The herald., 1893-02-22
A JUSTICE BOYCOTTED.
THE POLICE WILL NOT PATRoNIZK
BARTHOLOMEW.
An Order Issued by Chief Glass Which
Has Aroused the Antagonism of
tho Constables and the Dis
trict Attorney.

There has been considerable kicking
amongst officers of the police depart
ment recently with regard to the filing
of complaints for persons arrested by the
force in Justice Bartholomew court.
The officers find it great deal of trouble
up to Bartholomew court, when the
two city Justices, HI. O. Austin and L. s /.
| Seaman are so conveniently located up
stairs in the police headquarters build
ing. The matter took definite shape yes
tsrday, when chief Glass issued an order
to all police officers. The order directs
that in all cases where arrests are made
by the police for crimes committed in
The city, and where prisoners are
brought to the city Jail, to file all COM
plants against them in all felony as we'll
az misdemeanor cases In one or the other
of the departments of the police court
before either Justice Austin or Justice
Seaman.
1t is also ordered that the bailiff serve
all warrants and subp9nas on persons
confined in the city Jail, in cases where
the arrests have been made by police
officers. This latter part of the order
was brought about by practice which
constables have been pursuing of serv-
ing papers on persons already in the
city jsil and collecting the usual rates
for service.
The prevailing harmonious relations
between the police department and the
district attorneys Office have been inter-
fsred with "a result OF the above men
toned attitude assumed by Chief Glass
in regard to the filing of complaints be-
fore Justice, Bartholomew, and the re-
marks that are being made do not bode
peace for some time to come.
The police department is not mealy-
mouthed about saying that the district
attorneys Office has been adopting a
policy of pulling criminal business to
Justice Bartholomew's court, at an ex-
pense to the county which they claim ia
not justified. 1t is claimed that when
felony cases come up where the police
have worked up the evidence and ar
rested the parties, that Deputy District
Attorney Conkling, who has charge of
the Justice courts, has in several in
stances taken the cases to Bartholo-
news court; and that as result the
constables in his court serve the papers
and charge their fees for the same, caus-
lux unueCeSedIy cApcubO W buO COuhbJ .
1t is claimed in the police department
that the class of cases referred to should
be brought in the city justice courts,
where the police officers serve all papers
at no expense to the county.
The above order, issued by Chief
Glass, directing all such cases to be
brought in the justice courts mentioned,
and for police officers to serve all pa
pers, created considerable talk yester-
day, and had tendency to make the
relations between the two sets of officers
very much strained.
Deputy District Attorney Oonkling
was seen during the afternoon and ap-
peared to be very much nettled over the
action of Chief Glass. He said that the
district attorneys Office had its own
ideas about the disposition of criminal
business, and did not propose to be die
tated to by the police department. 1t
was more convenient for the Office to
divide the business as nearly equally
between the three courts as possible,
and they would continue to do so. He
further said that constables in felony
cases had right to serve the psNers
Just what the result of the fight will
be it is difficult to say, as Chief Glass
says he ia determined to use his officers
in cases where his department makes
the arrests. In case the policy is car
ried out, it will knock the constables out
of much money, their Offices being fee
offices.