The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-30
NEWS ITEMS
Gossip Gathered at the Head
quarters Today.

Inc city attorney OF city COUNCIL
should make an attempt to collect the
$500 reward offered by Cambridge
City for the arrest and conviction of
the murderer of Mrs. Frank Allison
last year. Police Supt. Gormon says.
The money was offered and the arrest
and conviction secured but the reward
is not forthcoming. The police believe
that the city should get the $500. The
reward of $500 offered by the county
commissioners FOR the arrest of the
murderer was paid and Supt. Gormon,
to whom the reward belonged, turned
lieved that it should have been placed
in police fund.
Supt. Gormon will ask for no addi-
tional appropriations this year with
the possible exception of $1,000 for a
patrolman's salary. The department
will have exceeded the appropriation
for this year by about that amount ow-
ing to the fact that another patrolman
has been added TO the force. Although
Mayor Zimmerman believes patrol
man should be discharged from the
force in order to curtail expenditures,
this course is not thought best by
Supt Gormon and others. who say that
more patrolmen are needed.
A circular was received by the po-
lice this morning from the captain of
detectives at Louisville. saying that
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rest of Judge John s. Adair. of that
city who converted to his own use the
funds of the State Bank at Stephens
port, Ky. The amount of money en-
bezzled was $4,000.
Considerable excitement occurred at
the Chautauqua grounds Monday night
when screams coming from tent on
Highland avenue attracted persons in
the vicinity. Shortly afterward three
women, one carrying a baby ran from
the tent, attired in flimsy materials.
They were also barefooted. 1t was
learned that two men had been play
ing "Jack-the-Peeper." Chautauqua
policemen were called but no one
could be found. However, an inyesti-
cation was instituted and two men
are under surveillance.
Most of the policemen have taken
their summer vacation, each member
of the force being allowed ten days.
Patrolman Harry Fee went on duty
last evening after the end of his recre-
alton period and Patrolman Wierhake
started on his vacation last night.
Those who have had their vacation
are Patrolmen Edwards. Hirschfield.
White. Lawler, Bundy. Gully, Stau.
bach. Longman, First Sergeants Nc
Naily, Remmert and Fee and SUPP
Gormon. Those who arc anxiously aw-
aiting the brief respite are Patrolman
Hebble, Westenberg, Menke, Yingling,
and vogelsong and Second Sergeant
Winters.
I'VE have numerous calls each night
from women who. say that mysteri-
GUS man is prowling about their
house." said Stunt. Gormon today, but
upon investigation we invariably find
that it is some man waiting for a girl
or woman to fill date with him. The
other night we received telephone
message from woman conveying to
us the exciting information that her
house was about to be robbed. An OIL
Ger was sent to the place and it was
ascertained that the man just had
date"
do you think bloodhounds can be
relied upon in tracing criminal and
do you think they ever run down an
innocent person." Supt. Gormon was
asked today
'.I'll answer that question in this
way was the reply. Il would never
convict a man, II / were on jury,
just from the fact that bIoodhounds
had traced him down. They get the
wrong man very often"
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