New-York tribune., 1921-10-25

JVst Iuc SuWe Wnctnef you are nit With
a baton or with nightstck across
the head. And for this offcnse he had
been fined one days pay by Mr.. En-
right. the Police Commissioner--for
this little escapade after his little
drunken incident, but at last he has
been put away where the dogs won't
bite him.
II want to contrast that little story
with the story Of a certain Sergeant
Ezekiel Keller. / always remember the
story Of the old lady when I say this
name, who used to say that she just
used used to love to hear her pastor say
sounded so we'll, and there is some
thing about the name Ezekiel Keller
THAI stands for the old-fashioned stuff.
1t always reminds me Of that honest,
outstanding sergeant Of police, get
ting no recognition year after year
from the Police Department, but
quietly doing his duty and teaching
the young fellows to do their duty,
and while haven't yet made inquiries s
70 md out whether that picture Of
EZEKIEL is true, that is the picture in
my mind Of what Ezekiel Keller is.
rerhaps he matches that picture-per-
haps not.
Well. the day Of the Liberty Day
parade Ezekiel Keller was stationed at
Forty second Street and Fifth Avenue,
and his orders were to keep that lane
Illne. right up to the curb. And one
na,rriss, millionaire Special Deputy
Pollce Commissioner---and have YOU
ever noticed how this Police Depart
ment, governed by this man of the
plain people, this man a friend of the
poor. by Honest John, is filled by po-
lice deputies all mllionaires?
Police Deputy Breaks Lines
according to the testimony, Mr..
Harriss rode right up and flashed his
badge on this Ezekiel Keller and when
he got up to Ezekiel at this Forty
second Street crossing where we were
all standing-we of the proletariat all
standing there waiting for the proper
signal to go across-and then Mr..
Harriss, Special Deputy Police Com
missioner, said to Ezekiel he wanted to
60 across. You can't go across 4 am
commissioners, Deputy Police Com
missioner Then you ought to know
better says Ezekiel, and he put him
back, and they brought charges against
him for that.
"Harriss, if he had been man,
if he had any red blood running in
his veins at all, and mind you. know
ing that he was not on official police
business, he should have said. You
are right, Sergeant and he should
have reported him for promotion or
commendation at least, but instead of
that he brings charges against him.
SO Ezekial is tried and what hap
pens! Ezekial is convicted on Har-
riss's testimony.
Hear this plaint of the special
deputy millionaire Police Commis
sioner-oh, this is good stuff. This is
an extract from Harriss's testimony at
headquarters on the trial of Ezekiel:
And he didn't let me through until
the line was open, and then l went
with the other pedestrians across
Forty second Street. Oh, infinite hu-
initiation, that he should have rolled
around as Deputy Police Commissioner
flashing his badge on the subway
guards, when you and are on line. Oh,
the humiliation of it-that he should
have to go across with the other pedes-
trians!
There is a curious feature about
this. 1t appears that in certain tes
timony of Harriss's, and I am quoting
this, this is a peach.
"Harriss assigned, had assigned, an
automobile to Richard Enright, ESQ
and Richard Enright, ESQ, under oath
testi6cs as follows: @. And he, Har-
riss, has not given it to you? A
Not yet. he would have given it to me
if wanted it. l told him l would
discuss that with him alter l got
through with the Office, and this is some
time away That is a picture, a pic
ture of this drunken loafer being rep.
rimanded, slapped on the wrist, who
was found drunk at a quarter to {
in the morning when he should have
been protecting your homes over here
in Brooklyn. And this grizzly old ser.
geant getting twenty days because
he did his duty towards this fellow
Harriss.
"Now the second little story-little
story No. 2, which concerns two in.
spcctors, one inspector and a former