Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-07
LOCAL INTRLLIGEECB.
SUSPENDED AND RE.NsTATED.
Oflcer Able's Star Taken From Him aud
Rsfurned

Ohlcer Able's Star Taken From Him aud
Returned.
Chiefof Police Lee yesterday morning sus-
pended officer Charles Able from duty
pending charges of misconduct, on the
statement of James Voorhees,, better known
as Jersey Jim" At o'clock Yesterday
afternoon the Board of Police Commission
ers met, and, as no verified charges had
been presented, it was ordered that the
officers star be returned to him and that
he be reinstated until written and verified
: charges were made. The Board adjourned
until o'clock to-day to give the complain
ant an opportunity to file his charges. In
suspending officer Able, Chief Lee acted
upon the supposition that it was his duty
TO suspend an officer when charges were
preferred which he considered of such a Sc
rious nature as to warrant such action even
though the charges had not yet been re-
duced to writing and sworn to. Mayor
Gregory held that no member of the Board
Of Police Commissioners had a right to sus-
pend an officer unless verified charges were
made. On examiningthe regulations more
carefully, Chief Lee agreed that such was
the case, and that the officer should be re-
instated until charges were regularly filed
The facts of the case, so far as developed.
appear to be about as follows: About
o'clock yesterday morning special officer
Frank Knott, brought to the station one
James Voorhees,, man well-knoWn in this
city, who was under the influence of liouor
He had on his person something over $64,
which was put in the safe by night iailer,
Rowland About o'clock in the morning
officer Able appeared and asked if anv
charge had been placed against VOORHEES,.
and was informed that there had not; he
had only been locked up for safe keeping.
he stated that he knew the man and would
take him home. Officer Rowland saws he
brought voorhees, out and turned him over
TO Able, counted out the money. put it in
the purse, and banded it to Able to give to
the owner. He thinks Able gave VOORHEES,
the money right at that time. Able put
VOORHEES, in hack and drove away.
Towards morning voorhees, again ap-
peared at the station-house, and said that
Able had taken him to Thirteenth and o
streets. and put him out of the hack. and
lett him. That on the way Able pushed
his purse into his pocket and said, There's
your money" When he came to exam
inc his purse he found that it only
contained few dollars in silver. Voor-
hees insisted that he told Able several
times while they were on the way that he
lived at the Empire House. on K street,
near second.
Officer Able says that he took the man
out, and took him TO Thirteenth and @
streets, where Voorhees, said he lived, and
that he gave him the money at the station
house before they left there He said that
Joe Bowers rode up in the hack with them
as far as the Golden Eagle Hotel, and that
they then drove out to where Voorhees, said
he lived, and left him When the hack
stopped VOORHEES, got out took out his
purse and handed him 81 so, which he gave
to the driver.
Joe Smith, the hack driver corroborated
The statement OF officer Able before the Po-
lice Commissioners, though he had first
told Chief Lee that he thought Able gave
the man his purse at the time he got out Of
the hack.
Z. G. Hart, who appeared before the
Board in behalf of the officer, said that
they desired a full investigation, and could
prove that Able's statement was correct.
While the Board was in session VOORHEES,
came in, still under the influence of liquor,
and stated that he would not make any
charges against the officer. He did not ap
pear to know what he was talking about,
and the Board adjourned until l O'Clock TO-
day. Meantime the officer stands rein
stated, and if no charges are filed that will
be the end of it.
Before the Board adjourned Chief Lee
called attention to the fact that men were
often brought in by officers, their names
not entered upon the records, and subse
quently allowed to 60 He thought thai
the name of every man arrested ought 10 bt
recorded. Mayor Gregory and Judge Buck
ley agreed with him, and it was so ordered