The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1900-12-28
POLICE FORCE
Investigation Will be Resumed
BY the Grand Jury To-Day.

who were Indicted. have caused sub
poeuas to be issued for a score OF
om and mel who ARE supposed
TO live on the profits OF vice, aud
their testimony will he offered 10 the
grand jury. 1t is reported that NJ u
rrsuli Of this further invesiigaiion
Indictments will he returned against
Other members of the department and
thai the lat vi nane will not he
confined to pairolmeu. with the iu-
diciment OF the tour officers. n Hood
OF letters have poured into The polite
station, most of Them anonY, In
character. but nearly al! of wln have
furnished clews that will pfobabl,
produce startling results.
Chief OF Police Campbell stated yes.
lerday that he proposed TO go to the
bottom ofthr scandal and would EN-.
ploy every means available in uuearib.
ing any crooked WORT 10y members of
his department. The members OF The
board said he, "are apparently de-
termined TO 90 10 the bottom of affairs
aud | am certainly anxious that they
should. This department will do
everything 10 lite power to get all Of
the facis, regardless OF whom they
help or hnrtr
The exclusive publication 10 the
Globe. Democrat Yesterday OF the fact
thai a member OF the police depart
mem WIS recognized by the MAI
whose house he had robbed, created n
vast deal OF comment among citizens
aud around the Four Courts building.
The story was That The tome of Mr..
Is. =. Boey Offset Whittier street, was
burgLrized ana a large amount of
furniture and valuables stolen. The
goods were found in a fiat aud tho
man who had stolen them arrested.
lie sdinitied his crime, but his friends
caplstp his rescue aud made restitu-
tiop aud Mr.. Bogy dropped the prose-
OF the ease. Some time later
be was nstouDded 10 discover that the
who had stolen the goods had
been appointed on the police force
aud was ~patrolipg the very beat which
Included the house he had robbed.
Mr.. Bogy appealed TO Chief Campbell
md to President Iiawes for the mans
from the force. The officer
was not removed, but was transferred
10 another beat.
Chief Campbell discussed Mr. Bogv's
statement yesterday. lie said: Il do
not remember the circumstances cited
by Bog, but I do remember that he
spoke 10 me about the case In ques-
ton. | looked up the mans record
aud found that the facts Ms alleged by
Bogy were true. The man had been
arrested Tor stealing goods. The
prosecution was dropped. spoke TO
Mr.. lIawes. the president OF the board
about the case and hat was the last
| heard OF IL. | have no power to
remove n man from the police force.
Why he was not removed or why he
was retained | do not know. That Is
n matter entirely in the hands OF the
board, | recommended his transfer
afterward to another pait Of the city
and that was doue.''
President Hawes stated that he re.
ihe .dbered the case. although not
clearly. lie found mitigating circum.
stances ut the time, aud no action was
taken, Ms the officer had made a good
record aud nothing had ever comd OF
the prosecution against him. thinner
circles The mans retention was as
cribed to II political pull.
The case has caused no end of COM
ment aud is being used by the gossips
around the station and throughout;
the city Ms sample OF the timber froml
which pairolmen are made, under the
present system. The ~cicizens,
many OF whom long ago lost all faith
in the efficiency Of the police depart.
ment, are becoming aroused over tue
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