The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-07
FIGHT OF CH1oAGos TIMES.
Bonfield and Shack Indefinitely Sus
pended from Office.

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CHICAGO, Fb. 6.-Inspector Bonfeld
and Capt. SHACK were tonight indefinitely
suspended from Office. Inspector Bonfield
and Capt. Shack are the officers whom the
Chicago Times has been charging with
corruption in Office, the specifications being
that the pair were virtually in league
with gamblers. sal on keepers, thieves and
the demi-moude. The first result of the
charges was the immediate filing of libel
suits against the Times, and these suits
were added to daily until the total amount
OF damages asked from the newspaper by
the officers and others is nearly 81, 800, 900.
GROUNDS OF THE ORDER.
The suspension order is signed by Mayor
Roche. who was nominated by the repub-
llcans in the excitement following the Hay
market affair, and elected on an anti-red
flag platform. The mayor begins his order
with recital that the charges against the
accused are made by newspaper bereto-
fore recognized a an organ Of a political
party" He discaims any intention of
determining by his action whether the accu.
sations are true or not. The ground for
suspension is stated to be precautionary, or,
in the mayors own language, that the
efficiency Of the police system be not i'm
paired" The courts, the mayor states,
have declined to excedlte the trial Of the
charges. The suspension is ordered until
ample time has been given for judicial de-
termination Of the matter, or the charges
have been disproyed.H
Suspended in company with the Inspector
and captain, is Detective Loewenstein, tae
officer who, after terrible hand-to-Dand
struggle, succeeded in arrestng Anarchist
Louis Lingg.
BoNFIELD BITTER.
The veteran talked coolly, but bitterly
He said: ~ have known for a long time
that pressure has been brought to bear
upon the mayor to remove me for political
reasons. Fer days have been receiving
calls from men high in the republican
councils who have urged as a reason for my
retirement the antagonism Of the anarc
lists, gamblers, prostitutes and the dive
keepers to the administra' ion. was told that
If | would consent 70 retire | would be re-
tanned on the salary list; that | would not
be removed, but merely retired on pay. 1t
was represe ted that this was asked in the
interest of the pa ty. | replied said In
spector Bonfeld, grimly, that if the party
had sunk so low that it required my sacri-
flee in order to get the patronage of
socialists, gamblers. prostitutes, dive
keepers and crooks, it ought to go down.
| informed these men that attacked as |
had been, could not and would not re-
WIN vi pays "a "AehOub az
amount of pay"
WHAT THE TINES SAYS.
The Times tomorrow will say:
THE police department primarily and
the law loving citizens of Chicago can
find in the mayors action
much cause for congratulation.
Bonfield Setback and Lowenstein
are no longer in control of the Chicago
police force Hardness has marked their
dismissal, but after all it was only the de-
ferment of a step inevitable Bonfeld,
Setback and Lowenstein will make room
for other and better men. At the bar OF
public opinion they have been tried
aud the verdict has no uncertain sound.
In the contest which has resulted
in the official ecapitatien of this triumvi-
rate, the Times has been the instrument
only of the people. and it modestly bows to
the greatness Of the victory achieved in be-
half of the public.
The paper adds: The battle was never
begun nor urged in the interest of any
political party. The Times is of no party.