The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-31
OAKLAND WILL REJOICE,
Important Changes in the Po-
lice Force About to
Occur.
CHIEF SCHAFFER WILL GO.
Scandal Over the Chinese Lotteries
the Cause of the Up
heaval.

The edict has gone forth that the long
expected changes in the Police Depart
ment of Oakland are about to occur and
the law abiding citizens are congratulating
themselves on the Improvement which an
able and energetic chief will work in the
force. The taxpayers who furnish the
money to support the department are
gratified that their demands for better
protection and q more strict enforcement
of the laws have been heard.
Mayor Davie is known to favor changes
in those offices which come under the
Jurisdiction of the Board of Public Works,
of which he is member, and as one other
member of the board is known to be in
accord with him and anxious to bring the
matter to head it is believed that within
the next week the official guillotine will
begin its work.
The first head to fall will be that of the
inefficient chief under whose reign Chinese
lotteries have f1ourished and multiplied.
The Chinese lotteries which Big Jim, the
chief of the yellow sure-thing gam blers,
admitted were taking $4,000 per month
| out of Oakland, have long been a fruitful
cause for complaint in the business COM
| munity, and no comment on Chief Schaf-
| fer's weak-kneed policy in regard to them
Is CONSIDERED TOO severe Dy lQOSe VINO are
conversant with the facts.
He has repeatedly admitted his inability
| to suppress them, though stringent laws
were passed to assist him. Other officials
| notably Officer William McCloud, have
shown by their efforts that no great
| difficulty in arrestlng and convictlng the
Mongolians exists. Yet they have been
time are in full blast. A short time since
when the CALL exposed the location of a
number of these dens in the main business
portion of the town Chief Schaffer made
showing of keeping them closed and
stationed officers before the doors for day
| or two, but the fit of virtue soon wore of,
| and any one who now desires to mark
| tickets can do so at half a dozen places
within stones throw of Broadway.
| Mayor Davie is familiar with these facts,
and the knowledge that many citizens and
taxpayers were clamoring for an able and
| energetic Chief has had much to do with
| the impending change.
| There is also feeling among the subor-
| dinates on the force that there are other
heads in danger besides that of the Chief
| and a wild scurry for the influence of
| friends, who are near the administration,
| Is in progress.
Policeman Swain, who is in charge of
| the book at the Central station during the
night watch, is said to be slated for pa
GTOluldH pidSC, anu OuuEeT HILL Will NC
put in his place. The feud between Chief
| Schaffer and Officer William McCloud has
broken out with renewed vigor, and the
| efficient patrolman has been charged by
| his superior with usurping functions
which are not part of a police officers
| duty, and with conduct not conducive to
the discipline of the force.
The trouble grew out of a demand for
the reward which the complaining wit
ness-e1cept where he is connected with
the police force-has always received for
each conviction or forfeiture of bail in
China lottery cases. A. r. Waters, re-
porter, was the complaining witness
against Shue Yuen, gam bier, who was
convicted, and Officer McCloud, who made
the arrest, certified that the 500 reward
asked by Waters was correct. Chief
Schaffer thought that the matter should
have gone through his hands, though no
| law exists making such procedure neces-
sary, and made the charges mentioned.
at is merely piece of petty spite work
on the part OF this puffed-up chief" said
Mr.. McCloud, yesterday, ''and though
| have not as yet been notified of the charges
against me, know that I can show the
| Commissioners that I acted to the best of
| my knowledge, and even under the advice
| of city officials. This reward has always
| been paid, in some instances where he hap
| pened to want convictions, by the authority
| of the chief himself. did nothing but what
was just and proper, and have no fears for
\ the outcome ~