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Job Commission Upholds Discharge Of City PolicemanCharge Officer Who Said He Was Kidnaped Made False Job Application StatementsThe City Civil Service Commission, by unanimous vote of Its five members, last night upheld the firing of William Peyton Kearby, former policeman.The Commission based its decision on evidence submittedat the hearing which showed that ♦,------------------------------------Kearby made two false statements . , . , „when he applied for a job with the Port *'as thePolice Department. Department from Washington. D. C.I' ,. t , _ # Captain Lessor testified that on tha: According to Federal Bureau of n;ght o? June 29 this year KearbyiInvestigation records, which were reported that he had been kid-introduced as evidence. Kearny was napCd and beaten ! convicted of a felony in Oklahoma „ . TiCity Federal Court on Oct. 17, 1945. Cabtain Lefor ^ld \hc Commis-and he was given a bad conduct ^n that earlier that day on Juna i discharge from the Navv on July ^. Kearhy was told by a superior 120 1950 officer tnat he would “have to takei, I ' ‘ ... care of several checks if he wishedHe was convicted of impersonat- to r,mam m unlform -* uf* T Accept* Decisionf; KUT*:'*' ,. . . Attorney Langford told the Com-l~ , .K',arfcr ,n h“. »PPl«t*lt;‘on term. mlsslon; -u you think that the evi.A | which also was introduced in evi- jence js sufficient to warrant toe' ✓ i^ence ******* t”3* “e received an discharge of Kearbv, I will herebv0g )honorable discharge from the Navy accfpt the decision.jan(j that ^ never jja(i been con- ” * , *' . r1 victed of any violation of law. , *hen lhe hearing opened. Langford presented to the Commission ; Kearby wajj suspended, and later a ietter of ress?riation from Kearby.:fired from the Ponce Department ^ copy was given to Captain Lessor.1 following an investigation of his re- Lans.ford asked that the resignation!port that he was kidnaped and de accented| beaten on June 29, by two men in n k ’ , , ,I Army uniform. He appealed the_ Caplain Lef :’r way ,asflt;1 by thetsuspension to the Commission. Commission if ne -wished to accept __„ ..... lhe resignation, and he said thatThe Commission declined to hear he did “ottestimony concerning the kidnap- 1 Had ^ re5;?nat!1-,n been aC-mg investigation, The Commission cepted ,t WQuld nave been con.ruled that substantiation of any one sldered a withdrawal of the chargesof the charges for w-hich the po-! brought by police officials, and the liceman was dismissed was suf- hearin? would have ended beforeficient to uphold the discharge. lt got underway.Uncovered Evidence Kearby, his wife and =mall sonThe Commission, which made its now live at Norwalk, Calif.own investigation of the Kearby, -------------, • lease uncovered evidence that the*|FBI record on Kearby was made ut to j available to police officials 18 daystake if theMcKee Gets Contract For Dallas Hotelafter Kearby was hired.The record was taken from the ifteen Identification and Records Bureau land placed in a desk in the police j chief’s office. There it remained for R. E. McKee will start construe-°ver almost a year. tion of a Statler Hotel in Dallasfree- Commission indicated that next month. The hotel soli cost $15from tbe matter of the handling of the million. The McKee firm recently er‘!ie’. Kearby record wrnuld be considered completed the new Statler in Los p ,cat a later date, after which the per- Angeles pr. ' sons or persons responsible for ~e 0 covering up” the records will be _ . * * ,reprimanded. SfllGSmSn Plfln M66TActing Police Chief Ralph H.0 ' Lessor w’as the only witness called Wayne Coy of Albuquerque, fnr-!'rT„'.S* to testify. Then other witnesses had mer chairman of the r ede: a 1 J|to remain outside of the hearing Communications Comrni^iom wi.l Way- room after John A. Langford; be the principal speaker at the Kearby’s attorney, requested that regular monthly meeting o .. e ihome|the rule be invoked- da3v° E*ecutes Club Fn't was j Told to Take Care of Checks jy-e meeting will be held in the. The| Captain Lessor testified concern- ballroom of the Paso del Norte policeiing the authenticity of the Kearby Hotel, and will get under wav in his application form, the ex-officer s with a cocktail hour starting at fingerprint card, and the FBI re- 5 30 p. m —~ c |
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El Paso Herald Post
El Paso, Texas, US
Wed, Aug 19, 1953
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