The record-union., 1892-12-08

on Bradley pulled the game, and
| brought the layout down to the Police
Courtroom, where CraVens himself ex-
amlned it. His royal highness himself
said II was all right. But afterward, when
the game was pulled the second time, it
was different from the game we saw be-
fore. deny absolutely Cravens' charges
that l stuffed his court
lie also says that | went to his house,
| to lind out what my duties were. Officer
Ferral told me that the Judge wanted to
/ see me, and that was the only thing that
ever called me there. He makes mis-
statement when he says he read the law to
me time and again. He didn't do any
thing OF the kind, and didn't have TO. l
have the books right here III my Office,
and can read the laws myself.
Now about that Reeves insurance
! case. You will observe that he says that
| l would not assist the complaining wit
ness KRONER, and the matter was finally
turned over to Captain Bradley; also,
that l spoiled the whole case. This l also
deny, and brand the affair as another at
/ tempt to boost Bradley at my expense.
They ran to the papers and told what a
great piece of detective work Bradley did.
/ w by, all there was to do was TO serve the
| warrant. This man KRONER did all the
work. He furnished all the evidence,
names, addresses, ETC., and took them to
the residence of the man to be arrested
| ow, about the case of the Strybe
brothers. Cravens says I tried to OBJ
struct the wheels OF Justice here by
/ hamperlng Officer Gibson in his detective
/ work and service of subpenaes. | did
KICK at Gibson, but it was because he was
chasing around down town all the time
or for two or three weeks, when he should
! nave been out on his beat in the suburbs
( He's even doing it now i'll defiance of my
authority. But Cravens tells him it's all
right, and have kept quiet rather than
make trouble.
| "Cravens also intimateS that when the
! commissioners met to take action about
the games during fair time, tho Mayor
ana L Sneaked out and would not second
his motion nor take any action. Now that
/ Is another bald misstatement. We did take
action and voted to stop the games. Re-
gardlng that item published in the NelCS
at thaJ tIme to the effect that | said every
thing would 'go,' | want to say that /
never authorized it, never said it, and
was paralyZed when l saw it. During
fair time L did the best l could, but when
saw that Bradley wanted TO be d-n
hog, that he wanted all the glory, why
let him 60 ahead I'm not looking Tor
glory, but am willing and anxious to DO
my duty. But when man like Bradley
wants 10 do it all, why I'm perfectly
willing for him to go ahead. Now, Just
to show you what a low-down fellow
Bradley is, | will just refer you to little
item which he gave your paper recently.
1t related how Bradley had captured a
man who had stolen some clothes. Now,
the truth of the matter was Bradley was
not in it at all, but Officers Warner and
Campbell were the arresting parties, and
they didn't get credit for it, Bradley
wants to be Chief Of Police. That's his
hobby. And he's not going to stop at
anything to do it. But my opinion is
that in his over-anXiety he will break his
neck.
But" continued the Chief ''to return
to Cravens. He is sore at me because he
thinks / got James Stewart to run for
Police Judge, and thus take votes from
Cravens. L never dreamed of such a
thing. If Cravens is the great man
he thinks he is, why did he get
showed under so badly on election day
| That's what has made him so sour.
81 deny his charges that treat the Off
GERS under me like dogs. / will admit
that sometimes | have talked loud to
them, but who wouldn't when they paid
no attention to my orders, and instead
would run to Cravens, Bradley and the
Mayor for their instructions? These peo-
pie simply usurped my Office - that's
about the size of it. Cravens need not
trouble himself about extending his SYM
pathy to me. l don't want it and dom
need it. | can paddle my own canoe
without his assistance. l am satisfied
with my efforts to give the people clean
administration. Considering the manner
in which l have been ignored, stabbed in
the back and lied about, to say nothing
of the dissension that has been stirred up
among my men, l think | have done
pretty well. | don't want notoriety
! Whatever arrests l have made, or other
acts, l have never spoken Of, but these
other fellows want every move they
make heralded to the public. But they
can't down me. ! defy them."