
| HI t4lE 9[ttAeSf *A]A eON4 ~ eN04N 4AtC
witness was that walsh Was not awsse Of his pres.
ence until aecostsd By him Their Vas evidently
he walked deliberately to the rear Of the bank and
In tEunt of the door Of the room IN which mttuess
was sleeping. Wsiah had key s!mllat 10 tho one
" Captain Miller sesslned that the otnc.rs in his
| precinct had no anihortty or Instructions to iry
dotrs o. 70 CARY false Keys with WhlSh 70 unlock
lie went Into the bank to get Far1n, He didn't al
low hts men To- 60 in and get WaTm; he hAa tIxyel'
led h* at himself. nnd uestt froze % death This
was on the night OF AA1ch S, and the weather WI.
Udlcer Walsh, being a,lo&ed to make STATE
mcnt said that the night bef0rr, one ct tw0 place.
had been hrokcn INTO, and % this night he SPOKE
10 merchant policeman concerning the tnsccurit.
u the banS door; soon after, it o.
at s tes = he nun anosseS it, saa then tea a's
side ard Tried there to lock the door, but withon
| success Finding be could not rel0ck the door. h
went back TO the sccErs.H's room and hailed him
telling him the circumstances OF the entry. an
asking hiIn to take his key and lock the door. Nj
him, and said DC should have new butts put upo
the decr. He tad thought the matter was rhol
eughle understood, until two OF three nights atte
| he was ar.tstt+i in the station upon St1te wa
rart, and locked up In cell, By order Of Superb
fcnhent Kennedy. ....
Iii. Churchill, recalled, in answer to m lnquls
ly Commissioner Sheridan Rs 10 whether he ha
sid be had nat, WITH the exception Of the sials
mcnt Of Captain Miller, who had told him that
police officer detected unltr such circumstance
should be properly dealt With fur the sake Of dt
ctpllne-
On motion. the fntlng ot the board was tletersr
hall for appearance in The ltecNrttra Court for Il
same offence, shall have leen attu'llcatrh upon.
fauolman AloIphe D!ncklaGc, Of The secon
Precinct, WIS charged with The maltreasuent
John Hogan, while at the CIl1un street station.
was shown, IN the testimony for the defense, tn
the accused had employed only necessary force
Restraining Hogan from an assault upon hog
the celL The board found the accused not guilt
and dismissed the charge, with caution 10 on1c'
, DtncklaEc against too much violence In dealil
l'atEn,man Cornelius Cannon, ot the First rr
cinct, was charged with lnartentton to duty,
which he entered plea Of not guilty.
that on The evening OF The l5th lust. while he i,
: dneta9 one Meksna1ey through the street,
Buffers Et0re, anil who had lrel upon ihcl
5 poltcclna., cas,non to!ned them aud aceumpaai
ms GG Svf y 6s s an sass a
Sergeant Murphy, Of NnEcE1nn's force, ttstih
to having lten 10 the station when ~rktndley v
j brought III, and Policeman Cann1u came there
leaIn what tic charge against him whs-
.. Sergeant Foley, uf rn,kert0L's force, testified
having informed Cannon Of the circumstances >
). tending Mrkintlcy4 arrest, au,i also To I
charge preferred against BIN. ~. .
Policeman buckley, OF the rrFular force, q!
stallion keeper at The Atmory, testl1iet to cannol
having brought Mcktndlr., and stated that
], tnuEd tho prisoner III the hhnls of the FlnkeFt
ut1sces, who were assaultlrc him. Cannon
fused to prefer the charge Of burglary against y
l k1Iuley, saying thai he had been accused Of h
xlaty, bur that he knew no1h,nc about It: II PHI
| pttou% men wanted 10 come and prefer char
. rfhniElars. let them 10 II -hc should not 4
= conduct against McKlndlsy, Who might have bes
Il under this charge only, released upon smAu 1
lostt- Captain Hickey subsequently caused I
= charge u l,e changed 70 burglary aud IN assa
II Captain Hickey testified that he altered I
charge against Ackindley upon the representati
! II VIZ P.ukerton. who narrated the clrruMstaus
l. Il hn arrest. The prisoner might have 1s
released nron special deposit, If the charge b
not been ehaugctl- lie considered It the duty o.
II the party which had been xlsness to tic nleg
;, crime Usually, however, NO charge Ia eatet
Il uItil The witness arpea!s IN psrson and nrsfsEs
bsyps hes!, Cannon 81 as asi fanSertons men es1eo 10
u with him to the AEmorH and prefer the chArKc.
They refused. Acklnttlcy was very drunk, q
6etFM IN violent manner.
Ofncer Golden, recalled, stated that he could
swear whetheEor not Cannon asked him or .
one cls to 80 to the AE7nory aud rrvfet the char,
y II informed that the charge was burglary.
le Policeman Buckley, recalled, explained his 81:
e ef the transaction ix stating that be nsh inter.
e vharEe Of burglary was trun1ped up Against J
10 klEAie!.
e President Dsuwn, IN ftr!cWfn2 the c1sc, e.
= | :hnt Cnnnons coHtse WAS strictly In AecurtIa,
II with the rules, Of which he had displayed
y thorough knowledge. It was customary for
y Merchants Police TO attend promptly to ST
tEses, but in case thev should NOT arpear at
i,oeire h1atlou to prefer the charge, the reEu
Q Policeman IN whose hands the prs0ner hat hi
Il, Raced would be nahe 70 an nctton sor false
le rr1F1Hmcnt, should he nss1ne both the rrsp
Is s!oilty Of the arrcHt and the rrefetncnt OF
a charge
( Il was moved and carried thst the char,
n ArHlnkf 0f5Ekf CauHuN fns,H ny1Hr m
lc X completely e10ncratel-
r. The following communication WIS received ts
70 Mayor Mason:
Y. 10 hs Ie1it< tasrt.iN~e,r:
y Complaint has hen made 10 ne eve1al tlmes that
wemen nho 50 TO ee.n tse enttne hons.: aod asrta
r.. T. ;.f.b h:ss s,, seS G1s ID ~
y Gead jon .s1snse 20 that when ny IL wsastd
cIc.1bk loilce st.aont 9Sd enstns house l,lictu
nv d &c s. nnaexe6
H :Se' r. sss I r. stsf Pss 4 r
- the Mayors fpliee aeectnpAny thf1u
=, uF1nlon Of the board that 1t would be fa- ehe7
Az T. employ f.Fa z9 2; ~
~ ~ as The preecnt fJssem Of detailing TWO or ta
msnt 10 sfe ne oe aGe ny I'd T. 70 susSe. 20
re MAYOR ~Ecihcs. In View Of the approaching &
=. rtrtrn If the new Brh1ewelL from v hich ii VII
~ ttH[Os&l4e 10 eeE0 ouE lnIH3&fB On 4nca eff20dl
s, would not he well 70 dispense with The present
hs TEN altogether. md employ and pay women
az the lal,o1 Of cleaning public buildings, ther
ejat1nE the unfortunate inmates Of the Bride,
n1 the bodily suffering md the humiliation tnvot
~ in n.eir frequent appearance in the croe
m streets on the Way to the aceue Of their lat.
W An appropriation fer supplying their pisces '
= respectable, raid Hortinesomen u recommend
- 4 communication frDm Wit Dexter, Prcsil
" and Q. c, Gthhs, setrcta0, Of the ChicSSo Re
~ snA Aid Society, addressed 10 the Coratlun CO
cl1. WAS laid hefore the board for Its endursem
=. 1t is requested that the eociety be gun pernIl
lot steScsry t,1ss ~ asst1f1fr rnsn II ~. nasn
~ ted up 1t m expense Of Ahout $500 for the II
AL monias ending March 81. md during That {
To aknt ts1H.un ~ A4a s,ele taEE4 LIVE
he ~. - 81 Gt1sIcnt s1saa Wno Hsa ~ ~ Fl
Ct - otosAta .uuo " H0Esnk S1aeMaG1c !ae pea