Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-05-22 | Page 15 | Colorado Springs Chief is Suspended

COLORADO SPRINGS CHIEF IS SUSPENDED COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Mav 21. An inef U"'t h:lI e fi ort to force Chief of J-'i dire Huiih 1"). 1 iarpcr to resign was follower! this afternoon by an orlcr from I . Johnson, commissioner of public sa'ty, suspc-ni!::; i,;m for u-n day.s. I Harper lifts tic lined to leave his desk iur.il tomorrow and z sustained by Mayor Cliarle E. Thomas and other members of the city commission. Commissioner Jrwmsnn said his reasons for demanding Harper's resignation were that the chief was not cooperating properly prop-erly with the policemen; that lie was not enforcing an ordinance which prohibits t'Mirist drivers irmn soliciting on Pike's I'eak avenue, and that tram bl in z and vice conditions were not hems repressed. Under the city charter, the chief of police cannot be removed except by the mayor or by a vote of four coimciimen. He has been assured of support from both sources.