Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-30
NEW POLICE ARE ON Duty.
MEMBERS OF SERGEANT RITES
FORCE ASSIGNED TO THEIR
BEATS LAST NIGHT,
AFTER HAVING QUALIFIED.
The New Chief VIII Not Follow in
III Footsteps of His P~reaecessor
in His Distribution of the Men.
Only Iw0 Detectiyes-ERtire Force
to be on in the Early Evening.
The First Arrest Made.

After City Sergeant John S. Ritz
qualified last night, and his deputies
had taken the oath of Office, all pro-
ceeded to the Office of the Chief of Po-
lice. Lieut.. Dan Ingram was on duty,
and very courteously explained mat
tiers for his successors, while Chief
Clemans dropped in a little later, and
rendered all the assistance in his
power tt the present incumbent. The
relations between the incoming and
outgoing forces were very pleasant.
There was a big crowd of friends of the
new Chief and his force, and a season
of h~and-shaking continued until mid
night.
About this time the first arrest by the
new force was made by Officer O'Leary.
The victim was Milton Barger, of
Washington, Pa, and the charge
against him is drunkenness. About
one O'Clock in response to a telephone
message Lieut.. Frohme and one or two
officers went down to the Panhandle
freight shed, where q box car had
been broken open, and a ham, some
oranges and a box of notions carried
off. No arrests were made.
Chas. Bickerton, former member of
Clemans' force was not appointed by
(rL:ze Ds+, o.l Doo,1 Dor+or'c Aor1ino-
ton left a vacancy which was filled by
the appointment of Dick Miller of the
Second ward. The new Chief has Gre
ated an office, The old force consisted
of thirty-six men, including an extra
man, who drew full pay. Under the
new administration there will be an
extraman who will draw the salary Of
the man for whom he goes on duty.
Chief Ritz has assigned his force as
follows:
Day Lieutenant, Sam Leonhart.
Night Lieutenant, Henry Frohme.
Detectives. J. ID. O'Leary and Muir
ray Mcdonald.
Patrolman, Joseph Humes.
First Ward-Joe Shotsinger, Oscar
Kronjaeger, Joe Slick.
Second Ward-James Monroe, James
AO'Keefe, Thomas Weir, Dick Miller.
AThird wards. c. Bowen, John
Pat Giliegan, John Nau, Bob
Ward-Steve Waterhouse,
burger, James woodward,
Dard<sam Linton Pat Red
'dy, VIM. Snyder, John Fitzgerald.
Sixth Ward-Nick Garden, Henry
\ Auburn, Mike Mullarkey.
Seventh Ward-John Anderson,
) Joseph Eval, Chas. Serge.
Eighth Ward-Albert Speidel, Geo.
Heinlein, VIM. Teagle.
Patrol drivers-Albert Peckstein
and John Henry.
Chief Ritz's disposition of his men
will be somewhat different from that
of his predecessor. The new sergeant
determined to have the entire force on
between six and eleven o'clock at
night. Accordingly, he will have eight
day men report at nine o'clock each
morning and remain on duty until
eleven at night, AMI on Saturdays I'M
til midnight. Seventeen night men
will report at six o'clock and remain
on duty until six o'clock next morn
ing. Between six and nine O'Clock in
the morning there will be four men
on duty. They will remain until ten
O'Clock and tbe on duty again in the
evening from six until ten. These
four men will be taken from the detec-
tive force, reducing it to two.
Another innovation will be the as
signment of one officer as patrolman.
1t will be his duty to cover the entire
city and learn if the men are on duty.
This is expected to break up the prac-
tice of playing dominoes in the hose
houses.
SLOT MACHINES GO