The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-13


S. A. swendson. ssWen, it is ques-
ton. He was uD in the alley with that
Scott girl
sWeiI, I don't take much stock in
that; he was there in the line of Of
fetal duty" retorted Nipps
''4e was in dark alley with a girl
after g O'Clock at night persisted S.
There is nothing to show that his
action was out of the way" said Nipps.
IF I could see anything in Docs
conduct that seemed TO be unbecom-
ing an officer I would say, fire him
right away, was the remark of
Councilman Rice.
well. can give you my word of
honor that I did not know White had
been drinking said the chief with
wen, even granting that, said
Swendson, would you be in the
clear ."
Il don't see where this White affi-
davit is of much WORTH interposed
Mavor Davis. ''It is full of contradic-
tory statements. 1t falls of its own
weight"
Rice Says Goodwin Was Duped.
81 tell you the trouble is that the
people have taken for granted that the
chief is guilty" said S S. Rice. I'VE
haven't found anything in this evidence
to find him guilty, except that he went
up into the alley with this girl. He
didn't know that White was drunk. He
was duped into doing this. But any
one might have been duped the same
way
There is nothing against the chief
as to Miss Scott that is, nothing in
the way of direct evidence. It is, how
ever a suspicious circumstance against
the chief and Miss Scott" retorted Mr..
Swendson.
Il don't think that the chief used
as much diligence in protecting the
girl as he might have" lnterposed F.
Z Nipps.
In explanation the chief said: ''I
didn't know that he was drunk
well, I can't let that stand as an
excuse" was fred back from Swend-
son.
Mayor w. H. Davis: eff the testi-
mony of Miss Scott and White is cor
rect that is the only point where he
would deserve censure.."
1T was up to somebody to protect
that girl, insisted F. E NippS, land I
don't know of anybody whose duty it
was more than the police department
If these things are occurring right un-
der the police. how are we going to
get proteetion?"
IF you wanted to see these girls.
why didn't you have them brought to
your Office2" asked Mr.. SWendsOn.
The girls were then down the
street and there wasn't time to stop
and think very long said the chief,
explaining the circumstance
what gets me is why the chief didn't
fire White right away as soon as he
was found drunk" said Councilman
Griley.
We'll I didn't know if there was
anything in the matter then and I
didn't want to fire White right away
because it would get out into the news
papers. I didn't want to have anything
in the newspapers unless we found that
there was something really IN the trou-
bic. Besides White was q. very valuable
man and it is a hard matter to get
somebody to ill his place. said the
I chief
THE point that looks so suspicious"
/ continued SwendsOn, lis that these two
men went up into a dark alley with
/ two girls. It is a mighty suspicious
/ circumstance eor both oe them
Only to Call for White.
Z only went up into the alley to call
/ for White said Goodwin. I didnt t
! know at the time that he was drunk
''As L said before I can't accept that
as any sort of an excuse. You should
I have known it. 1t was your duty. 1t
/ viii be no excuse in the eyes of the
+ people. What do you suppose the peO-
pie viii think2 The chief of police and
/ a brother officer, out with two girls,
and one of them is abused under the
( shadow of the police station VIII the
I administration load up with this kind
Of trash. What kind of an administra-
tiOn is this? What have we got a po-
lice department for? Right in the
shadow of the police department. two
officers mixed up in scrape of this
kind. I can't find that due diligence
has been exerted. can't find it, / can
see it,
Griley: tI would like to get with you
in that Where do you find your evil
dence Cor that?''
Swendson: He permitted a drunken
man to go away with a girl
Griley: How did he permit it2
Swendson: He know White was a
man that had a record for drinking
The chief tries to get behind the pro
position that he didn't know.
81 can't excuse him for that. we
might as we'll speak right out, and 1
agree with Mr.. Griley that Wnite
should have been fired right away
Nipps: We've got to have good
discipline in the police department.
4 like to know what sort OF testl-
mony we have had" said Griley.
TITS been lie upon lie. It's not beeh
worth anything"
''WeH. 1 don't think that there has
been anything against Goodwin salo
s. S. Rice. ANY inexperienced of1cey
might have been duped the same way. >
'He Is not supposed to be mex
perienced" said Swendson with consld-
cradle asperity.
was inexperienced, - said $ s. Rice.
''Well, we had better get some one
then that is experienced An ex-
perienced man wouldn't be caught in
a thing of this kind" fired back
Swendson.
The members of the committee then
set themselves to preparing report
The mayor submitted one; it was the
mildest of all. Then came one from
Swendson. This has considerable to-
basco. A third from F. z. Nipps was
!. read, and after discussion, was adopt
ed. Rice and Griley objected at frsi
to allowing the word permit appear
in the report. They didn't believe tha'
the idea should get out that the ehiel
had permitted White to go of UP thf
} alley with the girl, Then they didn
want the adjective direct" to appear
This would seem TO intimate that there
was some evidence of an indirect ma
= ture which would implicate the chief
. But these objections were finally over
{ ridden and it was adopted as shown.