, 1879-08-01
CAPT. HOOD.

~ understand Tou received your notification
to Qut to-day" began tho reporter.
II got that between and o'clock" WAS tho
rcioiDler, 10 the Captain produced 4 document
which, like 80 many others which tavs bcen scnt
out from headquarters lately, was Ia tho form
uf printed blank, with tho name, date, etc.,
written tu With Ink. It read al follows:
roL,cE DEPARTMENT., CtTr or CufoAuo, Orrtcx
fksfs5 r. sys ssg poS Gsao aaa T. pI
einet: Having decided TINT the best Interests Of
thIs Department. and city rcantro your resignation
Yon are theretofs hereby notified thu. your
resignation will be accouted. and that you will t,u
s1ssi:a .ss to tho snss t. 81 Sss n'
Acting Superintendent of Police.
"wRL1, WHAT ARB You GOING TO DO ABOUT
1Ti"
asked tho reporter, after he l,ad read It twice
over.
~ don't think shall pay any attention to
It," returned Capt. Hood.
You wll not comply with tho request to
send az n your re'isnatlo"' thet''"
"l,at you viii submit to peromptory dis
charge insteadf"
"Yes; shlnk TINT will be the beat way to
troat tho matter under tho circumstances. l
would rather 90 on record In that way.n
"What do you consider tho reasons for this
summary trcntmcntf1'
~ don't know; only SEQ that document
1t was Rrent surprise to NC. Ills true I hnyc
Of them, aud so haTo tic newspapers, for that
matter,-but supposed It waa strcct.corncr
talk. coming from men who desired the thing to
lc 60. have not heard word moro than what
"Hayc your relations With Mr.. O'Donnell
Iurencos of opInion1" " ~ ''''' ''''' ''A
"oar relations have always been friendly SO
1ar rs Knew. ! used to bo Lieutenant under
him. and We. got on we'll enough together.
Aftcrwnrd, when became Captain Of another
precinct We might have had few little matters
Of dlaarreemcut, but noth!ng OF q naturc her,-
Qua enough to warrant him IN usklng for tay
resiEnatfon. Oh, ulas document
CANE FRoM SOMEBODY a1sr nEs1Dgs' o'poN-
NELL
q power behind him."
You say you wero not cxpecting ANYTHING Of
the ktbi until you received itlt'
mo- Two Il good nutf0u to tell YOU somo
things, now that this nct!on has been taken, It
tortcd.''
TltE TRIBUNE representative insured Capt.
Hood that he would do bis level best 10 Erport
hfs statements accurately, and upon this pron.
tse tho officer proceeded.
Said he: "Abol,t six weeks ngo the Mavor
came over to tile stallion uni said hc woulu like
to have private talk With me, und he wished
our conference to BE- confidential. I tooli lin
Into my private room md shut the door. I did
not Intend TO mention the circumstance to my
living petso1l. lnd never shuuld hnyu dono 30
haa he not broken filth with INC. Undar the
circumstances, thtuk It no more thsM proper to
relato tue wholc circumstance: IN order to show
things In thcif right light. Ho told mo he was
sonRY WAS NOT DEMOCRAT,
and h!ntcd at promotion. Said !, 'MF. Mayor, |
have been Republican al! my life. My 3atlier
before me- was Wasg tal!d, by the way, ho told
voted The Republican ticket, although havc
been n lukewnrn, politician, anu la fact no
politician at all. 10 nut want any promotion
from your Administration: I Nond rather rc-
main where an. and all would ask OF you il
to be allowed to atay hero Ia my present posi-
ifon aud bu assured tl!at 1 Will bo let aloue.s
Mr.. larrlson sud, Captain, consider yo,t ~
one Of the most Intelligent men we have on tho
force, and you nccd not havc any fears about
being removed Those were tho very words be
felt pretty safo.'
.,Ihts Tas about s'z weeks ago, you say"
"fee, think sot-su1no time In June, any,
how. Things went On until q day or two ngo,
when man c.me 10 here and told me that was
abous TO be dismissed from the force. ! told
S!n h did uot nettevo this, for tl,ousht bed
man said. 'Maror Harrison Is the --sr thar
ever knew, md you viii lind that OUT ur words
70 that effect. told hin i had always beloved
him to be man Of his word, and an honorable,
unrlEht man; llIat had never had any reason
10 think that Ito would say oHe thing and DO
another. The tnan said,
--..... WAIT AND sEE,'
nnd went away. The. newspapers were ful! OF
sgulbs abous my removal aloag with Others The
1SSlsgrana ;Sg9 . Kspt k'nl ot standing editorial.
ETC., a,,A tho other PAPERS alf appeared to think
that must go.. But puid no Intention to this,
not showing why should be asked to resign.
lad been % tho police ,force tweive ycass, and
had worked myself Up to my present posi-.
tion, Witch position had never asked
for Or worked q minute for. The day
before yesterday l happened to bo down
to headquarters. Ahd, sceing Tho Mayor at jib-
ertS. wcns into hts private oilvc. 1 told Him
that !iAu pee!l Intending TO rall upon him Tor
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