Show r i i GLENN F FILES ILES SUIT SUII TO WITHHOLD HIS RESIGNATION F Former O er Detective Charges May Mayor r With Violation of Faith HU Hugh h L. L Glenn one time de detective de- de teethe In the police pollee department head of the so called purity squad whose r resignation s was ras accepted by Chief of Cf Police B. B F. F Grant has filed fileda a suit In equity In the district court t today day against 5 S. S C C. Park H. H W. W Lawrence R. R p. p Morris H H. M. M Wells and W. W H. H Shearman m members of of the city commission and and Karl Scheid city tty reco recorder d in which he charges that the so eo called resignation resignation tion w was s procured d by fraud and In which he asks the court to w declare the tho so called resignation v void ld that the the defendants be required to produce pro produce pro produce duce tho e resignation and deliver It to the plaintiff to be canceled and for the tho costs of the action and such other general relief as the court may deem equitable Glenn alleges in life hrs affidavit of complaint that he Was Aas appointed as patrolman February 13 1912 and continued to serve In that capacity until 1 1914 when the defendants prevented him from serving further by assuming to accept accept ac ac- a pretended resignation which he declares was fraudulently procured procured procured pro pro- cured from him January 12 1914 Glenn asserts that on that date Mayor Park with Intent intentS to d deceive Glenn represented to him falsely that Commissioner man would that night Introduce a rt resolution Inthe Inthe in inthe the city commission to remove Glenn from the police department because of Glenns Glenn's activity In enforcing oer certain er- er tain tairi city ordinances represents represents represents in his complaint that Park Paik told him that he Park and Chief Grant wanted anted to head this off off ott and they had found a n wa way to do it The rhe way suggested by Park according to Glenns Glenn's allegation alles was that after th the resolution was presented a resignation resignation I tion could be bo given to th the tho commis commis- sion slon This resignation was to be Accompanied by a 3 letter from Gra Grant t tto to Park commending Glenn hl highly for tor his work and asking the commission to not accept the resl resignation In this event Glenn says Park said the commission commission com corn mission would not accept the resl resignation resignation na- na tion lion nor would the they pass paBS the resolution resolution resolution tion The resignation was to be signed by Glenn solely to defeat the tho plan of Shearman to 0 oust Glenn The letter and the tho resignation were wre read to to Glenn he alleges es and the copy for both documents was given I en to a stenographer to be typewritten Grant signed the thc letter agreed upon and Glenn signed ned the resignation placing reliance upon on Parks Park's and Grants Grant's promises Glenn alleges that on January 29 23 1914 Park broke tal faith h with ith him burn and violated hi hit his own promises b by pre- pre Renting the pretended resignation and that Park represented fraudulently I and false falsely that the tho pretended resignation was given In good faith falth and voluntarily Instead of presenting presenting present present- ing Grants Grant's letter of ot commendation as agreed Park read a letter signed b by himself urging urs-Ing that the resignation I tion Uon be accepted of ot the commissioners were misled b by Parks Park's letter Glenn says rays and the pretended resignation was wag accepted Parks Park's action was as without the knowledge of the chief of ot police Glenn I says S |