The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-29
THE STREETER CASE.
Lawyer Tatman Will Claim
the Man Was Not Lee
gally Dismissed.

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y nc" aspect VI 'ii1 i-u " 81 IL
lStreeter case presents itself in its bear
ling upon the status of the entire police
foroa
Charles l. Iatman' counsel Tor street.
er, who was deposed from his position
as a Do1ica oficer for an a1laeasd viola
tion pf 5n+v sa,ys tbst he Viii bring
nm some terIJ interesting Questions
when tbe case comes before the su-
meme CONT on q netition for. a writ
IF mandanoi,e Al tbis time Mr. Tat
man does not care to 60 INTO, the whole
dataiIs &c 10 roe;tio,S he LIN talsa in
his natition but IL is clear tba+ he will
nroread along The linz If maintaininn.
| ttat +br ,ct 20 1000 I-,,o,,,1, &C ~ ,.,,a,1
,,1o,arl,, oct -, Ell ~, go. ,,,d Ea @
NOT ranSaie5 nv tho city cba,.tat
| This art nrovidas for +ba raT9ova1 of
! a -nolica oaiSe, ty, The ,,,e,,or e,,d boar,7
I of ailla,,,,a1 fo,, os,Ise ofto,. JI,a bear-
~ C5I lUI ,,, SESe, aiset nee,
NO basio o,,5 ,n onost,,,,itI.
eiven Straafa, for y baayiI,e. Nv Nrayo,.
SA'T5i = eetsl AoI d near lis pS NAY
deren II yin IN i bn c If o' hat at he
y,yae ,le,,o,, ra,,,l,.e,55 ,ao1tl1iI, 20 a.
process of law ana that he VS. si,or,lT,
removed nv rsvor Snratr,,s Anco ,I,is
ling 10 Mr. Tatm9n civ SoIicitnr R1ige
saws that the charter TeneaIs fine ner7
ln,anencv act nv ir,,DIica+ior
Mr. Tatman saws l, If tbis l.. oa,,,iad
out to its logical and LEGAL concl1sion
then the mayoT, can remove q nolice
/ officer with ~, vritbo,It ca1isa In +ba
petition for the writ of n7andan,1ts
! therefore, the CITY charter itself will
be attacked and the question Of the
exact tenure of a. no1iceman's Term Of
office will be questioned The civil
politics from the poltce Department
Lmaking a position on the force denend2
ent on good behavior and not on politi-
cal influence
The merits of the case. OF course. can
mot come before the supreme court, and
the petition for the writ conpelIinp the
city to restore Streeter to the force and
the prayer for back pay. assumes that
he has legally been a member of the
force all the time, being unlawfully de
Iprived Of his position While few law
lyers are inclined to agree with Mr.. Tat
man in his Interpretation of the law.
Istill the case will be one of unusual in
ItereSt.
Cen A. B, r. Sprague was seen by
The Spy man and asked concerning the
Streeter case. Il did not put that man
or the force" said Gen Sprague,
without first consulting with CITY
e'oAANA1NA w .. d. t1ODklQS. Inc facts
were laid before me, and I could not dc
otherwise than act upon it. If it is
clearly proved that a policeman has
violated his duty there is only one thine
for the mayor to do, and that is to re-
move him from his position. If a 20
liceman should be pardoned for a VIC
lation of duty it would demoralize the
whole department l liked the mar
personally and was willing to do what
| could for him, but l had to act ac.
cording to my duty as mayor"
Maj. Edward I. Raymond, who was
chief of police at the time Streeter was
discharged was very emphatic in what
he said about the matter. "There was
no shadow of doubt in that case" ht
said to The Spy man. ''The circum.
stances were these: One day a mar
came to the office and said that Streete1
was in the habit of sleeping while or
duty, and that he could be found any
night in the morning watch. asleep IL
Norcross' barn. 1 sent Sergt johnson
to the place and directed him to tak,
his post outside the barn and watch for
Streeter to go in. but not to disturb
him. Johnson went IN to the Mace am
saw Streeter go in the barn. If was
bitterly cold night, and johnson naarly
froze to death. After several hours h,
went to the barn and began To nounf
on the door. After some time streefeI
: came to the door without his Uniform
There was a fire burning and an cas-,
chair placed in front Of fhe fire ,vbers