Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-05-02
POLICE COMMISSION.
MATTERS Discussed at the Meeting
Yesterday.

Yesterday.
The Board of Police Commissioner
met yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock II
the Mayors office. All the member
were present.
The Chief reported in the matter o
Officer Bracewell, who was charged
with having acted in very suspicious
manner toward the proprietor OF the
store at No. 304 N. Main street, wher
the latter discovered some Of Lawson'i
pstrolmen lowering around the place
At the last meeting the Board ordered
that Officer Bracewell be suspended unit
the Chief should investigate. The Chic
reported that Bracewell had done hit
duty in the affair, except that ne should
have reported the circumstance to the
Sergeant. A communication was also
read from Captain Lawson, Chief of that
patrol, explaining the action of his men
and asking that no misjudgment should
be made of their conduct. They had
merely looked into the store to see that
everything was all right. Commissioner
Dexter moved that Bracewell be rein.
stated in his position and exonerated
from all blame. Carried.
The application OF J.. j. Frowein for q
saloon license was laid over for another
week, as also was that OF Henry
Kearney.
On the request of the Pound Keeper
Tor q special officer to assist him, the
Chief reported unfavorably.
In the matter of the appointment of a
spe cha! officer for the Sixth Street Park
the Chlef advised that he be appointed,
but be under the orders of the Police
department. In each OF the above cases
the advice OF the Chief was accepted by
Che Board.
The transfer OF saloon license from
Iony Sertorl 10 u. T.. Garvln was
granted.
.. .. Watson and q. T. Randolph
offered petition, coming through the
council, Tor the privilege OF putting up
sign boards, seven by thirty inches in
size, on each corner, giving the business
places IN the block, and other informa-
tlon which would be OF convenience to
strangers. This communication was re-
turne1 to the Council, with the recon-
mendation that the request be allowed,
under the supervision of the Superin-
tendent OF Streets.
A petition was received from Louis
Ebinger and some twenty others, who
live in the vicinity Of Spring and Third
streets, asking that the meetings of the
Salvation Army, which are held at that
corner every night, be stopped. After
little airy persifage on the part of the
Mayor and Commissioner Lindley on the
subject, it was ordered that the commun-
ication be referred to the Council, with
the suggestion that they order the Sal
vationists either to discontinue their
meetings or to make better music.
The petition of Frank Elinquist, for the
saloon license, was referred to the Chief.
The following requests for transfer of
saloon licenses were granted:
From A. B. Austerman, to Day & Egg.
gleston; j. Newman to VIM. McLaugh-
lin; .. III. Kieier to r. j. Wikie IL Com
pany; James Murgen to James E. Nc
Criatie; Chas. Book to John H. Ken
needy; F. Guendre to Joneland & Grim
and; Escallier & Bique to B. Peyres.
At this stage of the proceedings Com
missioner Lindley said that he must de-
part to attend to another meeting. He
asked that when the resolutions which
he had offered at the last meeting came
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mayor Hazard SAID tnaC ne was not
ready to vote on the resolutions about
gambling and the acceptance OF bribe
money by officers until the Board had
put ltself on record IN some sort OF shape
IN tne matter OF the appointment Oh -.
W. Davis, which was still pending.
Tho Chief said that ho had aomathinp
s.. 0 et . ,h .n". HV - non;s
70 say anent tue appointment VI DaVio:
BY miscalculation too many names had
onnaoyod op tho nav roll and two of the
.fP ~ A-s,oIoo I'D
regulars over ID East LOS Ahgeies uau
thera wera ninatv.sjx instead of ninety
men on the llst. LII was necessary t,laV
SIX De cropped TO comply Win t1e WISHES los
OF Inc Councll IN the ma5ter, anu sne ias'
VINO nao peen appointed were harvey,
houston, DAVIS, dorsey, Oolllns anu
flnucane. A.. .,oo
1t was moved and carried that tnese
Blk Dc cropped from the iist Oh Iesulais'
linen commissioner Llnuley uepar.eo,
aiter renarKine, aoou' nl. Hatio' .na'
he wanted to hear both sides OF the Gaze:
The Mayor moved that IL DC eXpiesseu
as the views OF the Board mat when new
appointments were TO De mace tpG S
should be made from the hst OF Ola OH.
GERS, instead OF taxing up new men, IL
was carried:
Commissioner knox tnen asHeu tna1
his resolution, which had peen lying on
the table Tor one week, Dc reao. IL WAS
as follows:
WHEREAS, It appears by the RECORDS OF tne