New Britain herald., 1925-02-14


 Mayor Paonessa took office has so stirred the city as the report this week that he had engaged private investigator to run down rumors re- flecting on the integrity of members of the police and fire departments. New Britain has been so tranquil and free from sensations affecting its administration for so long, that an- nouncement in the press of the presence of the investigator came with the suddenness of q volcanic eruption. ".. If executives have ever engaged private investigators heretofore they have managed to keep their activi- lties secret. It was Mayor Paonesse's desire to avoid publicity in connecr ton with the present inquiry and he was displeased when informed that reporters were hitting the trail for complete information. From the viewpoint of the Observer, it is just as we'll that the story was played up in the newspapers, even If the pub lie did receive gentle shock. There have been so many rumors floating in the air and budding along the curbstone. that it was well to have the atmosphere cleared.
 There is no doubt that the may or's investigator made exaggerated statements regarding his mission and the authority he had. It is said that in one instance he told wom- an he was from the mayorts of- flee" This may have been literally true because he may have left the mayors office before interviewing her. Whether he was a direct emissary of the mayor depends on the authority with which the may or clothed him. It is generally be- lieved that the mayor was too gull ltble and that he was used by an art full person whose motives were not of the highest.
 Intimates of Mayor Paoncssa say they admire him for his independ cnce and for loyalty to his friends They also credit him with being sincere and with having a deep sense of responsibility But they say thai in his eagerncss to serve well Tn or flee, he is inclined to listen too at tentively to the whisperings Of those who have axes to grind but who arc skilIful in concealing this fact. H' takes rumors seriously, it is said , and does not weigh the stories brought to him judicially to deter mine whether they are founded or common sense. As a result ne Ire ouently takes steps which he woulc not take If he had complete 1n1or' nation on all facts.
 Many men in public office nave too much confidence in those "he are close to them. They accept as true everything which is brought te their attention by men who pose as their friends, not taking account oI human nature and not realizing tha' a man in office must look for tho axe to grind or the brunette gentle man Tn the WOOu piic HiISii
 one comes to them and starts or with i've got this straight"
 When an investigation is desired if is sometimes preferable to bring II from other places men who have n' , bias on local matters and wh' weigh all evidence impartially. Bu it seldom pays to engage VoIuhtee , detectives whose only basis 10 starting an investigation is vagu rumors and who have no 1nteres in fighting wrongs. Look be : fore you leap" can be expressed Il , three words: Investigate your in f vestigators."
 :. For the benefit of those seeker after immortal fame throug authorship and who are unable | '' procure the $3.9S with which t 7, buy the In-a-Jiffy Scenario Course postpaid and bound with gol thread, we list below a few play and incidents which a self-respectin scenarist will never, never use l
 the course of long life of writing
 In a western drama, the cattl |. thieves make a successful get-a"a
 with the big herd, the heroine :. horse stumbles and she is trampie
 to death by the laundering lont
 horns, and, when the hero has III
 ally beaten the villain into submi'
 sion and the latter pulls a gun, sal '. gun fails to jam. ',, The iazz baby makes cake-ea
 ing finale-hopper out Of the p strong man from the diamond fielt
 of South Africa. Y,
 The rising young lawyer loses'
 one vote, his fight for election
 district attorney. to The disappointed lover who tri
 to drown his sorrow In llquor geIs shot of poison hooch.
 f. The northwest mounted pollcems ' fails to get his man. (The man.
 inc way, is not brother of u
 heroine.)
 A man and girl are wrecked on
 desert island and grow to hate eat
 other so much that they live at 0
 posite sides of the place. They a
 not rescued.
 The girl with the pardon ge
 scattered in a crossing. accident al
 the innocent murder-suspect l
 hanged. (And we don't know whet i, CT we'll have him innocent eithei " A married man runs away with ,n vampire and they live happily eF