South Bend news-times., 1918-09-14
SLICK FAILS To
PUT THE ESKIDS
UNDER LANE
Counsel for Pete Kline is Told
That Officer is Not Com
PEELED to do DIRTY
Work" for Chief.

After spending nearly tL-ee hours
.u hearing evidence boo lIe alleged
charge OF INSTRUMENTATION pre-
ferred against Probation officer
Larry Lane vs. Chief OF Police Peter
Kline. and after BEING warned that
unless they permitted adj the evil
ience in tha case 10 be submitted
The hearing would bee Transferred
10 the courts Of The county the
u.cnbers OF the board % public
safety Friday night took their de-
cision in regard 90 Nr. Lane uude..
fdvisemeut tor one week.
During The examination Of City
Judge FrsnE GImcr and former
Dity Judge Louis ". Hammer
schmidt for The defense Uy Atty.
John O. Nea-ler. city Atty Thomas
W. Slick utcrpO-ed numerous OBJ
IectioHs until finally Atty. YeagIey.
becoming tired of AR. Sticks appar-
ent effort to prevent The bringing
out OF the fun facts OF the case.
aid.
Gentlemen this IS case myon-
ug the legal status of the office or
probation officer and ,f YOU do no.
want 10 hear tine entire case. 10 viii
'e taken into the courts
Atty. Slick Sub,idc-.
Atty Slick subsidized i'm regard to
his objections and the hearing pro-
-eeded The three members OF the
board 9ppeared to- take sudden
interest in what Judge Gilmer and
Judge Hammcrschmidt had to say.
Chief Kline who was .he only
witness AGAINST The probation Off
ccr gave his testimony According
go the chief. the trouble between
him and AIR. Lane arose over the
refusa, OF The probation officer 70
Gle aU affidavit charging "a man with
moving from south Bend 90 NGsha-
wakd WithOu' obtaining oermi.
from the chief OF police before
moving The chief said that he had
sent Mr. Lame to MishaWaEa To- no.
tify the man. whose name is J. w
lmu-. to appear 1t the South Bend
police station
81 Instructed Lane to prepare am
fidavit AGAINST this man linus. and
he refused. Tie said that he would
not sign mo- amdarit without ask
iue the city jJdre
Nlmc'~ "kins'~ English
amt going 90 sign no affidavit
for nobody. he told me-" said the
chief
Probation officer Lane told the
board that the chiet had sent him
over to Mi~nav4ko 10 bring linus
fO police headquarters Tie said
that he did as the chief command
ed. and that he had taken linus TO
the ciIy court room. There. he said.
He had told Judge Gilmer OF the
case and expressed the view that
rhere was not sufficient evidence
against linus 90 warrant am affidavit
ue.n2 nled against him.
Then. Jt the suggestion OF Judge
Gilmer he took linus 20 Chief
Elncs office Tie said that Chief
Kline wanted him to dle au affidavit
against Imus.
Not Enough Evidence.
"I told the CHIEF that did not
believe that 7 had sufficient evi-
uence in regard 90 the case to war
rant me i'm n'ing ana affidavit against
lnus and in view or that fact
told him . did not feel that II came
within my duty 10 fle such an afi-
Javit"
Arthur Moon am attorney. cor
ronorated Mr.. Lame statement OF
what he had told chief Kline He
said rhat the conversation between
Mr. Lame and the chief was I'm
every particular the way that Mr.
Lane told TIE board &, was.
Former Judge Hammerschmidt
told the board The purpose of the
ordinance creating The Office OF
probation officer and the duties in
cumoent OF that office lie said that
while he Was city Judge mo- question
as 90 the jurisdiction over the pro-
hstlou officer had ever arisen be
tween himself and former Chief of
Police Kerr TIE declared that at
indianapolis the probation officer
IS directly under The iurisdi ictiou OF
inc city court
Dirty Work for Chief
TIE former iu4-e outlined what
he believed t0 be- the duties OF the
probation officer and they did NOT
Include doiu- "dHu work for tEe
chief of police
Citr JId-e cline. was emphatic
n his statement that The probation
officer is under the Jurisdiction OF
The city jlJIe Tie eorroboratcd
Mr. Lanes statement .n regard 20
The latter aNue mv- to the citv
court roor.. and declared that he
himself Jold Mr. Lane not e., dIe an
didaVit against linus n DE dld noe
believe that ;hcrc was sudlcieu,
evidence to warrant The uuug or
an affidavit.
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