BOARD DROPS JAILER DEHONEY.
"It Was No More Than Right," Was
His Only Comment.
Without giving him a hearing, the police board yesterday dropped Steve Dehoney, the jailer at No. 2 police station, who was arrested Monday night after complaint had been lodged against him by two young women, one of whom said he tried to take her with him to the police station, and it was only by defending herself with her fists that she was able to get away. Patrolman Charles D. Fuller narrowly escaped being shot in arresting Dehoney.
The members of the board in turn read the written reports of the case, and after a whispered conference it was decided to drop Dehoney.
"It is not necessary to give a public hearing to a probationary man," said Commissioner Gallagher. "But any time that he may feel that he wants a public hearing we will be glad to give it to him."
Dehoney, after waiting for an hour to hear what was to become of him, asked the board what was done in his case.
"You were dismissed," said Mayor Beardsley. "Is that satisfactory?"
"Yes, sir," said Dehoney. "It seems no more than right."
