The herald., 1898-09-07
THE SMALL BOOK
Detective AUBLE FINED AND
.-.., REPRIMANDED
A REPORTERS DUTY
DIsLIKED ARTICLE REVEALING
POLICE METHODS
CRUSADE HAS BEEN STARTED
Police Commissioner Anxious to Un'
derstand the Queer Workings Of
the Department

rimanded for using language unDecomlng
an officer toward w. G. Taylor reporter
Of the Evening Express.
It may also be stated that majority Of
the commission were for time In favor
Of dismissing the officer from the police
force, but his long and valuable services tO
the city prevailed in his favor.
The charge Upon which Detective Auble
was tried has been thoroughly aired. III
tho newspapers. He confronted, the re-
porter on account Of an article written by
the latter and called him liar and cur.
But behind the charge and the cause OF the
alteration is the Infamous small book
system, which has long since been abar-
doned by every well regulated police de-
partment in the United States. 1t still ex-
lists in Russia and in France, the Dreyfus
case In the latter country being a good ex-
ample Of its workings.
Under the "small book system q man
may be arrested and put in prison and out
side of the detectives who made or caused
his arrest not soul knows OF the where-
abouts of the prisoner. Instead OF enter
ing the prisoners name on the prison regis
ter the public record of arrests, and In
this way informing the friends and attor-
neys Of the man incarcerated OF his where
abouts and the charge against him. under
the "small book" system he Is locked up
and not only denied his legal rights OF
counsel but his family and friends are
kept in ignorance Of the fact Of the arrest
until such time as the detectives see fit to
give them information.
The system has been attacked so often
and so often declared illegal in IT'S workings
that 1t has been matter Of surprise to
many that Chief Glass should allow 1t to
be carried on in this city.
It was on account Of a case Of this kino,
where a man was arrested. small
booked' and locked UP for forty-eight
hours without recourse to an attorney that
the article which caused the row between
the reporter and the detective was written.
The charge against him in Its gravest light
was no more than petty larceny and the
police were sharply criticised for their ac-
ton in failing to publicly book the arrest
To this criticism Detective Auble OBJ
jected. --, 4-., .
The first witness on the stand yesterday
was w. G. Taylor. He testified that Auble
stoned him in the corridors Of the police
station and accused him Of having written
an article which misrepresented him. Ar
argument followed. Taylor maintaining
his position and according to his testi-
mony Auble called him liar. Taylor called
him another" Auble retorted, so Tay'
,or said. by calling him - liar and a dirty
cur" Then Detective Hawley interfere6
and prevented further difficulty and Tay.
lor went to the chief and preferred charges
During the testimony, when witness
reneated that Auble had called Taylor "a
Snto Wh0 was stand
ine near. said: "And that was true, too.
Comno;ss,oner Gibbon at once called the
detective to account for the language useo
ord Told him in plain terms that the com.
missioners' room was no place ana the
trial no time for him to emphasize the
remark he had applied to Taylor, and ioi
doing which he was on trial. IL was Au'
ble's remark in the open trial that cains
near costing him his star.
Frank Barnes. A Times reporter, suD
stantiated Taylor's statements. Auple' II
his own defense and Detective Hawley ant
officer Mckenzie testified tna' 'aS'ol
called Auble liar first
This ended the testimony, and the com
mission went into executive session. Ths
members were absent but few minutes
ord then returned and offered the follow'ne
resolution:
"pesolved. That Detective Walter Aub!t
he nned SIS and severely reprimanoeo ps
the chief of police for using language un
hecominig an officer to citizen.
This resolution was passed unanimously
and then Commissioner Gibbon pupilci!
renrImanded Auble for the remark ne nat
made during the trial. This done. the com
mission issued an invitation 10 the city edi
,ors Of all the daily papers in the city II
meet with the commission, Chief Of Polio
class and Chief Of Detectives Bradish TIL!
afternoon at O'Clock. at which time IN
"small book" system, as we'll as other mat
tiers affecting the police methods now Il
vogue, will be discussed. Much is hope
from this meeting, and many well-knowl
LAWYERS are interesting themselves in tn
matter.
| II can be said for Detective Auble tina
he Is one of the oldest and most efacien
officers on the force. He is in nowise I
blame for the system under which he works
his only fault being, In the present case
an inability 10 keep his temper.
Routine Business
! The police commissioners yesterday ap
pointed COMMISSIONERS GlouoH' AouS" 0"'
Wyman committee to appear before tn
Board of freeholders and urge the insertion
in the provisions Of the charter OF the re
forms and reliefs asked for by the polic'
department.
| It was announced that, with the granting
OF transfers Of the following saloon, tina
the full number. 200 saloons. were licensed
In the city, and that no further application!
would be considered until some one Of thu
licenses was forfeited.
| The license Of c. II. Henry, 1904 San Fer
nando street, was transferred to G. e. Toll
fre, q. H. Odell and Lorenzo Costontini a
216 Bellevue street.
The license Of J. e. Waldeck, forfeited
Tor non-payment, was restored.
The license Of A. Marquis was transferred
Ito Charles Pike.
The application Of F. 8. Nicolay, 1900 sal
Fernando street. was filed. as the list wal
full.
| Hoodlum Nuisance
| The action, Of onicer John Mcclure IL
handling the gang Of hoodlums that ammo.
ths asuplayes Of the southern Californis