The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-07
OFFICER REFUSES
TO WEAR THE BLUE
Omaha PatroIman Who Had Trouble
With Pat Grove and Dueled With
Him, Conflicts with Chief.


interested In the following Omaha
dispatch which mas been sent here:
A report filed last night with the
I fire and police board against Officer
IA. H. Jackson by Chief of Police
/ Donahue recalls the Cudahy kidnap-
Ang case and may be the beginning
i'of long litigation.
Jackson was one of the officers
who figured in the gun fight with Pat
Grove at Sixteenth and Hickory
streets five years ago. Pat Grove had
been trailed to that part of the city
and when the officers attempted to
close in on him he opened hot fire,
which Jackson returned. Jackson was
wounded in the leg and still walks
with cane.
He recently applied to the police
board for pension. The application
was turned down.
Jackson, VINO has been acting as
turnkey in the absence of Jailer Her
aid, who is in the hospital, received
notice from Chief Donahue to don
his uniform and report for duty as q
patrolman on the first of the month.
This he refused to do. he said that
he could not walk without his cane
and that to be on his feet constantly
would bring back the old trouble.
Last night the police board instruct
ed CHIEF of Police Donahue to file
charges of INSTRUMENTATION at the
next meeting unless Jackson reports
in uniform Jackson believes that he
is entitled to pension and threatens
to bring suit.
Chief of Police Donahue extended
an invitation to the fire and police
board to attend the funeral of the
late Captain ,ioStyn, of whom ne
spoks in the highest terms as a citi-
zen. father and officer. Member Wap-
pich, in making the motion to accept
the in itation, offered resolution of
which the following is the substance:
by the death of Captain Patrick
Mostyn Omaha has lost a good citi-
zen, his family kind and loslng hus-
band and father To the family, the
! board of fire and police commission
ers express sincerest sympathy in the
irreparab!e loss of those bereaved.
Z Captain Nos yn was Christian gentle
mn, honored, loved nd respected by
! those who knew him. de wcs humane
and he never sought to Iersecute any
one in the discharge of his duty.
ensured by dollars and cents, mis-
life was not a success, but measured
from the standpoint OF kindly acts,
love and respect he en- RETAINED for
his fellow and also the duty OF
citizen, husband and father, his life
shines out brighter than though he
had accumulated thousands OF dol
lars."
All the officers of the police force
applied for the ten days leave OF alb
sence, suggested by the police board
in order to overcome the shortage 81
funds and avoid the laying off OF
twenty-four men permanently. About
ninety of these applications, formally
made out on printed blanks and tied
4 with pink ribbon, were received by
the board.
The firemen were instructed to or
der their blue flannel shirts at Hay
den Bros, the winter garment tc
cost SO and those for summer s1.5o
They will have nickel buttons and be
Eproperly marked. samples of the ma
iserial we're selected by the board Jas
evening. 1t was decided to hold the
meeting next Tuesday as usual, de
spite the fact that it is election day