The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-16
WERE NEVER REPRIMANDED
BOTH DENY THAT THEY WIyKED
WHILE AT POLICE STATION.
During the Late Afternoon Some Sem
sationaI Testimony Is Given
The Days Proceedings.

sensational and toward the last grew pa
thetic. All of the evidence, however, was
more or less interesting.
Nearly the entire day was taken up In
hearing the testimony in the cases against
Rinker, Butcher, Kurtz and Gunsolus.
During the orenoon much of the testi-
mony was heard with great interest, but
the evidence that caused the spectators tn
crane their necks to hear came toward the
latter part of the afternoon. 1t was evil
dence that caused Chairman Roth. of the
board, to look sheepishly toward the floor
and Superintendent Quigley to crouch a
little lower in his chair behind Deputy
City Attorney Bell.
After a few character witnesses had been
heard In the afternoon. Attorney Duncan,
counsel for the four men on trial, called
Frederick Gunsolus TO the stand. TIE
spectators edged their way just a trihe
closer TO the witness stand and the in
terest became intense. The witness said
he had never missed a roll call, unless
from sickness. while he was on the force
under Superintendent Quigley. He was
asked by Attorney Duncan as to the stories
told on the stand concerning q clique
among a few members of the force and
he answered that there was no truth in
the stories. He said he did not "congre-
gate" with any of the patroinen around
cism of superior officers.
DIDN'T WINK OR LAUGH.
He also denied ever having been guilty
of winking or laughing in a contemptuous
manner while Captain Dawson was read
ing reports during roll call. He never no.
ticed any such clique as was alleged to
have existed in the department.
During the last two years did the cap
tains or sergeants ever reprimand you for
the way you discharged your duty:o'
INC, SIR
did Superintendent Quigley ever speak
to you about being careless. indolent. ne
glectful Of duty or with talking with any
enc about the department.
mo, sir"
Referring to the morning of the dismissal
of the members of the force last Decem-
be. the witness said he and Jacob Kurtz
started down town together and went to
Schuller's saloon, where they each drank
a glass of wine. Then they went to the
station house. KurtZ was not under the
influence of liquor when he arrived at head
quarters, but he was very indignant and
angry, said the witness.
Did you ever c~riticise the department
or your superior oficers?'
Twice while / was running with PATROL
man Bob Lyons, things occurred which
might nave caused me to say harsh things
at the time. We had strict orders to keep
watch on wine rooms and to arrest bad
characters in our district. Last July Ser
geant Lowe came 10 us one morning about
l o'clock and sent us to Wachstetter's sa-
loon on INDIANA avenue. giving us instruc-
tons that If we found any women i'm the
place to arrest the crowd. We went there
and after rapping on the door several
times II was opened. As soon as they
opened the door we rushed in and found
Wachstetter. his porter and a white man
together with two colored women of the
lowest character. The porter was DOMINIC
a dress worn by one of the women. Ser
geant Lowe came over and before we called
the wagon the crowd pleaded with him and
he let them go. 1t made me angry and
whatever / said at that time was not
against the force but referred to Sergeant
Lowe.
ANOTHER INCIDENT.
Another time Lyons and 1 had orders
from Sergeant Lowe to go through the
building at 44 West Washington street
and arrest any one caught gambling. That
night while making our rounds we went
into the building and at once ran into a
poker game at which nine players were
engaged. We placed the crowd under ar
rest. and when Lyons would not call the
wagon 1 sent in the call. While 1 was gone
Lyons allowed one of the men to jump
through the window and escape. Sergeant
Scheigert, who had changed districts with
Sergeant Lowe during the night. called up
headquarters and received orders to turn
the crowd loose. We had the lot dead TO
rights and l could not have taken the time
TO call headquarters before stalking the
arrest, as we found the game in full blast
and could not leave 1t. When the men
were allowed to go IL made me angry"
Gunsolus then told about the arrest of
a man named Pierce for insulting two
women. The witness said he afterward
learned that the man was a friend of
Chairman Roth. of the board, and the lat
ter went to Superintendent Quigley, giving
orders TO get the fellow out Of II.
The witness then opened up on PATROL
man Frank Bolen. who had testified against
the accused. Gunsolus said that Bolen ac-
companied kurtz and him home in the
mornings after roll call. He said Bolen
would use vile language in speaking Of
the superintendent, captains and Sergeant
Lowe In referring to Captain Kruger the
witness said Bolen referred TO him as a
bull head" and being able TO drink more
whisky than a jug would hold.
On cross-examination Gunsolus denied he
had ever heard of a clique among the pa
trolmen. He admitted having been angry
the two times stated in the direct exami-
ration.
JACOB KURTZ HEARD.
The next witness, Jacob b. Kurtz, fur
nished the most interesting testimony of
the proceedings. He testified as follows:
II always got to roll call early and played
cinch in the room occupied by the wagon
men. The game became so large that we
secured permission to go into the assem-
bly, room. / generally took my seat in the
roll call room about five minutes before
the roll was called. / never talked with
any one about any clique and never winked
or laughed in a -emptuo manner.
Every night while the orders were being
read l would write them down in my note
book. My superior officers never criticised
me. Some time ago the superintendent
called me into his room to ask about a
house on Norwood street. complaint hav-
ing been made that / talked harshly to a
woman there. The people were raising such
n disturbance as TO uestroy the peace of
the neighborhood. He called me into his
Office again concerning a saloon on Vir-
ginia avenue, where there was said TO be
| gambling. A warrant was issued against
the proprietor and he was heavily fined.
L received orders TO close up the place, but
these orders were countermanded and /
| received orders 10 leave the place alone.
| While i was patrolling the district in which
| Wade Hills saloon is located / cleaned
| out a great deal OF the tough element, but
| Hin went 10 Charles Mcguire and nxed IL
| so 7 would be removed.
There is a report that I was stagger-
ing through Military Park last March. The
! staggering was caused by my ankle be-