Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-16
DISMISSED DETECTIVES
MAY APPEAL TO MAYOR
Atlantic City Objective of Three
of Downtown Men Discharged
After Hearing
COMRADES SYMPATHETIC
Policemen Think Fellows Were Made
"Goats" as Sequel to Gambling
House Raid

Three Of the four district detectives OF
| tho Second and Christian streets station who
were dismissed from the force by director
Wilson for neglect Of duty in failing to re-
mort the existence Of n gambling house, left
for Atlantic city today, AID, according I"
reports in police circles. will seek an audi- =
enoee with Mayor Smith.
The deposed policemen who are at the
shore today arc william J. Bozarth. An
thony J. Isola and Michael Yaffe. Their
| dismissal from the police force. together
with that OF Anthony Martinelli. was APP
| proved by the Mayor.
! II don't want to see them here said the
Mayor this afternoon in Atlantic CITY when
! Informed of the report that the dismissed
policemen would seek an audience with him.
The Mayor had lust taken his plunge in
the sea When Informed that the consensus
OF oplnion among policemen was that poll
tics" figured in the dismissal OF the four
policemen he said:
ITS politics II we don't suppress gam
bling and it's politics II We do and punish
policemen who are not on the JOB
81 haven't seen Yaffe. Bozarth and Isola
and I don't want to se them here. II they
have ANYTHING to say TO me. my office In the
presence of Director Wilson. Is the place to
say IT, | wouldn't deny any man an audi.
ence. but 1t must come In the right way"
'"rhey sure did get raw deal" was the
statement made by many policemen. The
consensus of opinion among old-time police
men was that the four detectives were made
the goats" One policeman went so far to
say that when ne IL assigned on vice or
gambling case he will be careful as to how
he acts.
'If we do our duty we get into jam
and II we don't perform our duty we also
get into trouble" said a detective at the
City Hall.
Second and Christian streets station. who.
with several of his sergeants and other |
policemen. was placed on trial before a |
police board with the four district de- |
tectives. and who WIS exoncrated, today |
refused to make any statement
The other men who were exonerated by |
the police board with Echtermeyer were
Street Sergeant Charles Roney, street Ser
geant Joseph Peoples. Patroman jacob
Koloslxy acting street sergeant, and
Patrolmen Joseph NJ. Clark, Emanuel Urar
and James =. Ryan.
The charges against the four detectives
and Lieutenant Echtermeyer and other
policemen were the outgrowth of a raid
made two weeks ago by the Mayors flying |
vice squad" on a gambling house at Eighth
and Christian streets, said to be operated
by Bruce Burke The alleged gaming house
operated under the disguise of the
Young Italian Republic League.
The detectives were found guilty Of fall
ing to report to their superior officer that
gambling house was conducted in the
district where they were attached"
The charge against Lieutenant Echter-
mqyer. who Is Ware man. ana his ser
geants was preferred at the same time that
the charges against the four detectives
were made. They were charged with neg
lect OF duty in having failed to discover
that gambling house was in their dis
trict."