Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-12
FINED AND REPREMANDED.
City Hall Must be Watched as We'll
 Insured.

FINED AND REPREMANDED. City Hall Must be Watched as We'll as
 Insured.
 It is likely that every corner of city hall will hereafter be garnitured with blue coated and brass buttoned officer. The board of police commissioners at special meeting last evening did not issue an order to that effect but they expressed them selves emphatically as being of the opinion that Officers Pagan and Brickel had been guilty of neglect of duty in not further in vestigating into the alleged irregularities at city hall on the night of April 4. It would seem, however from the evidence of unimpeachable witnesses that the burning of lights in the building at all hours of the night was not an irregularitJ The charges were preferred against the officers by Chief Egan who was present at the examination, which, however, was chiefly conducted by Commissioners Goodrich and Martin.
 Town Clerk White told the board that he was sure the lights in his office were put out on the night in question. He had on one occasion been to his office at mid night to issue a marriage license. He told Officer Pagan, who conducted the defense, that he knew of only two keys to his office, one he had himself and the other was in the custody of the janitor.
 Janitor Morgan testified to locking the doors on that night and finding the lights lit in the morning. He never knew the gas to be lit in the morning before, but sometimes it was left lighted in the town clerks vault. A light was always left burning in the cellar To Officer Pagan he said that he never left anybody in the hall with the understanding that they would get out of the side door. He said that until two weeks ago a side door in the l Ioca ,% had honr, 1off also quite number of windows that could be entered. Whenever there was dance in the City hall and show the following night he worked all night.
 Chief Egan told the commissioners that officers had at various times discovered lights burning in the building late at night and that no one was in. A citizen passing in the rear of the hall in the early morning saw light in one of the ante-rooms and threw a pebble against the window, the light being immediately extinguished. Sergeant Ramon said that he had often seen light in different parts of the building late at night He had noticed lights in the lobby at 1 and 2 o'clock, even at 3, and always thought the janitor had forgot ten to put them out Burglary would be the last thing he would think of. He had seen lights in the selectmen's office after the electric lights went out q o'clock).
 Officer Blakeley had seen lights in the town clerks office as late as 8. m. Off cer M. Sullivan had seen lights in the council room all night. Officer McNif said he had seen lights in the selectmen's office and one in the town clerks office as late as a. m Officer Dean had also seen lights in these offices at late hour. Off cer O'Hearn had seen lights in the select mems office as late as 8 and a. 1n., but the blinds were closed. Officer Dodds gave similar testimony and said that the building was the last one the police would suspect of being burglarized. Investiga- tion in each and every case had been made chiefly out of curiosity.
 Officer Pagan, testifying in his own behalf, said that he came from the west end at 2:3O 8. m on the night in question meeting Sergeant Ramon at St. Johns church and remarking to that officer that the city hall was lighted, and after report ing to headquarters he returned to the build- ing and seeing it lit up and hearing slight noise he called Officer Brickel and pushing him up to the window told him to look in the office. The inside blinds were closed and they could hear nothing and as they heard no more noise they walked around the building to the rear, thinking no more of it as there had often been lights there at a late hour before. Officer Brickel in his own behalf corroborated what the previous officer had testified to- lie said that when they left the hall they had investigated far as possible and were satisfied that nothing wrong There had been lights burning all night in the office and on one occasion he had found the window open. They looked in several windows Wednesday night but could see nothing.
 After considering the evidence for an hour and half in executive session the board fined Officer Pagan $3O and Officer Brickel $20, and instructed the chief to reprimand them and instruct the force to study the police rules.
 There was considerable criticism about town to-day when the action of the com missioners was made known. It is gen orally considered that the err in judgment was not so much with the officers as with the city hall management, for which the committee on public lands and buildings, and more especially the agent for the city hall, is believed to be responsible. At least it is thought that something should be done so that the officer on the West Main street beat shall not be continually open to charges of neglect for not battering in the building because he sees light burn ing in the building. There were some grave hints to-day that things are not as they should be in the building every night in the year.
 REV FATHER CREMIN's WISH.
 He Wants Aid for His Parochia1 School in Bridgeport.
 Rev Father D. J. Cremin of Bridgeport