The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-31
That Gaines Is Unfit For His
Work as Patrolman.
HE'S TOO HOTHEADED.
The German Population Have
Great Cause Of Complaint.
Police Board Meets Tonight to
Consider the Matter.

There is p demand on the part of tho
public that 1roiman II. E. Gaines be
removed from his position as d man un-
fit for police duty.
The police commissioners are to meet
tonight to investigate the shooting of
Albert Cruger and the attack on the
Russian women.
a man who is under arrest on
charge of murder should not be allowed
to patrol the streets of city rs police
officer and Gaines should at least be sus-
pended pending an investigation IN
court, if not removed entirely The
German citizens also demand the
removal of Gaines from the police force
on account of the part he took III beat
ing the so called Russian women two
weeks ago.
The officers Of the local organization
of the German American league are pre-
pairing to take the case up aud asking for
Gaines dismissal.
The executive committee of the league
was to have held a meeting last night to
consider this affair." bat it was decided to
wait until after the preliminary examina-
tiOn in she Cruger case, as some of the
leading Germans thought the police
commissioners might remove Gaines
without any action being taken on their
part
AIr. John Schmidt of the Kansas Pack
ing House market, and secretary OF the
local German league, in speaking of the
Gaines affair said to a STATE JOURNAL
reporter today: This man Gaines ought
not TO be on the police force. He is
not the right kind of man.
l have lived here long
time and 1 know great many police
men who have been on the force for
years and years and it has never become
necessary for any of them to pound and
abuse inoffensive citizens with their
clubs"
Oscar Bischoff said: 'All this trouble
was caused by having a hot headed po-
liceman go to make an arrest | have
talked with these women and they tell
me thev made no effort whatever to re-
sist the officer They could not talk to
the policemen in English and they asked
for Al explanation of the arrest inc German
The policemen did not understand them,
and they became very much excited aud
used many gestures in trying to make
themselves understood.
"Ganes very likely thought from their
gestures that they intended to fight him,
and commenced to club them. 1 asked
the women if 1hey had broom
sticks or any other weapons and
they told me no, that they
had nothing whatever in their hands
but that they did throw their hands
about in trying to explain that their hus-
bands had done nothing to cause them
to be arrested.
"This affair has stirred these people up
to such an extent that they are talking
about leaving the country.
Il am the agent of the North German
Lloyd Steamship company and they have
been coming 10 me to see about tickets
ever since that affair. They say they
came to this country to become citizens,
but if they can't live here with
out being clubbed by the police,
when they are not breaking any law, just
because they have not yet learned to talk
the English language. then they want to
go back TO the old country"
1t is the duty of the board of
police commissioners. which meets
tonight, to thoroughly investigate
Patrolman Ga'ues' actions No further
evidence, b, W yer, is needed than the oc-
currences of the past two weeks to con-
vince every Que that Gaines is hot
headed, dangerous man. He may be
suitable for detective work. but he is not
fit to make arrests No policeman has
the right to Kill save in self defense and
the brutal clubbing of women has no
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