New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-13
MORGAN'S DRIVER
SAVES SPRING.
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With all the force of the old adage
eighty-seven Oyster Bay jewellers to-
day endeavored to lock the stable door
after the horse had vanished At pres
ent in Oyster Bay il is the lot of
single Waterman to guard the inter-
ests of the residents, and his salary
comes from them. But If the plan sug-
gested by the inhabitants is carried
out there will be an addition TO the
police force sufficient to insure safety
to the towns men and women.
This morning petition was present
cd to the Board Of Supervisors Of Mas
sau County urging that a force of four
patrclmen, equipped with motorcycles,
be appointed for Oyster Bay. This is
the second request that the villagers
have made, the first offered last FRI
day having been withdrawn because
Of certain objections TO the form in
which it was drawn up.
Among the siCners are such well
known men as Mortimer l.. Schiff,
Frank y. Doubleday, William Swan,
Philip Abbott, Henry J. Adams, James
A. Blair, Stanley W. Dexter and An
drew Shoulder. The petition was re-
ferred to Charles T. Mccarthy, coun-
sci to the board If it is approved,
one patrolman will protect the town
during the daytime and the remaining
three at night.
The supervisors will meet here Fri
day and are expected TO consider the
appeal for added police. They have
not yet been advised officially whether
there are any legal distractions to the
measure, but it is believed that if there
are they can be overcome in the light
Of the recent event at Glen Cove, which
will be cited as proof that additional
protection is needed.
Mr. Mccarthy is in favor Of the prof.
ect to create n special police district
which will be arranged so that il will
cost the section about twenty cents
on each 500 Of assessed valuation.
That there has been a delay in pass
ing the measure is due to the uncer-
tainty of certain members of the board
as to its legality. The petitioners
first asked for the increased force,
stating that they had a right to do so
under a statute passed in 1911. but the
board was not sure. Mr.. Mccarthy
believes that the board has the privi-
lege of establishing the new district,
and the opinion is general in Mineola
that it will be created.
District Attorney Lewis J. Smith was
extremely sharp this morning in his
comment upon a statement said to have
been made by the head Of the Dallas,
Texas, police, to the effect that Holt
mad p bullet wound in the front of his
head and that he was murdered. The
prosecutor said he thought it would
have been better for the chief TO have
learned the true facts before giving
his opinion of the case. 4 wound was
there, he admitted, but it was one, he
said, inflicted by the Morgan butler
with a lump of coal Immediately after
the banker had been shot. Warden
Hulse, who has been on a vacation,
returned to the jail to-day and Will
be a witness at Fridays inquest.
Constable Frank -McCahill, who ar
rested Holt after he shot Mr.. Morgan,
said that he had heard nothing of the
reported hold-up, but had received so
many calls for information on the sub
ject that he made an investigation.
There may be something in the
story" he said, but | am inclined TO
think 1t was Just some one in trouble
who wanted help. In these times you
can't blame any one for shooting
ahead when some one calls Stop OF
course. you would think, though. that
any one in trouble would have gone TO
a garage Tor help"