The herald., 1897-03-11
The Regular Weekly Meeting OF
the Board
OFFICERS ON THE CARPET
Woodward, Dltewls and ConIey Plned
for Neglect Of Duty
The Mayor lnduIgss In Some Criticisms Of Ser
geant Smiths nethods-Does Not
Think Spying Necessary

members Of the board present. Chief
Glass was also In attendance as usual
Fred Hoppe appeared and asked that
the saloon license for No. 101 South
Broadway, now in the name of Lewis, be
transferred to himself The matter is
now pending in the courts, and the ap-
plication was referred to the city attor-
ney for legal opinion as to the boards
authority and jurisdiction in the mat
ter.
The application of ]. H. Paulin for a
saloon license for the Mount Pleasant
hotel, at the corner of First street and
Boyle avenue, went over for one week
on the request of Commissioner Wyman.
in order to allow the residents Of Boyle
Heights to file protest. The chief had
presented a favorable report upon the
application.
The petition of Market Master c. V.
Miller was referred to the chief for In
vestigation and report. Mr.. Miller wants
q regularly numbered police star In or
der to enforce his orders.
On motion, the clerk was instructed
to destroy all old applications for places
on the police force. and to furnish the
board with a list of the present men,
bers of the force, in order that commits
sions may be issued to them.
The wife of Officer Matuskiewicz ap-
peared before the board to complain that
her husband had deserted her and her
four children, and had refused to con-
tribute anything to her support. She
charged that Matuskiewicz was living
with another woman. The matter was
referred to the chief for immediate in
vestigation and report.
The following applications for saloon
licenses were referred to the chief for
investigation and report: ]. H. Ander-
son, No. 344 South Spring street; II. c.
Stevenson, Grand Pacific hotel. No. Al
South Spring street and Frank r.
Horth, No GIG South Broadway, corner
of Seventh.
The application of r. F. Henry to
carry a revolver was referred to the chief
for Investigation.
On motion the chief was instructed to
issue to j. N. Holmes. the special officer
at the Orpheum theater, a lettered star.
The chief then reported to the commits
sioners that on Sergeant Smiths report
that he had found officer ]. 7. Conley
sitting in the St.. Vincent hotel at 2:55
a. m. on March Sd. and that he had re-
mained there until 800 without attend
officer; also reported that Officer G. w.
Woodward had been suspended for a
| similar offense; also that Officer Dite-
| wig had neglected his duty and re-
mained at the Arcade depot from 1915
to 1:20 on March Sd. the two latter off,
GERS also having been reported by Ser
genat Smith.
The accused officers were then given
hearing, and Officer Woodward ex-
| planned that he had tried to put a wife
| in her home. from which she was ex-
| cluded by a drunken husband who would
not let let his wife in. and that he forced
the husband to do so, but had to crawl
up under dripping caves and was soaked
| to the skin. He obtained permission
from Clerk Gridley to take his lunch and
after lunch he went into the depot and
dried himself. He telephoned at $3.50
| from Adatns and Main streets, notify
| ing the department where he was. He
claimed he had a good record as an
officer.
Oficer Conley made a similar expla-
nation, saying that he had performed his
| duties in the vicinity and had gone into
the hotel to dry himself.
| Ditewig was the last officer up He
was charged wits( being in company
| with Of1cer Woodward on the night of
| the latter's absence from his beat. Dite-
! wig stated that he had been thoroughly
Hamburg steak for dinner, and it looked
so rainy and uncomfortable outdoors
| that he was tempted to sit down by a
cosy fire In the station. He had cigar
handy and smoked 1t, and then went out
on his beat.
Sergeant Smith gave his side of the
story in each case. and then all were ex-
| cused.
Mayor Snyder asked the chief what
were the sergeant's duties. He stated
| that he did not like Sergeant Smiths
way Of setting traps and spying on the
men. He wanted to know IL all the SER
| geants had to do was to keep the men
in fear of their lives and thoroughly de-
moralized. He did not believe that this
was the way to maintain discipline in
the department.
| Commissioner McLain wanted to know
II all the sergeants had to do was to spy
| on the men, who watched the sergeants.
! The chief stated that he had ordered
| Smith to watch these men; that 1t was
necessary to keep them from breaking
the rules, and IL they were not watched,
they would not be detected.
| Commissioners Wyman and Forman
thought that the sergeant was only do
| ing his duty and that 1t was necessary
to watch the men to maintain discipline.
On the formers motion, all the sus-
| pended officers were ordered reprimand-
ed by the chief and Woodward and
! Ditewig were fined fifteen days pay,
and Conley was fined ten days pay The
chief was further instructed to notify
the suspended officers that a second Of
Tense would be considered grounds for
| dismissal.
The following applications for appoint
ment to the force were filed: j. D.
Jaynes, T. H. Zeiglar, G. w. Pipkin, C.
| w. Herwick, H. Schwanecke, Alton e.
| Glass, Edward Myers, A. ]. Crose, A. l..
MAR, John T. Neff, Sylvester O'Reilly, s.
| e. Mckee, Theodore Mersch, e. e. Hin
man, H. L. White, @. A. Stephens David
Mitchell, T. M. Bayless. George E. Aus
| tin. Ruben Brown r. e. Lee, Irving
O'Holly, Charles M. Smith, David Shear
| on, ]. w. Greene, J. B. Morrison, Rob-
ert McGraw, J. w. Hollum, N. j. San
| ders Especially, J. ]. Shields.
The chief was instructed to furnish
| the board with q list of the special OFF,
| GERS. and to notify all who had not been
regularly elected that they must at once
| nut in an application In regular FORM
The chief was instructed to issue As
sistant Fire Chief Ed Smith a regular
ly numbered star.
been told that there was discrimination
| In giving the special officers work, and
| IL such was the case 1t needs investiga-
| ton.
Commissioner Forman said that he
had heard similar rumors of discrimina-
ton in giving out the extra work.
| Chief Glass said that he knew nothing
about any discrimination and explained