The record-union., 1894-09-11
DUTIES OF 4 SPECIAL OFFICER.
Is He the Servant of All the People,
or Only a Few?
Result of the Trustees Investigation
OF the Charges Made Against
Special Oficer Warner.

The Police Committee of the Board Of
Trustees, consisting OF Messrs. Leonard.
Bragg and Tozer, met last evening to in
vestigate the charges preferred against
Special Officer Warner by ii. @. May for
alleged neglect of duty.
a few nights ago Nays market was
burglarized, and So or 81 stolen from the
till. May claims that few days later
Warner made the assertion that if May
had paid him for watching the market he
would have caught the burglars. May
claims the officer did not do his duty in
not endeavoring to catch the burglars.
When asked to state his side OF the case,
Warner said that about TWO years ago he
called on May, and told him that he was
special policeman, and wanted to know
if May wanted him to watch his place of
business. May replied that he would not
give fifty cents for a stack Of policemen.
He said he did not want any body TO
watch his place. On the night Nays
market was robbed he heard some noise
in the place, and went to the alley to wait
for the burglar, and catch him II he
should come out into the alley. He waited
awhile. but as nobody came in sight he
left the premises.
Warner said that at the time he heard
the noise in the market he was talking tO
j. w. Marsh, and asked the latter to go
with him TO the market and see if they
could not capture the supposed burglar.
| Marsh said he was not looking for bur
| glars, and refused to go. Warner said
| that as May did not pay him to watch
| the place, he did not think he had the
right 10 break into it and make an inyes-
| tigation. He did not know but what
| somebody was sleeping In the market,
] ID r., oh.
! being mistaken for a burglar and get
! killed. He had always attended To his
! duties as d night Watchman, and if he
! thought store on hls beat was being
! bGrglariZed he would endeavor to arrest
/ the thief.
ON this occasion, he said, not being en-
| ployed by May, and not being acquainted
with the premises, ne did the next best
thing, and waited at the alley in antici-
| patton OF capturing his man. He did not
| deny saying that ii May had paid him
! twenty-five cents week to watch the
market he would probably have caught
/ the burglar. He would be justified IN
| forcing an entrance into the place and
! make an investigation If May employed
| him..
). w. Marsh corroborated Warner. He
| refused TO take any chances, he said, of
running against pistol in the hands Of 81
burglar when he was not an officer.
III. q. Megerle testified to hearing War
ner say that he would have caught the
burglar or burglars if May had employed
him as night watchman.
| May made statement denying War
ner's assertion that be May said that he
! would not give fifty cents for a whole
| stack of policemen. He had respect for
the regulars, but none for the specials.
Robert Allen, bartender in the Play
saloon, said he heard Warner make the
| remarks charged by May.
Officer Michael Fisher testified that he
had been on the night watch a good deal,
and had always found Warner on duty,
aud al all times ready and willing to as
| sist the regulars in looking out for crimi-
nails and helping the police to make ar
rests.
Chief OF Police Drew was asked by
Trustee Leonard what kind of an officer
Warner was, and how he has conducted
himself as such.
The Chief said Warner has rendered
the Police Department a great deal OF
assistance. He had never known War
ner TO do anything wrong and considered
him good officer.
Trustee Leonard said that Sam Poska,
who also heard the remark made by War
ner, said Warner told him that be heard
! noise III the market aud went to the
alley to see if be could intercept the
burglar. Poska did not hear Warner
speak of May in harsh language.
Trustee Tozer asked Warner if he had
received any instructions from the Chief
of Police. He replied that he had not.
lie also was not furnished with the police
| regulations of the city.
| The investigation ended here, and the
| matter was taken under advisement
until next Monday evening.