Show CHIEF LEES DEPOSED Must Give Way to a Commissioners Stepson San Francisco June 9The Call this morning asserts positively that Chief j of Police I W Lees will be succeeded in that office on July 5 by Dr James W Keeney This change it Is asserted as-serted was definitely agreed upon by Police Commissioners Alvord and Tobin To-bin at a secret meeting a week ago I Commissioner Gunst the third member mem-ber of the board is in the east Probably Prob-ably no officer of justice in the United States is better known than Chief Lees who for many years was head I of the San Francisco detective force Dr Keeney who it is said will succeed I him is a stepson of Commissioner Al vord and is nov examining and consulting I con-sulting surgeon of the police department I depart-ment ranking as a sergeant His present pres-ent place will be given to Dr Thomas E Shumate I ONLY A FAKE Evening papers say there is no truth in the statement published by a mornIng morn-Ing paper to the effect that Chief of Police Lees will be asked to vacate his office on July 5 I he does not resign before then The story is characterized character-ized as an imposition on a reporter The police commissioners do not contemplate I con-template any such action I |