South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-19

Mrs. ShOIly Flags
City Heads After
GiOen Discharge
Publicity Given Appointment
of Kline's Aide" Weighs
i'm Board Decision.

Mrs Ella ShoIly. woman sleuth
for chief Of Police Kline. who was
given an undercover appointment
three weeks ago by the board of
public safety TO run down the IL
quor traffic IN South Bend. was dis
charged AT the meeting of the board
last night. or. as 10 was euphemis-
ticaIiy announced. cher appoint
ment was withdrawn
Tears. strcamed from Mrs. Shol-
Tvs ewes as she made her way rap
idly out Of the city building. Be
tween sobs she declared that the
entire proceeding was frame-up
and that she was suffering for the
sins Of her husband. who was once
notorious i'm liquor circles in this
city. and from the "hypocriticaT
action Of Mayor Carson. whom she
denounced as being the ringleader
in the action for her discharge.
DcnOunccs Safety Board.
Immediately after the boards de-
cision Mrs. Sholly announced that
she would retain lawyer TO sight
the case in court on the legal pre-
vision that she can not be dis
charged unless ii is conclusively
proven that she has committed
some offense since the time of her
appointment. which would supply a
sufficient reason why she should be
let go. Mrs. Shoily declared that
the board preferred no charges of
any kind, merely stating that they
| based their action ON the publicity
given the appointment.
The board was in session for over
an hour before Mrs Shollv was
summoned TO its presence and was
told that her appointment was only
of "a temporary nature and that they
/ had no further occasion for her
/ service At this declaration Mrs
/ Sholly vent forth her fury in "a wild
denunciation of the board which
she branded as being lot OF sheep
who were following the bell-coN
Mayor Carson. and were not look
ing into the merits of her case She
went into a detailed explanation of
th work she had been doing In
stamping out the hooch traffic n
the city and stated that che had
been the recipient of many cOmpli
ments for her keen and efficient
/ detective work The statement that
I there was no further occasion for
/ her service" Mrs ShOIly labeled as
! ridiculous on ITS face. when she
1 announced later that the city oI
South Bend was never in its history
i'm deeper slough cf moral cor
I ruptiOn than it is at the present
time
Administration Incapable?
Pressed for reason as TO the al.
legged conditions of the city. Mrs
Sholly stated that the administra
tion was woefully incapable ot
coping with conditions and that an.
other mayor ought 10 be elected whC
would be "a good. religious man"
Mrs Sholly further declared tha
she had been on the payroll of the
police department for the past two
months and since then she had de
voted her time exclusively 10 tn,
/ prosecution of liquor offenders Hei
official appointment came thre.
weeks ago at meeting Of the boarC
of public safety
A surety bond Of $1,000 was pu
up by her Friday morning while .
personal bond Of the same amouu
was posted a few DAYS ago. Thi!
was done in compliance with the re
/ requirements for the position of de
tective on the local force. although
neither bond gSas acceIt ted.
What the discharged detcctiv,
has up her sleeve and may spring j.
not known but she iutimated tina
there was enough police scauda
about the city hall TO cause a 20.
iiticJl reformation.