Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-12-10 | Page 9 | Chicago Police Chief to Resign

CHICAGO POLICE CHIEF TO RESIGN Announcement 1 Made aCle by Mayor on Heels of New Nel Sunday Closing Order Chicago Dec Dee 8 Almost S-Almost Almost with a now order from Chief of at Police Charles C. C Henley to 10 enforce vigorously vIgorous tho the Sunday closing law lav came camo the tho admission from Mayor Thompson toda today that the tho chief of at police poll po po- po- po ll lice co would resign n. Tho The now order In Instructed instructed In- In all aU policemen to arrest violators vio yb- on sight Eight and book them at tho police stations Heretofore saloonkeepers saloonkeepers saloon saloon- keepers who did not obey the law were arrested later on warrants or punIshed punished punished pun pun- by revocation of ot their licenses which in man man- many cases cases cro were subsequently quent restored Tho The order for general SL Sunday doeIng doe doe- lag Ing Issued more than a year ear ago ngo has been tho the source source of ot continuous dissension dissension dissen dissen- sion slon between Mayor Thompson a Q Republican Republican Re Re- publican and Maclay Ho Hoyne ne Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic states state's attorney Chief Henleys henley's resignation Is attributed Indirectly to th the clashes between tho the state and city forces Recently after alter a sensational raid mid by none on the tho city hall for tor documentary document document- ary any evidence c Chief and his secretary see sec rotary were Indicted In announcing tho the chiefs chlea Imminent resignation Mayor Maor Thompson declared Henleys Henley's inability to obtain an nn Immediate Im Im- mediate trial on tho indictments was the reason ho no would lea leave e the tho depart depart- ment mont Chief Chic Henley Heale had not announced an an- his hili resignation tonight but said the tho question WAS entirely In tho the hands of ot the mayor maor MaJ Gen Con Thomas II n Barry of at th tue t United States army stationed here was waa mentioned as a a. possible successor to henley If It ho he could obtain leave leav o t Z sono from frOID tho the war dep