St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-16
AWOWAND AWUMPUS
The Police Commission Merry
Warfare and It's Out
come.
Nobody Hurt as Yet--Brackett
and Guile Both on
Top.
The Directory Threatens to
Show a Decrease in
Population.
A Big Brother Prevents His
Sister From Mar
rying.

1Ilt lOouNlNUJ
morning in calm and judicial temper
after the rush of printed matter on the
subject, and went into executive seS-
sion, as usual. Ten or fifteen police
officers were soon in attendance as Wit
nesseS, and the commission sat down for
an all-day session, giving itself only an
interim for dinner. The complaints that
one of the commissioners had made
against Chief Bracket for diSObedience
of orders, in not having up the First
street women to be fined, were first
taken up, and Mr.. Bracket explained
that he did nor understand the action of
the commission to be a regular order.
1t had been Talked of for some time, but
the superintendent supposed the pro-
cedure to be more in the nat
ure of an understanding than
a positive order. The order was made
positive and regular in such way
that the superintendent will always
understand 1t hereafter. The release
of the Brainerd woman was brought up
next, and the chief showed that there
was no charge against the woman. She
was merely detained, and that he acted
OH legal advice in letting her go. The
CLl6l uGlcuS6 was NlSOlOuo. anu WV
cred nearly all points, and resulted, it
was said, IN the passage of resolution
generating him from blame in either
case.
Then came. the charges of Supt
Bracket against Detectives King and
Hail. The superintendent charged
these officers with INSTRUMENTATION and
neglect of duty. He alleged that they
had not reported for duty since July 5.
King claimed that he had reported
daily, and Fred George, the Superin-
tendent'S clerk, was brought in with his
books. They showed that King and Hall
had appeared daily at Headquarters, but
that they had done very little work.
King accounted for this from what he
claimed was neglect of the superintend-
ent in assigning him none. The friction
between the officers and their chief APP
parentIy rose largely from miSunder-
standing as to what reporting" meant.
Chief Bracket thought it was appear
ing before him personally. The detect
ives took it to mean showing up at the
detectives room ready to be assigned
work. The case was not finished, but
continued to Thursday.
The Kelley affidavit was discussed a
good deal yesterday and counter-atfi-
davitS denying its truth were evoked
from Mr.. Mallon and Officer. Kelly, ac-
cording to an afternoon paper. Neither
was offered for publication. Commits
sioner Guile denied the truth of Dr.
Kelley'S onslaught more emphatiGally
than he did Sunday. He addressed the
following letter to County Attorney
Jamison, demanding a full investiga-
ton:
DIX Tov Eco oCG fnIJT1r YTh tfnr INV
of Hennepin County-Dear Sir: / desire to
call your attention as county attorney TO GER
tain charges of corruption IN office made
against me as police commissioner of the
city of Minneapolis published in the Sunday
Tribune of July IA, 1899, on the first and
second pages ana in the first column of the
editorial page in said issue. l desire to call
your attention especially TO the last para
graph of the editorial, which is i'll the follow
ing language;
There is something rotten in Denmark.
and the county attorney should do his full
duty"
The charge is indeed a serious one, and
should not be allowed by the officials of this
county and of the City to pass unnoticed, or
without the fullest examination being made
and the offender punished to the fullest eX-
tent of the law. 1t is my intention, pending
other litigation, which is sure to follow from
these publications, to have the entire matter
thoroughly sifted and presented to the pub
Tic. 10 lulS emu, uGT6Uy request dIlu IT,
mand of you, as county attorney, to examine
into the charges made. as above referred to,
and present such evidence as you may find
to the grand jury, or take such other steps as
You may deem for the best interests of the
public. In other words, l demand of you, in
the language of the editorial, to do your full
duty in the premises. l will gladly assist
you in accomplishing this end. Yours. and
in haste. WILLIAM r. GUILE.
Health Officer Kilvington, who has
been drawn into the imbroglio by DR..
Kelley's affidavit. made a statement to
the committee on health and hospitals,
in which he told them there was a pO-
litical arrangement between himself
and Dr. Tryon whereby DR.. Tryon was
to support Kilvington for health Of
ficer, and KilvIngtOn agreed to help
TryOn to the police surgeOnship. Kill
vington went to Guile and asked him to
help out TryOn, and Guile agreed
to do so. "Mr. Guile" DR.. Kill
vidgton said, lis an old family
friend of mine. and l knew he would
do me this service if he could honor
ably. Aid. EllingsOn was party to the
conversation, and cen cOrrobOrate what
| say" The result was that DR.. Kill
vington went into the council and OBJ
tanned the support of seven South Min
neapolis aldermen, who were previously
pledged to TryOn but who agreed to
come to Kilvington with Tryon out of
tho fold