The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-29
And VES4IBULES
The Board InstruCts Chief
Murphy to Enforce
the Law.
Mr.. BLAIR WILL SAY HOW
Dear's Yellow Journal Sleutbs Do
Not Want Their Identity
Known.

The Police Board met yesterday after
noon. The session was a long one by rea-
son of a discussion raised by Chief Muir
ply in relation to enforcing the law COM
polling the use of vestibuled ears by the
Consolidated Traction Company.
The Chief in a letter to the Board,
wrote that he understands the law to
make it mandatory upon the police to
make complaint if the law is violated by
the company. The object OF the vesti,
bules is to afford protection from the cold
to motormenz and conductors.
District Assembly No. 1875 Order OF
Knights of Labor, sent a letter to the
Board on the subject asking that the law
be rigidly enforced. The law requires
tibules by November /, which is Monday
next. Chief Murphy told the Commits
sioners that he was puzzled as to how to
proceed. 1t is not a criminal offence II
the law is violated, the Chief contends,
and he insists that the fine, which is i'm
posed for violation, nay be collected by a
civil suit.
President Abernethy said that the law
should be enforced no matter who APP
peared as complainant. He
that the law should be enforced immedi-
ately after midnight on October 81.
Commissioner Feeney finally offered a
resolution directing the Chief to enforce
the law. In the meantime Corporation
Counsel Blair rs to advise the Chief how.
to proceed.
The Chief recommended the following
members of the force for honorable mem
tom
Detective Michael Clark, Of the Second
precinct, for the capture of a forger who
had uttered many worthless checks on
citizens; Patrolman John ". Murphy, Sec
ond precinct, for capture of burglar whom
he saw robbing a jewelry store on his
post; Patrolman Thomas Dooley, Second
precinct, and John Wheeler, Sixth pre-
cinct, for good judgment displayed in
a rraCfinO q nnn Whn had otrnnial1GIU
beaten another man almost to death; Pa
trolman John Donovan, Second precinct,
for keen perception and sound police
Judgment in the apprehension of five
thieves and two of their female friends
who were in their company, and for the
arrest of three professional sneak thieves,
one of whom was identified for robbing
a house in Fourth street a few days be-
fore the arrest; Patrolman Thomas Col
Inns n Patrolman Patrick Mahoney,
Second precinct, for clever capture of two
the street solely on their Judgment that
they were thieves. They have since been
held on two complaints of entering n
larceny. Patrolman Alexander Gallagher,
Fourth precinct, for great bravery and
good craftsmanship. Being called to ar
rest a man who had shot at his wife, he
entered the house through a window.
When the man attacked him with a
loaded revolver and snapped it twice close
to his Head, Gallagher, believing his life
in danger, fired to disable his adversary,
%wounding him in the hand. The man still
refused to surrender, and continued to
snap his revolver at the officer. When
the latter again fired and inc him
in the other hand. thereby completely
broken his prisoners revolver, which ac-
counts for its failure to explode.
h Chiefs communications were or
dered spread in full upon the minutes.
A communication was received from
Joseph A. Dear, treasurer of the Even
ing Journal. ASSOCIATION, in reply to- a
resolution of the Board requesting that
it be given all the evidence the paper
has against the persons who We're ac-
cused in the paper of October 9 of con-
Quoting gambling places.
Mr.. Dear wrote:-sWhile we are anx-
and bringing criminals to justice, we feel
compelled to refuse compliance with your
request. The Evening Journal has, at
much trouble, succeeded in securing per-
fectly trustworthy detectives who are
still in its service. To disclose at this
Tune the names ana me personality OF
would be easy and certain would simply
result in destroying their usefulness to
the Journal in the task to which it has
set ITSELF
The communication was filed.
Police power was conferred on Daniel
Murphy, a night Waterman.
Sergeant James Finlay of the Com
munipaw avenue station was retired on
half pay. He is go years old and has
served twenty years as Sergeant.
Police Justice Nevin was directed to sit
in the First Criminal Court during No
vember. In December Justice Potts will
return.
Commissioner West stirred up a lively
discussion by asking if nothing could be
done to compel policemen to pay their
debts. During the last month he said he
had been pestered by merchants who APP
pealed to him to do something to enforce
the payment of just debts by members
of the force.
"There are some men on the force" he
declared, who apparently pay for Moth
ing. Such men should be dismissed, and
I will vote to remove any man who tries
to defraud merchants" Chief Murphy
replied that there are comparatively few
men on the force who do not pay their
debts. Notwithstanding the Chiefs as
sertion he was directed to enforce the
| rule compelling men to pay their debts.
There are a dozen, it Is said, who will
not pay what they owe. 1t is probable
charges will be lodged against them.