St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-15
The immortal Police Commits
sion Said to Be Investigate
ing Itself,
All Other Available Material,
Having Been About Ex- 'a@
hausted.
Commissioners Hoy and Guile
Said to Be 'in the
Soup -
RumopS That Have a FOunda-
ton, as Far as Appear =,
ance Goes. +

There were rumOrs about the echOing
corridors of the city hall yesterday that
magnify whispers into ''no uncertain
sounds" to the effect that the police
commission having about run the gamut
of the Investigations of the patrolmen
for reading newspapers on duty, and ac-
cepting brass breastpins as presents,
and having used up about all, the ma
terial that was OH hand, has got down tie
investigating itself. These rumors,
which took definite shape, were to the
effect that notice had been served on
Commissioner Mike Hoy that If he does
ferred against him. The nature OF the
charges was not specified. but it was
darkly limited that he has been receiv-
ing presents" from divers sources, an
Offense that is not to be condoned or
overlooked in commissioner any more
than il he was a patrolman.
Rumor No. 2 toyed with the name OF
Commissioner W. K. Guile. Six months
ago, lacking few days, S. P. Davidson
and two other crooks were arrested for
burglariZing Peterson's dry goods
store, Winnecke q Doerr's cigar store
house and the residence of j. w. Law
remembered, Capt. R. R. Har-
vey was found to have in
his possession some of the silk that was
taken from Peterson's store. He ex-
planned the circumstance by stating that
he had been working up the case indie
pendently, and had just recovered the
silk, but had not had time to turn it
over. Since then Davidson. who was
convicted and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary at Saltwater, has made an affi-
davit in which he charges that
he entered into compact with
Harvey and Harry De Young
the pawnbroker, whereby he david
SOM and his gang were to do the steal
ing. De Young was to act as the
fence" for the disposal of the goods,
while Harvey was to keep them posted
as to whether the police were likely to
get on the right track, and cause their
arrest. This affidavit was given to
Commissioner Hoy something like two
months ago, when be visited the peni-
Tertiary for the purpose of obtaining the
pardon OF Antony Cantieny. The exact
nature of the affidavit has never been
made public, but it's contents have been
limited at and discussed in police circles.
Now tits reported that DavidsOn's aft
davit duplicates Commissioner Guile as
an accomplice of Harvey.
Nothing explicit could he obtained as
to just how much foundation there is to
the rumorS, as the mouths of the com
missloners are, of course, as hermet-
really sealed as the saloons were Sun
day last. 1t is well known. however.
that the commission is at war with
itself, and that two commissioners
mentioned dislike each other. TIE
enmity that is understood to exist be-
tween them. may have given rise to the
reports involving their names, or there
may be something more to the
matter, and the investigation OF
Harvey is likely to bring things to a
focus. That official asked for public
some months ago, but the
commission has never found time to.
comply with the request. 1t has been
too busy. There appears to be plenty
of time and inclination to investigate
any thing and anybody. and the merry
war goes on.
The uncertainties of theatrical VEN
lures never received better illustra-
ton than in the development of the
Ozark Secret" Originally produced in
London, it made a successful run of 200
ana American rights were Sc
cured by Hal S. Taylor, but when read
in New York all the old and expert
enced managers laughed at the alb
surdity of attempting to present river
of real water of sufficient length,
breadth and depth for boat race, to
say nothing of drowning episode re-
curing water at least eight feet deep.
But Mr.. Taylor, with that indOmitable
hot boc y,o1n bi, wan nroc ,,o
placing the manuscript in the hands tads Of
Charley Jefferson for revision. The
play was produced at the Walnut Street
theater, Philadelphia, Sept. 8. 1887, and
has Melted its proprietors over $4,000
each. "a Dark Secret will be pre-
scented here with all the original com
pany, scenery and realistic effects that
have made it famous