Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-04
Prosecutor Booraem Hears
that William Walters Tip
ped OF" Party Wanted.
VII PREFER CHARGES
Has Names Of Witnesses Who
Heard Marshal Telephone
to Fugitive.
AT TOTTENvILLE HOTEL
Alleged that He Has Let
Prisoners Escape on Num-
erous Occasions.
II TOTTENvILLE HOTEL

The county prosecutors Office is
investigating information which has
reached it to the effect that City
Marshal William Walters, Of this
city, 1t is alleged, is In the habit Of
warning certain classes OF people
wanted In the county prosecution
Of criminals
A recent case which has just been
called to the attention Of the prose-
cutor through County Detective
Richard A. Peltier, is case In which
two people were wanted In compli-
Gated case One of them was cap
tured in this city and the other could
not be located by the prosecutors
men. In the presence OF six witt
nesses however, 1t is said that City
Marshal Walters located the party in
question in a Tottenville hotel, and
over the telephone warned the per-
son in question to lay low. That
same night, the person wanted.
whose home is in New Brunswick, 1t
Is alleged, left the hotel and has
since been in hiding, although infor-
nation has reached the prosecutors g
ofice which will probably mean an
arrest today.
Warned BY Telephone.
The alleged telephone call was
made Thursday night and since that
time the party wanted has dropped
out of sight. The prosecutors office
was notified of the incident yester-
day and is today getting evidence.
The prosecutor is preparing conf
plant against the city marshal for
interfering with the apprehension of
criminals,
Yesterday Walters was in New
brunswick and 1t IS said that he an
prAyuched Prosecutor Bocraem and
eyMeayoTed to find out how the, ,beftu-
Ion MAS with reference to the 3fugi-
tfko New Brunswick party. It II
aaid that the city marshal offered to
help locate the person, but that the
prosecutor declined his offer, with
thanks and volunteered no informa-
ton as to Just what his Office was do
Ing In the matter.
Gives General Dissatisfaction.
The city marshal Is declared to
have given general dissatisfaction IN
the performance of his alleged du-
ties, to all branches Of the police de-
partment, with which he has any
thing to do. It is generally under
stood that he Is supposed to serve all
city warrants. He hardly serves one
In ten. It Is stated. His usual method
In serving warrants, according to in
formants, is to call ON the telephone
the ones wanted, and tell them to re-
port to police headquarters at cer-
tain hour for hearing. Sometimes, Ii
Is asserted, they came and sometimes
they don't. In such cases. 1t Is fur
ther alleged he has set excuse
about being after the parties. but
could not locate them.
Early In his term Recorder Kehoe
found that he could not get satisfac-
ton & n the city marshal in the
servingA Of warrants and now he
turns them all over to Chief of Po-
lice Burke for disposition. Detec-
tive Sergeants Huff and Long now
have much OF their time, which
should be devoted to investigating
cases, taken up In the serving of city
warrants In some cases the war;
rants are turned over to patrolmen
on their beats to serve.
Says He Is Court Officer.
Walters states that the police de-
partment has no jurisdiction oyer
him and that he is the recorders s
court officer-yet he hardly attends
one police court hearing out of three.
Chief Burke and the detective SER
geants are In the habit of acting as
court officers. preserving order and
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