The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-16
NEW POLICE REGIME
On Record as Favoring an Ener-
getic Administration.
KRuMwElDE KICKS OVER TRACES
He Fails to Report and Threatens
Disclosures-Brown Says.
600 Ahead" IS ,.....- .se-s@-.


augurated yesterday with Captain G. r..
Hill as acting superintendent, and Thomas
r. Brown, mayors secretary exercising
his principals supervising power over the
department. Minneapolis is promised at
least an energetic enforcement Of a we'll
defined policy. While it Is not the inten-
tion of Captain Hill to diverge widely
from the original policy Of Mayor Ames, .
yet it is his intention to carry out the new
policy to the letter. Accordingly 1t is
promised that the saloons shall be closed
at midnight and entirely clear at q. M;
women will not be tolerated in saloons
or winerooms; gambling houses will be
closed and remain closed, sporting houses
restricted and there will be general
cleaning up around the city,, vagrants
and other questionable characters being
forced to move on. 1t Is claimed upon
good authority that this has been Mayor
Ames' idea from the beginning but on ac-
count of ineff1ciency In the police depart
ment he has been unable to carry 1t out
Up to the Captains. @'@Tt de-.
Acting Chief Hill called In the captains
of the various precincts yesterday and
delivered what might be termed his in
augural address,. He carefully outllnea
his policy and told them that they would
be held responsible for the conditions
found in their districts. Each captain Is
to have sole control of his district and will
bear the responsibility in those limits. The
policy of the department as to saloons,
sporting houses, gambling joints, etc, was
outlined and each captain was informed
that he would be expected to carry. out
that policy to the letter. ...~.,.
The CAPTAINS in turn called their men
together and placed the same responsible :
ity upon their sergeants and patrolmen.
Each patrolman will be held Responsible
for the condition of his beat. Thus the
real responsibility Of policing. the city
has been given to the men who are IN
position to see more Of the real work Of
the violators Of the law than man sit
ting In his Office at headquarters exerc1s-
ing the functions Of superintendent or
police.
Brown the Real Power.
Thomas R. Brown, who is the real head
| of the present police department.. held q
| long consultation with County Attorney
Boardman this morning, during which po-
! lice matters and the future policy OF the
department., were thoroughly discussed
| Among the things taken up was discus
| sion of the ADMINISTRATORS policy IN re-
gard to "candy stores and houses OF
| assignation. Mr.. Brown wanted to start
| q crusade against such resorts, but was
| advised not to do so. as 1t Woald oe
| considered by many to be Done IN
! spirit of retaliation against those who
have testified against the department ct
various times In the past few weeks. It
| was decided, however, that all such
| places should be driven out Of the
residence and business sections and II at
any time they should become too great a
nuisance, they will be: closed. !. =.
A few changes were made in the orders
issued yesterday, but they are only OF
| minor Importance. Inspector. Brundage
has been ordered to report at the nfth
precinct instead of at the third, it being
| thought that there was greater need OF
his presence In that bection: !: :All9'tne
mounted men ordered ito report at the
| south precinct have also been trans
to the nth. Captain Coffin Will have
really be under Captain -Getchell, who has
command of that station.
| Under the new regime the sixth pre-
| cinct, which has been patrolled Dy
| mounted men, has been abolished ana the
| territory divided between the second ano
fourth precincts. This does away with
| the mounted force as unit, but the same
will theoretically remain in existence and
may be assembled on state occasions
At all other times the men will be in the
various precincts and under the orders
of the captains OF those precincts:
Krumwefde Is Unruly.
It is understood that Captain H. H
Krumweide, who was transferred IRON
the central precinct to the fifth failet
to report for duty last night, as he was
ordered Captain JIG. Williams, plai1
clothes man, who was transferred to tn
north precinct, did not report according
to instructions, and although twenty
four hours have passed since both mel
received their Instructions, neither ha'
reported for orders from their command
ing officers. Their actions are REGARDED
as significant at headquarters and 1t Il
possible that something may happen l
they do not report at once. .t:-'. -, ..
; Secretary Brown was greatly incense'
over the report published in morninl
paper that Captain Krumweide would g
before the grand jury and testify SO "a
40 Ak Brown and that crowd Brow,
said:5g : gs..-s :. %.} zssH S55~%z @...<z
Krumwelde go before the grand jury TO- a
me? I would like to know what he can d
in that matter. / want to take this oppor
; tunity to say that wish the grand jury woul
!. take up my case, for I know that there
not a single thing upon which, they can fin
me guilty Of wrong doing. ! saw. Count
Attorney Boardnnan this morning and had
; talk with him. during which / told him tbs
I would like to have the grand jury inyest
gate my record. Krunweide Is only blufin
1 and he knows it. He is sore because he wa
removed to the fifth precinct. p
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