The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-11
RoSenStih'S Attack on Officer St, Clair Gives Meeting
 Sensational Turn
PERSONAL ABUSE FINALLY
 CALLED FOR HIS ELECTION
Many Citizens Testify to Good Work Done By St. Clair In Guarding Fever-Stricken District On
 South Highlands.

When the police commission adjourned last night it had not only finished a sen sational meeting, but Secretary Sid B. Jones left the city hall weighted down with ali the books and records of the commission with the remark, Wed bet ter keep these"
 This was the first move of the old po- lice commission in the fight which it intends to wage against that appointed by Governor Conner. The commissioners took charge of the books to keep them out of the hands of Mayor Ward and his commission.
 The feature of the meeting last night was the attack made on Policeman St. Clair, who got up from sick bed to at tend his trial, by John B. Rosenstihl MT. Rosenstlhl became vociferous in hurling his lies" at St. Clair that Con- missioner Jones had to ask Chief Wier to put him out of the room, thus saving what promised to be quite sensational scene
 Guarded Fever District.
 St Clair is the officer who stood guard at Sixteenth street and Eleventh avenue during the typhoid epidemic in that neighborhood, turning back all vehicles. After watching there for more than a month, when there were more than forty cases in a critical condition on Eleventh avenue, he was himself stricken with the fever, and has been sick twenty four days.
 The case against him was charged by a motorcyclist. Cooper, who alleged that St. Clair attacked him with his billy on Sixteenth street one night and threatened to injure him, with conduct unbecoming an officer. He also alleged that MT. St. Clair had sworn falsely in police court when he declared that he had timed MT. Cooper's speed on Eleventh avenue by his watch
 The room was crowded with Eleventh avenue citizens, who went to speak a good word for the officer. Morris Love man commended St Clair for his dutiful action, declaring the officers position a hard and thankless one, and said that he spoke for the whole stricken neighbor- hood when he declared that they all owed St. Clair a deep debt of gratitude for keeping down the noise on the avenue.
 MT Davidson told how the officer hai turned automobiles. carriages and motor- cycles back always in a courteous man. ner, and MT. Winkler said he came un- solicited to speak a word, describing how hard the work had been and how well done.
 MT. Shaw also gave his indorsement. In fact. the whole fever district seemed to consider itself debtor to MT. St. Clair for his guardianship.
 Rosensthil Takes Floor.
 When this testimony was finished Ro- senstihl. without being sworn, took the floor and began stating what he consid- cred the facts in the case.
 Were you there?" asked St. Clair
 No" he replied, but I'll take Cooper's word for it, and I haven't been proved a ,perjurer. Gentlemen, I can bring wit nesses here to show that his word ain't worth anything on oath, and he's a liar Everybody knows it."
 Everybody demonstrated that such was no place or time for personalities, and MT. Rosenstlhl was forced to his seat
 St. Clair-Gentlemen, that's the man that told me he would tear my uniform off, and get me fired off the police force.
 Rosenstihl-He's a liar, He's a liar, That's lie; It's a lie here and it's lie when we get outside," and he continued this for several minutes.
 Commissioner Sid Jones-Chef Wier, put him out: we can't put up with thls. I'm surprised.
 ro,,t M ba1 faI- and the scene was over. Officer St. Clair was not fined, but received a reprimand The commission also requested the board of aldermen to pay him his full time dur ing his sickness