The herald., 1896-02-11
he HAS BEEN CALLED BACK
"Come Home, John NJ, We
Need You"
CHIEF OF POLICE WANTED
he Went Away Without Getting Form al
Leave Of Absence
The Cowboy Preacher Awaits His Return as
Well as About Eighty PatroImsn and
the Civ Hall Ganu
CHIEF OF POLICE WANTED

There is considerable comment over the
fact that this chief of police, John NJ. Glass,
has absented himself from the city, the
county and the state, without first having
obtained the formal permission of the po-
lice commission. The last session of the
commission was held on TIE day, the 4th
instant. Chief Glass was there, but he did
not ask for a leave Of absence. At least.
no such application is of record, nor do the
records anywhere show action by the COM
m sion insregard to tn 8 subject.
The chief is in Phoenix, Ariz., and in the
meantime the police department of Los
Angeles city is without head. Just now
the department is having some busy
times, and the chief by his absence from
the city escapes all responsibility. His
su5ordinates in the department are de-
prived of his aid. counsel, advice and in
struction as to how to cope with the diff
culties that have arisen. and what to do
They are simply worrying along and doing
the best they can.
Chief Moore of the fire department al
ways obtains leave of absence from the
fire commission before he absents himself
from the city. A few weeks ago he was
called to San Francisco on important
business. First. though, he procured leave
of absence from the fire commission in the
regular way.
The rules which govern the police de-
partment in this particular are identical
with those of the fire department.. But in
this instance it is said to be different for
according to Colonel Mike Deckman-
"Glass is the commission, and John kin go
where he wants to. III the CONS don't
like they kin lump it or git off the commits
sion."
T..
day afternoon that Chief Glass had been
telegraphed for. A wire was sent him at
Phoenix requesting that he Immediately
return to the city and meet the cowboy
preacher face to face.
There are also about eighty patrolmen of
the eighty-one on the force who are desir-
GUS of seeing the chief for the purpose of
ascertaining if their names are on the list
OF thirty-one which he handed to the
mayor just q week ago today. They all
want to know what the list was made up
for, and those whose names are on want
light as to why the chief should report
their alleged little frailties and overlook,
as they think, the more flagrant weak
points of some OF their brother officers
who are not on the list. In fact, in the de-
partment there is a universal desire for the
return of The chief for purposes OF consult
tation, il nothing more. At the city hall
they want to see him, too.
The folks at the hall who knew nothing
about the scheme to drop twenty names
from the payrolls of the department and
: substitute others were very much surprised
when they heard about it, for it took but a
| short time for them to secure corrobora-
| ton of the story. Some of the leaders
| were greatly chagrined to think that g
| quiet little job had been gotten under way
| that they were not in on.
The untimely publication of the plot TO
behead twenty ''of the flnest' may have
the effect of thwarting it. Anyway, when
the chief comes back, he will be kept busy
for several days explaining matters and
telling the boys how it happened he could
not let them in on the little scheme he and
His Honor had in mind when the blacklist
OF thirty-one was prepared. ,t.
One thing is certain. The scheme was
designed by a close corporation, which so
far as is positively known included only
the chief and the mayor and two police
commissioners. No commissioner could
be found yesterday who would admit that
this was the fact. Still it is, nevertheless.
The list of thirty-one was denied an exist
ence also. Inasmuch as a copy OF that list
is extant, however, it is useless for anyone
to deny that it was not made up by the
chief.
The committee of the commission who
have had in charge the matter of investi-
eating the alleged arrests and detentions
made by Detective Goodman in defiance of
the law and the constitution will make no
report to the commission today. When
the report will be made is not known.
1t took the committee O long while to
find out known facts. The report is await
ed with some interest.