The herald., 1896-11-19
CHIEF GLASS TALKS
He Gives His Side of the Controversy
With the Ministers


Chief Glass was seen last evening in
regard to the action of the Ministerial
Association in passing the denunciatory
resolutions, and for the first time made
a public reply to the charges which have
been preferred against him. He char
acterized Rev. j. A. b. Wilson as an
unprincipled man, who to secure a little
cheap notoriety sought to break into the
newspapers by making statements
which were unqualifiedly false and
which, to say the least, had been made
without having first been investigated
as to their truth.
For the Ministerial Union as a whole
he had high regard, believing the ma
jority of its members to be men of pro-
bity and honor, but gave it as his belief
that they had been blindly led by Revs.
Wilson, Knighten and one or two 9TH
ers into indorsing sentiments which had
only a tissue of falsehoods for their ba-
sis. DR. Wilson came in for the princi-
pal roast, and was denounced as one
who had 'wilfully distorted, perverted,
misstated and misconstrued for the pur-
pose of injuring me-"
Going back over the history of his first
falling out with the Rev Wilson, Chief
Glass said that he had first been ap-
preached by the minister a day or two
before race week, when DR.. Wilson had
called and demanded that he (the chief
at once proceed to enforce the pool room
pools We're sold on the races. He was
informed that there was no legal re-
str1ction placed on the selling of pools
on local races and that the rooms could
not be closed on that score also that
there was some doubt as to the consti-
tutionality of the ordinance prohibiting
the sale of tickets on outside races.
However, as soon as race week was over
test case would be made as quickly
as possible.
This plan did not suit the Rev Wilson
and he proceeded to denounce the de-
partment and to insinuate that the po-
lice and newspapers all received money
to blind them to the fact of the fragrant
| violations of the law. Hot words passed
and. as stated by the chief. DR.. Wilson
| threatened to publicly attack him
through the medium of the association
and also from his pulpit, drive him out
of office and ruin him. In reply he was
! denounced as a backguard and told
! to prefer his charges to the proper tri-
bunal, the grand jury, where he (Glass)
would meet every and any charge that
could be made, prepared to refute them.
| The conference finally wound up by the
divine being ordered out of his office by
the irate chief.
In commenting on his action in regard
to the pool rooms the chief pointed to
| the fact that on the Monday following
i the close of the races he had arrested f.
D. Black. proprietor of a Spring street
| pool room. and has prosecuted him as
| test case. The matter first came up in
court on October 2Sth and has since
been reset on November 5th and 9Th at
which latter date it was set down for
trial today, the 10th. 1t will be called in
the police court this afternoon at 2
o'clock.
After the heated interview OF October
| DR.. Wilson did not call on the chief until
Tuesday afternoon, when in company
with Revs. Mclean, Day, Ball, Elliott,
Cowan and w. T. Somes, he appeared as
chairman of a committee of the Minis
terial union appointed to interview the
chief of police. The committee was
composed only of Wilson, Mclean. Day
and Ball, but the other gentlemen came
along. to see the fun. a point blank
refusal was made by the chief to have
anything to do with Cr. Wilson or Somes
and another scene ensued. The commit
| tee left without coming to any definite