The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17
HAYES RETIRED ON HALF PAY; LIVELY
 POLICE MEETING
Commissioner Bristol Is Dissat- isfied With Record of
 Police Accidents

Further Police Duty
 Several Policemen
 Off Duty
 I After an argumenta tive session ot
 the police board last night at which I the uncertainty of physicians as te the actual physical condition of Pa
 trolman George E. Hayes and the
 method of. keeping records in the de
 partment came under severe censurt
 by Commissioner Lou P. Bristol, and
 1t was found necessary to put the
 question summari1y to vote Patrolmar Hayes was retired upon haIf-pay.
 Hayes was found to have been con
 additionally unfit for police service ! through 3, heart affection, aggravated H by exposure to the elements after a fl severe attack of la grippe and made N serious by recent accident due to \ being thrown from his bicycle when | pocketed between a trolley car and
 and East Washington avenues, last May. He was adJudged both unfit for police duty or any duties within Isthe Jurisdiction of the department and
 is recommended to seek more Il eQuable climate
 Having been upon the force since May 31, 1897, sixteen years, he is re- tired upon half pay under the grade l A scale of $3.25 per. day, which will mean payment from the police fund so1
 $1.66 2-3 cents per day
 The meeting began in a quiet man ner by the reading of the minutes Of the last meeting and the filing of an applica ton for regular patrolman submitted by Edward T. SeweII. It soon developed into a regular session I when letter received from Dr. F J. Adams, depar rtmert surgeon. record lrI &1@<~ T Der of officers, patrolmen and chauf- I feurs. These had been ordered to be reported separately and upon recom- nnendation Of Commissioner Bristol I were referred back to the physician I for correction. Among those reported I i'll at this time were Supt. Eugene f Birnnin gaan1, suffering with kidney I trouble, expected to return within g month; Doorman Ruggles, suffering l with rheumatism; Patrofrnan George E. I Hayes, recommended for retirement: I IPatrolman Musante, recovering from I an operation: Patro1man G. R. Simp- son, sprained ankle, not expected to I return for month; Pa.trolman Law | son, i'll with malaria and not expected I for month, and Chauffeur Flanagan ] recovering from a broken wrist, to be ] on duty within a week.
 1 The matter of Hayes retirement re-
 suited in reports from Drs.. F. J. Adams i and Andrew J. McQueeney, after a l formal application for retirement from | the, officer. pr. Adams stated that he 1 believed Hayes to be suffering from rndocarditis, an affection of the heart
 due to exposure while on duty. Dr. 1 McQueeney was also of the opinion l that the heart of Hayes was affected I and that an area over the left lung
 also held an old lesion which had been
 aggravated by recent accident. Upon a. letter from the city attorney T kN-. | cation from Hayes and certificates | from physicians that he is unfit for l police duty, he might be retired upon l half-pay the matter was formally p1ac- I ed before the board, Commiss toner l Murphy recommended that the re- f quest be granted Bristol made a mo-
 ton that the letters be received This ] was seconded by Com. Brown Presi- 1 dent George S. Hill wished to know l the import of the motion and Bristol
 quickly came to the front with an ex- pIanation- He said: 4tIt would appear l from the two physicians letters that they merely believe Hayes to be suf- fering from miocarditis and incapaci- 1 tated for duty. Gan we not get re- port from somebody that knows 2'' Commissioner Murphy again urged a motion that the recon1m enda tions be
 accepted but Bristol insisted upon knowing further whether Hayes had 1 ever been hurt in an accident and de- manded departmental reports of the l accident. Clerk Clayton L. Smith re- 1 tired and after five minutes confer l ence with police officers returned to l state that no definite record of the l accident had ever been made.
 l President Hill recomm ended that in l view of his sixteen. yeans of service and the Knowledge possessed by all, that the officer should be retired. This
 was met by Bristol with the statement
 that there might possibly be something l else Hayes could do in the department, I such as doorman or the like, which | caused inspection of the physicians l reports another time and the argu- l ment was advanced that sshe needed a
 more equalbie climate" Bristol. once I more ridfcuIed this idea with the
 statement that if more equable eli l mate was needed, probably one-half l be retired on half pay and that if
 Hayes was to be retired without fur l ther absolute Knowledge of his cpndi- l ton or the accident which was respon-
 sibIe for his condition a bad precedent
 would result.
 | The rest of the commissioners at
 this time were becoming impatient and l Commissioner Brown called for the question All except Bristol voted in ] the affirmative to retire Hayes Bfas- 1 toI could not be heard to vote either CT explained his motives as being pure
 Iy technical and upon the ground that he believed more accurate records of ] such cases and accidents should be made He good-na tured1y accepted the friendly comments of his col l leagues.
 I