The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-14
GALLlCk AND HIS KICKS
They We're Very Numerous for a Tim,
Yesterday.
HE WANTED TO FIND FAULT
The Police Commissioners Decide
TO Stand by Chief Leyden in
His Efforts to Enforce
Little Discipline.

BUTTE, March 13.-Commissioner Gall
Ick created more than the usual amount
OF amusement at the meeting of the police
commission this afternoon. which was at
tended by all the commissioners except
A.saule. Mr.. Gallick was plainly anxious
ABOUT something and when Mayor Dugan
left the room for a moment just after the
meeting convened, he said: snow that
the mayor is out l will move that the APP
pointment of q man to fill the vacancy on
the force be laid over until our next meet
ing.'
Then he nudged the marshal and whisp-
cred to him to second the motion.
II will not do it," replied that official,
II have name to present myself and l
don't see the need of postponing the mat
ter"
"How do you know there is vacancy
in the force ?" inquired the chairman.
because saw 1t in the papers," said
Gallick, with a bland smile.
And why are you SO anxious to have
the matter postponed"
well. IL you want to know, 1t is be-
cause might be in the minority now and
want to have Maule here to help me
out"
This frank confession was received with
broad smiles.
The mayor had returned in the mean
time and he seconded Gallick's motion for
the reason that he believed that appoint
ments should be made by a full board.
After the marshal had formally no flied
the commission of the resignation of OFF,
Ger Gaffney, and that vacancy existed,
Callick's motion was put and carried.
The case of Officers Dan Collins and
w. G. Tucker was then taken up. Chief
Leyden made the folio wing statement of
the case:
AT :15 o'clock Saturday morning last
found Officers Collins and Tucker sitting
in the bar-room of Smiths saloon in South
Butte. They were sitting at a table with
cards and chips in front of them, and
were, believe. playing stuff. / did not
say anything to the officers when discoy-
cred them, but walked out and left them
sitting there. had told them both sew
eral times to stay on their beats, but what
said did not have effect, and that is why
dId not say anything to them on Satur-
day morning. / moved Tucker from a
beat on the west side to South Butte be-
cause / could never find him. When he
was out west he would go to supper about
10 O'Clock and again at 3 or o'clock, and
l put him in South Butte SO he could 90
home but once night.
ION two occasions some time ago, l
found Tucker and two other officers in
the hallway in the Caplice building and | |
cautioned them about staying on their |
beats. l have also found Collins and other |
officers in the Montana Union depot and
have similarly cautioned them. Smiths |
saloon is not on Collins beat"
The marshal suggested that the two off, |
GERS be called in. but Brophy questioned |
the advisability of it. He believed in taxi |
ing the chiefs word in such cases and |
standing by him without further cere- |
mony. The mayor also believed in rely |
ing entirely upon the chiefs word in such |
cases.
It was finally decided, however, to hear
what the officers had to say. Both of |
them admitted that they were in the sa-
loon at the hour named. but they strenu-
ously denied that they were playing cards.
Tucker said that the bartender and two
other men were playing a game of stuff
but that neither he nor Collins were partic-
ipants.
Collins said that he could not plav
slutf. Tucker said he had not been in
the saloon more than 10 minutes and that
he had gone in to sit down for few
minutes.
Gallck seized the opportunity to show
his ill-feeling toward Chief Leyden by
moving that both of the officers be hon.
orably reinstated with full pay. In view
of the fact that Mr.. GallIck has never
overlooked chance to kick about police
men being off their beats, it was not ex-
pected that he would carry his luminosity
toward the chief to such an extent as to
make such motion and it was laughingly
received.
you would not suggest that the
officers be given a medal or a premium.
would you. Gallick 2" sarcastically in
quired Mr.. Brophy.
Mr.. Gallick said he would not. His
motion did not secure a second and it was
dropped.
The marshal moved that Officers Tucker
and Collins be suspended for 10 days
from the date of the offense and that they
be warned that a repetition of the Ioffense
would result In their discharge.
Gallick jumped forward with an amend
ment that the men be laid off for only
eight days, but he was again sat down
upon.
Mayor Dugan seconded the marshal's |
motion which was carried, Gallick voting |
n the negative. The mavor said that if |
hey were to follow up Gallicks motion
he head of the police force would be en-
irely ignored and it would not be long
until the officers hung around saloons as ,
much as they wanted TO.
Mr.. Gallick was all primed with a kick
about the scarcity of policemen when a
burglary was discovered at the
'orner of Galena and Washington streets {
o-night and police whistles were loudly :
,lown, but after his action in the case of ,
officers Tucker and Collins ne did not seq