The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-11
SUICIDE OF LIEUT.. ONEaLL

IEUT, ONEILL W as man in good health, he held a 0 good position and had reasonable expecance of motion better position. Yet, with much to live for, he sought voluntary death ngng and his tragic end vdes melancholy incident in thatong story of poll hcal debauchery hoh opened with the first eecuon or Mayor Wilson and has continued to the present time the emotional factors which mpeled Lieut. ONeill his promising there be doubt The facts carefully explained by his counsel who that the treatment that had been inflicted upon some of h that the burden and heavily his mind that he became obsessed with the affair." and that his suicide a consequence of this obsession.
 Those know Lieut. ONein best convinced that he of honor that he not party to of the scandals which have been may be- brought forward result of the raids and investigation.
 This being admitted his suicide was purely the conse- of the disgrace which had been inflicted the whole police force, of which he part
 Ii is nothing uncommon for sensitive mind to be so upon by conditions scandal unbaanc that acts follow which the rash of
 
 Every municipal scandal carries it's fearful toll of lost ideals humilation disgrace and suicide.
 the individual debauch his ideals without njurng himself moral being, entire community cannot embark of corrupon dece and crime without paying penalty.
 Here are the police departments containing hundreds of and eac resting under degree o stigma as result Of the political methods "hlcn came In Wn inc present administrations disgrace immediately preclpat by raids of the Burns operatives which Mayor Wilson says he brought about
 To some extent great city departments been corrupted departments They have been required or even compelled office unfaithul to of the duties imposed upon them by law
 this corruption they partners with the chief cutive, who chiefly benefited by their humiliation.
 The law makes these departments non-partsan, and. qures their membership to abstain from political activity Yet they required to contribute to administration pagn They been under compuon to and uniform seeking votes for Mayor Wilson. Un conditions there could not be adequate discipline
 And when these policemen went out to apprehend crIn conditions that of their reach that discovered in the Baby Doll The drinking club made part of the political methods of the administration The hoochee coochee polite circles. There entered into the life Bridgeport all those conditions which exist when the community is in partnership with those who have the duty to enforce the law
 partnerships always stained with blood Such alliances always marked with the distribution of malades than honest homicide
 which dot with red the admnis- ration Mayor Wilson comparatively well known The statistics of dangerous generations born and unborn secret mathematics; appalling element in the life of Bridge port
 If the suicide of Lieut. ONeil the citizens Brideeport to died He tim system that has and will sacrifice other vic 
 unfortunate these matters that it is the ten sensitive aeconate honorable souls that shocked create such terrible conditions nearly always minds obus vrtue souls hardened by self seeking They kill themselves and only occasion ally go to jail
 It is time show down.
 Except they been injured by official pressure the great the fire police departments both departments who deeply embroiled It just to keep all these under suspicion.
 the guilty
 A longer will go far to convince the people oi Bridgeport vctmized by sinister bluff.