The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-22
TROY'S POLICE Chief
INTEREST cENTERs IN A PoLITI-
CAL MIDDLE.
Mayor and the Counefimen show Rea-
sons for Investigation Of the
Accounts of Captain
Greene.

Troy. Oct. 21.-(SpeciaI)-The dis
missai of Captain Greene as CHER OF
Police OF Troy by the City Councii
several weeks ago and an investigation
OF his accounts continues to be q mat
ter of interest in Troy.
The Mayor OF Troy and some MEM
bers of the Council declare that poll
tics had nothing to do with the mat
ter. and that his discharge, three days
before the annual election was due to
remarks said to have been made by
Captain Greene about one of the Coun-
ciimen which were not considered
proper In an Officer. together with re-
suits of recent Investigations and de-
veiopments.
An Investigation OF Captain Greene's
Accounts was being made at the time I.
The minutes of the Council show
that at the regular meeting u Sept.
20, the Finance Committee read Sec
ton 1880 of the municipal code, which
requires all municipal officers and en-
ployes to turn over to the City Treas
urer. instanter all moneys collected
by them. A resolution was adopted at
that meeting requiring all officers to
deposit all moneys collected with the
City Treasurer. instanter. and In no
case to carry over from one day to the
other any of his collections.
On the morning OF Sept. %. the
Finance Committee procured suit
able book ana instructed the City Clerk
to get from Captain Greene list OF
all from whom ne had collected street
taxes and to enter Il In the book. The
clerk ana treasurer found when he
had done this that the street tax col
iected amounted 20 s315 more than had
been turned over. Thereupon, the
treasurer made this report to the
Finance Committee as he had been In
structed to do.
On the morning of Sept. %. the
Mayor called the Council TO a meeting
at the request of the Finance Com
niittee and the Chief Of Police, at the
request of the committee, turned over
the amount which was found to be
due the city. At the same meeting
the Council asked that the Chief make
q report OF the fines and costs collect
ed during September and have IL ready
by o'clock that afternoon. which he
did, and deposited enough to cover
the report with the City Treasurer.
provided cost bill be allowed. of
money used to catch some gamblers and
blind tigers. the money having been
paid detective for this work.
The Mayor and a majority of the
Council not having been Informed that
he had employed the detective, held
up the account and II IL still under
consideration.
committee was appointed TO check
up the Chiefs fine and cost account.
One of the Chiefs street tax stub
books having been lost, he deposited
500 with the Treasurer to cover any
street tax that might not have been
reported. In checking over the re-
naming stub books. seventeen names
were found that were not on the re-
port. and the money was deposited
with the Treasurer to cover this.
On sept. Is. Captain Greene depos-
tied 500 more with the Treasurer,
$3.50 OF which was specifically applied
to collection made after the investi-
cation commenced. and $3.50 for Amos
and costs, license or anything else that
might be found that he was due the
city. above his cost bill rendered in
his September report.
The investigation is still In progress,
IL being difficult to find out who has
paid street taxes that might be on the
lost stub book.
| Captain Greene claims that II he
had been allowed to make his annual
l'report on Oct, /, as has been the GUS
tom, that there would have been Nc
complications in the. .accouns excepl
those resulting from the removal of q
stub book from its place OF Keeping
In the Mayors office,