The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-16
POLICE COMMISSION
 WOULD HAVE CITY
 SWELL DEITZ FUND
PRESIDENT FALLEN TO ASK COMMON COUNCIL TO PRO-
 VIDE $1.OOO FOR FAMILY.

Proposition of Poli to Give Sunda Concert For Family is Accepted Target Practice to be Inaugurate
 -kersIla1v Wants Investigation
 Made. l Meeting for the first time since tn !, tragic death of Patro1nlan Ellswortl ] G. Deitz, the police board, with Com missioner Miller absent devoted prac
 tica1ly it's entire session last evening i to affairs hinging upon the disastrous 1 occurrence of last week. The board decided to ask the Common Council to 1 give the bereaved family s1,0o0; to ac- l cept the proposition of S. z. Poi te l hold a benefit concert some Sunday 1 night, MT. Poli offering to furnish 1 theatre. talent and all the attaches ot l his house and turn over all proceeds i to the Deitz fund; and to inaugurate l target practice at police headquarters l immediately.
 l The proposition of Commfssione1 | kershaW to investigate the circunl- 1 stances surrounding the Deitz shoot
 7Rg: aid not Iaff come to p T9te, but MT IT. would insist for his part upon the 1 boards hearing the stories of the
 members of the department who took l part in the event.
 President HalIen paid high tribute to | the late policeman. sfIn the first
 place. said MT. Hal1en, there stands
 out the fact that a valiant and capable 1 officer has laid down his life in the strict discharge of his duty. It is a supreme sacrifice that a man, in his early manhood. in full vigor and full strength and filled with hope for the future should sacrifice his life the altar of duty It is things like these, gentlemen, that endear our policemen
 to the people of this community, and fa II fHJ, heinz rnnrpSnnf in Q | these people. I feel justified in say ing that I think on this occasion we should all be proud Of the conscien-
 tious and faithful discharge of their duties by the members of this foce- I believe they are brave and fearless
 as can be found anywhere. and thinl it is fitting that this should be said
 in view of the event that has just happened.
 What strikes me as saddest of all is that the dependent widow and little son are left in a pitiah1e plight. That little son, no doubt the idol of his fla ther's heart. may perhaps be handi- the lines his father was working hard to provide. And Mrs. Deitz is be- reaved of the strong arm that should shield her.
 ttIn responding to the call of con- science the community has done sp1en- didly in providing funds for the family of the deceased. I think there has been a very generous return in the department and through the medium of the department and other channels I think. gentlemen. in view. of this circumstances surrounding it the city should take in a corporate capacity some suitable action in this regard. I would like to suggest that the presi- dent of the board be instructed to ap- pear before the Common Council and ask that there be donated for the fam fly. of the brave policeman the sum of $1,00o- I think every taxpayer and citizen will commend such action. I believe that no right thinking man. be he taxpayer or be he not. will fail such an action will meet with the ap prova1 of the Common Council. and through the Common Council the en- tire comm unity which it represents.''
 Commissioner KeTshaw at once in- troduced a motion covering the sug- gestion. Commissioner Hurley second ed it, and the vote was declared unani- nous.
 Upon motion of Commissioner Ker- shaw the board instructed the clerk to send a suita b1e communication to Mrs Deitz expressing the sentiments of the commissioners relative to her aflic- ton.
 The board voted to secure further particulars before taking action on the petition of Patrolrnan Schultz. who has been laid up since Jan. 14. suffering with an accident affecting his right knee joint. The policeman petitfoned for his pay which had not been given him. He did not go into the details of his injury. which is said to come not as a result of police duty. Point ing out the problem that such a case presented-the duty the city owed to it's employees in such cases-President Fallen suggested more detail before any action is taken. Clerk Smith will investigate.
 It was at the suggestion of President Ha1len that the matter of target prac- tice was taken up. Major Hurley has fostered this as his pet hobby dur ing the several terms he has served as police commissioner. He was on hand with startling array of facts and figures as to the customs Of va rious cities in the matter of target practice. He recommended the use of the Colts .38 Police Special, a 20 ounce weapon of b1ued steel. as a uniform weapon for the department. He said a shooting gallery could be provided in the basement beneath the emer- gency hospital which was once plan ned as a lodging place for penniless Wayfarers but is now abandoned trarnps sleeping in the third tier of po- lice cells, usually unoccupied. He and the president are empowered to act.
 Major Hurley took the commissioners through the basement and showed sev- era1 possible locations of a range. 30 feet in length, and volunteered to do- nate his services as instructor of the men in target practice. He said he had secured figures showing that a suitable range could be installed for about S182.
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