The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16
POLICEMAN FAILS
To STOP THUG.
Brock of the Oakland Force
Accused of Cowardice
After Double Murder
ROBBERS STILL WORK

man IL. w. Brock mas ucch DcSun W
Chief of Police Wilson, and II the
charges prove well founded, the matter
will be brought to the attention or the
Board of Police Commissioners. Brock
is accused of having refused 10 make
an attempt to capture the murderer OF
MotOrman John n, Tenny, VINO was
killed in a battle with a thug who at
tempted to hold up n car at sixteenth
street station early yesterday mornins'
and Night Watchman William p. Tru-
body, murdered by the same bandit
during his escape.
George NJ Janvrin an employe OF
the Oakland Street Department, de-
clared today that he had pointed out
the fleeing murderer to Brock, VINO
reached the scene of the shooting be-
fore the thug was out of sight behind
the warehouse of Holbrook, Merrill &
Stetson, and that the policeman an
swered query as to why ne dld not
pursue the murderer with the declara-
tion that he did not intend to be Killed.
TRIED TO BORROW GUN.
Janvrin, according to his own story.
tried to induce the policeman to lend
him his revolver, offering to go after
the escaping thug himself. Brock re-
fused to part with his weapon, how,
ever, and according to Janvrin left the
scene and telephoned to police head
quarters for achievements. Janvrfn,
being one of the first to reach the car
on which Tenny was shot, was inter-
viewed by the detectives who are In
yestigating the double murder, and to
Detective Holland Janvrin says he told
the story of the refusal of Brock to
pursue the murderer.
When the story told by Janvrin
reached the Chief of Police the. latter
at once began an investigation, and it
is likely that Brock will be compelled
to face the charges of his accuser. The
officials of the Police Department are
anything but satisfied with the show
Ing made by Brock, both in the present
case, and on the night on which Police
man w. l. Hodgkins was shot at on
Twenty third and Webster streets. On
that occasion Brock was on special duty
with Hodgkins, and although he was
across the street at the time of the
shooting of the latter, he allowed the
thug who had shot down the policeman
to escape.
"HE's A LIAR. SAYS BROCK.
When asked tonight as to the truth
of the charges made against him by
Janvrin, Patrolman Brock said:
Janvrin's story is lie made out of
whole cloth and is simply an attempt
on the part of a crowd of toughs down
here to get even with me because /
would not allow them to do as they
pleased since l have been on this beat.
This man Janvrin, every man in the
Police Department who has ever been
down here knows, is a drunken loafer
who does nothing but lay around sa
| looms waiting for some one to buv him
a drink. He has been arrested dozen
times and has a record for disturbing
AS for this this particular case, it all
came about through my arresting a
man by the name OF Tom McGrath last
night for drunkenness and disturbance
of the peace. Last night when l took
McGrath over to the box several of
this gang We're standing around, and
they said then that they would break
me within thirty days. 1 arrested Nc
Grath again tonight for the same Of
fense, and once more Janvrin and his
| friends swore they would drive me out
! of the Police Department.
When the time comes for me to de-
fend myself / will prove that every
statement made by Janyrin is false and
will prove, moreover, that the whole
story is a malicious attempt to force
me to resign. But one thing Is GER
tain, and that is If my superior officers
believe that l have not done my duty
l am willing to hand In my resignat ton.
/ but until they tell me that / am wrong
l am net going to worry about the at
tacks of a crowd of ruffians and toughs.
Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson. the en-
/ ployers of Trubody, and the officials of
! the Oakland Traction Consolidated. to-
| day offered rewards for the capture of
the double murderer. Holbrook, Mer-
rill & Stetson have offered $500 to any
person furnishing information that will
lead to the arrest and conviction of the
murderer. and the Oakland Traction
Consolidated offers $1,000 for the same
information.
Coroner Mehrnann has set the in
quests in the cases of the victims of
the bullets of the murderous thug for
Thursday evening, october 1s, at
o'clock. An autopsy performed today
| on the body of Trubody, the night
watchman, proved that every one of the
three bullets fred by the escaping muir
/ derer of Tenney had found its mark.
One of the bullets struck the night
watchman in the left side, near the
hip, another pierced Trubody's heart,
and the third, which must have been
fired after the watchman had fallen'
struck the left shoulder blade.
FouR MORE RoBBERIEs.
Four robberies in all of which the
victims were held up and robbed at
i the point of a revolver, were reported
to the police this morning, all having
occurred last night. Henry Long, q
deputy In the office of City Treasurer
Bates, was held up by well-dressed ed
man shortly after 10 o'clock, near his
home at 1888 Chestnut street. Long
took out his watch, and as he did so the
footpad struck him heavy blow with
a blackjack" Long was not knocked
down. however, and he at once gave
battle to the thug, VINO nnaiiy proke
away and escaped
Frank Reboli, residing at 5ls8 Shat
tuck avenue, was held up just before
midnight at the corner of Shattuck
avenue and Fifty-second street AS he
had no money, the thug got nothing
for his trouble.
4 70. o. csustayson was robbed of 81 by a
masked man armed with revolver
who stopped him on seventh street, be-
tween Broadway and Franklin street.
+. Ernest Heintz, whose home is at 1887
Twenty-fifth avenue, was held up al
!. Talcott and Twenty third avenues last
night at $50 o'clock, but he had moth
i ing of value with him and the footpad
got no reward
william whitney, believed to be one
of the thugs who has been working In
this city of late, was arrested last night
by E. A Mitchell, Southern Pacine
conductor. who turned his prisoner over
to Policeman Brock.
RELIEF FUNDS MAINTAINED.
i OAKLAND Oct. 15.-The Oakland
1 relief committee, formed after the fire