The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-24
Wantad-A Police Fore


In reply TO structures made by Us upon
,ae police. in regard 70 the disgracefuI
sc-ues Of July Sd, PHILIP EcKuARDT.
on OF the private v-a;cluuan.aud one Of
the police force. states that he receive.
from private individuals 80 per month.
/ and from the town authorities =: that
/ some Of his subscribers have told him
! that fine left Lis beat Tor any purpose
/ they would not pay him; that he ha>
/ told member, Of the Council that IL
wished 10 be relieved Of the duties for
which he is paid by the Council.
He pleads these facts III justification
or mitigation Of his conduct. II Mr.
ECkHAKUI's entire time and services are
demanded 10y those with whom he has
private contracts, 80 that he cannot
protect women who are forced to leave
their beds al midnight to seek his pro-
lection, then surely lie should not draw
pay for services which he, himself. SAYS
he cannot perform because Of the de-
mands made upon him by those with
whom he has private contracts. So
long a. Il couple OF men are paid a GER
tain sum by the authorities, and are
labeled ''Police. the citizens have a
right TO ask that the town be not given
over to midnight revelry and debauch-
cry. and it will not be regarded a. "a legal
plea that the two men 50 labeled are de
TERED from doing this service for which
they are paid 10y their other duties. If
they receive pay for the work. they
should perform it.
We call the attention Of the Council
TO this statement Of lir. ECKHARDT. and
to the fact that our police force, as at
present constituted, Is notoriously in
efficient If we had one good man, who
would recognize it as his duty to preserve
the peace and order of the town, and
who had the Judgment necessary to de
eide when 10 act, and the nerve to act
decisively, he would be worth a ten-acre
field of those who have too many private
jobs to attend to to perform the duty
for which the town pays them, and who
either do not know when their services
are needed, or are deferred, by fear or
favor, from rendering services when oc-
casion requires it.
List Of Letters
Remaining in the Post office at this
place for the week ending Thursday,
July %, \. d., 1874:
Anderson Mrs Thomas, Mol Mrs Agusta
BeitigaIn Nathaniel Nels john +.
BALDWIN Miss I.a.a Rutter Nathaniel =
bier Miss Liza Reinhart Miss Nancy
Brandon l. Shoup W q
BuSnOn Miss Martha SleckeIl joseph
Rrack man \ Swdncy Sally
Cook Miss Mary Shelly MaTN
Davis Mrs Fannie f. SheTick Iathariue
Flanger samuel ~heeIs Miss Mary
EISBer JacO iSneider Henry
Feick Ter Jacob Spc ds Mrs
FairlIng Miss MaTgct Siauch Ms Susanna
tIlllaHdSC shire Mis- Sarah
Heller Miss InCZ iTu.Siug Ban baTa
IubTict VIM Weaver Mrs Anne
Knight William Wise Miss Saliie
LanIng Ella Il Fr0nii .weHkier Miss fsu!.na
I.ei>h Miss KATIE Wiy iarch E!ia
Lemon Hattie WatrrlI \
MeelIS Rengiman NatsOa James
Myers Miss Elizabeth 'WhitcraiJ lsiicI
Persons calling for these letters will
please say they are advertised
THOMAS =. ADAMS. p. N.
THE general opinion among The peo-
pie appears 10 be that the speeches OF
Col BoPE and E. T. DUNN. Esq. in the
kLAEER trial. were most eloquent and
exhaustive. But then the Mayor said
that it must be proved that KLABOR in
teHded To violate the law Was it proved
that GARTEE intended to violate the
law when he shot BENsING!