Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-25

that he hoped no such arrangement
would be made, and would not sanction
it. Then the Councilmen sneaked away.
At the next meeting Of the Police Com
missioners resolution was adopted re-
questing the Chief to turn over to the
Mayor all the gambling business. The
Chief refused, and then the trouble COM
menced. He wanted to get these things
properly before the people, and would
like to know why Mr.. Sinsabaugh did
not censure the Mayor and Mr.. Humph-
reys for not finding to whom the money
had been paid. The Mayor and Mr..
HI humphreys demanded the gambling be
turned over to them, and the Chief said
no. Then they charged him with in
subordination. The Chairman of the
Committee, Mr.. Humphreys, owed his
election to the Democrats, and yet when
the Committee was to be appointed to
investigate Democratic official, he ap-
pointed members who were Republicans,
and opposed to the Chief. The minutes
of the Council showed that
the whole Commission was to be
investigated, but the Committee he
had appointed had not heard any evil
dence about both sides OF the question
He could not see what evidence had
been secured except that upon which to
make black report against one man.
Mr.. Book had said that he could sub
stantiate every word of the charges but
he had not done so. In relation to the
charge that the Chief favored "Mac"
who boasted that he had broken in more
girls than any one else, no evidence had
been introduced. Chief Cuddy said that
MIN hn A Ahhnft hr1t ha of
sponsible because the courts did not con-
stuff as this was as demoralizing
The other members of the Council
had never circulated such stuff for the
wives and daughters of the people to
read, and he believed that the Commit
tee knew as much about the breaking-in
OF girls as Chief Cuddy did.
Mr.. Cohn moved at this point to ad-
journ until 80 O'Clock, but the motion
was lost.
Mr.. Bosbyshell desired to explain his
vote. He should vote in favor of dis.
charging Chief Cuddy simply because
there was not harmony in the Police
Commission.
Captain Barrett asked him if he would
vote just as readily on proposition to
dismiss the other members OF the Com
mission.
Mr.. Bosbyshell said that he had moth
ing against the Chief, but harmony
should prevail, and if it couldn't be had,
then some one should be dismissed.
Mr.. Humphreys said he would resign
as soon as any dereliction had been
proven against him.
Captain Barrett asked him if he had
not been derelict in his duty in per-
mitting gambling to 60 on during fair
time.
Mr.. Humphreys said he was not on
duty at that time.
Mr.. Collins said that Mr.. Humphreys
courted credit in his speech for sup
pressing gambling. This was not 80.
The Chief had stopped the games and
had also prevented crime while 1000
people were on the streets recently and
he should have credit for it.
Captain Barrett said he believed that
the matter was coming to an
end and he was sorry for it.
Chief Cuddy had not had fair trial.
Members of the Council had been heard
to say on the street that if they could not
get Chief Cuddy out one way they would
in another, and the matter had been car.
ried into the churches. This showed
that there was move to prejudice the
minds of the people against Chief Cud-
| dy. 1t also showed that they had been
hard at work trying to GUST him without
fair trial, or giving him a chance to
defend himself. He had been allowed
no witnesses, and Captain Barrett did
not think it was justice.
Messrs. Book and Sinsabaugh denied
that they had been instrumental in hav-
ing the matter taken before the churches.
Mr.. Collins wanted to know why it was
that the Commission had not been inves-
tigated.
Mr.. Book said because no charges
had been made before them.
Mr. Collins asked if time had ever
been appointed for learning or receiving
charges.
Mr.. Book replied, ooh, we were on the
streets all the time"
Mr.. Bosbyshell said that if the Mayor
and Chief Cuddy would meet and agree
he would vote to discharge Mr.. Hum
phreys. He believed in maintaining
harmony.
Mr.. Hanley said that in his opinion it
was the influence OF the President of the
Council upon the Mayor that was going
to GUST this young man, and he be-.
lieved that under the circumstances
the President of the Council should be
discharged, perhaps then there would be
harmony. Mayor Workman had said
that he had found nothing against Chief
Cuddy upon which to base charges and
he held Mr.. Humphreys was RESPONSE
BILE.
Mr.. Sinsabaugh said that the Council
was going off on side track. Charges
against Chief Cuddy had been substanti-
ated by affidavits and he would have
liked to have presented one from Daniel
Rose.
Chief Cuddy, who had not spoken Up
to this time, asked Mr.. Sinsabaugh who
this Daniel Rose was that had been
picked up to cast slurs on his character.
Was he not saloonkeeper
Mr.. .Sinsabaugh said that such was the
case.
Chief Cuddy then became excited and
said that all the evidence of this commit
tee was Of this character, picked
up out of the dives, and from Macs
and prostitutes and he demanded that
some decent man should be named who
would testify against him. Only one de-
cent man would satisfy him and yet not
one respectable citizen had come forward
to say word against him.
Mr.. Sinsabaugh said that the police
had been badly managed, but he could
protect his own household.