The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-24

not be wise to put too many new
men on districts in one sweep.
There is nothing against the men
we have changed. The shift will
enable us to make sure that the
districts are watched carefully
Kinney stated that orders to
clean up" law violations had been
reiterated to every member of the
force.
The shifts center about sections
of the city within and in the i'm
mediate vicinity of the downtown
district.
II Districts in Shakeup
The police districts affected are:
10, %, 3, %. 4, So, SO, 10, 16, As,
40, At and 81, while motor squads
have been changed in districts %,
43, A, As, IS, AZ and 48.
Patrolnen on the a. m. to 3 D. m.
shift under Captain John Mullen
are: Cecil Neal from district 3.
downtown, to replace Roscoe WIKI
erson in 10, in the northeast
residential section; Charles O'Don-
nell replacing Frank Delatores in
district 10, downtown; Delatores
replacing Carl Kull in 16, a
residential section; Kull replacing
O'Donnell in district 4, downtown:
Herbert Schrum replacing Ward
Pettijohn in as, southeast. and
Pettijohn replaces Schrum in 40,
southwest.
Motor Cops Change Places
On the IL p. m. to 7 a. m. runs.
under Capt Jesse McNIurtry. the
following patrolmen are shifted:
Patrick Morarity, to 10, replacing
Lee Oliver; Oliver to district %, re-
placing Patterson; Patterson to 3,
replacing Morarity; Thomas McCor-
mick to %, replacing Harry Hayes;
Hayes to 4, replacing Mccormick;
IT mas Leonard to SO and SO, re-
facing Charles Rardon, who re-
places Leonard in district 10.
Motor police during these hours at
substation will change places with
those at substaticn 8. The latter
group will be composed of Irwin
Bailey and Joe Klaiber and will take
over rs area, formerly patrolled by
Earl Higgs and Otto Mas.
Beats Are Traded
Motor officer Clyde Mitchell will
leave headquarters to replace Fred
Hague, one Of the eighteen police
men who were suspended after their
indictment in federal court Satur-
day for alleged conspiracy to violate
the national prohibition law. Hague
was in districts AZ and 48.
On the to II p. m. beats, under
Captain Otto Petit, the following
patIolmen we're changed: John
Keely, replacing Floyd Reidenbach
in At; Reidenbach replacing Kelley
in District 4; Patrick Dillane re-
placing John Allison in 81, and ALI
son replacing Dillane in 10.
Motor police on this eight-hour
shift at substations 7 and 8 change
places as did those on a. m. to g
p. m. beats. Those included are:
o. B. McClain, Charles FELTON,, John
Alkire and Wesley Statesman.
u. S. Continues Probe
AS the shifts were made. Sulli-
van and the board prepared to meet
again in further efforts to get to
the bottom of the alleged police
graft and bribery and investigate
reports that the city has been wide
open" for months.
Sullivan said the group will not
IAcl<e public its findings until Frank
q DALEY, board member, can at
tend the sessions. He has been oc-
cupied with court hearings.
Other facts uncovered by Stark
in a secret probe of the alleged
'pay-off" situation three weeks ago.
will be presented grand Jurors.
Stark said enough evidence has been
to result in the return of
Federal operatives, who obtained
the evidence against the indicted
policemen, we're reported continuing
their Investigations today.
Hoagland Is Silent
Ned Hoagland. one of the police
men under government indictment
did not appear before the Marion
grand jury today as ex-
pected.
Prosecutor Judson L. Stark an
following a conference with
thatSthe indicted officer
will not go before the jury.
Stark declined to reveal nature Of
the conference, except to quote
as denying threat to
tell what he knew Of alleged pay
offs"
At the time of his arrest by fed
eral agents, Hoagiand told reporters
they don't need to think I'll take
this ran laying down. There's a lot
of birds walking the streets right
now that will be a lot more worried
than ! am"