Morning journal and courier., 1894-06-06
PArRoLmEN TO WEAR GLOVES.

PAIHOAMHN 1O "hAA UAOSNcs Each Violation of This Rule Will
 Cost a Days Pay-The Charges
 Against PatrOJmen COOney Post-
 poned Until Next Tuesday on Ac-
 count of the Death of the Conn
 plainant's SOn-The LoBg Clubs
 Done Away With The Patrol
 Wagons Must Have Covers.
 Commissioner Doolittle WAS on the var | path at the meeting of the board of police commissioners last night, and although he | secured no scalps to dangle at his belt, he was successful in having several resolu- tions passed which may eventually cause some offending pa.rolmen to appear be- fore that august body.
 In the first place he got after Officer Hart, who has been specially detailed to do duty on Wooster Square. The commits sioner told his fellow members that al- though he had been there several times looking for the officer he had never been able to find him there and wanted to know the reason why the orders of the board were not carried out. Superintend- ent Smith explained that the orders had been misunderstood and had not been lived up to strictly, but this defect had since been remedied and from now on 8 patrolman would always be found on duty | in the square during the day time. Again Commissioner Doolittle showed | that he was great believer in having the rules of the department lived up to. He reported that the rule requiring gloves to | be worn by patrolmen while on day duty,
 was being violated every day. He stated that he had seen patrolmen on the streets without gloves and when they saw him or
 any other commissioner they quickly
 pulled their gloves out of their pockets
 and slipped them on. In view of this fact
 the commissioner moved that hereafter, | all the rules of the department relating to
 the wearing of gloves should be str ctly
 lating the rule should be fined days pay.
 The trial of the charges against Patrol
 man Michael Cooney was postponed until
 next Tuesday nighs. The complaint alleg
 es that Cooney has been guilty of conduct
 unbecoming an officer, is possessed of {
 wicked, cruel and malicious disposition
 and had assaulted John F. Keegan withou ! cause or necessity. The complaint aist asks that Cooney be summarily dismissed | from the force and suspended from duty pending an investigation of the charges. | 1Q6 CuhIRGS were uOu ASdTu lhSt ulS u nor was the complainant present. He wa represented, however, by Attorney John J l Clerkin who explained to the board tha his clients absence was due to Ia highe | and holier cause than obeying the man dates of the police board, viz the death o his oldest son." He then started to tell tn board that the death of this son wss due t | the fact that he had seen his father covere, , | with blood from the effects of tha beatin ! he had received at the hands of Coone 2 and was in consequence taken sick, his il , l, ness resulting in death Monday.
 II object to this line of argument, interposed Commissioner Doolittle, but Al 2 ! torney Clerkin had got in his point and th ! ! matter was allowed to drop after the con 3 ,, missioners had decided to hear the charge . was not suspended pending investigation The patrolmen on day duty will nc hereafter be required to carry the lonl , cum bersome twentytwo inch clubs. Tn action was taken st the meeting last nigf , on motion of Commissioner Clancy. Tn new order of events will meet with the al proval of every pstrolman on the force.
 The board also voted to hereafter ha, y covers on the patrol wagons. This m . . ton was msde by Commissioner Glance, and although it was strsuuously oppos:
 | with but one dissenting vote.
 The monthly bills of the departmel y were approved. Patrolmen Doran ar 'o Toronto were promoted to grade A, ! Doody to grade B and Burnhsm to grat oS D, the promotions to date from abo
 July 1, and after the board had voted
 hold only monthly meetings instead
 semi monthly meetings during July al % August, the meeting adjourned.
 It MEETING OF THE sELEcTMEN.
 The meeting of the board of selecsm ,e last evening was unusually brief, and It. though all the msmbers of ths board we at present, but little business was trar e- acted. The attention of the board W
 called to the condition of the tracks nt
 being laid on Farren avenue by the N ne Haven Street Railroad company, which, h- is claimed are much too high. The matt D. was referred to the committee on railroa he and bridges.
 . There was also partial hearing on t ''' question of the layout of 8 five foot pal m way extending from Mechanic to Ms v. streets in Westville, but action was DO ,-- poned on the matter until ths next me ; ing.