The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25
CASE IS SUSPENDED
LIEUTENANT RONDEAU IS CHIEF OF POLICE.
Resignation of Alleged DefauIting Tax Collector of Mobile is In
 Hands of Mayor Pat. J. Lyons.
Advertiser Bureau,

| Eu" di INpuutdu, TOT upward
 twenty years member of the Mo
 bile Police Department, is tonight Chief of Police.
 | Detective H. E. Davis is Lieutenant of Police. At roll call at o'clock to- | night when the night detail and su- ipernumeraries were lined up at police
 headquarters for instruction. the fol- lowing orders were read to them:
 Mobile. Ala, Sept. 24. Lieut. Edward T. Rondeau. care Police 1 Department, City:
 l My Dear Sir-Effective September 24 at D. m., you are hereby appointed Chief of Police of the city of Mobile, pending the suspension of Capt. John Case. The members of the Department will report to you and you win be obeyed and respected accordingly. | Yours respectfully, l (Signed.) Pat J. Lyons. Mayor. | Capt. Edward T. Rondeau, Chief of Po- lice. City:
 | My Dear Sir-Effective September 24 at p. m., you will please make the following appointments; Promote MT. H. F.. Davis, at present engaged on the detective force, to the office of Lieuten- ant until further notice. Yours respectfully. (Signed.) Pat J. Lyons. Mayor.
 The following letter received by Mayor Pat J. Lyons from Capt. John Case, explains the foregoing orders from the Chief Executive:
 Hon. Pat J. Lyons, Mayor of Mobile:
 Dear Sir-In view of the fact that you as Mayor must be embarrassed by the charges brought against me in ref erence to the alleged shortage in my accounts as late Tax Collector of Mo- bile County, and for the purpose of relieving you from such embarrassment pending the investigation which Is now going on, 1 request that you suspend me as Chief of Police. effective Septem- Der 24, at D. m. for fifteen days, and also herewith hand you my resignation to be accepted by you at any time that you may be convinced that there Is any moral guilt on my part in reference to the alleged shortage above men tioned.
 (Signedl John Case,
 Chief of Police.
 This letter. 1t was mooted about for some time today and even yesterday would be forthcoming from Captain Case and therefore to many was no surprise. Regarding the statement of Examiner Sedberry as to the shortage of the exTax Collector the question is being repeatedly asked as to where the State will recover.
 The Advertiser Is taken as authority in the statement that the bondsmen are legally responsible. A local paper stated a few days since that 1t was the opinion of some persons that the bondsmen were not responsible but this Is refuted through the presence here today of MT. George T. Rosson an expert accountant of Birmingham, who as he announced at the court house. is here in the interest of Mir. Cases bondsmen to make a complete examination of the books and to report his findings to his employers.
 MT. Rosson has an acknowledged | reputation as an expert accountant. l He began this afternoon Investigating | the books and announced that he would work day and night until he ac. his mission.
 The new chief of police made his to the night detail | tonight and especially called their at- tention to the fact that all orders | must be obeyed.
 His first official act was to nama J. Murphy as chief of de- tectives. Chief Rondeau is one of the most popular men in Mobile, and to- night he was the recipent of many Lieutenant Davis has ptcH Il HlembtA OI lue QeteCtlNe Oe~ partment since the advent of the Mo- Lean administration and is very popu- lar in the city.
 Robbery is Charged.
 Henry Johnson, a negro, was arrest ed in the northern part of the city late this afternoon on a charge of highway He is said to be the man who robbed a little white boy named Tom Smith. a few mornings ago on St. Jo- 'eph. near Beauregard. after choking aim almost into insensibility.
 Charles Moore, the 1s-year-old white boy who, two weeks ago, shot and kill ed negro. Ed Smith, near the mouth of Three Mile Creek, was given a pre- iminary hearing before Judge Hale in he inferior criminal court today on he charge of murder. He was or- tered remanded without the privilege of bail.
 The river steamer OuacHfta now days out from Mobile for land ngs on the Alabama river. has not re- ported and it Is feared she Is stuck in hallow water.
 The City of Mobile. due to arrive Town today, has not reported at mid- night.
 match race between the sail boats iritney Girl and Tommie w. F. of Inc Yacht Club will be pulled off afternoon over the reeu1ar Tub course. The race Is for a nursa md will be under the auspices of inc Tub. He sure to come to Oak Park Mon- 6