Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-08

Charging Pelice Officer Michael J. Car roll with Hiseenduct while in uniform, the board of police commissioners, through resolution presented to the court of common council at it's March meeting Monday evening requested that the officer be given a hearing before the common council in the council chamber Monday evening, March 14. The resolu- tien presented by the police comnaissicn- CTS was adopted by the council.
 It developed at the council meeting that Mayor Lerou had been notified by re- port from Captain Dennis J. Twomey that Officer Carroll who has the Franklin street beat, at night, while in uniform and not excused from duty, was found in state of intoxication about o'clock Sunday morning. The witnesses are given in the report as Captain Dennis J. Twomey, Sergeant A. c. Matthews. and Officers Charles Ebb4rts Matthew Delaney, Hugh McAvcy and John Dem- hroski.
 It i. understood that the discovery which has resulted in the charge of mis- conduct was made at police headquarters about 3 o'clock Sunday morning as Ofi- cer Carroll, with number of other night men was reporting off duty. The council meeting was called to or der at S.15 o'clock by His Honor Mayor Herbert M Lerou, and as usual the read ing of the minutes of the previous meet ing was dispensed with.
 Sunday Basketball Games. The amusement committee of the coun. l ell reported that 1t was not in theil power to grant the petition of the Cres cent Athletic Club for permission to TUT Sunday basketball games in Norwich ant the committee recommended that the pc titioners be given leave to withdraw. Tn, report was accepted and the recommen dation adopted.
 The public works committee recon mended the acceptance of Nelson place al a public highway and the reeemmenda tion was adopted by the council.
 A petition from Samuel Goldberg ask ing permission to erect and install g gas oline pump in front of his place of busi ness, Il 1-2 Thames street. was referre to the public works committee.
 A petition from Mrs. A. T. Utley of Nc 153 Mckinley avenue, asking for the rs
 moval of tree in front of her residenc
 was referred to the tree warden an
 public works committee,
 Bill For Making Arrest. Through Attorneys Brown & Perkin Alonzo Letendre, special constable
 the city, presented bill amounting
 S64.5e which he claims was incurre
 through the arrest of Andrew Dudak wi was taken to the tuberculosis sanatoriu upon order of Health Officer Edward
 Brephy. Constable LetendFe claims tn, f he was employed by Health Officer Br
 phy to make the arrest and take the ma . to the sanatorium and that he lay
 wait for the man several hours a 6s q for week before he landed him.
 Constable Letendre claims that D
 Brophy refused to approve the bill and l
 asked the council, through his attorney . for assistance in collecting. The count t referred the disputed bill back to I . BFePhy for report to be made at u , next council meeting.
 The charge of misconduct against Of cer Michael J. Carroll was then broug | to the attention of the council in a GOT munication from Captain Dennis J. Tw Hey to Mayor Lereu which was read l , City Clerk ". R. Frisbie. Alderman William S. Murray then pr 5 sented to the council the following COT l munication:
 l To the Honorable Court of Comm,
 Council of the City sf Norwich, Co
 necticut:
 | The undersigned respectfully represe l and complain, as follows:
 i. 1. Michael J. Carroll at the time v the acts hereinafter complained of W r a member of the police department 8 said city and at said time a policem,