| Show SIEFUS CASEIVESTIATEO CHIEF HILTONS ACTION OF DISMISSAL DIS-MISSAL REVIEWED Story of How McGinty Planned Ll With a Pawnbroker to Recover a Stolen Overcoat It looked very much to the city council committee on fire and police last even lug after reviewing the action of Chief of Police Hilton In dismissing Patrolman iegfus from the force for alleged ails cnduct with reference to the recovery of a valuable fur overcoat stolen from a Mr Hopkins that the case had many peculiarities some of which tended to show the good intentions or the accused Ulcer But the hearing was not coaclud ed and an adjournment was token till aturday afternoon at 5 oclock In the iiei s office to hear the evidence of Ihv eoiHo Sheets Sergeant Smith and ± a rolinan Dories iir Hopkins is > out ur own and Is not expecteu to return for two weeiJs Chief Hilton related to the committeo the circumstance ot himself and De ectlo Sheets finding the stolen overcoat lu oshuo Shapiros pawnshop before Slag las had told the chief he believed he knew here he could find it The chit asj stated that Mr Hopkins had complained to him that a guy dressed up as a policeman and wearing No a on ala helmet hel-met but whom he believed to be too raw for a genuine policeman came to the oats owner with the information that ho thought he could recover the fur gar meat upon Hopkins putting JP its Chief Hilton gave McUInty a good character as a trustworthy efficient po iceman until this offense Sergeant Janney stated that the dismissed dis-missed policeman had told him he thought he had located Hopkins overcoat and that he expected to get something for tho extra time he had given to sleuthing for it Shapiro who does not understand English Eng-lish very well said he had been advised by Slesius to buy the coat If offeredIn pawn It came to him and he took It log tiC redeemable at 15 The accused officer made a statement telling that he was anxious to recover the coat for Mr Hopkins believing that the sure way of getting the fur and apprehending ap-prehending the thief He admitted arising ari-sing Shapiro to buy It When he told Sheets Davies and Smith that the stolen oat had been located by him he did not know that Sheets and the chief had already ready found It at the pawn shop Sie fus admitted that he went to Mr Hopkins with the Information that his coat could be recovered by paying 15 to jet It out of pawn because He believed the owner would wllllnKly pay that much for it He confessed that he was rather raw in his actions but his Intentions were honest Not knowing how to decide the case with exact justice and believing the evl ence of the four absent witnesses might clear up an apparent misapprehension on Chief Hiltons part and vindicate Sies fus of any wrongdoing the committeo adjourned the hearing |
