THE SUXDXY OKBGOXIAN. 'MITLlin),- BOEMBER 31, 10.
SLIPSHOD WHS
OF DETECTIVES
Hearing of Charges Against
; Kerrigan and Snow
f Takes Place.
ADMIT THEIR BLUNDER
Examination Shows an Utter Iack
of System In the Police Deparl
incut and a AVoIul "Want or
' Common Sense.
It detective methods have Improved -as a
result of Mayor Lane's experimental man
agement of the Portland Police Depart
ment, that fact was not among the thou
- sand and one Irrelevant and Immaterial
matters and tilings brought out yesterday
afternoon in course of the hearing of the
charges of Insubordination, misfeasance
and general incompetency brought against
City Detectives Frank T. Snow and John
F. Kerrigan by Police Commissioner
Greene.
As the chief inquisitor of the Police
Commission, Mr. Greene plied the probe
energetically for more than two hours,
fcut without any very dellnlte result other
tthan to prove that the two detectives had
blundered ridiculously in attempting the
arrest of Thomas Russell. Jr suspected
of complicity in the sandbagging and
3-obbIng of Paul C. Aylesworth in the ter
minal yards on the night of December 18,
fact which both sleuths cheerfully ad
mitted, and to reveal that plaln-clothe
men are still following the time-honored
custom of consulting nobody or nothing
but their own sweet will In the handling
-of crime and criminals.
Do as They Please.
This latter fact every detective called
testified to with more or less particular
ity, and Snow and Kerrigan pleaded it in
excuse of their action in meddling with a
case which had been assigned to another
)air of plain-clothes men. Detectives Day
and Vaughn. No less than six detectives,
working in pairs, according to their old
time custom, had begun an Investigation
of the hold-up case before it was definitely
assigned to two of the sextet by Chief of
Poller GriUmacher.
Even Captain Bruin, acting police in
spector and chief of detectives, made the
humiliating confession while on the stand
that he was not certain as to the rule
covering the assignment of detectives to
duty. It was merely the practice, he said,
for detectives to turn ovor any evidence
they might obtain to the men assigned to
that particular case, or lay it before the
Chief of Police or chief of detectives.
Grltzimichcr as a Witness.
Chief Grltemacher made a better wit
ness for the prosecution. He said that
.there was r rule that no detective should
work on a case without orders, but In the
name breath admitted, under cross-exam
ination by Snow and Kerrigan, that the
rule had been violated on several occa
sions.
Tlie result of tli trial as affecting Snow
and Kerrigan is still In doubt. The Com
missioners did not take up the matter
until nearly 5 o'clock, owing to the ab
sence of Mayor Jjane, who was attending
'a meeting in another part of the City
.Hall, and it was nearly o clock when
.the hearing .was concluded and Commis-'-sloner
Greene announced that the case
would be taken under advisement for a
jNw days in order to allow the Commls
loners to "chew over the evidence and
digest it thoroughly."
Handle Their Own Casp.
Utile interest appeared to be taken in
the trial, outside of the Police Depart
ment. Tbo few spectators present were
nearly all members of the police force
!?now and Kerrigan handled their own
asr, both cross-examining such witnesses
as they desired. They took the stand only
to confess that they had bungled the Rup-
spII case, but had not done so intention
ally, and were willing to abide by the de
cision or the Commissioners in the mat
ter.
The first witness called was Chief
Gritzmacher. He explained the system of
Assigning detectives at headquarters, cx
telaining that a slip was made out cm
tracing the first report on each case and
signed to work on it. Carbon copies of
"this slip were placed in lock boxes, of
'which there is one for each detective at
"headquarters.
Whenever a detective coms in he is
supposed to go direct to his box and exam
ine the slips. Asked whether the detect-
livs generally did so. the Chief gravely
ssrted that they nearly always "made
bee line for their boxes" on reporting
lor duty.
Talks First With Day.
Tbe first detective with whom he talked
concerning the Aylesworth case was Day.
lo whom it had been assigned. Day told
jR-ithess that ho knew who the two guilty
imcn were, but wanted to get Russell first,
jjs he could lfcy hands on the other ir.nn,
draiton, anas "Frenchy," at any time.
Wtiness heard no more about the case
until about 5:30 o'clock the same after
noon, when Snow came to headquarters
Rna.voiunteered the information that Rus
ell and another man did the Aylwr.rh
Job. and that he (Snow) and ICcrrlsnn
had been up lo the RumcII keme waiting
for RuseelL Saew IsUmated to wicw
that he an4 Kerrigan bad feugld the
case and had been cowpellcd te laforxs I
Russell's folks that they wanted him at 1
police headquarters. The Russells hea
promised to bring the boy down.
Angry at Detectives.
The boy was never brought down. Wit
ness did not talk with Snow any more;
was mad at him for meddliag with the
case. Saw Mrs. Russell the nevt day.
She stated that Snow and Kerrigan had
given her to understand that her son
was wanted fr a crime Witness wax an
gry because the Information givea by
Snow and Kerrigan had enabled young
Russell to escape on the evening of De
cember 19, and before he was captured
Aylesworth, the prosecuting .vitns. had
left the city. Grattoa also had escaped
and had never been recaptured.
Inspector Bruin was the next witness.
He came loaded down with written state
ments of witnesses and reports of de
tectives, all of which were duly admitted
in evidence, Witness said that on that
fatal day. December 30, the first renert he
had on the Aylesworth case was from
Detective Day. who came to him at E P.
M. and told him that Russell had esoped
through the interference of Snow and
Kerrigan.
Their Verbal Keport.
The sa'me evening Snow and Kerrigan
made a verbal report to witness and said
they had acted in good faith and would
not have Interfered with the case had
they known that Day and Vaughn were
assigned to it. The next day he inter
viewed Mrs. Russell, who told him that
Snow and Kerrigan bad glen her the in
formation that her boy was wanted for a
crime.
Snow cross-examined Bruin, asking him
It it was not true that he (Snow) had
talked with witness on the day of Rus
sell's arrest. December 28, and told him
that Russell had been in town three days:
also it it was not a fact that Aylesworth
had not left town when Russell returned
to the city. Bruin answered affirmatively.
Work at 'Cross Purposes.
Kerrigan cross-examined witness as to
occasions when witness had given detect
Ives to understand that It was their duty
to work on cases whether assigned to
them or not. Bruin admitted that he had
told officers they should not hang back
and refuse to work merely because some
other officer had the assignment, especial
ly in hold-up cases.
Mr. Greene questioned witness as to the
rule as to assignments of detectives. Were
detectives compelled to report to anybody
In particular? Witness was not certain.
It was merely a practice with them to
turn over their evidence to the man as
signed .or to some superior.
"Then It has been the practice for all
detectives to jump .in and work on every
case, has It?" interjected Mayor Lane.
who had been wriggling about in his seat.
awaiting an opportunity to break into the
colloquy.
Bruin implied: "Well, In a way. But all
the Information that lias been gathered
is supposed to land in the hands of the
man detailed."
Blame Snow and Kerrigan.
The Mayor then asked both Bruin and
Chief Gritzmacher whether Snow and
Kerrigan's action had contributed to the
failure of the police to arrest Russell and
"Frenchy" and the escape of the'prose'
eutlng witness. Both ald "Yes" cmphat
ically.
Among the written statements handed
in by Bruin was one signed by C. C.
Copper, the man who first gave the police
definite Information against RusselL
Cooper asserted that he had talked with
Russell in tlfe lewls and Clark saloon
the morning after the hold-up, and Rus
sell had attempted to sell him a railway
ticket stolen from Aylesworth. Cooper
told Russell to gt rid of the ticket, and
Russell chewed It up. afterward confess
ing that he and Frenchy" robbed Ayles
worth and divided the money, $95.
Another written statement was signed
by Thomas Russell, of 434 Alder street.
the father of the alleged highwayman.
Russell was called to the stand and con
firmed it.
Tells of Detectives Visits.
The upshot of his long, rambling and
incoherent story was that Snow and Ker
rigan came to his house at about Z o'clock
on the evening of December 18. and asked
for young Tom. Witness told them he
was out. but would return for supper
soon. About C:S0 o clock, the officers came
again. In the meantime. Tom had come
in, and. taking alarm at his father's re
port of the visit of the two strange men,
had fled.
The first time the officers called they
merely asked to see Tom, and did not
state their business. The second time they
said they wore detectives, but merely
wanted to see Tom as a witness, and
asked to have him brought to headquar
ters.
Witness made ome unintelligible stat
inent to the effect that a woman who lived
next door had "tipped off" to him the
fact that the visitor were policemen.
W itness said he was Instrumental In get
ting Tom to return, his lawyer having In
formed him that there was no case
against the boy. "Witness went to Seattle
and induced Tom to come home. Three
days later. December 2S. three detectives
guarded the house, while Detective Dav
roughly pushed his way In through the
front door and arrested the "boy," whom
the father described as 22 years old
weighing l"0 pounds and standing nearly
six icet tail.
Day Accuses Witness.
Detective Day elbowed his way Into th
circle at this point, and fiercely upbraid
ed the witness, accusing him of garbling
uie tacts as to the arrest, and adding to
tne eaiety or the occasion.
Mrs. Gertie McCuIly. of 433 Alder street
was called at the request of Kerrigan, for
the purpose of testifying that Kcrrhran
t watched the Russell house from her front
room from about 7 o'clock until about 9.
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She was corroborated by -a small boy
named Christopher Dundee.
Robert Russell, aged 14. corroborated
the testimony of his father. Thomas Rus
sell, regarding the visit of the officers to
his home.
Police Clerk 1-eonard gave testimony as
to the manner of assigning detectives to
cases, lie then added that before Snow
and Kerrigan had received their slip? for
the day they were called out of the sta
tion by a telephone message from Detec
tive FiUgerald. of the O. R. & X. Co.
They talked with witness before going.
but the Aylesworth case way not mentioned.
More Sllphliod Methods.
He did not know when they got their
slips, ilayor Lane asked whether the
slips were dated. They were, with the
day of the month, but not with the hour
of their issuance.
Why don't you put on the hour?
Don't it strike you that the hour might
be Important?" asked llayor lane.
3Ir. Greene lou ought to have a datcr
clock.
"Do you cet a receint from the officer
when you give him hii slip?" asked
Mayor Lane. "Sol Just drop the slip
Into the box and trust to God and good
luck for the re.tr- The witness smiled
uneasily and nodded.
Detective Day was called. He testified
to the work he did on the Russell case
on December 19. Interviewed Cooper and
worued all aitcrnoon on the case before
getting his slip at 5 o'clock in the
evening.
Sorry They Interfered.
About C o'clock Snow came In and in
formed witness that be and Kerrigan had
also been working on the case. Told
witness that he was sorry they had
"butted In." and that thfv trniilrfn'i Viv
done it If they had known the case was
assigned 10 witness ana vaughn; that
they would drop the matter at once. Wit
ness Old not feel aggrieved that Snow and
Kerrigan had "butted In." Answering
Mr. .Greene's nuici!nii lio .iM that Via
and Vauchn would nnl lmv rnl nnnMI
anyway. a they did hoi know his namn
unui mey icarnea u irom snow and
Kerrigan.
Kerrigan took the stand to tell how he
had got his tip on the hold-ups from Rail
road Detective Fitzgerald after leaving
police headqtarters on the afternoon of
December 19. Fitzgerald had already told
all he knew to City Detective Resing
and Carpenter. Witness and Snow and
Carpenter and Resing all agreed to work
on tne case togetner.
Admits the Klundcr.
Kerrigan told how Russell had slipped
through his hands sad remarked that it
was a blunder, auch ae any detective
might make; that he had made blunders
before, and that he wa willing to abide
by the consequences of this mistake.
"That's all right." Interjected Mr.
Greene, "but I would like to know why
you didn't stay in the Rus.-ell house the
first time you went there and wait for
Tom?"
Witness said he had Ufzd his best judg
ment. He and Snow had made their sec
ond descent on the house when they saw
a younger brother of the suspect go In
from the outside. As soon as they saw
their mistake they had known "It was
all off."
"Whaf puzzles me." Interjected Mayor
Lane, who had been wrestling with an
idea for some minutes, "Is bow a big
woman could have gone into the Russell
house and a big boy gone in and come out
again without you seeing cither of them,
while Jurt a soon as the little boy went
In you nailed onto him like a duck onto
a June-bug."
A few irreverent ones laughed and Ker
rigan left the stand.
"I think no fault lies with the detec
tives for going to the scene of a crime
where the entire force Is anxious- to catch
every criminal" began Mr. Greene.
Mayor Lane (interrupting) I think It
ought to bo the duty of every" 'officer to
telephone In first and-And out whose case
it !. and what help he can give. There's
where the whole matter, hinges. Seems
that theS' all get busy, each man for him
self. Well, let's get at the bottom of It.
Call Detective Resing.
Rcying's testimony was Important. He
was followed by Snow, who made about
the same statement and defense of his
own actions as had Kerrigan. He was
enm-questioned In like manner by Mr.
Greene and the Mayor.
"How long have you been on the
forcer asked the Mayor wearily, looking
at the clock.
"On the force 17 years; detective about
nine years." responded Snow.
"Iff a case of too many cook? spoiling
the broth." muttered Mr. Greene, as his
court adjourned Itself and straggled home
to a late dinner.
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Rev. Gilman Parker, of Alameda. Cat.,
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cost to us. We have already had offers
above the price that we paid for it. but.
none that met our Idea of Its value."
Krr. Gllmaa Iarker.
was elected general state missionary,
which place he filled for four years. He
then accepted a call to the Everett, Wash..
Church, then a small, struggling congre
gation paying a year to its pastor.
When he left It was paying Dr.
Parker will receive a hearty welcome
back to Oregon, and the people of Grace
Baptist Church. Montavilla. arc looking
forward to his return with much satisfac
tion. Tlie Alameda. Cal.. Baptist Church,
of which Dr. Parker has beep pastor for
some time, is unwilling to lose him. and at
first would not listen to his resigning, but
was flmlly Induced to accept his resigna
tion with much reluctance.
31. E. Mayr aj Firm Will Hold
Property Until a Sale 1
Effected.
When the Beiaseo Theater closes its
doors January 7. ami the present stock
company is dismissed, the playhouse
will probably remain dark for some
time. Such, at least. Is the announce
ment of M. E. Mayer, of the firm of
Beiaseo & Mayer, who arrived In
Portland yesterday and spent the day
comDletiPtr arrangements for the un
timely end of the theatrical season at
the Beiaseo. as previously announced.
"The theater will in all probability
remain unused until It is sold.' said
Mr. Mayer last night. "You may say
positively that Bclnsco & Mayer will
never reopen it- Wc are conducting
theaters on a paying basis In San
Francisco and Los Angeles, but- we
nave found that Portland refuses to
support a high-class stock company,
so we snail not make an attempt to
do business here this season, or any
other."
It Is known that several tneatrlcal
men are after the playhouse, but ac
cording to Mr. Mayer no offers have
yet been made which are acceptable to
the owners. John F. Cordray and John
W. Considine. representing the vaude
ville firm. Sullivan & Considine. came
down from Seattle yesterday for the
sole purpose of leasing the Beiaseo.
Yesterday afternoon they held a con
ference with Mr. Mayer. It is under
stood that an offer was made for the
use of the property, but that no agree
ment could be reached, and Mr. Coril
ray returned to Seattle last night. "We
would lease the theater If we could
fget our price." said Mr. Mayer last
night, "but although we have had
several applicants, none of the offers
have been satisfactory, and it Is alto
gether likely that the theater will not
be reopened until It has passed entirely
out of our hands."
It has also been reported that the
Belnsc would he reopened as a stand
for the Independents in Portland, but
this was positively denied by Mr.
Mayer last night. "There have been
no negotiations to this effect and
nothing is more unlikely." he said. "In
fact w-e are not at all anxious to lease
the property. "We realize that we have
a valuable corner and we are perfect
ly willing tu let It stand Idle for a
while as we are satisfied that we can
sell It at a handsome advance over the
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public in general against employing tun
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they are connected with EUers Piano
House. Numerous complaints have been
received by us during the past few weeks
from customers in every part of the city,
complaining that Individuals represent
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ers In the employ of Eilers Piano House
had been allowed to do worX on their pi
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of Instances in a positively unplayable
condition.
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City Jail . tor 9t. Vincent's Hospital Mast
night in a critical condition. Williams,
who has -.been ill from China gin icyer.
sold his only pair of shoes Friday night
to buy liquor.
From .Tail to Hospital.
Fred Williams, suffering from a hem-
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