St. Paul daily globe., 1889-01-09
.BRACkETT NOW The BOSS.
The Police Commission Takes Jake
Helms Caput.
JOHN HOY IN THE HOPPER.
The Inspectors Abolished and Their
Work to Be Done by
Detail.

At last the long-looked-for change has
come, and w. Nj. Bracket is superin-
tendent of police i'll place of Jacob
Helm. There was considerable stir
around police headquarters yesterday
afternoon when the commissioners be-
gan gathering. Mayor Babb was the
last one to put in an appearance, and
when the five gentlemen passed up to
the meeting room many of the officers
| shook their heads sadly. The first
business of the board was to suspend
the rules and elect W. M. Brack.
EFT superintendent in place of
Jacob Helm, who had sent in a letter
asking that he be relieved of the posi-
ton. Mr.. Brackett was sent for and
held long conference with the board.
The Office of assistant superintendent,
which John M. Hoy has filled so ably,
came up for discussion. and was finally
abolished, MIR. Bracket giving it out
solid that he accepted the position of
superintendent with the understanding
that there was to be no assistant super
intendent. Bya
UNANIMOUS VOTE
Chief Inspector Bankinson was knocked
out and his Office abolished. Then the
inspectors, Howard, Doyle, Lawrence,
Fairbairn, Hoy and George were gently
laid to rest. the commission deciding to
abolish the offices. In this connection
Supt. Bracket was directed to have all
the detective work done by detail. re-
porting such detail to the board at
each meeting. Patrolman John Olson.
of the Third precinct station, and
Mounted Officer Vogel, under suspen-
sion for drunkenness and obtaining a
leave of absence by fraud, respectively,
were dropped from the force. The
commission then adjourned to meet
again at 8 O'clock this morning. 1t is
extremely probable that there will be a
number of changes made in the force,
especially among the higher officers.
The Third precinct station, where there
has been so much trouble over religious
matters, will come in for its share OF
the transfers, and no one would be sur
prised to see eX-Supt. Helm given
A CAPTAINCY
there. The detail to do detective work
will probably consist of four men, and a
careful guess names the men as Doyle,
Howard, Lawrence and HankinsOn. In
Spector George will, in all probability,
remain in charge of the books of the
detective department. The change has
dropped Asst. Supt. Hoy from his
position, but it is very likely that he
will not be lost in the new deal. as he
has been the real head of the depart
ment, and has done any amount of good
work. 1t was rumOred last night that
one or two Of the higher officials
would have to go for reasons
political, but this remains to be seen.
At the conclusion of the commission
meeting Superintendent Bracket called
all the captains into his private office
and held long conference with them
in relation to their duties. When the
night watch went on he held talk with
the various patrolmen, and all seemed
we'll satisfied when they went out.
Il do not care to say anything for
publications. said superintendent
Bracket, when approached by a
GLOBE reporter, further than that
there will be no more radical changes in
the policy of the force. At the meeting
tomorrow several matters will be at
tended to, and the various details
Straightened Out.a