The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-07
POLIoE oAPrAIN FIRED.
Found Guilty Of Taking Brides From
Merchants and bounced.

Found Guilty OF Taking Brides From
Merchants and Bounced.
New York Sept. 6.-The police COM
missiouers this afternoon held a secret
meeting at police headquarters When
the meeting was over it was announced
that 'hs board had found Capt stephen
Son guilty of receiving bribes from mer-
chants, so that they might evade the or
dlnance regarding the blocking of side
walks, ana he was dismissed from the
force. The action of the board was unani-
nous.
WENT TO COURT FOR wRGTs.
Capt. Adam A. Cross and his wardman,
George Smith, who were dismissed from
the police force on Aug. 81, obtained
wrlts OF certiorari IN the supreme court
to-day.
The applicants declare they were ille-
gally removed from the department, and
there was no evidence against them on
which TO base the decision, and they ask
for their reinstatement. The writs are
returnable III twenty days.
NO GAMBLING IN PUBLIC.
Supt. Byrnes to-day at a meeting of the
police board, submitted a report made in
compliance with a resolution passed by
the police board three months ago, direct
1llR lIill 10 invest i8Hlt LuG GOnulblOuS ana
efficiency of the police force
Supt Byrnes tells the commissioners
that the law to suppress crime and dis
order are well enforced with the eXcep-
tion of the excise law. He shows that
this law is continually violated due 10 the
great dihculty encountered by officers in
their Efforts TO procure evidence against
offenders.
'As to gambling continues the report,
ktyratr inv tfsgt,f
public gambling in this city at the pres
ent time There may be Isolated places
whore gambling is carried on behind
bolted and barred doors" Isolated cases
of gambling in large city will always
exist. The report speaks similarly of
policy and other petty gambling.
The suppression of houses Of prostitu-
tion and assignati0n is a very difficult
problem to solve, according TO the report.
Commenting on the subject, Supt. Byrnes
says:
"If the law was such that the police
! were required to drive prostitutes from
| the city prostitution, while it could
not even then be entirely eradi-
Gated, would be greatly diminished,
! but these women regardless Of their char
! acter have rights under the law, and they
cannot be banished or exiled from our
! midst; they have the right to live in this
! community and living here, will OF ne
! cessity take all possible chances to ply
! their Illicit calling.
| The superintendent recommends that
! the legislature deal with the matter this
winter in such manner as it deems it,
NO MORE PRECINCT DETECTIVES.
BY resolution of the police board
adopted to day, President Martin was di-
rected to confer with Senator Lexow for
the purpose of ascertaiuing if the police
board could continue TO try officers dur.
ing the coming session Of the investi
eating commission without interfering
with the work of the Senators.
The police board has abolished the sys
tenn of precinct detectives or ward men
Hereafter all detectives whether for pre-
cinct or other kind Of work, will be sup
piled from headquarters. They will not
be subject to captains but to the boarc
| and SuDt BVrnes