Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-24
FOUR POLICEMEN
ANSWER CHARGES
Were Arraigned Before Board OF
Commissioners for Dcre-
Nction Of Duty.

Four police officers were gwen hearings
, YESTERDAY afternoon before the Board of
Police Commissioners on various charges
and received punishment ranging from
being fined two days pay to being
suspended two weeks without pay.
THREE other officers who were TO face
charges for various oFenses were I'LL and
were unable 20 attend the meeting. They
viii be given hearing at the, next meet
ing of, the Board of Police Commissioners
Howard Massey, charged with sleeping
on duly. pleaded guilty. He said he wont
20 hik home for lunch and that while
there fell asleep. He was also charged
with being late In making q report: be
was fined the equivalent Of two-days' pay
Pstrolman Elwood NJ. Crossgrove,
charged with disobeying orders, safd the
reason for his action WAS that his wife ana
child were III. IL was explained that the
man had been allowed 10 remain of duty
All ,iav Saturday, Saturday night and
All day Sunday in an effort TO secure some
one 20 take care Of his wife and child
In was charged that on last Sunday night,
shortly before reporting time, request
was made that the man he excused. This
was refused by Chief Black, but he re-
manned off. Chief Black also declared
before the board that lately there have
FRFA rNltts piitFIe Nirt Ntlt IL thF ''3''~'
Of laving off duty at nights on the latter
rart of their night turn. Crossgrove was
ordered 10 be suspended for two days
without pay.
Frank sullivan, charged with neglect
of duty, in being ten minutes late IN max
ing a report, wm fined two days pay. He
pleaded guilty. He said his partner had
made the report for him and that he did
not know until called later that he had
been late in making the report.
Edward Tucker, charged with be- ng
drunk and guilty of conduct unbecoming
an officer, pleaded not guilty TO both
charges, but was found guilty by the board
and was ordered TO be suspended Tor two
weeks without pay. Tucker WAS charged
with having stopped Louis Simon, Twelfth
and West str Gets, on tho evening oil
November 8, and asked for a T1de TO
Union treet, as the man was passing out
Pennsylvania avenue IN hls machine.
SIMON testified that the officer was IN
toxicated. He also said that the otheer
wanted 70 be taken To- Townsend and
that II Simon did not take him. he would
use his revolver
Officer Barnes testified to later seeing
Tucker and sand that "he was feeling
pr,.ttv good" lie said he wanted to
take Tucker home. Considerable testi-
monv WI, heard in fuckers case. Ii
might he inferred from the testimony
that there WAS some ill-feeling between
the two officers
Fourteen applications for positions on
the force were received by the board as
follows: Mark II de Cray, 1908 Rowland
street: John c. Seigels, 1929 West Fourth
street; Leonard Strickland. i00l2 Poplar
street; William II. Cloud, 3l5 Poplar
street: Ivan +. Kilman, 227 Woodlawn
avenue; Harry II. krauss, 207 Wood
lawn avenue; Clarence +. Mason, s25
Kirkwood street; Joseph ". Knox, 1917
lincoln street; Paul J. Wolfong 11l3 East
Twelfth street; George l.. Warrington, 424
Hast Fourth street; Stephen Wozniak,
1907 Elm street; L. r.. Bishop, Jr., 507
Lombard street; Edward II. Eaton, 1900
ponnsvlvania avenue, and Michael Al
banesc. 1927 Main street, Newark.
Fifty arrests were reported for the past
u,ek and included eight for drunkenness.
EInes and costs totalled S2S2.50. -Four
were committed 20 the workhouse.
The resignation Of Patrolman August
Epinken was received by the board, but no
action was taken on it. Spinken was
twelve minutes late in making his report
and wrote in his letter that he had mis-
Judged the time.