The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-02-01
He DONS THE
BLUE AND BRASS
j. w. Klinefelter now Chief
of Police.
WILL CLEAN UP the CITY
Work will 60 Slowly but
Thoroughly.
Two Women Arrested Sunday are
Sent TO the WorkhOuse for "Quite
q Whlle''-Patrolmen Assigned for
the Month.

John w. Klinefelter assumed the
, duties of regular chief of police this
morning at o'clock. Acting Chief
Link Bond, who has been efficiently
managing the department for the past
month, resumes his night duties as
captain of police.
| The new chief was sworn in by
| Mayor Setter Monday. A long con-
ference followed and 1t is presumed
that the mayor was informing his APP
pointee of his policies. Klinefelter
says that he is for the majority OF
| the people.
1T seems to be the will of the peo.
pie to have Marion thoroughly cleaned
up. Although / am new at police
| work, / can readily see that erratic
measures will not accomplish the de-
sired results. We intent to go slow,
but will be rigid and determined from
| the start" declared Klinefelter upon
entering office.
Chief Klinefelter will establish
practically the system used by for
mer Chief Cornwell. The patrolmen
will be assigned to the respective beats
on the first day of each month. The
night captain will report all happen
ings to the chief and will have charge
of the force in the absence of the
chief The patrolmen will telephone
headquarters every hour of the day.
so that the chief may know just
where to locate them in case any
thing turns up. For more than a year
the police department had been man
aged in a thoroughly systematic man
ner and the new chief finds little room
for Improvement in that line.
Charged with disturbing the peace
by becoming intoxicated and fight
ing, John Redding was drawn into
police court Tuesday The charges
were preferred in an afidavid filed
by Patrolman Frank Wilhelm.
Redding is alleged to have caused
not q little disturbance last Sunday
evening when he was loafing in
the uptown districts Redding Is n
clerk employed in his fathers store
in the West End. Tuesday was not
the first time that he has appeared
i'm local police court.
When arraigned Redding entered
a plea of not guilty and his trial
was set for 0 o'clock Wednesday
morning.
The trial of Rose Fosnaught. who
was arrested Sunday afternoon on n
charge of lettering, was held in may
or's court at o'clock Monday even
ing. 1t was of short duration and
the defendant was rronunced guilty
and fined the sum of $25 and costs
aggregating in all to $27,50.
Bessie Jeffries who was also fined
$25 on the same charge, was unable
to pay the assessment The pair was
hurried away to the Columbus work.
house Tuesday morning by Chief
Klinefelter. The fines and costs will
keep the girls i'm the works for a term
of about fifty days.
Mayor Settlers collections for the
month of January aggregated $31310I
OF this amount, $239.60 goes to the
city while $3.50 was collected un-
der the state law.
Practically the only unusual
feature of the first month of the
new mayors reign, is the fact that
of the large sum collected, II fell
to about one dozen law vlolators to
pay II. High fines and rigid law
enforcement, is the mayors policy
and it surely gets the money.
Patrolman Frank Wilhelm ap-
preached Chief Klinefelter Tuesday
morning and asked for two weeks
vacation. 81 have some urgent busi-
ness affairs to look after and would
like short leave of absence" stated
wilhelm. The request was granted
Il. A, Slagle, who was recently re-
instated on the regular force will as
sumo Wilhelm duties.
Chief Klinefelter assigned the pa
trolmen beats for the month of Feb
ruary as follows uptown days. j. nj.
Cusick; West End days. e. A. Slagle;
District No. l, ID. w. Bell; No. 2,
John Frame; No. 3, j. M. Thompson
Mrs. Il. l.. Anderson. of Green
Camn came 10 this CITY this morning