The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-15
POLICE BOARD
IN MOLINE Il
OBSERVE RUIZ
Meeting Of Police Board n n,
I'd to Result In Closer Ol,e,,.
snce Of Rules.

CATION held By the Moline bo.,,
police and fire commissioner, !. {
terday afternoon was the. ~
Years celebration.
With the exception Of the.. =,
ures the hearing of the polio. III!
very much like the fire h.,,,'
yesterday morning, which -
sized the need for more d;sess t
and stricter obssrvaaes &
rules.
Criticisms Of the dep,,,
wouldn't be so strong. 49,
Clarence Trevor, secretary = n
board, if the patrolmen voun
port minor violations. Their ~
many little things going on nv
mated Mr.. Trevor, which policen.,
didn't see or didn't report
Il am not going to come her, "a.
embarrass policemen on comnlss.
Of men and woman who are si,sS
to come out in public" ssid ~
Trevor, who declared that he i,
friend OF the policeman and st,o,,
ly defended their case. The NJ,
who hasn't backbone enou,s :,
come out in the open should ,As,
his mouth" he continued,
One policeman who was .. |
toned about few drinks on N,
Years eve admitted that he h,a
imbibed.
Il was off duty" he said. He /,
a day policeman. Il am sorry N
was the first time in nearly t.'
years that drank anything. ~
to come down town to leave soI1
keys at the station. l met sos
friends and took a few glasses \
something that tasted like sun,
and water. l shouldn't have dom,
it. and it won't happen again. /
was waiting for a street car M
front Of the Rock Island depot. h
was about IL o'clock. An automs|
bile came along and they ver,|
shooting from both sides. Im|
afraid some of the cartridges mlsht|
not be blanks and stepped out audi
asked them to stop. Then someon,
slugged me-"
Relation Of this incident was N
occasion of bit of excited orator.
OF F. o. Johnson. 1928 Ninth street
Mr.. Johnson said he did not W.T..
ness the incident, but arriviu,
about five minutes later, he vu
told about it by two friends. Al
first he could not recall the friendI'
names, but later he said they wer
Oscar F. Anderson, S07 Twentieh
avenue. and a man named Samuel.
son, who lives in the same neish.
borhood.
This oratory was the cause Of 4
rebuke by Tom Kearney, ve.er,n
police officer. now on the pension
list. who said it is a serious matte,
to try an officer on hearsay.
Members Of the board declarel
however. that the policeman VI,
not on trial, and in view of his e..
cellent record in the past and b.
fact that he was OF duty and thu
1t was New Years eve. he probably
will be forgiven the few drinks.
A. F. Hasselroth. 1929 Thirteen.
street, was the only other citi1el
who spoke. Mr.. Hasselroth com
planned of an incident which occur
red about year ago.
He said he was annoyed by
number Of boys and obtained war
rants for their arrest and charge
the chief of police was lax in serv
ing the warrants. He said the boy
should have been in the peniter
tiary. He also criticized the polio
magistrate.
Johnny Sansale, who was on pa
role at the time, was one Of th
boys complained about by Mr.. Hal
selroth. The chief of police state
that he does not serve all warrant
and that his policy is to try to n
form boys if there is a chance. b
also declared that the police MAJ
istrate found that Mr., Hasselrct
as we'll as the boys was at fault !
the incident where Hasselrot
claims he was annoyed. Warrior
members of the board seemed
agree with the chief.
Several policemen were questiol
ed by Mr.. Trevor regarding the n
port that a special officer who y,
working at the Manufacturers bot
New Years eve had to be take
home about 2 in the morning. II
officers declared the report correc
The policeman mentioned is not
member Of the regular force u
was working for the hotel at q
time.
Mr.. Trevor also questioned q
other officer concerning charg'
that considerable Of his time ";
spent in q pool hall ard that cai
games were winked at by him
the place. Both charges were d
MED by the policemen.
The question of reports Of lack
respect for Captain Ed Kittilss
was also taken up and a number
policemen said that when CAPITA
kfttilsen Joined the departme
three years ago there was feelil
against him. They added this fee
ing has passed and now there vi
harmony in the department.
There were no complaints or dl
cussfons or charges in connectie
with the recent crime wave or
similar matters. Frank Wake
chairman Of the board, said y
board believes the department d
serves to be praised for its e1or
in capturing the men charged vi
the Stephens park and Prospe
park car robberies.
Police departments are alwa!
criticized. according to Chief !
Jaeger. Somebody is hurt ~
starts finding fault" He added tn
there usually ID more criticism du
Ing . crime wave.
Yesterdays police meetii
will probably result in . clos
observance OF all rules, minor
we'll "A ma fnP mora watchfulEe