Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-06-12 | Page 1 | Chief Fires Third S. L. Policeman on Charges of Drinking

CHIEF FIRES THIRD I 1 S. S 1 L. L POLICEMAN ON I CHARGES OF DRINKING I Ezra Eames Loses Post on I Force as Cleanup Drive Goes On UNDECIDED ON ACTION Divorce Suit Alleges Habitual Intoxication The name of or Patrolman Ezra Eames former Cormer squad member mem mem-I mem ber was as stricken from Crom the roster of oC 1 II the Salt Lake police pollee department Fri Friday Fri 1 day as the thc result of Chief Joseph Fri I E. E announced campaign i n lo to stamp out drunkenness on the force Following closely on the dismissal al alof of former Traffic Sergeant James H. H Warden and Patrolman Jerry Tiet- Tiet jen by Chief Burbidge on similar charges a letter notifying Eames to turn in his star was mailed by the chief Thursday Eames said Frida Friday he had not de decIded decided decided de- de whether to exercise his right to appeal to the civil sen service ice commission for a hearing on the chiefs chief's action but expected to confer with his at attorney at- at torney orney on he matter later r. r FIRST SUSPENDED A fox former ier member of or th the police an- an squad devoted to stamping out bootlegging gambling and prostitution tion Eames was suspended a a. month ago when word of his purported dc de delinquencies reached the chief At that time he was driving a patrol wa wagon on Previously he had been in charge of the Sugarhouse substation In commenting on Eames' Eames case Chief Burbidge said the same fate tate awaited any officer In the department department depart depart- department ment found guilty of drunkenness on or off duty There Is no place In the Salt Lake department for drunken officers the chief chiet said It Is my intention to discharge any officer found guilty of oC drinking liquor Reports Report of such cases if found true the offender will be summarily discharged The letter notifying Eames of ot his Continued on Pace Page Two Loses Badge j I j 4 I I I i EZRA EAMES Wife Files Action CHIEF FIRES THIRD SI S. L POLICEMAN Continued from Pate Pare One will be thoroughly Investigated and discharge was mailed shortly after the chief learned that a divorce ac action action action ac- ac tion had been filed in Third district court Thursday against the former patrolman by Mr Mrs Mr Mabel Eames charging that her hei husband Is habitually habit habIt- intoxicated ASKS FOR FOE CHILDREN The suit asks that Mrs Eames be granted custody of two daughters 75 75 a month alimony and their home at 1723 Harvard avenue The complaint alleges that Eames struck his wife with his fists last May 15 when she emptied two pint flasks of whisky he had brought home Eames was under the Influence influence ence of liquor the complaint states and became enraged when Mrs Eames Barnes sought to prevent him him from leaving the house to procure more whisky The complaint also cites num numerous nu nu- nu- nu m ous previous occasions when Eames beat Mrs Eames They separated separated separated sepa sepa- rated last May 16 Eames became a patrolman June 1 1026 1926 and served on the motorcycle detail until his leg was injured in inan inan inan an accident He was transferred to the squad later to the Sugarhouse Sugarhouse Su- Su station and finally assigned to o driving a patrol wa wagon on Warden charged with being drunk In n an apartment with a woman other than his wife did not appeal to the civil service commission ac accused accused accused ac- ac of frequenting a bootlegging resort appealed but the commission upheld his discharge