Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-12-05
CAL WIN DECLARES HE
WAS RIGHT; WILSON
HAS FAITH In POLICE
Chairman Of Police Committee
Says He is Not Aware Of
Any Bad Conditions In Police
Department of City

Alderman &. wilson, chairman Oh
the police committee OF the City Faith
ers, in q statement made today
answers the assertions made in an
editorial in the EVENING NEWS last
! night with reference to the police situ-
altion in this city. Alderman Wilson
declare that he Is not aware of any
such conditions, as are pointed out in
the editorial, existing in this city, and
further states that he does not believe
that even rumors of such cases are
afloat.
The statement of Alderman Wilson
is in the form of an open-letter to the
| taxpayers and citizens of Perth AM
! boy and is as follows:
LAS chairman of the police commit
tee of our city and therefore in a large
measure responsible for the morale
and behavior of the men on the force.
and at present occupied in helping to
prepare the city budget for 1920.
which will include several thousands
of your dollars, a large amount of
which goes toward an increase in the
policemen's salary, / desire to state
som ething with reference to what you
| decided upon last election day. Upon
the very day you read about increases
being made you also read a very
lengthy and spicy editorial starting
] out like this:
| An unsavory mess There
IS something wrong with the Police
Department The general con-
census Of opinion is that it is rotten
1t seems impossible for the pub
lie to learn exactly what the condi-
tions are, but there is enough being
Snoised about to convince the people
that the situation is very bad in
deed
And it goes on at a humorous, rum
away pace about policemen condonine
certain heinous crimes under theil
very eyes, and running gambling games
and generally raising hell. Something
that might lead you to believe that
tyou had made a grevious mistake on
election day.
= You naturally would like to know
Eif these conditions were known to
exist, even by Dame Rumor' before
last election day, If SO, why wasn't it
known in time? Did you buy a pig
in bag? 1t would seem so. Still we
Iare ali human and once our curiosity
is aroused we are bound to buy news
papers. and of course 1t is a good edi
tor who can, by a few strokes of his
illuminating and illustrative quill, in.
lcrease the sales Of his paper.
! Between you and me. Mr.. Public
don't believe such conditions do ex-
list, not even the rumors. l think my
ipowers of observation are as keen as
the average. especially of men more OF
less under my care, for which l am
answerable to you. If not. l am or
the job to be shown, and anyone
knowing of such conditions, even by
rumor, Is not doing his duty to him
sself or his fellow-men by not notify
ling the proper authorities.
Anyone knowing of matters thai
lare hushed up and the whitewash ap-
IpIied so lavishly Is not doing his duty
to himself or his townsmen by not ex-
lposing the same to the proper author
lities and to the public, who have tc
lpay the freight.
TT is not my intention nor design
to throw any bouquets or bricks, but
liz anybody has any strings on the
police force or police committee. or Il
lthey think they have-cut them"