The evening world., 1906-04-09
WEGENER TELLS WHY He QUIT THE FORCE
Waldo Fined Him Five Days
Pay Because Wife's Illness
Made Him Late.
HIS RECORD is GOOD.
Had TO Go for a Doctor? No *
cusel Should Have Gone
Earlier" Says Deputy.

say tho r,t'o TN god. or Mulberry s,r-.,
10 tho ,ong suffering copper a%.paelng his
beat.
MY 5oy rcmenrcr a capita, GRIM,
i not 20 report exactly on time
Though a mothers deaF fac, grows gray Tn
death:
or the wife bias YOU stay with her tcyerei
breath.
though the Eii' need a doctor what's shat
90 as?
Answer the rorcan ana make no FUSS
Leave 'Ae fox 20 The ne.rho5rs. o- q, tn.l-
For no excuse goes when a conner &, late
From "Naiio ANA wcstae.
Pairolman Rober, +. II wegcnor OF
the East Thir.y-hfth stree, stauoa.
walked into the station houar "a couple
of nights < ana told CAPT. Cochran
lie was going to quit. Asked why. he
THAI a fine OF five days pay. inn
posed on MIN 10y First deputy Commls-
Rhinclander Waldo because he
twenty nlmutes late for midnight
r@ollcaii. had %disgps,cd aim with a e,r-
wise That !rfllctoi such seveic punish
meni without adequate reason.
Had Splendid Record.
Ills captain urged the young man to
but he was firm in his detei mi1l-
ton 70 quit what he termed IAN un-
grateful service" Appointed on May
10 last. Wegener was twice commended
Tor promotion ON Decoration Day he
stopped a runaway on Rivcrslde Drive
saved a crowd OF children rom
and injury The hurts he received
tis occasion lail him up FOR two
weeks.
Shortly before that lie engaged in a
desperate struggle with three burglars
at ra.ri avenue AID Thlrtle;h street.
ana. single handed. captured all three
Ia all. durlus his less than q yeir. he
made 100 .rros;s and ais record was
clean as a whistle.
Late IN February las. Wegener's VIE.
a fragile ll,ile creature. whom he had
but 4 shor, time before.
was attacked. just as her husband
was buckllng his belt TO report for
midnight ~roilclll. win Internal hom-
orrhaees. The Wegeners live ~ No
Sl3 courtiand avenue, the Bronx.
and 20 awaken one OF Tie ~neighbors a.
sAltA stu4A hMhAl nave UfFAl OAA "a AWN
question. Besides there was no tim
10 lose.
Nitaolt waiting 20 put on MS helmet
Wesencr ran for ii doctor. A. last he
.ouad one, and, having seen his VIE
mtde comforttble started FOR duty
2 MS frst oneuse OF any kind. sergt
today spoke ieelingly OF his
admiration for W.eeuer. but ne was
forced - report the young patrolman's
irrel!ction
Waldo Deaf to Appeal.
March 5 .ast was R%hnelander Waldo's
.irst day ~ trial Judge. patroimun
I. II. Wegener was fined nve
pas. His captain tried 70 put in
a VOID for him. but Waldo waved this
Intrusion aside. Wegcaer bit his li1
AMI took his medicine. bat he mad a
! Herent opinion Of the police business.
Before this. ne SAYS. he had taken a
in his work. He felt he was man
i4llN doing a man work Waldo's
face to HIM.
Wcgener sin believed that the First
Commissioners was simply labor
ng d n MISUNDERSTANDING OF his
7ose. :, he put his excuse for his first
'uense IN writing n " WAS presented
10 Waldo by "a man hiEh IN police
'ircics. The answer was tina the sen
could not be- reconsidcred. The
blot on the young policcmpn's record
'oGld not he wiped on. because tho
title tin god had spoken and would not
liter one word OF a.
The injustice OF 1t all hit deep into
Wegener's breast. In his precinct ne
many things that made him think
lie saw men u shirked their duty. M
thew enough TO dodge the roundsmen.
-ewardel, while he was lined for obey
ng a call which should have appeaied
% any mans humanity. So he du!t.
An Evening World reporter found
aHA al NA,
Jack OF his home, where he now con
'uct. a butcher business for his father.
nd whistling as he piled the currycomb
md brush. Ike q man who had never
Inown a care lie Strengthened M his
TX feet OF well-bullt manhood and
pleasantly TO his visitor.
Wegener IS the type Of man they pick
MT for crack British regiments and
'~non-coms' OF as soon as they
he coached TO squeeze through the
Nams. lie IL Muddy as n winters apple. |
YIN "A pair Of blue eyes that belle his
,%'ltonic name, for thev are Irish in
,,thlete, and one wouldn't need to see
he array OF ups and medals in his !
slttng-room to guess Il,
Would Like a Square Deal
I'D like TO a Waldo in a twenty
ring" he said In the course
{ he conversation that followed. But
'onld Waldo like III Wcn"-
h'hfHfI lflAN MS nNl NNtAN nest ana ]
ere II Is. as he told Il:
You see, I'm a pretty husky young
Glow he began, NV last birthday
was twenty-six and | thought that I
ught to do something more with my
trength than just monkey with attn
etlcs. ! talked il over with my father
nd my wife and they agreed tina I'd
make a good cop, so far as build went. /
took the examination and passed with
colors. ! was n proud boy the
rst dav | wung my stick along mI9l
eat, from TwentN-seVcuth TO Thlrticth
treot, on Third avenue.
The first night | nailed n nan
1archln' a'1ng down the avenue vita
bundle, He took II on the run when
q saw tho light hit my new buttons.
ut ] nailed him He was a moor chapt
no had broken into a store on Tnirtv-
.ttli street and got away with some
THAT was my first case. / didn't mind
In the station, so that ] could
@ In court the next morning with my
rst prisoner. After ia made n bunch
{ DrrCSts. II did gro a Title monot-
tfus. Sometimes | wouldn't he home
n Ave davs az n time. but I was look
u for promotion and I didn't mind
work. Every one told me I was
onc fine oil hut NV wif-she said
didn't see what I'D got n home
Or II I never came near Il. but she
pleased to, that was getting
long so well.
Favoritc OF School Children.
There were some pleasant features
bout the Job. I'm fond Of Kids, and