The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-15

StadtfieId Is Overlooked.
The shake-up in the police department
| which has been promised for several
weeks by Mayor Iziefer was announced
last evening after a long conference be-
| tween Chief Getchell and the mayor.
| Yesterday morning the legal department.
advised the mayor that in making reduc-
tons and promotions in the department
| it would be necessary or better to have
| both branches OF the council concur III
any reductions and the assembly in any
promotions made In view of this opin-
Jon the changes made, while taking effect
| today, so far as pay is concerned, will
not go into effect until the assembly has
1 concurred in the promotions. The mayor
will send the list of promotions TO the
assembly meeting this evening.
| The following is the order which waa
issued from the mayors office yesterday
| afternoon:
General Order No 81
! The following changes in assignment
stations are hereby ordered to take eff
feet Feb. Is, and to continue until Iur-
| Their orders:
ny
] captain of the Rondo street supstatlon.
Lieut. William Hanft, of the Rondo sub
station is assigned to duty as acting cap
! tain of the central station.
/ Lieut.. Ernest Boerner, Of the. central
+ station is assigned to duty as acting cap
tain of the Ducas street station
] Lieut. Henry Babe, of the central sta
ton, is assigned to duty as lieutenant at
! the Rondo street station.
Lieut.. ]. A. Shogren, of the Margaret
! street station, is assigned to duty as
! OF station.
Sergeant Joseph F. Davis, of the cen
| trail station, is assigned to duty at the
| same station, as acting lieutenant.
| Sergeant Michael Gebhardt. Of the Mar
] garet street station, is assigned to duty
as acting lieutenant at the central sta
/ ton.
| Sergeant Oluf Larson, of the Margaret
| street station, is assigned to duty at the
| same station as acting lieutenant.
| Sergeant Dennis Mccarthy, of the cen
| trail station, is assigned to duty at the
| Ducas street substation
! Sergeant William Ryan, OF the lucas
street substation, is assigned to duty at
| the Rondo substation.
| Sergeant James t. Ross, of the central
! station, is transferred and assigned to
| duty at the Margaret street station.
Patrolman Charles B. Picha is assigned
| to duty at the Margaret street Statlon, as
Sergeant Andrew J. Rose is transferred
! from the Rondo street station ana as,
| signed to duty as sergeant at the centrai
| station.
| Patrolman John P McKinly, of the
| Ducas street station, is assigned to duty
! as acting sergeant at the central station.
Patrolman Hans Aamold, of the Mar
| garet street station, is assigned to duty
| as acting sergeant at the central station.
| The officers above mentioned who are
! hereby assigned to duty as acting Of
| ficers in a higher grade of the service
| will serve at the same pay they now
| receive, without actual change of rank,
| until further orders and actual appoint
| ment by the mayor, with the advice and
/ consent of the assembly.
The changes made leave the central sta
ton with complete new force of officers,
with the exception of Lieut.. Joe Davis.
| Lieut.. William Hanft, Of the Rondo street
station, is made captain at the central,
and Lieut.. Shogren Of the Margaret
| street station, is transferred to the CEN
trail station. Sergeant Mccarthy, Of the
| central, Is transferred to the DGcas sta
ton, and Sergeant Ross from the central
to Margaret street Sergeant Rose is
transferred from the Rondo to the cen
| trail station. PatIolman John P. McKin-
| ley, who has been doing detective duty on
| the West side, is made sergeant at the
| central, and Patrolnan Hans Aamold, of
| Margaret station, is made sergeant at
| the central station.
| Patrolnan Charles B. Picha, who Is
| promoted to sergeant, and assigned to
! the Margaret street station, has been on
| the force about two years. He Is a
| brother of Deputy United States Marshal
Steve Picha, and owes his promotion to
the political pull of his brother. Lieut..
Boerner, who it was claimed would be
reduced a rank, Is promoted to captain,
and given charge of the Dueas station.
| Capt. Rouleau, who has been in charge
| of the central station nights, will have
charge of the Rondo station. 1t is expect
ed that several removals will be sent to
the assembly by the mayor this even
ing, but as to this the mayor would say
nothing yesterday. Lieut.. Pothen was
asked to resign several days ago, but
refused. His removal will be asked for
l~by the mayor. 1t is expected that new
| chief of detectives will be appointed by
the mayor and the assembly asked to
concur in the appointment at its meeting
| tonight.