The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-16
POLICE AK AGAIN FALLS
PATROL1TAN ALBERT [. GATES DIS-
 HONORABLY DISCHARGED.

He Was Charged With Giving Away In-
 formation of Contemplated Raid-An-
 thony Carroll Makes Some Suggestions to
 the Commissioners-NewL Lot of Police
 Surgeons Appointed Last Night.
 The board of police commissioners last night in executive session heard several witnesses in the case of Patrol man Albert L. Gates and at the close of the taking of evidence voted to dishonorbaly dismiss him from the service. The charge against him was that he gave away informa- ton of contemplated police raid. Su- pernumerary John Grove was also dis missed for drunkenness. Patrolman Schroeder, the mounted officer in East Rock park, was allowed nine days pay for time lost owig to an injury which he received from a fall of his horse. Patrolman McKiernan, who was also injured in the discharge of his duty presented a petition for an allowing of fifteen days pay for time lost thereby. His claim was disallowed, however.
 The first twenty minutes of tue com- missioners' meeting were given over to Anthony Carroll, who appeared to speak on changes which he considered were needed in the workings of the de- partment MT. Carroll spoke against the enforcement of the rule which di- rects patrolmen to salute their supe- rior officers. He said that saluting took the patrolman's time and de- tracted his attention from his duties. He said further: Another thing that wish to complain of is the grading in the department. I ask you to do away with that. This grading was brought into the department by a commissioner who put nearly every man who owe d him on the force also ask you to do away with the supernumeraries. know an A No. man in the depart ment who never served a single day as a supernumerary. And now, another thing, after you have put a patrolman for weeks on a case to work it up, you turn it over to the detectives. I don't believe in the detective force. If a man is capable of being patrolman, he is capable of doing detective work. All patrolmen ought to be able to do de- tective work. As it now Is, after a man has spent time to look up case, 1t is turned over to men who have done nothing, but who get all the honor and credit for it. By the way, as see the commissioner there Hooking al Commissioner Ullman) I wish to say that the detectives used to get rewards for stolen articles recovered. On MT ullmans motion it was voted some time ago that no patrolman should re- ceive any perquisites outside of his pay and I hope that rule Is enforced now A policeman ought to do his duty and after doing it he ought not to De prais- ed. It makes jealousy in the depart ment. I am opposed to officers in the department, that is. the names of cap tain and sergeant I ask that there be a superintndent and assistant SUI perintendents as necessary. Take the police out of this military style. Al the other departments of the city gov. ernment are carried on by superin- tendents and assistants without mili. tary style.'' While MT. Carroll was speaking the meeting was open to citi. zens but when he finished speaking uIe DOdTQ WellL lIllO e6eCullVe SeSSlOI on motion of MT. Ullman, seconded by MT. Burgess.
 The board also voted to declare the
 offices of surgeons of the various police
 stations vacant and then appointed
 the following police surgeons: Station 1, Dr. L. M. Gompertz; station 2, Dr. H. Moore; station 8, Dr. w. J. Butler
 station 4, Dr. F. A. Kirby. The police
 surgeons for the past year were Dr
 Gaynor, pr. Cahill, Dr. Park and Dr Copversa