The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-16
SPRIGGS Is DROPPED.
Police Board Consider Him .
Disturber Of Harmony.
SIMS DEMANDS ms SALARY.
1Aenas oet nsse1ag - ~ Pelses Gen.
Dassisosso-D1estpatne - - 1ala-
soaneA - - Hesea.

The police eommissionsSs LIST night dropped
detective spsiegs fron the forss. and 2. z
sims gave ncsses shas ~ aid not coosiaes him
al property ssmoved The meeting was st-
landed ~ Mayor RouAid and Commissioners
1ssse. CheAssy. aeamss and WaiIingfoed. Chief
ssesson - present. and thsss seemed 70 b
onusnal sntsfsss taken Ia the proceedings. - .
iasgs number OF epsctAton wsitsd patisatiy for
tne rather tardy beard. some Of whose msm-
pes ma II awkward to attend mssstn&S which
tali on Saturday night
The chtefs report vas read Il shows IS ar
ress; bail sud anss turned OVER 10 municipal
eouss. c.iAA The pouadnasssrs report vas
also aied.
Chasf Jaeksoa prossntsd q letter from =. z
nams notifying the chief that no shall each
month demand Of The city comptroller his pay
q SOD . month. aud that II tae chief order It
paid 70 any body else Is viii b q the chiefs
f1sk Chief Jackson asked the advice OF the
board, - h VS. under bonds and b. desired 70
90 right
Commiee1ouef cheasty asked IL Sims accepted
The aesiou o. the hoard. chief Jackson replied
soas within . day o. - aftsrwasd he had re-
ported lor duty.
ConmisAossr Holuss proposed 70 refer II to
sae Judiciary COMMITTEES: bus the mayor said
the board he'd no bu.iness With the letter. Is
wss private eommunication-
comntsstoose Relic said that the board had,
for rsasous which seemed good. removed Capt.
Sims. Who at the time acknowledged the power
Of the board 20 remove him X il had. then he
had no claim Tor SALARY. The board ought to
determine what 70 do. Il Was unmaniy Of Capt
Sims to take the step. - II he gets his salary IL
will b entirely on . technicaiity. Af,ef accept
ins the boards action be comes In With de-.
mand. and Is seemed to Relic matter Of com
mon sense % make some inquiry. II Capt
Sims he's not been legally removed, something
ought 70 b done in the mattss-thsy should
not wait for nonths until the supreme court
acted and then discover IN error.
The mayor aid that even Il sims had claim
this was not tho night course for him to take.
Capt Sims asksd II Il was unmaniy to stand
on his rights. 10 which Mr.. Relic said he did
consider 1t % - Sims was doing NO work for
the city. sims replied that he vas born In this
country and intended to have his rights.
Commissioners Cheasty suggested that they In
quire II they had or had not properly removed
Slime; II not, they should know IL
After some further discussion IL was decided
TO adopt Mr. Hoimss' suggestion ana refer the
chiefs letter 70 the committee on legislation fog
report at the next meeting.
Hereafter" said the mayor, II hope the chief
viii only bring before the board oficial notices.
The letter OF sims was . private communi-
cation. Jet By this act the board vas compelled
70 take otdctal notice"
NJ Holmes thought that II the city was liable
tohavs 70 pay 500 month they should know II
y. c. Bufkman pstitionsd the board for an in
vosttgation, and that the charges upon which
he wss removed b presented TO him On
motion Of Commtosiousf wailingford the psti-
sion was died.
Chief Jackson. addressing the board. said he
had had considerable trouble with Omcss
Spriggs, until now the department was not
large enough foe Sprigss and himself He asksd
that spTisgs b dropped from the force.
Omcer sprfggs said 10 was mot the drst time
he had bsen called to defend himself from the
chief He said Chief Jackson had admitted
that he had done his duty. and that the charges
against him had not been proved. Jackson told
him after the Lest inquiry that - long - he re-
manned on the force ne would make Il warm for
him. spriGgs admitted that hs had rspostsd
police ofhcsp Who were mot doing their duty,
and that was his offenss. he supposed.
Commissioned Cheasty explained that he had
been instrumental in putting spriggs on the
force and had stood BY him In some OF his
troubles. but things had come TO such . pass
that between the chief and spriggs hs would
vote to let tho latter 60.
Commissioner Rs.fc said he felt disposed to
stand BY the chief; got he didn't like to vote
70: 6psiggs' removal without further statement
He had heard certain things for which. IL true,
he would not hesitate to drop Mr.. spriggs, but
he did not Ike TO do IL on mere statement
epriggs dedcd the board to nnd anything
against him TO justify his removal. JACK
Thompson. he said, told 6wartwood he would
give so TO get sprggs Oh the force Because he
had not let those bunko men OF vs. ct the bot
tom OF thia
Commissioner wslliugford said he had been
nshtinx sprisgs' battles, and he believed no had
been "jobbed."
The motion % drop spriegs was put: Commits.
sioners Relic and W alhngford voted no. Holmes
and Chsasty voted aga The mayor sddsd: 81
vote aye: know sprisgs TO b . disturbsr OF
the peace In the depai tmsn1"
The commission then adjourned until Au.