The sun., 1916-09-03
PATERSON'S POLICE
CHIEF SENTENCED
Guaranteed for Two Weeks
at His Home After Visit
ing Rockaway Beach.
HE'S "%CATCH1NGEsT COP"
Health Inspector, However.
Looks in Vain for Nine
Billion Germs on Him.

He's IN again, ia John Bimson. John
being the best Chief Of Police the city
Of Paterson ever sentenced to two week,
solitary confinement in his own home
For in spending his vacation at a New
York beach In time Of epidemic the
thief broke a Paterson health rulo and
therefore to-day he ponders in his
silent house at 40 Jersey stree,
Paterson, absolutely alone except 30
haps for some nine billion germs which,
Chief Health Inspector F%itzpatricl. ~
Paterson thinks that possibly thief I in.
son brought back to the well know S,w
jersey metropolis from this equally well
known summer resort.
II only to reassurc Chief Wnscr''
many admirers It should he hastily ,tat.a
that the chief Ii enjoying perfect hct'tl
and. furthermore. that even Fitl. the
health inspector man. has n, proof thai
the Police Chief Is entertaining even
billion germs over the fortnight.
But on the other hand" insisted
officer Kale Smiley. who is one II
loudest rooters for the Chief 'u 'Nc
whole Paterson force. "Chief John E,r.
son IL the catchincest cop tina, ovc
started out to put the rollers under over
the little mite of crime which 90
c~asionally creeps into our fair city o.
Paterson. And so it's n hundred ~ ono
shot that " there were any discaS.
germs along your coast John Bim'cu
caught EN-"
Heads for Rockawsy Beach.
Paterson never made the slichtc.'
kick when. about four weeks ago. Ch'.f
Bimson left the town fiat and hcad,,
Tor Rockaway Beach. But scarcely hal
the Chief abandoned Paterson to 81
" devices when the municipal authori
ties met one day In solemn convention 70
listen to an extended symposium on the
ever popular subject, What Gould poe
sihly Happen to Paterson That HASN'T
Day by day the symposium extcndc,
until the authorities were N tho roin, -
making an official announcements tha
everything which could happen In or e.
Paterson had. And then of a sudden M
spoke Health Chief Fitz and saved ~,
day ny recalling enthusiastically tina
the only thing which could happen 20
Paterson and hadn't was ar epidemic
Promptly tKcrupon Fitz and his assoc
ates put up a notice on the bulletin board
TO the effect that any Fatcrsonian who
visited New York beaches when an ~
acrn;c was rife would upon i,is return n.
locked IN In hts own house for two weeks
and the key thrown away.
Fitz had just nailed up the bulletin IN
front Of Freddy Brindle's United State.
Hotel when back to town came Ch'e'
John Bimson from his vacation.
Sure Of His salary.
isolate mo! Isolate me-" cried Chie'
John to thief Fitz. I've just come back
from four week. vacation at Rockawav
Beach. Quick grab me and don't iet No
work for two weeks more. Deputy chief
Gall can take charge and see to IL that
the police force and my salary and every
thing run IN just as II l were back o.
the job. Commanders a passing touring
car and send me home before I sneaf
germs over the Whole works"
And SO Chief Bimson. so he told n >"
porter for THE SuS over the telephone
yesterday. Is eating along as well a.
could he expected and will put ia 'wc
weeks reading one II William de Nor
gan's snarpy little things If the sm"hli.
tobacco around the house holds out
The chief admitted that up to u lu''
hour last night he had got only az nv a.
page 1904 in the De Morgan move ~
tina viii two whole weeks OF DAYS Az.
nights ahead OF him he eXpcCtcs to pu.
up the general thread of the plot a'f
come forth refreshed In mind and ho'
from his enforced idlencss