Milford chronicle., 1933-01-06
ELEVEN STATE
TROOPERS ARE
TAKEN Off DUTY
CCOHtiHHed from FirSt Pdgel

the wood while the filing was being
done, was noticeable as soon as Il
close scrutiny was made.
The theft of the liquor was dis
covered December % by Captain
Henry C. Ray and Lieutenant Earl
Cole. 1t is believed to have been
stolen sometime during the previous
four weeks.
The time, in November, when
there were no men on duty at the
station, was when one of the State
policemen was injured in an aeci-
dent and was in a hospital. There
were only two men on duty at the
station, at that period, and often
both of them were out on the high
way ON duty. The presumption of
the officials, however, is that if they
were on patrol on the pike they
should have noticed the removal of
the liquor. The fact that the pins of
the paddock hasps were filed, remoV-
ed, and then carefully replaced to
conceal the theft, also, il is argued,
points to an inside" job.
II is reported that at the next
meeting of the State Highway Com
mission, probably a special meeting,
at Dover, the disappearance of the
liquor will be subject of discussion
by the commissioners. 1t was re-
ported that a special meeting will
probably be called next week or the
following week.
During the time that the IL MEM
bers of the Penny Hill force are
suspended, the service of the sta
tion on the Philadelphia Pike will
be maintained il was stated. A few
men. one or two, from each of the
other four State police stations will
be assigned to duty at the Penny
Hill Station. until the men relieved
from duty are either reinstated or
their alleged guilt cleared.
The order of suspension went into
effect at midnight Friday of last
week.
Mr.. Reynolds said that every clue
was being investigated, but that so
far no new information had been
developed in the matter. In the
meantime, many of the veteran
State policemen ON the force at Pen
ny Hill, some of them having served
since the force was established, are
feeling that the treatment accorded
them is not just. It is admitted that
the whole Job" of selling out" the
force could have been done by just
one man, as there were long per-
iods, at night. when only one man
was on duty at a time. II is also
barely possible that the theft might
have been accomplished without the
cooperation of any of the men sus-
pended at all, it is said.
Repeated examinations of the IL
men at the station, individually and
collectively, have been held, but it Is
understood that little new informa-
ton has been secured. The records
Of the station, which show which
men were on at the different times.
have been scanned carefully and il
is believed from the examination of
these records that some new angle
may be developed. The records show
when each man was on duty at the
station and when he left. during the
24-hOur period of each day.
The principal difficulty In the so
utlon of the r.oliem is that no one
!ppears to know when. during a
our week period, previous 10 De-
,ember %, the liquor was taken. IL
vas reported tat some of tie liquor
the brands OF all of which are
inown, had mad3 It's appearance in
hut these reports have
iot withstOo1 investigation. ii was
stated, and il is Relieved tina. the
iGrOr was spi'lta,i out of the State.
The eleven men who were sns-
Dended are: Sergeant T. G. Bes-
wick, Corporal C. j. Burlington. PIi-
ates Lawrence Traynor, Joseph A.
IalOney. Charles Shockley, Thomas
'lummer. George GrotZ. Leo J.
Iammerer, George Mcconnell,
eteran of the force; Robert Hill
nd Everett A. Feaster.