The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-31

Ine matter came upon III IeSpOiiSS to a question. and the mayor, paus- ing for a moment, proceeded to de- liver a scathing indictment of the man who was superintendent of po- lice, not. however, calling him by name.
 Superintendent Redgate left the department on retirement. shortly after the Burns raids were compleI- eed, and is a reserve member of the force In enjoyment of a pension.
 When the attention of Superintend- ent Redgate was called to the may or's statement this morning by a representative of The Times. Super intendent Redgate said:
 ''It is strange that Mayor Wilson has waited until this late hour. on the eve of an election, when his in terests are involved. to make any charges or insinuatoTls against me. fse makes no specific accusation, as I read the newspapers. that on any particular occasion information as to an intended raid leaked from me. He does, by implication and instnuation, however, convey the impression that gave out advance information as to contemplated raids This I abso- Fute1y deny and challenge Mayor Wilson to produce the slightest evil dence of any such violation of duty on my part.
 further say to my fellow citizens that if Mayor Wilson honestly be- lieved that I was guilty of what he now insinuates. against me, he was derelct in the performance of his duty. As mayor of the city, he is, by virtue of his office, 8 member of the police commission. If I committed was his duty to prefer charges against me and put me on trial. There was no other course left open to him, as the chief executive of the city. if he really believed and had any evidence
 It is easy enough for him now, in the closing hours of the campaign. to seek to sacrifice my reputation for however, that this conduct on his part will appeal to the peoples sense of fair dealing.
 am still a member of the depart ment. on the retirement list, and now challenge Mayor Wilson. if he be- Heves mo guilty of any offense in- consistent with my duty as superin- tendent of police, to put me on trial at once and before election.
 I will waive my right to the six days Written notice and I am pre- pared to go on trial tonights if he will formulate amy charges against me. l the police commission that they asked Mayor Wilson at the time if he had any charges against me and he re- piled that he had not. He knows that the Burns raids were unneces- sary end were 8 useless and large ex- pense to the city.
 He ia now seeking to justify him. self. at 8 late hour, and in my judg- ment, in a very unfair manner. He cannot blind the people to the fact hat the net result of the Burns rsad was to show the citizens that the town was reasonably free from crime. The outstandfng result of the raid was the conviction of one of the Burns men, man named Bozeman. He was sent to Jail, for assault, committed in an effort to intdmidate and coerce a witness to give false testimony in the matter. In @ city of this size, there always has been and always will be isolated cases of law violation.
 The mayors speech, If given mo- ment's thought. is really as much an indictment against the police depart says that prior to the Burns raid, women could not walk the streets without being insulted. The patrol men of the department are on the streets and If there were any founda- ton to the statement that women could not walk tbe streets of Bridge port without being insulted, the cen sure which he directs would be against the patrolmen who are on duty to guard the streets and guard the peo- pie on the streets against offenses of this kind.
 He says in a general way that he makes no charge against the depart nent as a whole, but this accusation about women not being at liberty to walk the streets is clearly a charge