, 1873-02-01

mud Cartain French accompanied tho two hoad.
t%n Ssa s'no oGn n ,nnro to- to another part , Of
@ one snotesr; aad ssntoa sey a0"asd tsr Tn do
ceaso, as It Ia anpposed BY aomo persons
dlBlnteyrated Hpirita iu tile other world exchange
yiows on tho prospect before them. Whothor
about their fall, md regretted with flory teara
their miaspcnt olEicnl llvos, thoy alone know.
CONFERENCE WITH TIE SUPERINTENDENT.
This unpleasant piece Of buBinoas having bcon
bold a conference with tho Superintendent. Tho
Chief reported list Of sergeants who had ro-
ported to him mud wcro willing to do thoir duty,
aud tho situation ,Sas discussed. Tho con-
forenco was Of rather long duration, and tho
following order was drawn up and issued to Scr
gcant Simon ODonnell, who has for aomo
months controlled tho Twolfth Street Precinct
with unexamplod diligence and euccese, and who
and efficient officer, being among tho frat to de-
clare that ho waa Q sorvant Of the city, and must
obey tho city's authority, bo tho consequences to
him what they might:
fSs ss4Ssaa 1ra son % Gpoano II her,x so,eo,,a Ac
Ing Captain Of the Flrat Dtarlc pice Csutain H. q.
Hlekoy removed this aist Of January, instant, BY s
service he s to possess md exercise a Tho powors Of
Captain Of Police, at la to he oueyed aud respected
as auch. ELMER WAsnnuRN,
denoral Superintendent.
Duplicates Of this order were furnished to him
for transmission to each Of tho officers in his
district, vino had not reported to tue superin-
ten,a3ont omitting tTo Tor sorgoants Ehoraall and
significd their recognition Of the Mayors au-
thority. Armed with these documents, he pro-
ceoded to tho First Precinct Station, to take up
his quarters and isano tho orlora incident to hfs
new position. Tile situation was n dolcate one,
and would have imposed aovoro study On q
ehrowdor diplomat thnn
SIMON o'nossE1r,
but Simon loat hia lleal and made mosg Of it.
Tho nfrair was rashor deplorablo, but tito oilcors
generally wcro .good.hoartcd, though mutinous,
and they smiled the affair over. When O'Don-
nell reached the station he found sorgoants Lnn
and Bucllloy thero, and proceeded to addross tho
who has NJ a o. tnf Rtfo
Captain He requested Buckley to dotall man
to tako tho orders to tho precinct stations COM
mandcd by 5orgcants Hood, Fitzpatrick, and
Barrett.
what they wantod with West' sS{do eorsoants %
tho South Side.
O'Donnell replied that he had his orders, and
presented Buckley with copy Of the ohiofs
Buckley looked at it, % ship. Captains arc re-
ported to have looked at letters from the Captain
Of tint Inflated bark, "Tho Flying Dutchma1,,"
and asked, without taking it, whore 1t oamo
from.
THE ACTING CAPTAIN
said 1t came from tho Superintendent.
sorgeans Buckley asked from which suporin-
tendent? Was it from superintendent Waah-
burn or Superintendent Ward?
Tho Acting Captain said It came from tho law-
ful Superintendent, hIr. Washburn.
Sergeant Buckley said no declined to re-
ceive It.
O'Donnoll wanted 10 know his REASONS, and
vas told TINT tic Mayor had no right to remo7o
Captain Hickey and place Weat Side Sergeant
in hlH place.
Sergeant Buckley wanted to know where Lul1a
notice was, md was told ho hadn't ono. Ducltloy
wanted to know why not, and asked Lull The
person addressed declined to cnllghtcn him.
Simon was in fix. Ho did not know what to
do. Lull was waiting an1iousy to receive tho
necessary orders to detail man, when, aB ILL
luck would have 1t,
Ex-oAPrA,N HICKEY ARRIVED.
Seeing who his yfuito- WIS, the hoadloss occu-
pant of tho Captains quarters sn1ilingly extend
eu his hand to the Acting Crptaiu and asked him
how things vent; Tao two gssat %on ghoos
his own quarters. "Cone in, gentlemen, como
In Simon" eaid tho ex-Captain, ''Im glad to
SEQ you: There Is plenty Of room for all Of us
hero; It makes thinge look. cheerful and
o'Donnell. And now G'Donnoii committed M IN
error. Instead Of appealing to Lull, whose foalty
he was assured Of, ho turned to the e3-Captain
and told lin his orrand, requesting him, above
all persons in the world, to detail a man to carry
round tho orders to tho othor sorgoants.
AIR. HICKEY LAUGHED
good-humoredly at his follow-countryman'a bull,
for ho appreciated the absurdity, Of tho error,
sorgoants, formally declined to receive any or
dors that did not emanato from tho Acting Su-
perintendont.
"Dut hayo been appointed Acting Captain"
men to take these ordors round"
The Acting Captain, secing tho dccapitated
ono before him. alive and enjoying himself
could not reaiizs that ho was IN otlicial corpso,
headlosa trunk, or police nonontity. But the
and burst into laugl, at simon's exponBe. The
burly sorgoank seeing the joke by this timo,
Joined in tho laugh, aud finally left for head
quarters with tho report TINT
sEnaEANT BUCKLEY
refused to recognized his authority, and tho or
lerB were sent around. It is to DO deplored,
for Buckley is q good, and hitherto faithful,
officor and tho city can i'll afford to lose linn on
account Of luck Of ordinary intelligence IN this
be removed should ho continue in mu-
tiny against his Buporiors, 40 at this crisis adeli-
ty is tie first requisite OF o policeman. Buckley
still has a, fow hours of grace, and he ought to
think over it.
TIE ouNp PRECINCT.
No appointment has yet Dcon n1ade to I'LL tho
vacancy caused by the removal OF Captain Gund.
There are two nominees for tho position, but on
no decision has bcon reached, 1t would not bo
we'll to give their nnmos.
CAPTAIN FRENCH
las already lcarned that his conduct ia fully ap.
preoiatod. Agood feeling has already manifested
itself among tho policemen on the West Side,
whore.tho portly officer is general fayorito. It
required moral couraget to disresard tho whispers
OF designing men, and the ino1ousablo example
OF hiB souiors, HioRey and Gunl. It waa an act
amounting to heroism, for the foolng in tho
Board ia most bitter against him. and the Com
miseioners have not scruplel to condemn him
publicly, as scen' elsewhere. 10 is satisfied,
however, with his position, and his men, as we'll
motives which prompted him to tho step ho
took woro pure and honorable. Cltlzous who
mood tho force, not tho blacklegs who hayo
vowed to ruin Washburn. will relnember 1t to
tho credit OF Charley Fronch that at tile presout
crisis he stood up brayely, and gave in lis id,
horonce to the city whose servant lie is, and to
tue Mayor, the chosen representative Of the
city, on the side Of doccncy aud good order.
AIDS. soHAPrNER AND LENoAcuEn
were closetol with tho Mayor for two hoursaftef
tue removal Of Captains Gund aud Hickey, tho
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