The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-07-13

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of.folice thinner and John Miller
tthe ward heeler- polioeman1 mains
the specific charges contained An the
plant:
State OF Kansas,
County Of wyandotte-sA
This aflant. slorka Leonard. upon
being hrst duly sworn deposes AMI
says; That he IL a resident OF Kansas
city, kansas. and has resided there
Tor the past ave years That John
Miller, an employee OF the police de-
partment OF Kansas City. Kansas
came 10 50 ~ James street about
seven months aEo where I was EN-.
ployCd. and nourishcd a revolver ana
said he would kill me: my employer
told him 10 set out. and he sail no
would kill me on the street. Agaln
about June IND. Miller and Joe Clgic
oegan harassing me by calling at ny
boarding house and threatening ar.
rest. on the morning OF June tth.
1919. called on Mr. II. NJ Perkins.
and told him n there was anything
against me. ! wanted TO give up. az I
had done nothing. He went with me
10 CHIEF Zlmmer's once. While Zlm.
mer was questioning me. John Miller
came In. and In a fury, pointed his
hnger at me and said, "you make one
move and I will XIII you" All In
the presence OF the said thinner.
The said thinner made no protest
and allowed the said John Miller 10
proceed 10 threaten and abuse me.
sLoRKA LEONARD.
Signed and sworn to before me this
9Th day OF June. 1919.
CseaD wM. BLoDGETT,
Notary Public.
My commission expires March is,
1918.
OF course Judge Porter decided that
these were insufficient grounds for
the removal OF Chief-of.Police Zim.
mer. who. by the way, is an ardent
Catholic Ia Germany and ia said TO
be the same Chief thinner who dis
appeared mysteriously some two years
ago when the river was dragged for
his body. and who, strangely enough.
was the subject OF a newspaper scan.
dal when Il was found that he was
only on little vacation In the East
with another mans wife.
However, this sa,ae petition for in.
vestigation and removal has gone by
registered mail TO Gov. Stubbs and
Attorney-General Dawson. OF the
state OF Kansas. And their action
viii be closely reviewed in certain
quarters in Kansas City. Kan.
As another development. there Is
now pending another damage suit
against Chlef.ot Police ZimIner In the
Wyandotte district court for $4,000
hled by this same Slorka Leonard,
and including with Chief thinner the
Gazette Publishing and Printing Co.
publishers OF The Kansas City, Kan.
Gazette-Globe, because OF an article
concerning this trouble published
June 8. last.
The article upon which this suit is
based appeared in the Gazette-Glob
published In Kansas City, Kan.l for
Saturday, June s, under the heading.
mo Grounds 10 Gust Zimmer," and is
a cleverly worded defense white
washing the Catholicised police chief
and his henchmen. We omit the
first two paragraphs and quote yer.
batim the closing portion OF this OBJ.
jectionable and unwarranted attack in
which the writer seeks 10 attract pub.
lie attention from the priest. Krm.
potic, and his pawns, Chief thinner
and his uniformed thugs, Miller and
Cigic. ct al. by holding an innocent
man before the public gaze as a dan.
gerous anarchist and as the author OF
these crude "Blackhand" letters.
'p Leonard ls suspected Of being one
OF the persons who have written
threatening letters 20 q prominent
banker and prominent citizen Of the
city, and Il was while Chief thinner
was questioning him about this mat.
ter that he had the words with Miller.
II is also said that Leonard made
threatening remarks 10 Father Krmp.
otic after a disturbance at the Croa.
tian Catholic church. Of which Father
Krmpotic is the head. in which a IA.
natic socialist, said to be an intimate
friend Of Leonard's, was thrown vo~Iy
out. II was then that John Miller.
who is one OF the parish. got into the
trouble by defending Father Krmpotic.
Mayor Porter stated this morning
that he saw absolutely no grounds for
such a request as the removal OF the
chief. and his belief was that Il was
the outcome OF a personal enmity."-
Gazette-Globe. June s. 1912.
During the time tone weekj that
John Severoyic lay in the hospital
after that fateful night OF May "a, the
priest. Krmpotic. began mysteriously
TO receive ''blackhand" threatening
letters. We ask our readers 10 pay
especial attention 10 these threatening
letters, OF which we herewith present
copies OF two, one received by the
Chief-of-Police thinner. and one re-
ceived by w. r. Childs. the Kansas
City, Kansas, postmaster. and we
ask thai the reader form his owl
opinion as 10 who might reasonably
be inferred 10 be the real author.
The letter received by the chief-of-
police was written in a foreign hand
and enclosed In a plain envelope ad-
dressed TO "Chief-of. Police. City Hall"
and was sent through the mails. The
letter read as follows:
June 10. sac p. m. 1914
Mr.. Chief you are a damned dog
Who gives you more eat you serve
him better. So is with you and
damned priest He viii not help you
with his prayers for gou either. The