The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-11-28
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: The esteemed evening contempor-
airy is doing its level best to convince
ita readers that the illegal release oil
a prisoner from the city jail and IN
assault upon q policeman by the city
jailer is only a Joke" Concernine
Tuesday nights session of the Police,
Jail and Fire Committee. at which
The Bulletins charges against Chief
Egan and Jailer Lut2 were heard, the
aforesaid esteemed evening publica-
ton has the following to say:
THE trouble between the two men
fLutz and Glade) was the outcome OF
misunderstanding over the release
of prisoner. Words followed and
Jailer Lutz claims to have struck
Glad In. the jaw with his fist. when
the latter called him liar which
statement Chief of Police Egan sus-
tains.
'sThe prisoner had been released by
Chief Egan, who held the execution
10 be signed later by Mayor Parsons
this power the mayor having con
ferreft upon the police, the latter Ia
use his own discretion In matters oil
this kind"
Assuming that every statemen!
made by the evening cnkoo to be true
ihs detail. sthe fact still remains tina
the law was violated. What powe'
has the mayor to confer upon tn
chief. OF police the right to roleas-
prisoners? II the mayor did this
he IL guilty of violation Of the law
for he certainly Is not vested viii
power to change our statutes when
ever they do not suit him. The Law
states very plainly that in no cas-
shalt the TALLER discharge a prisone
after conviction, except upon an or
der from the mayor. or a written or
der from the magistrate or Justice, b,
whom the case was tried
The law also provides that tn
jallet shall forthwith return the OK
ecaitioE to the Justice or magistrate
mo return had been made in II
Clildress case at 4:30 Saturday q!
ternoon, nine days after his conyie
tions),
The law does not provide that col
lateral shall be accepted as seeurit
for costs of lltigations or fines, an
Chief Egan admits that It had no
been the custom to accept revolver
as Security from the prisoners.
The evening cukoo does not devot
any space to the testimony of Office
Glads. Jailer. Lntz and Chief Ega
are. permitted to monopolize space
while the officer. who is insignifleen'
80 far as political influence IL con
certieH, is hardly mentioned Office
Glade was punched In the jaw" be
cause he protested against the re
lease OF the prisoner and for no otho
reason He Is entitled to fair treat
Tnept and If publicity Will do him an
good, he certainly will receive
square deal
Officer Glade knew Jailer Lutz ha
no legal right to release the prisoner
Both the TALLER and the chief of pc
\ lice ought to know the provision
made by law In such cases. Th
truth of the matter Ia that tn
eukoos have procured the whitewas
bucket and they are going to try I
make use of it in this particular cas-.
with the kind assistance OF the Of
fetal cukoo publication.
The taxpayers do not pay the pr
lice authorities salaries TO violate III
law. The Taxpayers pay the polio,
men to preserve all the laws all II
time. They surely do not pay the
10 ILLEGALLY release prisoners and
engage In fist fights with each othe
lf the tax payers had as much to 81
about the conduct Of the city's bus
ness. which Is their business. as IL
business man has to say about II
conduct Of MS employees, It woul
not be long ninth Cairo would have
police department which would Ell
force, rather than violate the laws.
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