Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-14

! l day evening, at a special meeting, upon the charges against Capt. George Linton of the Norwich police force the l evidence was not all in at 11.90 D. nl., and at the suggestion of counsel and Mayor Thayer the hearing was ad- journed for night to be resumed this evening at 7.30 o'clock
 | The prosecution had it's case all in, except for some witnesses to be called for rebuttal, but the defense still had | half dozen more witnesses to pre- sent when the adjournment was taken. Crowd Too Demonstrative. | When the council meeting opened at | S.10, with Mayor Charlres F. Thayer presiding, all the seating room for spectators was occupied and a crowd of men stood as close as they could pack in at the rear of the council | chamber. It was plainly crowd that was in sympathy with the accused | officer. as was shown by their ap- plause for him at one point in the tes- timony, for which they were remind ed by the mayor that demonstrations of any kind were not to be tolerated. Corporation Counsel Joseph T. Fan l ming conducted the case against tho officer and Attorney William H. | Shields appeared for Captain Linton. Two stenographers were on duty. The roll call showed a full attend ance and Mayor Thayer suggested that the adjourned meeting of the council from last week take a recess 1 to give way to the special meeting. As there was no objection this was ordered and the mayor convened the special meeting.
 The Charges.
 Clerk Moore read the call for the meeting and also the complaint against Capt. George Linton for al- legged acts on the night of April IF, 1912, or early morning of April IS, with its four counts against Capt. Lin ton, the first two alleging the tipping off of the Vinie Maudaby house in Ferry street and the Marion Morse house in Water street. the third on re- fusing to allow the seized liquor to be placed at police headquarters, and the fourth charging that he had sent Po- lieeman McFadden off his beat to as- sist in securing bonds for an arrested person.
 The clerk also read the proceedings of the court of common council in talk ing action when the complaint was first presented.
 Controversy Over City Ordinance. | ing and Attorney William H. Shields made inquiry whether a complaint in writing had been made to the board of police commissioners against Captain Linton by any person, according to the ordinance covering removal of an officer. This ordinance was printed in April, 1901, from which Mir. Shields read.
 Corporation Counsel Tanning stated that no such procedure had been fol . lowed for the reason that this ordi- nance never became a valid ordinance,
 and he claimed that the procedure
 would come under the old ordinance, which provided for notice to the court
 of common council and that the other regulations had been carried out.
 Attorney Shields then called atten-
 tion to what he said would be an
 astounding thing when 1t was known
 that the complainant in this action
 was also sitting in judgment upon
 this case, but Corporation Counsel
 Tanning assured the opposing attor-
 ney that the board of police commits
 sioners were disqualified in this case, Mayor Thayer Rules Out 1901 Ordi- nance.
 Mayor Thayer said that it had been
 found in a previous case that this or dinance referred to by Attorney Shields had never become a valid or
 dinance and the calling of witnesses then began.
 State Policeman Rudd First Witness
 State Policeman Alfred L. Rudd oi New London was the first witness
 called by the prosecution. He testified l to coming to Norwich about midnight , on the night of April IT.
 He went to all the places in towI
 and was at Marion Morse's, on official .. business, when arrests were made fol : illegal sale of liquor and on charge | | of keeping a house of ill fame He testified to having a talk there over
 the telephone to Captain Linton.
 Over the Telephone.
 The telephone rang and MT. Rudt 3 took up the telephone He testified 8 that the voice over the telephone said
 This is Captain Linton at police head
 quarters. Is Marion or her sistel = there2 I'd like to talk to either on, s of them.7
 Mir. Rudd testified that his answer 0 was:
 : Captain Linton, this is State Off 0 cer Rudd talking This place is raid g ed and you can't talk to either one O n them" He then hung up the tele . phone.
 e On cross-examination Attorne, Il Shields brought out the fact that Of . fcer Rudd had enough of an acquaint
 ance just to say-'hello'' to him. Whil @ Rudd was in the Morse place Office 8 Hurley, Marion Morses sister and an . other girl were there when the 'phon e rang.
 Claimed No One Else Used Phone. n Officer Rudd also testified to hearin. = Marion Morse later talking about get s ting George H. Pratt for bondsman t but he could not recall the languag n she used. He could not rememba n that the woman said anything abou : how MT. Pratt was to be reached. s Attorney Shields questioned Office n Rudd sharply if he did tell Captail t Linton to wait a minute, I'll get her
 The officer denied that anyone bu = himself talked over that telephone o He testified that Chief Egan of tn g state police was in Norwich that nigh O at the Waupregan house and aroun, s the streets.
 a Chief Murphy Testifies. t Chief John Murphy of the NorwicI y police force, 29 years on the force, an
 for long period chief testified t
 CoPtdlA1 L4i-Oh D DSlug III cudESe d
 police headquarters on the night i
 question, Chief Murphy then bein c at home and abed. He next saw Cap : tain Lintoon on the following nigh
 when Capt Linton told him that O.
 the preceding night he had been in - formed by Officer Smith that men i p an automobile were in town and wer fl going down into the house in Ferr n street, and he thought they might b r state police Captain Linton told tn h chief that he made up his mind to ca ' lup the houses to find out who thes
 men were and the chief went on to re ! late what Captain Linton told hir |. about the telephone convehsationE r. agreeing in his recital of what Captai Ia Linton told him with the testimon -4 which Cantain I.irtnn later gaMa fo