The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-19
DEATH OF ]. W. POND
CONTINUED from First Pogo.)

Jerome the father OF clock making,
became interested In the young man,
and sent him to take charge of the
New York store, After Mr., Pond
had learned the ms and outs Of this
end Of the business, In 1855 Mr.. Clark
called Mr., Pond to New Haven, and
put him at work in the shops
Mr., Pond had not been there long
when the democratic city convention
took place While he was a democrat
he took no more than casual inter-
est In party politics and what proved
to be as great a surprise as he ever
experienced was the one that he had
the morning after this convention.
lie found himself nominated on the
democratic ticket as town constable.
Mr. Pond was elected, and this first
office was but one of many that he
held In the public service. At this
time there We're no regular police
men.
In 1861, Mr. Pond was appointed
chief of police, and was the first one
to hold that position In this city.
At that time the regular police force
of New Haven consisted of the chief
a captain, a lieutenant and twelve pa
trolmen, supplemented by fifteen SUI
pernumerarles, All of the members Of
this original force have long since
died, Former Chief Wrinn did not
become a member Of the police de-
partment until several years after Mr..
Pond had severed his connection with
the police force At that time the
position of chief was appointive, and
every time there was a change of ad-
ministratlon there was change Of
the head of the police force. In 1864
a change of this kind took place. but
not until after Chief Pond had put
the force on a sound footing. and had
uniformed II.
After his term as chief of police
Mr.. Pond was appointed deputy
sheriff. and held this position contln-
uously for period Of thirty one
years. not giving up this work until
the retirement Of Sheriff Tomlinson
In 1895. He became one Of the best
known officers of the law in the state
Of Connecticut, and II was only a
short time after his first appointment
before he gained the confidence of
the bar. On several occasions he was
called out Of this county to do work
of particularly difficult nature in
other parts Of the state.
At the same time he was deputy
sheriff Mr.. Pond carried on an extern
siye fire insurance business, Besides
this he found time 10 take n promi-
nent part in municipal affairs He
took a leading part in the councils of
the democratic party locally. Mr..
Pond was president OF the old board
OF public works for three years, being
member OF the board for seven.
This board was legislated out OF ex-
istcnce, when the general assembly
granted to this city its new charter.
The late Joseph b. Sargent was one
of Mr.. Ponds associates in this board.
During his term of Office the old pub
lie works commission laid out COM
prehensive sewage system, and this
has been followed out. Also the East
Chapel street bridge over the Quinni-
piac river was built at the time he
held office
Mr. Pond had been active In St
Thomas Episcopal church affairs for
good many years, being a yestry-
man for the past forty years. He was
a prominent odd Fellow belonging TO
Harmony lodge, Golden camp. a
member of the grand lodge, and grand
master, 1SS1-s2. From 50 to 81 he
was the state representative to the
sovereign grand lodge.
He was a Mason, too, being men,
her Of Wooster lodge, and was treas
urer of that organization for over
fifteen years. Since 1895 Mr., Pond
had lived a retired life
on May 3, 1903, Mr. Pond and his
wife celebrated their wedding ami
verSary He married Charlotte J..
White Of Bolton, Conn, on May 2,
1853