The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-04-13
At Mayor Pagan's Request
the Police Board Decides
to Probe the Recent
Charges of Neglect Of
Duty
INVESTIGATION PUBLIC
LAW OFFICERS WILL ASSIST IN
DETERMINING WHETHER MEM
BERs OF THE FORCE ARE GULL
TY OF WILFULLY IGNORING
CRIME

CRIME
The Police Board last night decided to
ALexow" the police department A COM
munication was read from Mayor Pagan
TO the effect that insinuations had been
recently published to the effect that the
police department is not doing its whole
derby houses and illegal places and in
/ view of that fact he considered it to be
his duty and that of the Board to take
up the matter with a view of ascertain
ing whether there is any truth in the
charges and where the blame, if any,
lies, and what can be done, if anything
to improve conditions. The Mayor rec
ommended that the Board undertake a
pubic and formal investigation. assisted
by the law officers of the city. He said
his idea was that there should be COM
pIete investigation of any complaint made
by any person in or out of the depart
ment affecting any matter under police
supervision or control, and when in pos
session of the facts which such an in
vestigation was likely to bring out. to
carefully consider them. together with
any suggestion that may come from the
public, and TO take such action as the
facts brought out may warrant for the
best interests of the City.
After the Mayors communication was
read the following resolution was pre-
pared and adopted
Resolved. That this Board. in compli-
ance with the message of the Mayor,
concerning the suppression of disorderly
houses and illegal places in Jersey City,
hold formal and public investigation Of
all the matters referred to in said COM
munication, and thf the law officers of
the City be requested to assist this
Board in the conduct of the same"
Chief of Police Murphy is heartily in
favor of the hearing.
Many Of the Diekinsonites and regular
Democrats look upon the "Lexowing'
operation as another attempt to fire out
political opponents in the department to
make room for men Of the Fagan fac
tiOn.
A number of delinquent policemen
were brought up. The offenses charged
against them were mainly of a minor
character.
Patrolman, Eeath, Of the First Pre-
cinct was fined two days pay for being
an hour late in pulling his signal box,
and Patrolmen Thomas Sheridan and
Patrick 0'Donnell FOR being ten minutes
late were fined one days pay each. Pat
rolman John Barnes, of the Second Pre-
cinct, was also fined two days pay for
being an hour late in telephoning mes
sage to his station house,
Patrolman William Blakey, of the
Fourth. was fined one days pay for neg
lect Of duty. The charge of undue arrest
preferred against Patrolman Alex.
,Katchly, of the Fourth. was dismissed,
as no witnesses appeared in the case and
the defendant having asked that he be
allowed to withdraw the charge. Blakey
pleaded sserror Of judgment"
Patrolman Thomas Van Beuren, of the
Sixth. was fined a days pay for being
ten minutes late in reporting Tor signal
ihox.
A charge of abuse against Patrolman
BARLEY Coyle, Of the Seventh. preferred
.by DR.. Ulmane was laid over at the
Doctors request, he having been detain-
ed out Of the city. Patrolman Sherman
d. Clark was up on two charges-one
of lettering in the Marion railroad sta
4ion and the other in failing to blow a
caii whistle when he found a window
bate at night open in the home of Edward
Wan Wipde, No. 191 Van Reipen ave-
hue aud had reasons to suspect that bur
glars lad entered the house. He went
into the house, the occupants of which
ie knew were away from home He Sc
Aured the keys from Peter Van Winkle,
who lived next door. On the first charge
BE- got of. but was fined one days pay
ba the second charge
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