The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-10
POLICE COMMISSIONERS HAVE
OFFICERS ON THE CARPET
THE MILLER CASE SETTLED
Two More to Como Up Next Week
Reprimands for a Couple of 9th
ers-City Hall Notes

the carpet explaining their various snort
comings for the sake Of their Jobs, 1t was
dull day. One officer told his troubles 20
the sympathetic commissioners yesterday
and, as a consequence. is rated AL again
on the books of the board. In preparation
for next Tuesdays attraction, however
Sergt, Smith and Officer Spencer were or
dered to appear and explain little per-
sonal difference which they had last June
at the corner Of Sixth and Spring streets,
during which the patrolman Is said to have
playfully pulled his gun and pressed II
against the abdomen of his superior officer,
remarking that If the latter bounded him
any further there would be work for the
police surgeon or the coroner
The case Of officer Miller was first taken
I'D and the report of the patrolman to Serg'.
Morton was read, saying that at o'clock
on Sunday morning, July oath, he heard loud
talking In the Dewey saloon at Sixth and
Broadway, and, looking through space in
the curtain ne could HEN at the bar
and the proprietor, Lee Morris behind ths
bar, with an apron on. At 4:45 there was
fight In the place and the glass doors in
front were broken by the struggling con-
testants. Miller got In the side way and
found the proprietor and another man
clinched, the other men trying TO separate
them. AS there were no blows struck in
his presence, he made no arrests.
It was because he had done nothing that
Miller was before the commission, but he
explained that. as he had seen no drinking
dome nor had he seen blows struck. he con-
s,dered he wound not be justified In making
an arrest The commissioners evidently
were Of the same opinion and passed his
ease along. Later on. however, Commits
ssonsr G,bhon discovered among the appli-
cations for transfers of licenses one asking
that the license for the Dewey be changed
from Ernest Rudolph to c. S. Haeffner II
apneared on Investigation that the man,
Lee Morris. never was proprietor of the
p,ace the license being in Rudolphs name
+bs ,atter representing n brewery agency
since the affair mentioned above Morris
has skinped nut and now Haeffner wants
the Mace. AS II had been generally under
stood that the license of the Dewey was TO
he revoked on account of this occurrence
and the general character of the place. Mr.,
Cibbon thought some action necessary and
accordingly drafted the following resolu-
tion 10 At cases of this chara cter In the
escaping the consequences of his acts:
"Resolved. That it is the sense of this
commission that hereafter when a viola
tion of the law by person in charge of a
saloon has been rsnorted and is under in
vest,ration. the commission will, NOT enter
tain any annJjcatfon for the transfer of ,b a
license of the saloon In question until such
Investigation is completed: and If sueh vio-
Iation of the law is shown by the investi-
CATION as will render the license subject 10
revocation. then the license shall be re-
voked and no transfer shall be permitted"
The resolution was unanimousy adopted
BEFORE the public session the commits
stoners had held a secret meeting of near
w an hour and one Of the results appeared
vhsn Commissioner Gibbon moved that
Serpt Chs Smith and Patrolman Spencer
apnear before the hoard and explain an al
fercation which occurred between them on
The night of J,,ne 7th IT is said that the
sergeant met the patrolman and took him
10 task for ''loafing' on his beat, hanging
around and spending his time in conyersa-
tion. besides numerous other things unbe-
coming an officer. Spencer Is said 70 have
Inst his temper and hot words followed
after which he is said to have pulled his gun
and Threatened 10 kill Smith ~ he '.sn,ed''
upon him again. WHY the matter did not
before come to the attention of the COM
mission and WHY Smith did not suspend
the patrolman for his breach of discip,ne
will umdoubtedly come ont at the invest,
CATION. There are numbers of witnesses
TO the affair. and It now seems proba ble
that next weeks session will be held 70
"stand,np room only."
tectiye Goodman was then taken I'D. Both
of the officers were charged with engaging
IN a disgracef,,l encounter at the pollce sta-
finn on Julv 26th during which violent an 4
abusive language was freely fnd,need IN
NV both narties. The evidence showed that
hath wers az fault but tina. more ma rticu
iar,v was Goodman rho aeeressor The
board directed that Chief Glass reprimand
Detect,ve Goodman for using violent and
elusive language 10 Hsnslev and that both
~ ranr,nonded IN, engaging In a onarre,
r,hi,e an drty
Ioh tIar,,r,.r onnsored N find o,,+ fron,
eve. commissioners what had been done
With tho draft of an ordinance which hal
.o,n h, ,,,, nrassr,ed N tho courc,l SOW
era, weeks ago. and by that body referred
IN tbe nolice commissioners The ordinance
MOS ,rtended N sunnress tho nolar roor,.
,.,,,oh inject Tho business nor,,on of ,na
s,.,, u.rr,r,an avsrred mot ,horo n,ara
- los, ,or,,, ~ ,hess nl.ces IN tho c,,,, ana
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