The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-17
MORE HEADS FALL.
Gulllotine Of Police Grievance
Committee ct Work.
THREE HoURs' SEcaET SESSION.
Deseessve Cave 80 Raessamsa OeDSseo
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The grievance committees which, taken
. whole, ase knovn - the police CON-
mission. INST last night il Chief Jxckson's
private once and told each other the
stories thss hsd been poured into their
earn oy disgFuntisd patrolinen and odscera
Sanes the eommissioa has divided itself
into committees every one seems 70 think
the proper thing 70 run about and tell
n's woss 70 commissioner, sitting -
committee of one. Then when meeting
OF the board u called N executive" ses-
sion 70 held and Ill the had stories told by
member Of the poiics force about the
other members. behind their backs, are
repeated. Waiiingford appears 20 b
the favorits Of men With . grew
aacs. and ct every meeting he has
some one Who ought to 60 FOR the good
OF the force" Formal charges aud . trial
appear to b NO longer nsosssary. The
man who 10 skiIlful 1t back Gaping" his
brother patrosman 10 on top-untii he is
jobbed himself BY some other man Who
gets the ear Of those members Of the COM
mission Who delight in being made con-
hdants Of the jsaIousies and intrigues Of
the torce. Still. wonder y expressed that
the toncs 10 disorganized and men have
There must have bsen . great many
stories told some Of the commissioners
since the previous meeting. for last night
the board was IN secret session for three
hours. Inside Chief yackson's private
ollies there was . hum Of voices. but re-
portars. oflcsFs. vouid-be officers and An
army Of people who had come to listen 70
the var that was Confidently expected
would break out ct the meeting, were
denied admittance. The commissioners
were transacting business at the rate Of .
mile minute, promoting special officers
to the regular force. appointing new men
and reducing others TO the ranks. Tho
decapitation Of Chief Jackson, which had
been predicted. was never referred to, and
the man Who being confident Of immediate
appointments inquired at the city
clerks ofkice what the bonds for
that position we're, will not b called upon
70 qualify at present One Of the great
surprises Of the meeting was the dropping
OF Detective George Cave from the force.
That o6icsr hes been thinking Of resign-
Ing for several days owing to she unsatis-
factory condition Of affairs. brought about
according to the statements Of Cave by
Ohicer and ex-Dstectivs Spriggs' jobbing
propsnsities. Detective Cave says openly
that SpriRgs told him only few days ago
that he (Spriggsl had not been treated
fairly BY the Other detectives and that he
Was going 70 fight the string out, - he
Vas In . position where he han the back
ing. Commissionsr Wallingford, who
moved that Cave Be- dropped from the
force. also named Niece O'Brien for . SIM
liar fate. The motion carried. and to keep
mp the pace on came the hssd Of F. Burk-
man. Then Lieut. Thorn was reduced to
the ranks, and on recommendation Of
Chief Jackson Ofncsr A. A. Osborn. one of
the best men on the force, was chosen to
ill his piacs. Then Chief Of Po-
lice Jackson did some work with
legal looking papers. which resolved them
selves into charges against Ofl1csrs Stepler
and Sam CorbetI The former was sus-
pended ten days without pay for reopen
ing . case In the municipal court where
man forfeited SO bail, on charge Of
drunkenness, but reappeared . day or 50
later aud wanted TO pay the regulation
fine. When IL came TO the charges against
Corbett there was . discussion. but all
that the records show and all that could
Be learned from Clerk Regain or any Of the
commissioners was that Officer Corbett
was suspended ten days without pay for
taking 81 from prostitute. George Shee-
han, who has been policeman sincs his
trouble with ex-Captain. now Citizen. F.
E. Sims, Vas made jailer. victory for his
champion. Acting Mayor Miller, and .
slap At Chief Jackson.
Captain Barr Was exonerated for not
arresting Dr. Ballard. at Fremont, ct the
time Of the cigar case scandal.
A rule was adopted giving the officers
liberty TO inspect the record books of lost
and stolen property. and instruc,ing the
officer in charge to give everv ofIicer in.
formation concerning suspected persons,
their description. etc. before the diff
fercnt patrols weIt on duty. Il was also
ordered that rule ~. in relation 10 disturb
ances requiring officers to take prompt
action. be strictly enforced. and any neg
iecs OF such duty be reported BY the chief
or officers to the commissioners imme-
diateiy. Commissioner Re,fe introduced
An ordinance regulating the traffic of
pawnshops ana prescribing punishment,
for violation thereof. which was recon-
mended to the council for passage.
Special Officers X. Holxclaw, L. A.
Rsrbee and X. NJ. Mcintyre were ap-
pointed regulars. subject tn medical ex-
animation. Joshua sullivan and A. Love.
land were appointed members of the force.