South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-16
POLICE CHIEFS MAY
GUST DETECTIVE
BURNS F ROM BODY
Members of international AS
ISOLATION Do Not Look With
Favor Upon Recent ACtivi-
ties of SIeuth.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, June 1e.-
Detective William ]. Burns. head of
the Burns National Detective agency.
is in bad with the International Asso-
citation Of Chiefs Of Police which open
ed a five days convention here on
Monday. AT the opening business ses-
sion Tuesday resolutions will be in
troduced by Chief Michael Regan,
vice president, Of Buffalo, and F. J.
Cassada OF Elmira, y. Y, asking that
the detective be ousted from the or
ganization.
Members OF the association have
not looked with favor upon the activ-
tiles of Burns for some time. but the
part he played in the Leo Frank case
recently when he attempted TO clear
the Atlanta manufacturer from
charge of murder upon which he had
has aroused police chiefs all over the
United States and the 900 delegates
in attendance at the convention are
united in the move TO GUST him.
Do Not Want Him Longer.
I'VE have been watching Burns
work for some time" said Chief Cas-
sada Monday, land we have about de-
cided that we do not care to have
him considered one of us any longer.
His work In the Frank case is not the
only thing the association has against
him. There are several instances
where he acted in a manner which we
consider unbecoming for a member
of our association. There is not po>
lice official in the business who be-
lieves in trying his cases in the news
papers before the case is taken into
court and from my point of view
Burns has been violating the conf
dence of his clients to gain publicity
for himself"
1t was also intimated by some Of the
chiefs that when the case is taken
before the convention some of the real
inner secrets of the investigation OF
the Mcnamara case Will be given pub
licity for the first time. Ever since
the wholesale arrest OF the dynamiters
stories have been going around that
Burns took more credit in the arrests
than was due him, and some of the
chiefs say they are now ready TO talk.
Jensen Elected President.
The business meeting of the Ma
tional Bureau of Criminal Identified
ton was held Monday. John T. Jenn-
sen of Milwaukee, was elected presi-
dent, Michael Regain of Buffalo, II. Y,
vice president, and Major Sylvester of
Washington, secretary and treasurer.
Next in Importance to the Burns
question TO be considered Tuesday is
the question of amalgamating the po-
lice chiefs organization with the spe-
cial railroad agents and all police or
CARNATIONS, forming a national body
with 5000 members. According to
Major Sylvester, the chiefs will only
lend their moral support to the plan
and will not enter in.
There is no reason why we should
associate ourselves with the sheriffs
and railroad agents." said Major Syl-
vester. Our work is entirely differ
ent. Although they have besieged US
with invitations to go in and lead the
organization 1 am sure that we Will
decline"
Supt, Carr Of Grand Rapids, who
has been secretary of the chiefs for
90 years, announced positively today
that he would not accept another term
OF office. Frank J. CaSsada OF Elmira.
n. Y, is the strongest bidder for his
place.