The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-20

and urge that the motorcycle De pur-
Petition to Remove Officer.


chased.
Petition to Remove Officer.
Following the reading of the min
utes, a petition from a number Of
business people IN the neighborhood
of the corner Of Belmont and Devil
rers stress was read. The petition
asked that officer Collins who is now
working on the 4 TO IL watch, be
removed from this beat, (No. 1D,
that he conducted himself ir such 3
manner as to be detrimental to their
business.
A number Of the signers OF the Pc
t1tton were present and addressed the
board, me first TO speak being Joha
Zirkefbaoh, proprietor Of a saloon in
the vicinity. ME-. ZirkeIbach said that
the officer had arrested people for
blockading the sidewalk without cause
and to such an extent that people were
afraid to come out on the streets In
tie neigI1borllood. He said that the
Off Ger had openly threatened to make
a clean sweep Of the beat erd that
his actions were hurting the business
Of that vicinity.
Another saloon man addressed the
board and said that the off1oer had
acted entirely too fresh since lAe had
been placed on the beat. He said tllat
it seemed that the officer paid no at
tention 10 the rest of his beat but
put In all his time frightening people
who stopped near enc of the saloons.
Guss Riss substanttated the state
ments of the other saloon men and
said that ON one occasion the officer
had made a. man with whom he was
talking at a window, the man standing
on the sidewalk at the time, move
on and that he had taken his place and
talked to another bar tender for five
minutes by Kiss watch.
Gus said the people Of the com
munity would not stand for this. After
he had made his statement, Rtss in
tefrupted the officer, who was next
called upon to state his side Of the
question, a number of times, Chief
Sanders finally being forced to arrest
hin IN order to stop him.
Prince Morris, colored, who runs a
negro bar IN the vicinity said that his
customers had complained about the
officer and he signed the petition for
his removal
Officer Collins stated that he had
merely followed his instructions from
the time he was placed on the beat
He said when he first went there he
had found II necessary to walk around
people at the corners and to get off
the sidewalk to pass them and that
ie had been convinced that It would
be necessary to make some arrests
in order to stop this habit of block
aiding the streets IN the vicinity of
these saloons.
The officer stated, however, that he
had not made more than three arrests
for blockading the sidewalk since he
had been on the beat.
The result of the investigation was
that the matter was referred to the
chief of the police department. to thor
oughly investigate and make a report
to the board at the nsxt regular meet
ing.
The application Of the Star Laundry
Co. to install tank for the storage OF
gasoline IN the rear of its place OF
| business on East Garden street, was
| referred to the chief Of police to see
that the ordinance is complied with.
A communication from the L. & N,
Railroad Co., asking that the watch
men employed at the wharves in the
city be given police powers, was re
ferred to the chief of police for recon-
mendations.
After approving the bills ana pay
rolls, the session adjourned.