Evening journal., 1914-02-20
Quiz into Selection of Police Marion; Action Next Week

the commissioners in making their
selection picked three names, and
Mrs. Opdyke's was the. unanimous
choice in the end. Mr.. Bowers clos
ed by saying be had no religious
prejudices and any one who had fol-
lowed his life would give him credit
for this assertion. He also expressed
a willingness 70 go before the public
and tell his side of the case. Alr.
Bowers said he had too many good
friends who were Catholics TO throw
an open insult In their face as this
would be II Il were true. Mr.. Bowers
denied any knowledge OF Mrs. Davis
sending any one to ascertain what
religion Mrs. Whiteman believed In
or OF any police officer going TO Mrs.
Whiteman and urging her 10 With
draw her letter 20 Council.
As President Bowers ceased, C0un-
Gilman McDermott asked: us IL GUS
tomary to take orders from other em-
pioyes I'm the police department"
Mr.. Bowers said It was not When
Mr.. Bowers said he had no knOwl-
edge of any policeman going to sec
Mrs. Whiteman. Councilman Stover
said he had heard that such had
been done. This caused President
White to say: 1.-The police should be
doing something else, ! think"
Mr.. Barnes Statement
Charles Barnes was then called
and sworn as a witness. He explain
ed that when he was at Mrs. White
mans house collecting insurance
she had asked him IL he knew any
OF the police commissioners. lie re-
piled that he knew Mr. stayton ana
President Bowers. and he spoke 70
Mr.. Bowers about the woman, IN
response to Mr.. Bowers request, ne
sent Mrs. Whiteman TO see MT Bow
ers. Later Mr.. Bowers met him ana
said he understood Mrs. Whitenan
was a Catholic and while he was not
preiudiced. he would like to have a
Protestant there as Mrs. Davis was
of that faith, Mr.. Barnes tesu-
fed. Mr.. Barnes said that sew
eral days later he met Mrs. McClin-
tock. a daughter OF Mrs. Whitemsn,
on a street car and she said her
mother was not a Catholic, and aS
that Barnes tod her to tell her moth
er to go see Mr.. Bowers.
/ Mrs. Winifred Whiteman, who sen'
( the letter to Council, complaining
against Mr. Bowers, was called as
+ witness and said that Mr.. Bowers
had promised to recommend her FOL
I the position and afterwards when she
met him he told her he had found GU
she was q Catholic. Mrs. WhitemaI
said she had not gone to Mr. Bow
/ ers' Office with Mr.. Barnes, os her let
ter implied. Mrs. Whiteman said tina
when she went to Mrs. Bowers oitic'
,, the day that Mrs. Opdyka had beer
I appointed, he told her all had beei
/ settled and that he found out she wa
a Catholic and he could not appoin
I her. Mrs. Whiteman said she tols
! Mr.. Bowers she would not keep It
secret.
Mrs. Whiteman explained that he
husband was Protestant and eh'
said no one had inspired her 20 writ
the letter. Father Temple rad salt
the public SHOULD know Of the cas-
I when she told him about il. Mrs
Whiteman said.
Mr.. Bowers asked Mrs. Wlitemsi
Il she had not told him she waB
Protestant and this she denied. Sh
also said Il hurt her 20 think tia
after making a living OF tho publ
IN his bakery. Mr.. Bowers shoul
say what she claimed lie said 20 hei
At this point President White rappe
for order. as the clash was becomin
spirited.
Councilman McDermott asked th
witness II a police officer had nc
been TO sec her about tho case. Sh
replied that her nephew had told he
certain police officer who was
friend OF her family desired TO Sc
her at Fourth and Market streets
Mrs. Whiteman went there and say
I the officer who expressed the vie'
that It would be better Il she With
drew the letter. Mrs. Whiteman de
clined 20 give the name OF the po