The Nome nugget., 1901-12-28
THE INQUIRY BEeuE
!. F. Warren, Late Captain of Police,
 Files Charges Against Chief of Po-
 Nee JolIey Charged With Reless :
 Ing Female Prisoners. 4

begun last Tuesday evening at the office of the city clerk. The mayor and all the councilmen were present. sSo
 was Judge R. N. Stevens, with a 66lfle ,ot books, but, inasmuch as no writiefl charges against the chief of police had been fled as required by the serms of Councilman Stevens resolution, it was
 decided to adjourn until Thursday evening, the charges 70 be fled at that
 meeting.
 On Thursday evening the council 5. met again. There was full board, and 2 number of witnesses were on hand. The investigation was not ended, but will be continued this Saturday even- ing. :,
 R. N. Stevens announced that he ap- i. peared for MT. McGinn, who repre- scented Chief of Police Jolley in the investigation.
 The clerk read typewriter affidavit detailing the robbery of one Jim Carey by a female pickpocket named Well shens; how she was arrested on the esharge, taken to, the,city jail and sub. .i sequently released beforeftrial, on an order from Chief Joliey. ~JAdge Stevens said that the docu- ment contained no charges of mis- conduct or misfesance on the part of the chief of police; the affidavit read, 7 he said, did not constitute complaint. ani, upon his suggestion, it was {. amended so as to charge Chief Jolley with acting corruptly in the discharge sof his official duties, especially in the , case of Carrie Welshen, arrested on or about July M last on charge of. pocket : picking, and released few hours there- after from, the city jail by order of the chief of police. : Then the investigation was fairly launched, and J. F. Warren was called. He reported with much circum- jstantiality the number of rebberies of men that had come to his knosledge. He had. them on his list, evidently, for The read as follows:'
 Thomas Roman. Sl30; George Carey, $40; Jim. Carey, $40; Rowland Sullivan, ,slO0; Ben Foley, $50; George Anderson, Sl25; Peter Hansen, SSO; Chas. Brooks. .elOO; Thomas l3odwega, s2Oo; Jim Head, sslOO; Jim Cooper s400: "A man in the Madden house,' $500; Thos. Setton, ,Sl00; J. Grithu,s$S4.
 That is the list of worthies who ssisited the tenderloin quarter and fell syictins to the female harpies.whos sthere for that purpose. These touch. ...ings took place in July and August, and ,fCaptain Warren's testimony weht to show that crimes were compromised .-and the defendants discharged from .jsil and the cases did not appear in ,.court. In some instances the victims ,got part of their money back; and it ,.appeared from the trend of Warren's tte1tiponY that those cases which went .intu the municipal court were ''ixed, beforehand and the .'victims'' could not identify the accused.
 While Warren was reading his list ..of riHed pockets, Chief Jolley inter- iected: Add John Erickson sl,000.,,'
 Captain Warren told how he knew sxhat something,was wrong in the .con- duct of, police afTaips, and when asked ,iwhy he. did not make complaints Ut the stime. He spid that he was a police officer. and attended tnshis own busi- sness; kxnew that to make . complaint l, meant his dismissal from the forces (Which, however, occurred latier, on December l, last. He said complaints .lnadaegainst Chief Jolley were on the ]ips Of nearly everyone who knew any thing about police affairs, and . To- ,ysaejGld boy could not help knowing that something was wrong; the mem bora of the council knew of the com- plaints as well as anybody else. He heni6d that. he now came forward be- ceuse of persopal reasons and asserted that wrong had been done and he wanted to zee 1t righted. He told of yhe diseharging df srresssf women
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