The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-22
THE POLICE PLUM
THE ASSISTANT cHIEFsHIP NOT TO
GO BEGGING.

Promotion in once Likely to be
Recognized by the Council in Filling
the Vacant Place-Sergt. Lee First
in the Line of Promotion and Sergt.
Killourhy Next The Police Not
Overpleased with the Councils
Refusal to Increase Their Pay.
The police, while not saying much, do not
appear to be at all satisfied with the conclu-
sion reached by the council in deciding not
TO increase their pay. They have no reason
to grumble, however, as they are better
paid than those of either Charleston,
state pays an equal amount as Savannah,
and that is Macon.
Charleston pays its captain Of police $3.50
per month, Iieuteuants $50 to 500, SER
geants $50 to $50, and privates $50, which
is SO less than Savannah pays. Atlanta
gives patrolmen but $2 for each day of
actual service. and they have to furnish
their own uniforms. Augustus chief of
police gets 81 200 per year. with 500 addi-
tIonal for feed Of horse; lieutenanss 81, 100,
with 500 for feed Of horses; eight sergeants
mounted officers, and the privates receive
but S55 per month.
From the above il will be seen that Sa-
vannah's police, with salaries of S65 per
month and two uniforms year, have no
good ground for complaint.
THE ASSISTANT CHIEFsHIP.
The intention OF council to fill the vacant
position of assistant chief at the coming
election is causing considerable speculation.
The men on the force seem to be opposed to
having an outsider placed in the position,
and they think that the assistant chief
should be taken from their own number by
the promotion of one of the sergeants.
A member of council in speaking of the
matter TO a representative of the MORNING
NEWS said that the only reason for the
office not being filed before this was simply
inaction on the part of the board Of alder
men, Chief Green, he SAID has several
times asked that the office be filled, but for
some reason or another the matter was put
off from time to time. In discussing
the budget, the council came to the conclu-
sion that the office should be filed at the
coming election, so as TO put the department
on the proper footing and conform to the
city ordinance. Another reason for this
determination was that in case of sickness
or other causes that would prevent the
chief from attending TO his duties it is
necessary to have some one to assume au-
thority and look after the proper manage
nent of affairs
THE SALARY CUT DOWN.
When asked why it was that council had
reduced the salary attached to the Office
from 81 500 to 1880 the alderman said
that one of the board moved that the salary
be placed at that figure for the present, and
that settled it. The assistant chief, he said,
win probably ask for an increase after be-
coming conversant with his duties, and the
salary NAV then be placed at the old figure
On being asked whether or not the office
will be filed by the promotion of one of
the sergeants, the alderman replied that he
had no idea what course of action the coun-
Gil would pursue, but he, individually.
thought promotion the proper STEP and was
in favor of it.
AsPIRANTs FOR THE PLACE.
In the event of council deciding on pro-
motion Sergt. Lee will be entitled to the
office by the right of seniority, but as he
has been for a long time, and is at present,
incapacitated from duty by reason of sick
ness, without much hope of his ultimate
recovery, Sergt. Killourhy, who is next in
line, will probably by elected. This will
make the appointment of another sergeant
necessary
The salary of sergeants is 81, 900 per year,
and they are appointed by the mayor ON
recommendation of the chief of police.
Who the lucky individual will be Is some
thing that greatly interests the old men,
bers of the force.
Sergt. Killourhy has been connected with
the police force for about a quarter of
century, and has made record
by his prompt arrest of murderers.
His clever capture of the murderer
Of the Greek fruit dealer at the corner of
Price and South Broad streets several years
foxyr ta1
time by both tie press and the people,
When he arrived on the scene of the
murder no one knew who had committed
the crime except that it was colored boy.
TAKING THE SCENT.
Sergt. Killourhy overheard Two colored
women talking about some one, whom one
of the women said knew great deal about
the killing. The other woman denied that
the party referred to knew anything at all
about it, saying that he had been in his bed
for some time. Sergt. Killourhy demand d
of the women to tell him OF whom they were
talking, and the one who had made the de-
NAL SAID it was her son.
The officer compelled the woman to go to
her house in one of the adjacent lanes,
where the officer found the young man re-
ferred to in bed apparently asleep. He
pulled him out and charged him with the
murder, at the same time placing him under
arrest. The fellow became frightened and
told Sergt. Klllourhy that while he bad
nothing to do with the killing he was with
she one who committed the crime, and gave
the sergeant his name and told where he
lived.
After placing bis prisoner behind the
bars Sergt killourhy started out after the
murderer, and captured him in the suburbs
sitting on the doorstep of a house. The
negro was afterward sent to the penitentisry
for life.
Another notable case was the capture of
the trio of negroes, Johnson, Small and
Coleman, who murdered sailor named
McDermott at the foot of Broughton
street. In two hours after the crime had
been committed Sergt. Killourhy
had fastened the crime on
the three men, although no one
In the neighborhood had the slightest idea
who the guilty parties were. Coleman
turned states evidence and sent johnson to
the gallows and Smalls to the penitentiary
These are only few of the many cases
worked up to successful ending by that
officer.
CANDIDATES BOBBING UP.