Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-30
DUNN'S CHARGES
NOT LEGAL, R|NE
TELLS COUNCIL
City Attorney Holds No Legal
0ffense is Charged in the
Complaint; Investigation
to Take New Course.

City Attorney Rine Tuesday told the
city council that charges prepared by
Chief of Police Dunn against Captain
Stephen Maloney and Detective Paul
Sutton did not constitute charges as
required by law.
mo offense is charged" said Mr.
Rire. THE fact that Captain Ma
loney may be charged at Chadron
with conspiracy to blackmail does not
constitute conduct unbecoming an Of
Ecer, as specified in the charges.
"You or | may be charged with
conspiracy to blackmail, but that
would not necessarily make it true.
This council has the power to inves-
tigare the police department or any
other department Of the city without
filing charges" i
Superintendent Kugel explained
that he filed the charges because the
chief prepared and signed them and
he assumed that the chief had infor
nation upon which to sustain the
charges. The documents were for
mally filed at the council meeting and
June NJ was set for date of hearing,
subject to postponement if the Chad
ron case shall not have been COM
pleted before that date.
Chief Ready for Hearing.
When he signed the charges last
Saturday, Chief Dunn stated:
There has been so much talk that
] thought it was time to have a pub
lie hearing and get at the bottom OF
the whole affair. | want all OF the
facts brought out"
# it is necessary to have an inves-
tigation instead of a hearing on the
charges, Chief Dunn said he would
agree to that method.
During an all-afternoon session two
months ago between Superintendent
kugel and Chief Dunn in the formers
Office, this colloquy took place:
Il am going to hold you respon-
sibie for the conduct of the police
department.. am getting tired of the
things | hear and read" said Kugel.
"Well. | insist upon having men |
can work with harmoniously and eff
GENTLY" replied the chief.
After that Kugel assigned Detective
Sutton to special work at Chadron
without having the assignment go
through the chiefs office, according TO
Kugeps published statement.
Chadron Case Presses.
Closely associated with the city hall
phase of the ruthless factional war
fare is the Chadron case, which is
pressing forward for renewed inter-
est.
c. w. Pipk;n, secretary of the
Omaha Detective association, and one
of the men charged in the Dawes
county court with conspiracy to
blackmail, left today for Chadron.
Other Omaha men who leave
Wednesday afternoon TO appear
Thursday morning for preliminary
hearing with Pipkin are:
Stephen Maloney, chief of the
Omaha city detective department.
Harvey ]. Wolf and William S. Do
Ian, officials of the Omaha Detective
association.
Philip WnCkler, operative for the
Omaha Detective association.
Gust a. Tylec, detective with the
same agency.
Tie Chadron men under charges
are;
Allen &. Fisher, attorney for Rob-
crt Hood.
Charles I, Day. hotel man.
Louis X. Mote, former city marshal
of Chadron under Fisher.
Ben S. Baker will accompany the
Omaha party as counsel,
Charges in Complaint.
The complaint filed by County At
torncy Critics at Chadron before
County Judge Slattcry reads in part
THE complaint and information OF
Edwin d. Critics, as county attorney,
on his oath says that Philip Winckler
Charles |. Day, Allen G. Fisher, Louis
| K. Mote. Gust A. Tylee, Stephen Ma
loney, Harvey J. Wolf, Charles w,
Pipkin and William S. Dolan, on or
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