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9TJOHN SHUTTWiElected Superintendent of Police This Afternoon.CAPTAIN THOMAS CANNON IS REINSTATED.Former Chief William Adams Succeeds Shutt as Detective.iam6Vtbetep*la«colSWanDISSATISFACTION AMONG MANY REPUBLICANS.ay fed«tthi Be he OK heCommissioners Hartley and SteinhauerVoted Together.thx-ol.nd©dbiscebisbisle.ofera of ho t in rgfi id-*ed ■Bt.COMMISSIONER M’CULLOCH STICKS TO HIS PARTY.hnthe*ht [re. , of pt.mlowlildon-amigh • 16 mt-ap-aalDetective John Shutt was this afternoon elected superintendent of police, succeeding William Adams, who has been chief for the past five year.Former Superintendent Adams takes the position of detective, formerly filled by Superintendent Shutt.Thomas Oapuou was reinstated as captain of police and will be second in command of the department.Former Oaptain Edward Milheiser, who has held the position as captain since the removal of Oapt. Oanuon last September, is reduced to the ranks, it was stated by a member of the police board.The minutes of the meeting do not state what disposition was made of Capt. MilheiBer’s case. Commissioner Hartley stated that no action was taken in his case but he presumed he would remain on the force.Messrs. Edward H. Hartley, Republican, and George E. Steinhauer, Demo crat, voted in the affirmative on each proposition presented, and Edward Mc-Cnlloch, Republican, voted in the negative.When the board convened Mr Hartley was elected president of the board and Sergeant Jacob Feat was elected secretary. a position he has acceptably filled for several years.The action of Mr. Hartley in voting with Mr. Steinhaner, the Democratic member of tbe board, instead of with Mr. McCnlloch his Republican colleague, is already creatiug muoh comment and it is of the adverse sort There are evenirtf manors of open treachery charged against Mr Hartley in voting in the interests of the Democrats instead of the Republicans.Mr. Hartley, it is said, was appointed on the endorsement of Supreme Court Judge Alexander Dowling, of this city, and bis action in voting with Mr. Stein hauer is being severely criticized, as it. was presumed he would vote with the Republican commissioner. His vote with Mr Steinhauer was in direct conflict with the resolutions adopted by the Republican city central committee last Wednesday night when he was urged to vote with Mr. MoCnlloch iu tbe interests of the Republican organization of the city and county.orib••bbufaico:onophiibrthpnqaofbrT1thsatntbthhfthtoccccceNo*official meeting of the new board of police commissioners was held last evening The members of tbe board held a half hour conference in Chief of Police Adams’ private office, bnt it is said, there was a deadlock over the selection of the officers to be iu charge of the board.Abont 9:30 o’clock the three members, Messrs. Edward McOnlloch, Edward H. Hartley and George E Steinhauer, emerged from the room and Sergeant Jacob Fess, secretary of the board, who had been in waiting for the meeting to be called, was notified that no meeting would be held.A large crowd of friends of the officers and members of the force were assembled about the police station to learn the fat© of those in whom they were inter-I ested.(
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New Albany Evening Tribune
New Albany, Indiana, US
Fri, Apr 03, 1903
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