Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-20
THE POLICE BOARD.

1t objects TO the Action OF the City
Council.
The Police Commissioners met yester-
day afternoon, Mayor II. 4. Hazard in
the chair, and Messrs. Collins, Dexter,
Knox ana Lewis present.
Chief Glass reported that he had sus-
pended Officer @. G. Connolly for drunk.
enness and neglect of duty, pending the
action of the board. On motion of Mr..
Lewis the Chiefs action was confirmed,
and Connolly was suspended for fifteen
days. 1t was resolved as the sense of the
board that in future the rule applying to
drunkenness on the force shall be rigidly
enforced, and the penalty of dismissal be
applied. A permit to open new saloon
was granted H. Vittallini.
Officer Stevenson reported through the
Chief that on Monday night last he had
found man named Louis Schuldheis,
outside the saloon opposite the Plaza
church, bleeding from knife wound.
From what the injured man told him of
the affair, he was satisfied that the cutting
was done in the saloon, but the bar
tender tried to deceive him about it. He
afterwards found the man who did tie
cutting concealed in the rear of the
saloon. The matter was referred to a
committee, composed of Messrs. Dexter,
Lewis and the Chief, for investigation.
License Collector Smith reported that
the following saloon men had not paid
their licenses: F. Adam, T. Forques, E
Fleur, I. Froehlinger, Hollenbsck &
Germain, 81. Wiederman, and Wilke &
Hartung. and that the saloons of J. H.
Knief and Briestly & Cokler were closed.
On motion of Mr.. Knox it was
resolved to enforce the rule and
revoke all the licenses, and the
delinquents were notified that be-
fore their permits were issued again it
would be necessary for them to put in
new applications and pay their delin-
quent licenses.
James Spring, foreman of the West
Lake park, and Fred H. Gridlev, sexton
of the Bellevue-avenue M. E. church,
were appointed special officers.
A petition transmitted from the Coun-
Gil, signed by Justice H. G. Austin, the
Superior Court judges, and other promi-
nent citizens asking for the reinstatement
of Mrs. Watson was read. Mr.. Lewis
said that he considered it as petition
which the board could not disregard, and
on motion of Mr.. Knox the board recon-.
mended to the Council that an ordinance
be passed in accordance with the petit
ton. Mr.. Collins called for the roll call
and voted negatively, stating that his
reason for doing 80 was that he consid-
cred that Police Matron Gray was needed
just as much as Mrs. Watson and that if
one was reinstated the other ought also
to be-.
Chief Glass informed the board that
he had arranged with Chief Strohm, of
the fire department, to connect his office
with the fre-alarm bell, and that to
sound general police alarm in case of
riot, etc., the bell would tap twenty
times.
He also reported that man named
Taylor had called on him and demanded
that the patrol horses should be sent to
his stable on Broadway; but as he had
not yet received any official notification
OF any change, the Chief stated that he
had refused to do 30. Mr.. Collins said
that he thought the Council had no right
to take this matter out of the hands of
the board, and that tho board ought to
be able to remove the animals whenever
they thought the animals were not being
properly treated, and not be bound by
contract for year. Mr.. Knox agreed
with Mr.. Collins, and the Mayor stated
that the manner with which the Council
had treated both this and the fire board
had led him to eDjoin the Council on
every opportunity, and he would see into
this matter.
Chief Glass said that in the matter of
the vacancy made by the removal OF
Officer Rowan, he had offered the posi-
ton of patrol driver at $50 per month to
several of the eight men removed by the
commission under the retrenchment
ordinance, but none of them seemed to
want it. Accordingly he had appointed
Walter Myers temporarily and recon-
mended him for appointment by the
board. His action was approved on mo-
ton OF Mr.. Knox. Mr.. Dexter said that
although in favor of acting up to the reso-
luton adopted at the time of the re-
movals, he was also in favor of appoint
ing a man in harmony with the Chief
but when the matter of filing the vacancy
WAS brought up in earnest, he nominated
j. d. Todd. Mr.. Knox nominated o.
Rohn, and at the request of the Chief
also nominated w. Myers. Mayor Haz'
ard wanted to let the matter lie over for
week, but Mr.. Lewis wanted the mat
ter disposed Of at once. The nominations
were then declared closed, and the roll
call resulted in the appointment of o.
Rohn by votes to l. whereupon the
| board adjourned.