The Minneapolis journal., 1901-01-08
HELL FER SARTIN"
DR.. Ames Revises the Police Force
With a Vengeance.
1o5 MEN MADE TO WALK PLANK
Among the New Mayors Appointees
Are Many Whose Names
Sound Familiar.


ared and hye was the record 1t made.
Compared to all previous records, the
Ames decapitation takes the palm.
Mayor Gray's record of changes is
twenty seven, of which only two were made
when he went into Office.
One hundred and five go, los stay. Just
half the department as it stood yesterday
morning remains under Mayor Ames. He
has made places for 112 new men, Of whom
twelve have served the department in some
| capacity before. Among them are Charles
X. Hill, ex-chief now captain at the CEN
tral station; John Landberg, assigned as
captain to the south station; Fred Coffin,
James Allen and Henry Krumweide.
Tne present detective force is practically
wiped out. The only ones to STAY are Os-
car Hicks and Nick Smith. A force Of in
spectors is not named. In their place the
mayor names three lieutenants and twelve
sergeants, from whom the four central
station sergeants will be selected, also two
lieutenants for the central station, and
the rest will do detective duty.
No list of mounted officers is announced.
Inc present mounted force is about half
gone, and assignments to the mounts will
be announced later
NO announcement is made of the license
inspector, who will be detailed from the
list of sergeants. George McAIlister has
been picked as the lucky man.
These Walk the Plank.
The 1O5 members of the department who
are dismissed are as follows:
HEADQUARTERS.
James Y; Doyle, superintendent, appointed
1899 - ~HpOADSSu '"AA' =
James Howard, inspector, appointed June
Joseph G. Lawrence, inspector, appointed
1 l..
,0 John Morrissey, inspector, appointed May l,
,o5S John Stavlo. inspector, appointed June 4,
Thomas Murphy, appointed Jan. q, 1899
T.. N: Connor, bicycle inspector, appointed
April "a, 1S99
noios Joseph eP "A, NJ Ryan, license inspector, ap-
Joseph c. Scallen, pawnbroker inspector,
appointed Jan. %, 1899
John Calvin, sidewalk Inspector, appointed
Captains-Thomas Coskran, first precinct.
Nay May ,0Ss 1894 NJ Buerfening, fourth precinct,
utenants-Michael ,aaa Mealey, first precinct,
April, 1889; John Cronan, second, April 1882;
august Void, third, February, 1892; H NJ.
Burke, court lieutenant, July 80, 1885,
sergeans-Dennis Collins, court sergeant,
May 1, 1899; Benz. Nathanson, court SER
geant, May l, 1899; George Riviere, first pre-
! clnct, July, 1886; Thomas Garvin, first, Au-
gust, 1887; Paul Mousse. second, April, 1883;
Fatrlck Fox third, June IA, 1882; c. v. Gus
tavson, third, April IS, 1888; John G. Larson,
tnlrd, May, 1893; A c. Arnold fourth Feb
ruary, 1889, John Kennedy fourth, April "a
1850; John Leonard, fourth, June a. 1882:
T. y y. Linehan, mounted, fifth, Aug. |, 1887;
| j. Z. Fay mounted, fifth, April 80 1885,
Drlvers-Peter Mclaughlin first, December.
1856, q. II. Moore, first, April 1885; Thomas
Sharar; third, May l, 1886; John Lally, third,
Jailers-Robert Wilson, first, September.
1887; VIM. Dunn, third, May, 1887; L. Lawler'
tnlrd, August, 1889; VIM. DAILY, fourth, July
PATROLMEN.
First Precinct-Peter Fox July 1887: Frank
Taper, December, 1891; Michael Lawrence
July 1899; A. Chouinard, August 1890: John
Long, June, 1892; John F. Hooper, February
J. Rooney, January, 1900; Matt H. Kaehn,
July, 1881; Aug. Weinell, April, 1894; H. H
1895 Victor Olsen, May l. 1888; Michael
Cronin, July, 1885; Edward Helm, August
lsOO; John Bow. July, 1900; George Gallagher,
Second Precinct-Ed McNulty, May, 1887;
Ioseph penDs, t9n9 October 1893; P a Cling.
MgQuade. April. 1886; Henry Michaud, jan
uary 1889; NJ. Ryan, April, 1873; P j. Ring,
December, 1892; j; E. Ryan. September, 1890;
February, 1890; John Kerr, June, 1889; VIM
Cranak. May, 1S93 James Kinnan, July, 1899;
Jonn Nerhaggen. Jan. l, 1899; Samson Eide,
June, 1893; Frank Hierholzer, July, 1899.
Third Precinct-K. Aasgaard, February,
1889; Mack Brady, June, 1882; L. S. Casweil,
May, 1881; John Demko, October, 1893; Lars
Hanson, August. 1889; Benjamin Hovilsrud,
June, 1890; Ole Hovisrud, August, 1889 Ben
ton Lackey, March, 1892: Peter Quist. Nav.
1898; John E. Ryan. July, 1891; John Stewart,
May, 1886; Gust Forsman, June, 1898
900 aour1n fdaol, preeInct.P M Finn. November,
Gillen, July, 1893; Charles Hallman, July,
1891; Joseph Kolontershy July. 1890; Olaf
Lin Lndquist, March, 1894; NJ. Lenihan, June,
August, 1899; Charles Wallin, May. 1888: John
Hohler, January 1900
Fifth Precinct-T. J. Britt mounted March
1Ss4; William Fox, mounted. June, 1887 John
mounted, April, 1886; F. J. williamson
mounted, June, 1887; W. s. Foster. Anril'
1850; g. w; Gale, June, 1893; W. S. Chisholm,
Nels Clausen, patrolman, municipal court,
June 1S99 0
1896. - S'''ion'
Eleven of the dismissals are from head
quarters, 25 from the central station 10
from the East Side, 20 from the South
Side, 16 from the North Side, 10 from the
fifth precinct and 4 from the municipal
court.
New faces at headquarters will be
Charles Nelson, former sanitary in
spector, George A. Harvey J. G. Williams.
now of the city engineers office, George
E. McAllister, Thomas Gallagher the
liquor dealer, Frank W. Farnham. Otto
Wirtensohn, who will take Ed O'Connor's
place as bicycle inspector; T. w. Price,
who will succeed J. c. Scallon as pawn
broker inspector. and Hugh Jennings. who
will patrol the city as sidewalk inspector.
succeeding John Galvan.
Officers Norbeck and McElligott are pro
NOTED to sergeants. N. w. King, now
at fiFyn Dne1
fifth precinct station, and Henry Krum-
weide, another old-timer, are the three
| lieutenants.
At the municipal court Harry Burke will
be seen no more, and his place will be
taken by John A. Fitchette, better known
as Coffee John" Robert A. Wheeler,
William Dittman and Elijah Dudley will
also be new men at the court. George A.
Copeland will take Paul Mousso's place at.
the East Side station. Swan Walton is the
only officer of rank now on the force that
rs reduced. He goes down from captain
of the South station to jailor James
Hankinson, the veteran detective, gets the
night desk at the East Side station. in
place of John Cronin.
John Leonard and John Kennedy. vet
eran sergeants, give way at the North
Side station to c. w. Curtis and Charles
T. Frame. Curtis has been elevator at
tendant at the courthouse, and was for
merly patrol driver. He was dismissed
by the police commission in 1887 for neg
lect of duty. Frame has never been on the
police force, but has served the city as it's
garbage contractor. Fred Coffin, who
goes In as sergeant at the South station,
is an old-timer. He was dismissed by
Eustis.
The two mounted sergeants of the Fifth
station are discharged, with FIVE Of the
mounted Datrolmen. Two foot patrolmen
of the same station, r. A.. Plumer and
Leroy Farrell, are promoted to sergeants,