The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27
lead Of Public Safety Depart
ment, City Solicitor and
Chief Investigate Charge
Against Patrolman.
|NFOR MATION FILED
,ert Fuller Who Ran Into
Carthage Mans Car is
Charged With Disturb
ing Peace.

lnformation was HIeu tHiS noon "
Ne superior court by the police charg-
"a Bert Fuller with disturbing the
sacc Of Third street between Main
I'd johnson streets, by fighting and
" loud and Indecent language.
The Investigation conducted by Of.
Meals this morning included the sc.
eurinn Of statements from all who
we're at the scene Of the fracas and
Incident last night. All Of the wit
nesses corroboratc Roy Bartholo-
news story Of FuIler's striking him
Snd Hastings. The witnesses seem to
d;ffer with him, however, as to the
LANGUAGE Of Patrolman Conn. Most
~ the witnesses seem to think all he
|ssid was ni'II take care OF this"
Charges that patrolman failed to
az his duty in the investigation of
an automobile collision, and that be
allowed two men to be struck by q
third man, without arresting the al
bleged aggressor. We're investigated
|jtoday by officials of the public safety
with Commissioner L. J.
F1Helmmy and City Solicitor G. n.
I9Dickey conducting the investigation.
IIht was found, according to the Oil
|jcials this afternoon, that Patro'man
dBarney Conn did his full duty in me
s]p,atter that he investigated the case,
THAT he did arrest Bert Fuller, said
Ito have been the aggressor, and that
lHastings, one Of the men struck by
Fuller, said he did not want 10 file
amy information. Roy Bartholomew
h claimed he was struck by Fuller
without any proyocation and 1t Was
|3charged that Conn failed to make
kany arrests.
n The full report of the affair was
Hmade TO Night Captain Park by
|APatrclman Conn. the officials conduct
hing the investigation said, and ac-
Hcording to both Mr.. Kenny and Mr..
HDickey the police officer made an
ERrresr of Fuller. Conn was walked
|fup this noon in order to get his YER
Vsion Of the story. He said that he
Chrrested Fuller and that Fuller walk
Jed up the street ahead of Conn and
Hastings Patrolman Conn said he
Twas trying to investigate the acci-
Edent, that he heard Bartholomew and
Fuller arguing. that he stepped IN
between Fuller and Bartholomew and
lthat the blow meant for Bartholo-
Emew hit Conn in the shoulder.
Bartholomew claims that Fuller hit
him, but Conn denies that anyone
Swas hit but Hastings. Conn claims
THAT all that he said during the
argument was. 'I,ll take care OF this.
HE says that when Fuller hit Hast.
iings he took him by the sleeve and
lsaid, "You go to the station, which
Fuller did according to the police
report. and which the investigating
officials found he did.
4 The investigation was conducted
to-day during which Bartholomew,
Conn and several witnesses told their
stories. There were number OF YER
Eions of the affair told this morning.
IL According to the report the police
have Of the affair, Fuller ran into the
Ford owned by Maurice Hastings OF
Earthage. Fuller claims that Hast
angs should pay him for damages done
fto his car, and the night police told
Bartholomew Brothers not to let
Hastings car out of the garage until
the damages had been ascertained.
EThe report from Night Captain Park
DO Chief Henneman says nothing OF
khe alteration except they had
spat." Hastings was brought to the
Btation by the police and Fuller came
10 the station, according to the re-
bort. 1t also says Hastings didn't
Fant anything done to Fuller.
The Story This Morning.
The rest of the information was sup
Billed this morning by Roy Bartholo-
new and half a dozen or more promi-
nent business men. The officials
heard Mr.. Bartholomew story and
learned of the witnesses and then
called all of the witnesses into the
police station to hear their version.
|Among those who saw the blows
tstruck by Fuller and who gave their
|stories are Charles Luft, Harry Bar
tholomew, Dan Agne, Arthur Schmidt,
Karl Kraus and Harry Robertson.
| According to Commissioners Hemmy
Ind Solicitor Dickey the witnesses all
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