The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-14
POLICE SYSTEM
 IS UNDER FIRE
Witnesses Will Attempt to Prove His Guilt of Charges Cop Pleads Not Guilty to
How Can a PatrOlman Who
 Has Admitted He is a Liar be
 Trusted as Witness in Court i?

New Haven, Oct. 14.-The incon- sistency of the police board last Fri : day night in doling out punishm ent
 to offending patroImen is meeting
 with sound public condemnation on 1 every side. The system" which IS directing the work of the commis- sioners did not calculate for a mo-
 rnent that the resentment of the citi- zens at large over the extreme light l ness of the punishment would be SC general. In view of the diSnissals of Patro1men Flynn, Kelly, Greene, Far : relI and Reilly, and the promises of i certain of the powers" that there would be thorough cleanup there was a confident hope that the "Sys-
 tenn" would disregard politics for
 once and with a true observance of
 the public welfare keep real faith
 partment of those men who had by
 their misconduct proven themselves
 undesirable.
 It had been hoped by many mem
 berS of the departme ent that the stSys-
 tenn" would do it's work so thoroughly
 that the stain resting upon the force
 through recent revelations might in some measure be wiped out and the agitation stopped. Now, if anything, the agitation has become keener- The friends of Kelly and Flynn were hustling yesterday did not Inince words in denouncing the commission CTS for their inconsistency and len lonCY III the QlSQOSlI1On or the ctlSGS Friday night as compared with the severest penalty that can be inflicted upon patrolman-diS1niss issa1-which punishment was the fate of Flynn and Kelly, two men who have each served some twenty years In the de- partment
 A significant occurrence showing just what certain elements of the system think of the efforts to put the entire police department on real working basis was the action of the evening in absenting itself when Po- lice Commissioner ISbelI was noIni- mated for state senator at the Re- publican convention. Patro1rnan Me Governs brothers are the machine men in this ward and their work has made them influential factors in the system. Patrolman McGovern was two grades and suspended for two months at the meeting Friday evening. It was well known that an effort would be made to dismiss Me been successful had not his brother stepped in and demanded that he be protected It is also known that one of McGovern's brothers stated before. would not be dismissed. But despite the powerful political faction the pa- trolman will have. to face another trial.
 Friday night McGovern pleaded guilty to five charges of drinking while on duty and not guilty to LOuT OIn6rS. IL IS now LnG InIGnC1On to demand McGovern's trial on these l four counts and witnesses will be produced to prove them, so it may | be understood that the men back of | the cleanup in the department are in earnest no matter what the stsys- | -em'' thinks or does.
 A quite serious phase of the situa- | ion is the untruthfu1ness of certain | of the accused men. The argument l s made with even more force than | ever that a policeman who lies can r0f f0<a md that if the system is insfstent l 1pon protecting liars it is also in- 'istent upon weakening the powers to | convict of the criminal authorities as policeman who has admitted his l may easily be inn 3ugned in court.
 Former Mayor Farnsworth is out Jpoken in his condemnation O; the system which protects such men.
 The Pastors Union will meet today md may take some action on the po- ice situation.