The Saint Paul globe., 1897-06-09
COULD NOT CATCH A HORSE.
Mayor DOran Fires Policeman for
That Reason.

John T. Quincy, patrolman at the
DUcas street station, was discharged
from the police force yesterday by
Mayor Doran. The formal charge on
which the officer was dismissed, as
stated by the mayer. was insubordina-
ton and allowing an alleged horse
thief to escape arrest Friends of the
discharged officer, however, claim that
when six detectives recently allowed a
prisoner to escape from them no charge
OF INSTRUMENTATION was made and in
the case at point the alleged horse thief
was mounted while the prisoner who
gave the detectives the ha, ha, was
on foot.
Quincy, seen last evening. intimated
that all his troubles dated from the
time he arrested a well-known young
man on the West side on a charge of
ddsorderly conduct. In that case he
had simply obeyed the orders of his
superior officers and nothing more. AS
to the affair on which he was brought
before the mayor and discharged he
stated the following as the facts in
the case:
Thls morning about ten minutes after
O'Clock, Sergt, Ryan came along Delos
and Robert streets and asked me who
1t was leading a horse by [ said T
did not know. He told me to see. T
went up about a block and half. but
a
L chased him two or three blocks and
came back. At 2:50 Ryan came hack
and asked If I caught him. explained
that he had got away. With some
profanity, he told me 1 should have
got the man. I told him 1 could not
ny, ana nothing more was heard
ABOUT 1t until / was awakened at 8 a
m and told to report at the mayors
Office, and the only charge that was
preferred against me was this one
or letting man get away on horse
pack. 1t turns out that a horse had
been stolen down on the flats. but this
morse, | nave found, was DR.. BeaPs,
the hill. He will not be back until
tonight, but he is not a horsethief.
In a very short time the following
petition was secured yesterday after
noon by friends of Quincy:
To the City Council:
tne west SIDE, ask your honorable body to
reinstate Patro:man John T. Quincy, who was
discharged on false representations
y4sepn =; ~, Hurley; undertaken, 957 South
asha; John c. Stuhlmann, hardware. 399 Wab-
asha; James Grace, shoemaker; George NJ
Schaubie, milliner; John Minea, grocer; H
Eggers. grocer; F. Kuechler, harness: Gust
W. Wegner, barber; c. Stoven clothier; Jo-
seph Gabriel butcher; Henry Payette barber.
William Berkman, confectionery; Washington
h1tSSHOI, 6IoCSIJ 11eTuldn CTOenl, Wm Crosse.
Theo. Handt, o. E. Adams, meat market: Pet
er Anderson, grocer; H. Madison, druggist: G.
g.. Setter, druggist Charles Franz, butcher;
John Lynch, grocer; S. G. Andrist, grocer;
Hall & Kraft. druggists; Louis e. Yoerg. sec.
retary Yoerg Brewing company; E. S. La
France. shoes; Norman. Hausam & Co., Haas
& Anderson, G. E. Brickner, Burns Bros.
Swenson & Krohn, Jesse Martin and a num-
Der of others.
Quincy was appointed to the police
force by Mayor Smith in August, 1895.
and since his appointment has been
detailed at the Ducas street station.
AS soon as the news Of his discharge
was known the foregoing petition
was circulated and signed bv'
numerous citizens on the West side.
The petition will be presented to the
council at the next meetings of the
assembly and aldermen.