The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-20
At Times But Is Policemen
Will Work Downtown and
There Will Be None in
Residence Districts
REMAINDER OF FORCE
'GRUMBLING OVER THE
DOUBLE SHIFT PLAN
Also Complaining Because They Say
Their Numerical Strength Is Not
Even Large Enough to Pro-
tect Themselves Against
the Thugs


Chief of Police George II. Bodeker
a several hours conference with the
several captains of the police depart
ment and placed on the police file a
revised list~of police officers to work
on the new ,12-hour shift, effective at
IL o'clock this morning.
This list Immediately became the
cynosure of all eyes that could get
close enough to 1T to see as all police
officers who were off duty yesterday
afternoon stood around headquarters
awaiting the news of whether they
would be retained or dismissed in
obedience to the general retrenchment
plans of the city commission.
They were 2S men who lost out.
The police department as a whole
took the drastic changes anything but
pleasantly. In the call room before the
shift changes a few of the radical
members of the police force talked of
a strike. There was quite a demon
stration and only the timely arrival of
Chief Bodeker prevented an indigna-
tion meeting. Chief Bodeker in a short
talk quieted the men.
Talk of Strike
However, frmo rumors last night
the strike talk is not dying down. What
is left of the police department say
they do not care to work IL hours at
stretch for the salary now granted
them. 1t is the prevailing opinion at
police headquarters that wholesale res
ignations will be submitted to Chief
Bodeker before another 24 hours pass
The grievances of the patrolmen are
that the present police force is made
quate to even protect itself. They state
that under the old regime it was a
frequent occurrence to have a police
man or detective shot and killed and
they feel sure that with this small
force cut down more than one fifth that
the thieves and thugs will have more
courage and the risk of the officers will
be greater. And to work 2 hours
day. besides attending court several
hours more at $50 per month does not
appeal to the remnants of the Birming-
ham police departm they say.
The revised list of the police depart
men. reduces the numerical strength
x
ham. This means that at times there
will be only 16 patrolmen on duty in
the downtown district and the resi-
Dental sections will be entirely unpro-
tected. The traffic squad also has been
reduced to six men--three on Nine
teenth street and three on Twentieth
street. The window squad has been
cut down to three officers. but the
motorcycle scouts and bicycle scouts
remain the same numerically.
Present Force
The list of officers and their various
beats in accordance with the orders of
President of the City Commissioners
Culpepper Exum follows:
Chief of police, George H. Bodeker.
Chief of detectives, w. J. Mcdonald.
Detectives William e. Murphy.
Thomas Green Williams, Carl Il. Ray,
William NJ. Burge, Charles S. Nation,
Frank +. Gray, Edward II. Jones, Pau,
{. Cole, Harry Goldste'n and E. Lon
Taylor Acting detectives: T. Luke Per-
kerson, J. f. McGill. Walter e. Gar
ner. c. r. Virgins, Robert D. Crenshaw,
r. j. Granger. George S. Tyler, Thomas
Christian, William l.. Brannon, sgd
ney Fl. Darnell, James r. Daily, Enoch
ii. Warren, J. Tillman Moser.
Evening shift, from II a. m. to IL p. M,
cebiSt l. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN
charge, Martin Eagan and r. II. Haw-
kins; patrol sergeant, p. j. Newman;
desk sergeant. K. P. Warren patrol chat
feur. ]. C. Whitfield.
Patrolmen-J. b. Haffey, Fourth ave-
nue., Seventeenth to Nineteeth streets; G.
g. Williams, Fourth avenue, Nineteenth
to Twenty-first streets; p. +. Morgan,
Third avenue. Seventeenth to Nineteenth
streets: J. ii. Wideman Third avenue,
Nineteenth to Twenty-first streets; p. H.
Dougherty. second avenue Eighteenth to
Twentieth streets; j. Byrd, Second ave-
nue., Twentieth to Twenty-second streets;
ID. c. Simmons. First avenue, Eighteenth
to Twentieth streets; W. H. Propst, First
avenue, Twentieth to Twenty-second
streets; j. s. Oldham. Louisville and
Nashville depot; L. G. Moore, Morris ave-
nue., Eighteenth to Twenty-ffth streets:
j. c. Holman and Charles Tully, South
Twentieth street, railroad to Avenue f;
J. nj. Jones and r. l.. Martin, First and
Second avenues, Twenty-second to Twen-
ty-seventh streets; f. 9. Macke and J.
A. Elard, Avenues A and B, Twenty
second to Twenty-fifth streets; r. II.
Stokes, Terminal station C. vi. Larue,
First and Second avenues, Sixteenth to
Eighteenth streets; r. II. McCallum, Five
Points; e. s. Ball, mounted call man, BIZ
cycle.
Bicycle Scouts-E. w. Crump and II. c.