The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-25
HALL HAS GONE TO HIS MINE.

day, and may be given as an excuse for
dereliction of duty by the next officer who
is tried by his superiors. CrOmwelI's harsh
command to his parliament. Clear out
and make room for hOnester menF has
been adopted by the commissioners and
will yet be heard by many a patrolman
who looks at his star as one looks UPON the
face of friend who is soon to depart for
another world. These men are beginning
TO realize that their victories over con-
science have been dearly bought. and
some of them are already looking out for
other and, alasl less lucrative positions TO
fill.
The ak that has fallen twice will not be
allowed to rest until the rotteDness of the
department, so far as can be located, has
been Topped away. Men trusted by the
Chief are now at work upon the records
and conduct of every sergeant, and as fast
as they report the Commissioners will take
action. The regular meetings of she board
will be held as of old. but they Will have
many conferences at which no one Will be
present but themselves. They have been
holding such conferences since the inquiry
into the conduct of their subOrdinateS
commenced.
The four captains have nothing 10 fear.
as the president of the Commissioners says
that they are upright men-a statement
that is equivalent to an admission that Cap
tains Lees, Stone, Douglass and DOnleVy
have been tried and found blameless.
The Grand Jury now in session will
probably be called upon to turn its search
light upon the track over which the inyes-
tigators employed by Chief Crowley have
passed. The policeman who takes bride
10 permit man to violate law which he
was employed to enforce is not much
better thsn any other citizen who adds
dirty coin to his assets. and some will be
found, perhaps, in the Grand Jury room
who will be of the opinion that be is much
worse
The men who have been deposed are not
passing under the rod of aft ction with the
silence that becomes the pentent They
are going TO fight and fight hard to regain
their lost positions. And they have the
means. Many of them by thrift and
otherwise have become the proud possess
sors of bullying bank accounts and desirable
real estate. They are willing to spend a
little to recover lost stars and regulations.
Ex-Clerk Hall has left the city. BE has
q mine in Plumas County, and ne has gon Q
10 look after his interests there. It's cooler
in Plumas than in San Francisco, and
very much cooler than the place in which
many of Mr.. Halls ex-subordinates think
he should be. 1t is quiet there. and
Capitalist Hall will net be tortured by
references to the manner in which he
enacted the role Of Judas
President Tobin of the Police Commits
siOners was in cheerful frame of mind.
and spoke and acted like one conscious of
having done good deed.
He was asked how and why the commits
siOners inaugurated the investigation that
has been so pregnant of results.
"Some time ago." he said. gazing ad-
mringly at the frescoed ceiling of his
Office, I'VE became conscious that some
thing was wrong, radically wrong Things
were all awry, so TO speak, and we had to
do something"
Employed Pinkertons"
Now, l can't say anything about the
PinkertOns. That is where we are strong.
l can't tell you whether we employed
Pinkertons or not; but we obtained the
information we needed.
at is said that you defended Sergeant
Spilane at the meeting OF the Commits.
siODerS?"
Il did not do anything of the kind.
will not defend any one. l will screen no.
body. The man who accepts bribe of 9
dollar must fall, as far as l am concerned
with the man who has accepted Million
"Will the charges of crookedness made
against Sergeant Whitman, late of the
fFa' icfr ho in tod
Net specially. We are going to inves
partment and weed it out as fast al
possible"
Have you found the head Of the cor.
Iupt ring?"
eve have. and he has been dismissed
You refer to Hall?"
81 do. He was the head, and we are
well pleased with what we have accom-.
plisbed."
''Wers none of the captains i'm plicated p
No. No one higher in authority than
Hall. The captains are honest and upright
men,"
HAS any one volunteered information
about corrupt policemen ?"
'No one has come Voluntarily"
sit has been reported that Cox and Glen
non, the Chinatown detectives, were dis.
missed. not because they had accepted
brides, but because they had not informed
the Chief that others were guilty of crook.
edness?"
THAT is fact" replied Mr.. Tobin
"They knew or should have known tha
lotteries and gambling dens were running
on every side, and it was their duty to H.
tbaf
obeyed. Their Offense was a most serious
one."
Mr.. Tobin was asked whether any of the
deposed men or their friends had been Il
see him for the purpose of securing hi.
influence in favor of their reinstatement.
Several have been to see me. Some o.
them want to be tried publicly, but we are