, 1873-01-31

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ceirad visitors for himself aud his colleagues
It seems to have been arrt nged TINT be sh9qio
do the hana-ehaking and play the martyr wh1le
Klokke aud Reno went in :a'.a1ch CT legal ao''ce-
Mark was equal to the cme egencF.
fhat Was held out toward him, and subsequently
suffered the arm to which it was attached 70 t"1ne
itself around his neck IN confidential emDiaee
And how gsassfn, b bs: aoe nd
hH h3s w1s*;ncm,n ro1Gn n' vho. hadn't the most
1enote idea: 81 what the police TOW Vas aoout!
The interview bx:tween he and ocna4net tsone-
:itnes called the German ssgf1 ar w1S wt heads to-
eether Ike two, butting ste ers, ana talkea over
the situation tor = long time. Occasionally an
other Alderman ould draw 1pta cnaiI: ano ala3
continue with rem ewed vigor. Captains Hickey
and French also h& I'D interviews with III! sher1-
dan. but tho subjec OF the conve tsat1on between
them could not b. ascertained. Ihey le1t INC
Board room about E; o'clock in the evening, after
RECEIVING their fl lal whispered instructons.
Captain Gund disc reetly remained on the North
Side, after leaVing his reports at headquarters
IN the morning. Fred has more common sense
than people gpners'ly give him crealt 1or'
TIE MEhCuR1AL ELoEKE.
But little Haa seen OF the mercurlal klokke
In the Boards: apartments during the day. His
immense fur: cap popped IN once or twice. aud
tas @ sgs5 "s9 sona re .F WAS Ws
pered cony CREATIONS with the German Sage, fst
Captain, ard only remaining momber OF tue
Board were ;indulged in whenever he appeared
End then hs was OF agsin to SEQ Goudy, or des.
ing or Bome: other adyiyer. Klokke, Wnen LAST
seen, wes ink-euched behind table III lager
beer saloon On 44danrs street. and appeared to be
paying the utmost attention to the German
words Of wisdom whic: feA from the Ups OF
Hesug, who confronted t,tIi "
POOR OLD Mr. RENO,
Mr.. Reno (poor old mani: ala not nave me
courage to meet the crowo that hlea romeo
Headquarters Ha is not used to 6uch people,
in tho Board room = few m, nutes during tho
early part Of the forenoon, but he Was compellod
to withdraw. Tho Congratulations" Of those
people we're too much for him, and then bolster
easy-going ways After leaving the Board room,
he called upon Il le Mayor, as mentioned olee-
where In this rep ort. Then he sought his law
yer, and then h vent home, How happy he
would be If he c. ,uld stay at home altogether,
free from tho jan giles OF Sheridan and k1okke!
THE SUPERINTENDENT.
Superintendent Washburu kept away from his
Office the greater part Of the day. His business
nearly Ill OF his time. Several prominent citi-
Eens called to see him for the purpose Of e1-
pressing their app rotation OF his coufse since be
took command Of the police force, and promis-
his present difficult ies. He was unfortunate in
not being abba to - them. Sergeant Sam Ellis !
attended to tie fa who called Oh police busi-
mesa. ::
r.. DOCTOR WARD. ]
It Was no esy n.atter to find Secretary and |
e1-Actine Sn1 ,eriirt.,ndent Ward yesterday. He,
like Mr. Reno. preferred to be anywhere but in !
his Office. whic b was entirely given up to the |
crowd hum, beer, and ticket-peddlers planted
5esEs co7eredj d. is aoor With tobacco juice md
discussed the HuAtion OF anaira aa calmly and !
With as much II eedom as il they we're loahng |
sronnd their fay uEite saloons. The Secretary
to do some work, but he vss obliged
% desist. and Levy tho place. Itis thought that
,e did not attemp; ito perform any OF the duties !
II the superinten aency during the day, beyond t
:eceiying the NOR r}ngs reports OF tWo Cap
sins.
The Mayor yeators t3y received from D1. Ward
sensible and gentl e1asnly letter. such as that
oopnlar gentleman 1T huls be expected TO Trlie.
me Secretary wrote t., dadne to tue Mayor 3 the
leGcate position in wh ich I,e WAS piaced- While
Eishing to render all dlse obedi>snce to the
dayor, be Was anxious to avoid ct >ntiict With
he Board, and would ende.' gor to act 1n man
,er best calculated to ave id conflict and pro-
:atea BY tho Mayor to fhe reporters, WIZ mere
lot permitted to see the letteG. The Mayor VIII
onsider the letter. carefully, before aesang
lpon it.
TIE MAYORS. STAFF. n
Between II sad l o'clock, Officers Silver,
Browne, Elsas, - nd Cunningham, Of the Mayors
taff, were notified b. His Honor to distribute
mong the members of the police force printed
alling upon them to obey the orders Of Eimerft
Ta5lbusn, Ganoral Superintendent OF Police.
hey served the docu ment On the Central Station
hceIs, and then pr. ,ceeded to the precincts In I
uccess: They all reported that they found
earcely any officer , on beat, and very fow at
he stations. Their , were only four policemen
I Cottage Grove =, 'enue, two 1t Deering street,
Iamson etreet: I 5ne officer met eight men
J eight miller Another found hut
ne on Madison street. .: Some Of tho
lferiors sFere esl 'ecially insolent,, Detective
simmons moro tt IN any. Several 6otgeantB
era ready to obey. the orders from the Chief
mong them sergea nts O'Domnell, Lull, Hood
1oore, Douglass, B, iscoe, and Fox. These all
1prcssed themselve s ready to yield allegiance
number an E Of the prp @ ted orders posted than IN
onspicuous places in the stations, and gave
lem to the men. he Madison Street Station
Is tho most rebelI :ons. Sergeant Garrity re-
, derision, g. and turb ulent This is reported a.
ae worst place III aht city !:
TEE CAPTAINS. /
It vas q difficult; n 'atter to hand the order OF
,e Mayor to tale Captains OF Police. They
ould not accept thsn from any recognized Off;
II Of the Boord, and ervice had to Be obtained
; strategy. Mr. Whit6 pocketed half 8 dozen
the printed notices, .and casually happened
ITO tha a!cretarg's room, HneIe cap1alnS nanu |
,r you Captain TRENCH" 1,ad Mr. White, as he
ipped a copy ITO the ofhce5's hand, and the
aptsin unfolds ID it. Before the other Captain
'uld learn whet it wes, III. White furnished
With And nt5aGSs ae4s9 9srs
fercnt thing: Nj. White enc1osed . copy in
envelope bes 1ing tho city stamp, and forward
il bY mail. dticer Silver RATED at the station
atl the note rived. The Captain innocently
.oks the zeal and read the order in silrers
'esence. !
WALK {" TO TIE CAPTAINS OFFICE
The Mayor lad determined to test the fealty .
the Police Captains, and telegraphed round to {
% three dis tic: stations an order to them to
port to hin at o'clock. TO this order they ,
i'd after ation either from failure to receive
'e despatch |, through nutiEoun condnct on be-
1t OF theI ttro1Iaen orstation-keepe1s, OF SOME {
her renso !. Tho Captains we're al At head !
narters du ring the afternoon, but failed to re-
ort to the Mayor. Ii,at there should BE- no mis-
|ke te,dash the Mayor l'as directed letter to :
seh Captain, ordering him to report at 10
clock, aud intimating th 1t = failure to obey =