South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-06
SET STAGE FOR
BARNHART AGAIN
Absence of Safety Board
Member Prevents Official
Action on Petition.

The stage was set for the return
OF William Barnhsrt as sergeant OF
detectives at the meeting o. the
board OF safety held Friday morn
ing No definite action was taken
on the application for reinstatement
nled by BarnhRrt about a week ago.
but IL Is understood that he viii be
back on the Job very soon.
Franklin NJ. Boone. who has been
absent on a vacation. was back for
the meeting. and It remained for
DR. Louis J. Smith. president OF tho
board, 20 prevent the full member
ship OF the board from being in at
tendance. so the doctor went fish
ing The excuse that full mem
bership was not present has been
given as the reason for not transact
ing any important business at the
last four or five meetings OF the
board.
Carson Favors Barnbart.
Mayor Carson issued a statement
20 the administration organ in which
ne declared himself as IN favor Of
Barnhart being reinstated. asserting
that II was not right TO punish a
man for a lifetime" Barnhart has
been off the force for little less than
a month
The mayor failed 10 say whether
or not ne favored allowing Bert Mil
Ter and Arthur Lovgren. both OF
whom were dismissed by the board,
TO return TO duty. Both men were
discharged over the same AFFAIR
which resulted in Barnhart's resign
ing Just before the board was TO
meet to consider his case.
Miller was even less implicated in
the disappearance of liquor from
the city hall than was Barnhart He
was exonerated on the charge OF re-
moving liquor from the bull pen
with a bicycle pump. but was dis
missed on the perjury charge in
vented by Chief Kline. Testimony
in the hearings showed that Miller
did not receive any Of the liquor
taken from the city hall by Barn
hart, but this fact did not prevent
the board from Diminishing him.
LOvgren's Crime Talk.
LovgTen's crime was that he talk
cd too much at the Miller trial.
Called 20 testify as 10 his knowledge
OF the events OF the night when
Barnhart came after the suitcase of
whisky. Lovgren told much more
than he was supposed 10, bringing
in for the first time the name Of ].
c. Tony" Barrett as one OF the re-
cipients OF whiskey taken in police
raids and afterwards given out to
private citizens. II is understood
that Lovgren Is willing TO come
back on the force, but no endorse
ment OF his claim TO reinstatement
has yet been made by the mayor
If Barnhart comes back on the
force ne viii hold the same rank as
that held by Guy l. Bunker. James
r. shock and William Cordier, all OF
whom have been denoted from cap
tain 10 sergeant since Barnhart re-
signed. No charges of any kind
were brought against the three cap
tains when they were deposed, the
action being heralded as the first
step in the much needed "reorgan-
izauon" Of the police department
recommended by Mayor Carson.
Thus far. nobody has been "reor-
ganized" for being responsible for
removing liquor from the bull pen.
the charges against Miller. Barn
hart. LOvgren and Koczorowski be-
ing that they were implicated in the
disposal OF liquor after 1t had been
removed from the bu1 pen by some
one else. The only testimony on
this point in any OF the hearings was
that Chief Kline had the only key
which unlocks the bull pen.