The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-19
Al Unknown Booster for Chief schev-
ers. Suggests to Police Report
er that Letter be Made
Public
BRAINIEsT MAN YET
Youngest Head Of Department k.o-
kuk Has Ever Had. is the Best
Police Have Ever Had,
Says Scribe.


gestE that Chief Henry N. Scherers'
salary be increased as well as those
of other members OF the police and
IRE departments. has been received
under date Of yesterday by the police
reporter.
Calling attention TO the studfouz.
unusually keen manner in which the
chief has handled the various cases
as they come before the department
day after day. the sender of the mis-
siFe proelaisns 10, only the chiefs
efficiency. but the attitude OF the
subordinate officers of the department
as men worthy of their positions OF
trust.
From what can be learned in rep
ortorial way, other like suggestions.
though verbal, have been made re-
garding the raise in pay of the de-
partment's chief
Here and there stray gray ones
can be seen sproliting in Chief Scher.
ers' head, but not long ago he 'fessed
UP TO the fact that he was only 81
/ years old.
/ He has been police officer for
/ several years and is just rounding on.
his first successful year as chief un-
der the commission form of govern.
n'ent. The writer of the appended let
ter assumes responsibility for the
slogan, More pay for the chief"
The Letter.
In notice in The Gate City, which
Is the only good newspaper concern
In the city, the police department OF
the city of Keokuk received an In
crease in their salaries, with the ex-
ception of Chief of Police H. NJ.
ScheYers.
Now. keokuk Is no longer little
town, but big city. or has the prog
poets OF q big city. with one of the
largest dams IN the world, and as
the population Is gradually increasing.
If can well afford to increase the
salaries of the different city officials,
4 especially the officers OF the police
department, and particularly the sal
arr Of Chief ScneyeTg
The writer has been a citizen OF
! Ksokuk for number of years ana
q friend 10 the police Of the police
department as well as Chief Schev-
ers, and would like 10 see all mem
berg of the force receive an increase
in their salaries, including Commits
sioner T. P. Gray and Chief H n
! Schevers.
i Nov, / would Ike to gay a few
words In regard 10 the Keokuk po-
/ lice department. Il is widely known
/ TO all citizens of Keokuk. as well az
residents of other cities and states
that Keokuk has one Of the best police
/ departments, the best hammered and
leTei headed men OF any police de-
partment within a radils of several
thousand miles. and the credit OF this
well kept police department Is due 10
Chief OF Police H. ST. scheYers and
Thomas r Gray, who make the rules
and regulations, and enforce them,
and the boysT OF the police depart
ment certainly abide by these rules
and regulations
Chief OF Police Scheyers has con,
Quoted personally. all robberies, muir
der cases, etc, and has often times
only. arrived At his home In the wee
hours of the morning after investiga-
ton OF some case or other. only TO
again be called 10 the station for a
similar case, and without word he
| Immediately returns and collects his
men togther and starts out on the