The herald., 1897-04-14

revoked, thus settling the whole matter
for the time being.
The demand of officer Bates on the re-
lief and peSsion fund for the month o
March was presented. and on motion o.
Commissioner Forman action was de-
ferred until such time as the chief shall
report that Bates has complied witt
the previous orders of the board. A:
the chief was not ready to report, eh'
| matter was dropped.
w. S. Barnes was given permission
to carry a revolver, on the favorable re-
port of the chief.
The applications of w. e. Hope, w.
l.. Hubbard and Sherman Banks FOR
| positions on the force were filed.
The application of a Chinaman for
| permission to carry a revolver was re-
ferred to the chief for investigation.
Oil Inspecor Monlux and Deputy Fos-
mir were elected special officers, after
some delay, on account of the appli-
cants not having prepared their appli-
cations in regular form as required by
| the rules.
THOSE AGE DISCREPANCIES
The cases OF lHe dppiCdhto Who he@N
! sworn to different age in their appl-
cations from those given in the great
register were then called up, and the
clerk read communication from j. M.
Hallum, giving the date of his birth.
which would make him "a years OF age
when the great register was printed,
and not 35, as given. the Inference
naturally being that mistake had
been made in the register.
This matter was discussed at some
length, after which, on motion OF Com
missioner Forman, the clerk was In
structed to notify the applicant to have
the necessary correction made, and to
present the necessary affidavit to the
board.
Reuben Brown, a colored man, was
next. and he, too, claimed that he was
but "a years of age when the great
register was printed. and he was di-
rected to have the change made, which
he did, and shortly after filed the neces-
sary document with his application.
]. B. Bradley made the same explana-
ton, and was directed to take the same
course to correct the order.
T. w. Gleason and ]. B. Morrison
failed to put in an appearance or send
any letter.
HEAVILY FINED
The case of Oficer Miller, under sus-
pension FOR a charge Of having allowed
a burglar to escape because he would
not take the trouble to run and catch
him. was next called up. AS the case
of Miller had already been investigated,
there was nothing more to be said, and
hot fIa
officer be suspended without pay. Com
missioner Forman said that he could
not vote for the suspension of Miller,
who had been repeatedly reported as
derelict in his duty. The punishment
was not severe enough. He thought
that he should be made an example. A
vote was taken, and Miller was sus-
pended by a vote of to 1. Gen. Forman.
Officer J. T. Neighbors was next called
up to explain how he came to let wo-
man who had stolen a bicycle escape
after she was in custody, and for which
he had been suspended by the chief
Chief Glass explained that his de-
tectives discovered that stolen bicycle
had been offered for sale to a dealer by
a woman The latter was instructed
to return later. and this she did. The
dealer attempted to hold her, but she
went off, taking the wheel with her.
The bicycle man sent along boy to
follow her, and this boy at Seventh and
Spring streets notified Officer Neighbors
that the woman had stolen bicycle
and he should arrest her. This the off,
Ger did, but while telephoning to the po-
lice station he left the woman on the
and she moved off, though
Officer Neighbors was shouted to by the
boy on the sidewalk.
Officer Neighbors stated in his own de-
Tense that in making the arrest all he
had to go on was the statement of
mere boy; nevertheless he made the ar
rest of an old, gray-haired woman, we'll
dressed and respectable in appearance.
She appealed to him not to expose her
to the disgrace of arrest on the charge
of a boy, and asked that he at any rate
investigate the matter. The officer ex-
planned that he must arrest her, but
would telephone to the station to find
out what charges were preferred against
her, if any. While telephoning he left
the prisoner on the sidewalk, and she
escaped in the crowd that had gathered.
The officer claimed that he didn't know
she was gone until told so by man
who entered the drug store
This was all the evidence, and the COM
missioners put their heads together to
talk over the case. After conversing in
low tones for a few minutes the chief
was asked If he did not think the pun
ishment would be greater If the men
were fined their pay and kept at work,
in other words, make them work for
dead horse" The chief explained that
he thought it would. The action of the
board in suspending Miller was then re-
considered, and he was fined thirty
days pay, and the chief instructed to
put him to work. The same action was
taken in the case of Neighbors.
Commissioner Preuss announced that
he expected to be absent for a couple
of weeks in San Francisco. and was told
that he would have to apply for leave
of absence to the council
Commissioner Forman said that as
soon as a full board could be got to-
gether he wanted some steps taken
toward filling the vacancies on the force.
This matter had been dragging about
long enough and it shoYld be settled.
The other members of the commission
agreed with Gen. Forman, and said
that they were ready to proceed as soon
as he was. There was some talk, after
which it was informally agreed that the
appointments should be made just as
soon as all the members could get to-
gether.
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