The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-09-07
.Ouis Kautenburg's Star
is Called in Pending
Hearing Friday.
HARGE MISCONDUCT
atr0lman Said to Have Been
Making Rounds in an
Intoxicated State.

Keeping faith with the citizens and
x-payers of Kenosha who ask for eff
iency and integrity among the po-
officers as amongst other officials
id by the city, Chief of Police Logan
ought another star down upon the
rpet Tuesday with the suspension Of
trolman Louis Kautenburg. The
lice officer is charged formally with
unkenness while on duty Monday
ght, September 4th. The patrolman
40 has been on the force about seven
ars, will be given hearing before
le police and fire commission at its
gular meeting next Friday evening,
ad it will then be up to the commits
on to decide whether or not he will
amain on the force.
Still Made His Beat.
Kautenburg was making his rounds
patrolman on the west side late on
lie night of Labor Day, when it was
ported to Assistant Chief Cyzak, who
as in command of police for the
lght, that he was intoxicated, while
ulling a box at the corner of Market
erect and Rowland avenue. In re-
ponse to the report the assistant
hief set out to find the erring patrol
ran and returned to the police sta
on to wait until his call came in.
When Kautenburg pulled his next box,
was found where he was stationed,
I'D he was brought into the station
nd ordered to go home. The patrol
IAN, it is said, refused to- turn in his
ools and was inclined to argue the
latter Insisting, however, that he
as in an unfit condition to continue
laking his rounds, the assistant chief
emit the man home and placed another
atrolman on his beat
On Tuesday the full report was
laced with the chief of police, and
onsistent with his promise that no
ian shall remain on the department
Jho dishonors his uniform and is
utility of misconduct on duty, the
hief, after listening to both sides, or
Tered the officer suspended.
Only Fair to Rest of Force.
'It might be argued that this Of
icer should be given another chance"
aid Chief Logan today, "but can
ct see it that way. If pursued that
,olicy, any officer might think that he
,ould disobey rules as much as he
.-4.I ,,-4s1 10 woe oarmb+ an tho
ssurance that he would be given a
second chance. There should, as l see
t, be no second chance in these mat
.ers. When an officer sets out on his
ounds in his uniform, he is the serv-
mt of the public and he knows per-
'ectly we'll what is expected of him.
lie knows above all that he must keep
ober. Of what good is drunken Of
or to the persons whose lives and
property are in his safe-keeping while
re makes his rounds? In such a, con-
lition it is impossible for him to be
n the alert to arrest offenders. And
borrower, in case he should run across
: law violator, it would be disgrace
or him to bring in such person,
yhen he himself is violating the law,
md apparently using his uniform to
10 so.
ct is not pleasant or an easy
hing for me to do to suggest that any
nan be dropped from the department,
know all of these men we'll and ex-
enuating circumstances in every case
failure on duty may be urged. |
annot, however, let this stand in the
FAY of my own clear duty and allow
man to pull down the naexale of the
apartment"