The San Francisco call., 1898-04-09
His Trip to the East Is to Wind Up His Fathers
 Estate.
It Has Made Him Independ- ent of the Police
 Business.
Reason Why Wolf Has Been Trained in Prison Work and Tenpora-
 rily Fills the Office.

The selection of Sergeant Wolf, Chief Lees nephew, as captain of the City Prison during the absence of Captain Robinson in the East, which was pub- lished exclusively in The Call yester- day, was the subject of considerable unfavorable comment in the depart ment yesterday.
 The real object of the astute Chief in getting his nephew promoted as ser geant and detailing him to occupy his time in mastering the routine work in the prison came to light yesterday. It is no other than to have his nephew promoted to the position of captain of the prison permanently.
 Captain Robinsons father died last year. He was physician and planter in Baton Rogue. La., and left con- siderable estate to be divided among his children. At the time of his death Captain Robinson went East and not long after he returned and he informed Chief Lees of his intention to quit the police business, as he was sick" of it. His fathers death had made him in- dependent, as his share of the estate would be between 1000 and $150O0. That with the money he had been able to save while a member of the depart ment would make him independent for life. He has now gone East to settle up his fathers estate, and when he re- turns he will, it is said, send in his res ignation to the Police Commissioners. Then he will go East to settle perma- nently there, as he has no ties to bind him to this city.
 Robinson, while a conductor, joined the department on April "A, 1878, and h.. will have served twenty years in two weeks more. when his resignation will probably be sent in. As he is only 46 years old he will not, of course, get pension, but that need not worry him. He was promoted to be sergeant on February 20, 1894, and captain on July 31, 1895, in recognition of the prominent part he played in the Chinatown brib- cry expose which resulted in the dis missal of three Sergeants and about two dozen men. As natural result he has been summed by his brother of ficers, which explains his remark to the Chief that he was "sick" of tho business.
 Almost immediately after the Chief knew of Robinson's intention to resign his nephew was taken from street duty and placed in different easy positions, finally being detailed in the prison.
 
 sergeant and has been receiving daily instruction from Robinson and Ser geant Lindheimer as to the duties that will be required of him as captain of the prison. Wolf's promotion has been rapid. He was appointed on the force on November .29, 1895. and was made sergeant on February 10 of this year. If his uncle's programme is carried out he will be captain in a few weeks more.
 Commissioner Gunst will leave this morning on a six months vacation, and his absence from the city will do away with the only opposition the Chief might reasonably expect to the fuI- fillment of his net scheme to make his nephew captain. The probability is that he has already sounded Commis- sioners Tobin and A1vord on the sub ject and has a clear field.
 There are many able men on the force who have served the city for years faithfully and efficiently. and are quail flied in every way to satisfactorily per- form the duties of captain of the pris- on. and Wolf's apparent selection to fill the office simply because he happens to be the Chiefs nephew will not tend to promote the best interests of the de. partment.
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