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Show CHIEF OF POLICE MAKES A I STATEMENT AS TO THE I GRAND JURY'S ACTION I j "Chief Browning, the grand jury has! brought an indictment against you fori refusing to allow the imprisonment of two negroes, arrested in August of last j ear on charges of gambling. What J have you to say?" To this question the chief of police j replied : j "I wish to state that I have no rec-j ollection ot allowing anyone to be released re-leased where it appeared the officer had a case. It being Sunday when these two men were alleged to havej been brought before me, 1 would imagine im-agine that I would take more responsi-l bility on that day, as my bondsmen are responsible for every peace officer, ex- 'eepiing the desk sergeants, and as the1 city attorney is njt in his office on1 Sunday. "If I did allow the-;e nun to go.! which I have no remembrance of doing, do-ing, it was a matter of judgment. I am sure if the officer had told me he found the men gambling I would have; i advised him to lock them up or havei i them placed under bonds "I have no fear as to the outcome of this Indictment against me, as I had I warning several days before the in dictment was out that three members of the department, myself, Officers Mohlman and Kelliher, would be in- H dieted. In fact, a member of the police po-lice force called upon a local business man on the 19th inst and asked him to speak to Officer Kelliher and ad H vise him to go before the grand Jury and tell all he knew about the circumstances cir-cumstances on which the indictments were to be based and he could save himself by telling the truth. Officer Kelliher replied that he would tell the truth if called before the grand jur and would not fear tho result." "For many months there have been rumors of wrongdoing by Officers Mohlman and Kelliher. who have been loyal and efficient officers of the department de-partment tor nearly ten months. These officers and myself have always been open to investigation. I will also state that I was not asked to appear before the grand jury, but that privilege was granted me at my own request. "It seems to mo there are a thousand thou-sand weightier subjects on which a reformation re-formation might- be started or a great sensation based, than a question Involving my personal judgment as chief of police." |