The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-11-27
COMMITTEE Of
| COUNCIL PROBES
POLICE CHARGES
Meeting is Held at the Request
Made Recently by The
Bulletin.
SUSTAIN ACCUSATIONS
Proof That Two Officers In
dulged in Fight at
Headquarters.
SUSTAIN ACCUSATIONS

Inc session OF the Committee on
Police, Jail and Fire, called by
Chairman Greaney for the purpose
|of investigating the statements
made in The Bulletin of last Satur-
day in a news item and in Sunday
editorial relative to the illegal re-
lease OF prisoner from the city Jail
by Jailer Lutz acting under instrue-
tions from Chief Egan. and subse-
quent fight between Jailer Lttz and
officer Glade, the officer in the case.
was held last evening in the council
chamber.
The meeting was open to the pub
lie and many persons were present,
they heretofore having been denied
the privilege of listening to hear
ings,
All the evidence produced at the
hearing eorroborated in detail The
Bulletins account Of the arrest, the
subsequent illegal release Of pris-
oner from Jail and the fight between
the two city officers.
The first witness to take the stand
was M. J. Farnbaker, the representa-
| tive of The Bulletin, who gathered
the information relative to the af-
fair. He told in detail how he had
interviewed the officers and other
wise obtaining the story,
Under the cross examination OF
Chairman Greaney the sections of
the state law and the city ordinances
were cited sustaining the conten-
tion that the release of the prisoner
was an illegal proceeding, as the
right was vested only In the mayor.
and that Jailer Lutz and Chief Egan
had usurped the mayors preroga-
tive.
John Glade, the officer who had
arrested the man released from jail,
told how he had taken Childress be-
fore Ross, the assessing Of the s25
fine for carrying concealed weapons.
the failure to pay the fine aud plac-
ing Of the man In jail. Glade fur
ther told Of the fight between him
self and Lutz, declaring that the
jailer struck him on the chin with a
blackjack after applying vile
epithet to him.
Jailar Lutz, called In defense of
himself, admitted the details Of the
placing of Childress in Jail on Nov.
12 and his release Nov IS at the
instlgation of Chief Egan and the
holding of the left hand wheeler"
Colts revolver, Childress Offering 1t
as collateral security for the pay
ment of the fine and costs In tho
case.
Lutz stated that he had struck
Glade, with his fist for calling him
liar. Lutz further stated that it
was the custom to accept collateral
security for the payment Of fines.
tHe was emphatic in his denials that
he had struck Glade with anything
else than his fist.
Chief Egan, the next witness.
stated that he had ordered the re-
lease of Childress, accepting as Sc
curity the revolver found on his
person at the time of his arrest and
for which offense he had been fined
l$25 and costs, as security for the
payment of s4.35 the costs in the
case, he remitting the fine,
Chief Egan stated that it was not
the custom to accept collateral se-
curity for the payment OF fines.
These two latter statements were
in direct contradiction of Jailer
Lutz.
He confirmed the story of the
fight in mis- office between Lutz and
Glade and sustained Jailer Lutz's
statement that the latter had not
used blackjack in striking the Of
ficer. il
Sam West, summoned to testify.
told story relative to red pepper.
but when the committee learned
that the incident had occurred fully
a year ago, this line of inquiry was.
dropped and the witness excused.
Judge A. ]. Ross in his testimony
confirmed the story OF the arrest, the
assessing of the fine and that no re>
fr.nncIudrd an Para Etx.l