The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-05
Why MT. Opper Cart00ned The
 Elm City Force

New Haven, Aug. 5-One afternoon last month Patrolman John Lynch was standing at the corner of Church and Chapel streets keeping his eye as usual on a dozen or so different autos that were trying to turn the corner against police regulations, when a big touring car dashed up and made the turn.
 Officer Lynch hopped on a trol- ley car and overlook the erring machine near Orange street and compelled it's driver to go back the way. he had come, and although the chauffeur protested and blubbered York, he went back when threatened with arrest.
 This particular auto was owned and driven at that time by F. Opper, the cartoonist of the New York American.
 When the cartoonist got back to New York he got out his trusty pen and drew a cartoon which no doubt expressed his sentiments on the New Haven police force. The cartoon appeared in this mornings American and showed typical village cop with a heavy growth of brush on his chin
 A small cannon dangles from his belt and in the strange metaphors which the cartoOnist thinks are applicable as coming from a citizen of New Ha- ven, the cop is drawn as saying: Hold on there; can't youse read them signs? By gum I've a good mind sign lor reading: RAll v Vehicles % take left turning in front of Si Bascom' s barn."
 A village postoffice and general sUore New Haven police headquarters, form a setting for the constable.
 Chief Cowles has already seen the cartoon when the reporter approached him this morning: Yes" he said we did have a little trouble with Op- violate the traffic regulations. He has written me several very insult ing letters since about the matter. There were very caustic and after reading them I wasn't bit surprised to see the cartoon if the letters ex- as though he thought himself better than anyone else and made a great thing out of a little matter. I be- lieve he lives in Stamford and was going there when stopped by one of my men. This caustic stuff IS his stock in trade and he has to make his living"
 But Opper didn't let the matter drop with his cartoons. He has al- ready preferred charges against Pa trolman Lyuch to the police com missioners and written them several letters. In these he bitterly at- tacks Officer Lynch.
 Cowles said today: gro my mind these remarks only tend to show that Officer Lynch did his duty in such an able and efficient manner as to antagonize the cartoonist. They show that the officer is on his job and taking care of his corner"
 That Opper's charges to the police commissioners made no impression on that board was intimated by the chief when he said that the matter had been dropped without even call- ing in the officer in question.
 Everybody in New Haven, includ- ingChief Cowles. and and the police commissioners, are satisfied that the officers at this corner but do their duty and do it in an efficent manner, notwithstanding the remarks cast out by Opper.
 This, however, will not be the last heard of the incident, for a number of Irish societies and friends of Pa trolman Lynch, if he is the individual aimed at, will present the evidence to MT. Hearst, Opper's employer, to see if the cartoonists innate prejudice against the Irish cannot be quashed
 Patrolman Lynch this morning disclaimed any knowledge of the af- fair in particular, but said that he >autoists that had disobeyed the traf- fife regulations that he could not re- member this particular one. It was given out later that the policeman in question, if not MT. Lynch, was Officer Cannon, who also does a great deal of duty around that corner and is known as an able and most ef-