Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1919-10-25


thing that happened fourteen years
ago. If the Police Court officials
are true disciples of the administra-
ton reform" motto why do they
not take cognizance of the testimony
OF Wallace, the oolored man, who
owns his home and showed his tax
receipts. Wallace said that he
never saw colored crap games until
this administration came into power
and stated ON oath that he had seen
Police Captain Sucker and other
police coming i'm and out of these
colored gambling joints. Now If
Prosecutor Lucas is living up to his
duty to the taxpayes he will probe
this charge publicly, and if the
Board OF Safety is sincere in its
promises of good police they will
call Sucker UP on the carpet and
make the trial a public one.
or all the political clap trap and
bunk the attempt of the local ma
chine organ, the Louisville Herald,
this week to characterize our Key
stone police force as war heroes de-
serves a prize, at least from Ches
Searcy. Tuesday the Herald boldly
proclaimed that 1875 members of the
Keystone force were Chateau Thierry
heroes, and the following day
printed a big photograph of the
alleged heroes taken in Central Park
with the squirrels in the background
as an appropriate setting. The
second day the Herald cut the figure
of lbs Chateau Thierry heroes to
forty Eight war veterans, and in the
list only named twenty-five, and in
Guided in that list a couple of old
Democratic policemen who were in
the Spanish-American war. Capt.
Laird was mentioned as war
veteran, but the Herald failed to add
that he left the army before his regi-
ment went to France. Judging
from the looks of some of the old
Keystoners now on, the Herald
might have dug up a veteran or two
of the Civil or Revolutionary war.
Most of these socalIed war veterans
never were farther overseas than
Jeffersonville, and the only battles
they were in were those at Camp
Taylor, battling with the army cooks
for more grub.
In its defense of the Keystoners, |
why doesn't the Herald mention the |
fact that they are being assessed $25 |
each for the Republican campaign |
fund, and take notice of ex-Patrol- |
man Jess Rees' affidavit. in which |
he said that j. III. Scales, former |
manager of the Louisville |
Herald, was cashing the police |
checks in the station house and TAX
Ing out So from each for the Re- |
publican campaign fund. In this |
connection will some one please page |
near Mayor Smith, Lewis Johnson |
of the Board of Safety, and Mr..
Thatcher. former member of the |
board. who were a committee that |
went to the police station and fire |
houses pledging that there would be
no political assessments. Attorney |
Glenn Higgins referred to these
charges in a public speech, and he |
also referred to our pay-as-you-enter |
hospital. where Dr. Tuley, the Super
Intendent, draws salary as Superin-
Lendent, and also draws a salary as
Dean of the University of Louisville,
both of which are city institutions. |
Here is a sample of brilliant |
police work by the Keystoners: |
Morgan Chinn, who escaped form the |
insane Asylum and had been sought |
Tor everywhere, was found to have
been working at the Fourth street |
car barn during the strike, where a |
big detail of Capt. Cunningham's |
lying squadron were stationed day |
and night. Right under their very |
nose and they couldn't discover him. |
No wonder there are no arrests in |
murder and assault cases. The |
criminals won't give themselves upj
Dr. go about with brass band |
their guilt. Two of the |
evidently strangers in
our midst and not familiar with big |
town ways, were standing outside |
he City Hall after roll call the
)ther day. The big City Hall clock |
struck the hour of six and one of |
)ur comedy policemen said to the |
Jther: Say, Hiram, I'd eertin1y
wouldn't like to have that doggone
eller's job that has to ring that bell |
very fifteen minutes" Hiram re-
,lied: 'sDo tell. We got darn
sight easier pickin's drawing s4
lay as constables."