Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-07-23
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Chief Perry Asked to
Of RESIGN aH
BY THE MAYOR.
Letter Sent to Him Yes
terday Afternoon.
HAS NOT COMPLIED YET.
Generally Believed That Mayor Car
roll Will Suspend Him.
HAS NOT COMPLIED YET,
Generally Believed That Mayor Car
roll Will Suspend Him.

Chiei Oh fOilce OilVer II. ferrv nhs poch
requested to resign by His Honor Mayor
Carroll.
The Chief has not sent In his resigna-
tion and therefore his suspension is looked
for this afternoon.
The Mayors request was received at the
police station yesterday afternoon i'm the
form of letter addressed to the Chief.
Captain Rhodes sent the letter to the
Chiefs house by Roundsman Vananda.
The Captain thought 1t was a notiGca-
tion of some more changes in police beats
and therefore wanted the Chief to get the
letter before roll call.
The letter was received by Chief Perry
at 8 O'Clock.
He Immediately sent word to the Cap
tain that there was no answer required.
When 1t became known that the Chief
had received letter from the Mayor and
no changes were made in the beats of the
officers the rumor that the Chief had been
requested to resign gained ground.
Chief Perry called on City Solicitor
Barnefield about the matter, but what
passed between them cannot be learned.
A TRIBUNE reporter called on Mr..
Barnefield this morning and asked him IL
1t was true that the Chief had been re-
quested to resign and that he had asked
his advice about the matter.
"Do you represent some newspaper"
inquired the City Solicitor, although he
knew the reporter we'll. When he was
told that the questioner was a newspaper
man he closed the interview by saying,
al have nothing to say"
Another reporter called onl Mr.. Barne-
field and to him he practically admitted
that the Chief had been requested to re-
sign and that the Chief had been to see
him. "But" he said, 81 ought not tolsay
anything about it,"
Chief Perry was out on business during
the forenoon and returned about IL
O'Clock. lie was seen by TRIBUNE re-
porter and very pleasantly and frankly
stated the case.
eyes," he said, 81 have been requested
to resign. got the letter about o'clock
yesterday afternoon"
"Are you going to resign9" queried the
reporter.
"No, shall not resign. I'll let things
take their course"
"Do you expect to be suspended?"
eyes, expect II at any time"
"Wss it stated in the letter that you
would be suspended?"
"No, was simply requested to resign"
"Will you give the letter for publica-
tionY"
81 would rather not. have not shown
It to anyone and don't intend to-"
With pleasant "good day" the Chief
departed.
Mayor Carroll was met In the Supreme
Court In Providence where he was in at
tendance in anticipation of the decision
on the "quo warranto" case being given.
When he was asked whether II was true
that he had requested Chief Perry to
resign from the police force, he admitted IL
was, but when asked 10 disclose his
reasons for such request he firmly
but politely declined to do so any further
than to say that his request for the Chiefs
resignation was in no way at all con-
nected with the payment OF the suspended
policemen.
"The reason for asking his resigna-
tion," he said, "will be made public at the
proper time, but at present II Is inoppor-
tune to do so."
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