Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-21
Especial to The Bulletin.l

New London, Feb. 20-WiIliam E. Jackson, county investigator, connect ed with the office of State Attorney Hull, has been doing some important investigation in connection with the robbery of the Tate and Neilan store that has resulted in the arrest of sev- eral men and a woman, and more ar
 rests are to follow before the work of investigation is completed As a mat ter of course he did his work in con- junction with members of the local
 police department and is according
 the cops all possible credit. Just the
 same the investigator did very neat
 job in not only running down the thieves, but in recovering much of the booty and ascertaining inst what was
 done with the rest. He learned that some of the stolen goods had been
 sold to dealers in some of the larger cities and he is engaged in just a lit
 tie bit more Investigating along that
 line.
 Seon after the mysterious burglary
 happened right in the business section
 of the city and the local police with
 out clue, it was given out by the department, according to public print that the affair was an inside job, , intimatiHg that whoever did the steal ing had full knowledge of the location of the best goods in the store, were familiar with the premises, and actu- ally limiting that the theft was con-
 mitted by some individual connected with the store. That is a literal mean ing of the term inside job" No sen l sible person took any stock in this po- l lice assertion, but, in a way, it had q 1 tendency to excuse the police from be-
 ing. charged with ineffieiency in moi 1 probing the matter to the end and ] bringing the guilty one to the bar o1 l justice. If for no other reason of. re- i moving the stigma of the inside job allusion. the work of Investigator Jackson is to be commended. He has l magnanimoIIsly shared his success l with the local police, in giving the officers he named probably more cred
 it than was actually their due.
 I4 was a standing order, years aqo
 in local newspaper office, wher there is dearth of news, to write
 something of the police, favorable ol
 otherwise. It was live subject then 1 but has been much more livelier sub l ject for the past three years than ever l before. The Tate and Neilan robbery hurried the cherished three platoon 1 plan, and at time when really it is l not necessary, when the past is con ! work of the police is lessened, but the 1 cops put in their time just the same and are entitled to draw full pay. and none begFudge the amount they re- ceive. But with couple of raises within a year, bringing the pay of . 1 patrolman up to $f30 a. month, these 1 city servants are receiving the fuf worth of their hire. Very recently l the blue coated guardians of the peace asked fer another increase of $25 g l month.
 ] This request was turned down witt a heavy thud by the mayor and the l police committee. The cops were re- l minded tbat they had steady, life fjob: at good pay, with no loss of time, 2 day week of in addition to vaca
 tien of two weeks each year, and fl this did not suit they had the privilege
 of turning in their badges and acout-
 erments and get another job. The 1 mayor and the police committee wen- I even further and issued orders that l agitation for an increase in pay mus l cease forthwith. To agitate now k violation of police orders, and vio- l lation means dismissal from the force l There are many men of police mate 1 rial who have applications in for job4 l on the police force and they are be. 1 ina taken on just as fast as places car