Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-01-13
warren Goes BACK
TO Police force
Commission Not Satisfied
Officer Was intoxicated
While on Duty
WICKERSHAM THINKS
1T A CASE FOR SCIENCE

At the meeting of the Police Com
mission yesterday afternoon Presi-
dent Bowers announced that the
charge against Patrolman James p.
Warren Of being intoxicated while on
duty on Christmas Day had not been
sustained, as the evidence failed to
show that Mr. Warren had been in
toxicated. President Bowers said the
officer would return to duty at once.
Mr.. Bowers stated that the charge
had not been sustained by votes Of
two Of the commissioners and added
that General l. Pussy Wickersham
had something to say. General Wick
ersham then said that while he could
not say that Warren had been intOxi-
Gated on Christmas Day. the case was
very peculiar one. He stated that
4 he understood that Chief Black had
exhausted every means of finding any
one on Warren's district who possibly
might have seen Warren after he left
( officer Scott at Fourth and Rodney
streets at 3.15 o'clock and before he
reached the saloon at No. 1909 Lover
! ing avenue. nearly an hour later.
until o O'Clock that evening. The po-
lice. General Wickersham continued,
were unable to find who pulled the
box and reported for Warren. War
rem remained at the saloon from 4 10
o'clock and, although sick, no one
sent for a physician, and in fact one
was not obtained for him until 8
o'clock that evening When the doc
tor did arrive he found Warren all
right after he had aroused him from
his stupor. The doctor was unable
to tell what had affected Warren.
General Wickersham said he be
; lieved that when a man went on his
post he should be physically nj II
b every way. as he had full police
powers, carried a weapon and othel
equipment and should not rambl'
about. He thought the same thin'
might occur again TO Warren; that III
was not willing to take chance, ant
moved that steps be taken TO dispens
3 with his services.
President Bowers said that as tn
] motion was not seconded, 1t woul
- fall General Wickersham said tina
- while it was unfortunate to the mar
( still he could not take the responsible
ity.
% President Bowers stated that Wal
rem had been examined by a phys
y clan. who found no weakness in hi
d family. The doctor thought the III
d ness might have been caused by alec
s hOlic OF ptomaine poisoning Ware
eaten salad and ham the night hefor
General Wickersham thought II wa
ID
L again afflicted and said It was N
/ known what form it would take Il
Y next time. He said he did not iii
,. to see a man run amuck with gu
E. and women and children put in dai
e. ger. It was such a peculiar case tn
d he thought DR.. J. p. Wales should,
J.; the interest OF medical science, repo
l. it to the medical associations.
l. Patrolman Swithin c. Walker. WI
II was twelve minutes late in maxim
y his 1875 a. m. report on January
from box 2, Seventh and Scott street
d and was fined five days pay, wa
5. warned not to come. back on
, similar charge.
= President Bowers said that in LEI
10 than year Walker had been up b.
fore the commission four times +,
I. being late In making reports. Walk
\ said he was late because of the sire
/ being sleety. and that he had gone
II his home, No. 1928 West Third stree
to get his rubber boots and ice cree
ors, but was unable to keep u
creepers on his boots. and slipped
on the icy streets that he could n
- get to the box on time: that it toe
" as long to go one block as II ordii
arily did three blocks.
During the week swenty-fol
ST prisoners were committed to Il
G. workhouse. The fines for the wet
C. wre S225.25.
r Leslie " Christy. secretary Of d
J. Street and Sewer Department and
n, representative Of the Diamond Sta
NJ Telephone Company, appeared befo
s. the commission in reference to d
n. removal of the city wires from Il
D. poles on the west side of the Boul
ward, between Eighteenth az
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