The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-28
MAYOR WAS ANGRY
LAID DOWN LAW TO POLICE DE-
 APARTMENT.
Says His Orders Shall Be obeyed If He Has to Call on Sheriff to
 Carry Them Out.

Mobile. July 27-(special)--The sus- pension of Policeman ollie B. Broadus and William Connolly by Mayor Pat J. Lyons. pending an investigation as to the part they took in the recent dis turbanoes in the restricted district. has caused a great deal of comment in this city. It is the opinion of many that Inc suspension is but the forerunner of shake-up in the entire police depart ment
 It Is well known that for some time past the Mayor has been much dissatis- fled with the way his orders have been carried out or rather not carried out by the Police Department. It Is also known that on Saturday evening when the Mayor discovered that the two saloon keepers Cuthbert and McGraw had been allowed to continue to do business after he had caused their ar rest for selling liquor without license. that he was particularly angry, and. as The Advertiser said in its issue of yesterday. he threatened to call upon the Sheriff if his orders were not obey ed. The Mayor said today that he pro- posed to have the law obeyed and to see to 1t that the police department did its duty. He had allowed some lati- tude in certain directions, he said, but he had found that this had been abused The city has a police department and 1t Is supposed to do its duty" The mayor said, 'I cannot be the whole Police Department. but it might as we'll be thoroughly known that where com plaints reach me that officers are not doing their duty, there is going to be an investigation to follow"
 The real reason why the Mayor sus- pended Broadus and Connolly is that there were three calls for the patrol wagon between 10 o'clock on Wednes- day night last and 8 o'clock on Thurs day morning, the last one occurring at that hour. These calls were incidental to the trouble alleged to have been go- ing on in the Cuthbert and McGraw saloons. It would appear as far as the investigation has gone that Broadus and Connolly were in a restaurant ad- joining Harvey's Saloon. shortly be- fore 3 o'clock on Thursday morning. when McGraw and a man by the name of Meyers entered.
 It looked as though there was go- ing to be trouble and bartender in the place ran out and rung for the pat rol wagon. When 1t arrived all the men were on the sidewalk and Broadus is said to have told the driver of the wagon that it was not wanted It is tHAS ChAA anu tHS outcome InereO1 that the Mayor Is not quite clear on and the men will remain suspended until he is.
 Chief of Police Rondeau was oloseted with the Mayor for upwards of an hour this morning in the latters office, but just what happened therein neither will say. The case of William Fl. Cuth- bert and W. J. McGraw, charged with selling liquor without a license were called in the Recorders Court this morning. Both asked for a continu- ance until ThuSsday. Afterward both went to see the Mayor to ask that they be permitted to again take out their licenses. After the Mayor had read them q lecture and received their promise that they would live strictly up to the law, he withdrew his obiec. ton to their licenses being renewed. He would not however, allow them to have their pool room licenses, declar- ing the close proximity of these pool rooms to bar caused all the trouble. It Is not unlikely that at the next meet ing of the City Council that the Mayor will recommend the passing of an ordt-- nance that will prohibit the operatins of pool rooms In connection with s saloon.