The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-26
Morning sessIon.

| It was commissioners day in the po- Ilice investigation yesterday, and Sher- wood s. Thompson, Thomas I. Kinney and Louis M Ullman were on the stand for the greater part of the morning ses- sion. Their direct examination, con dueted by Isaac Wolfe, consisted Of ltheir being asked the same list of ques- ltions relating to their Knowledge of whether they knew of influence, intimi- dation or protection finding a resting lplace in the police force. To every lquestion of this kind they all replied No" MT. Kinney was induced to say lthat when he was running for mayor he had heard of some police influence being sed against his election, bt he Twas not pressed for details, | Aside from the commissioners and Chief Wrinn, Captain Ernest Isbell, of the city court clerical force, was the lonly other witness during the day. I The first witness was Police Commis- sioner Sherwood S. Thompson. He was questioned by Lawyer Isaac Wolfe and Twas asked about the operation of the lciviI service law.
 | MT. Thompson--I remember one man who was appointed having a mark of 100 mentally, but he has since then had a very poor record because of ill-health. In another case a man of poor mental Showing has made an excellent record, with good strength and ability.
 Were you member of the board when the s5 were taken from the pay envelopes?"
 T was not
 Were any of the present board?"
 "No."
 Have any policemen you know of been transferred for political reasons? ?'
 "No.''
 "A policeman has testified that i'm partial enforcement of the laws is not Iwanted against the disorderly houses the gambling houses and the saloons. Is that so?"
 "The orders have gone out from our offfce for a strict enforcement of the flaws in these and in all respects"
 Has any protection been afforded to such pIaces?" .s
 Mot to my knowledge"
 sThe retirement of several policemen in March has been criticised. What have you to say about this?'
 There were number of policemen lwho should have been retired years be- fore, in my estimation. We finally de- Icided to retire them. There are others who should have been retired and we would be glad to retire them now, but have not the money"
 "The appointing of four new men the lsame night has been criticised. What have you to say about that?"
 I've were glad to appoint them at Ionce. We needed the new blood on the force at once It was nothing new to lappoint new men as soon as old ones were retired" l Did you ever say to Joseph Kelly Ithat MT. Isbell should have been brought in for interfering in the Ninth ward?'
 T did not"
 The list of police surgeons was shown Ito Mir. Thompson, and he testified that he knew personally only two, but had met all professionally. The statements of the surgeons attesting to the physi- lcal disability of the four retired police- linen of March were read.
 Judge Harrison asked MT, Thompson: Suppose that you were confronted Iwith the need for a large number of supernumeraries, what would you do?" We have no power to do so. If there lwere need the sheriff might swear lthem in. No such demand has come lup during my time, and don't knew that the precedent has been establish ed" E.
 Captain Ernest L. Isbell was recall ed by Lawyer Wolfe to testify to the usual form of witness fee blanks and arrest warrants. He was asked:
 s"In what percent of cases do you get the correct mileage for officers?'
 T can't make any estimate without making some researches.'
 You pretended the other day that the city lost about s1O,O0O in this way?'