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HHBHHHHiiH ' "JjpW '" "TrTSjJBSsr Jagr 'Vwpg: LETTERS TO THE POLICE SAID "KICK IN" Copies of lettera written and signed by commanding officers of the police force are in the files of the civil service commission. The orig , inal letters make a damaging case against several higher-ups. It was these letters that somebody was after last week when the desks and files of the commission's office on the sixth floor of the City Han were rifled and mussed up by somebody who did not get what he was hunting. Both harness bulls and fly cops got these letters from commanding of ficers. Some were written at the time Walter O'Brien, detective ser geant, who is a nephew of the sus pended detective chief, P. D. O'Brien, was on trial for graft and conspir acy. It was after Walter O'Brien was convicted with a sentence to the pen itentiary that the letters were sent out by commanding officers which constitute the most senous evidence backing up charges of conspiracy and maybe extortion. "Kick in for Walter O'Brien, ne phew of the chief of the detective bureau," was the suggestion of these letters. And every detective knew that if he didn't kick in it would be taken by the bureau chief as a lack of good will toward the chief. Also every harness bull with an ambition to travel in plain clothes and wear his star under his vest knew it was his chance to go on record for good will or ill will toward the head man over the fly cops who don't have to bother about hitching themselves up into a heavy uniform every morning. What kind of defense the O'Brien defense fund was used for came out yesterday. Com. Geary said informa tion before the commission is to the effect that part of the defense money went ta pay for a woman detective to jgo to Hotel Bradley and entangle Jimmy Ryan, clairvoyant con man and leading witness against Walter O'Brien. Capt, James Gleason, former police chief, paid $100 to the defense fund of Capt Halpin, now on trial, and suspension of Gleason was to have been ordered yesterday. Com. Geary had the order ready. But CapL Cof fin, head of the commission, stepped out at 2 p. m. and didn't came back the afternoon. City law department says commission has the power to order suspension of Gleason, even though he isn't chief now. Chief Healey gave out a statement that if the civil service commission doesn't show with the evidence and legal power to permanently flre Capt. O'Brien then O'Brien will be put right back where he was at head of the fly cops. AREN'T THEY? When I told my wife I was going to swear off smoking she sighed de jectedly. Later I found her counting her collection of tobacco coupons and tonight she asked me to put off my resolution two weeks till she had enough coupons to get a pair of candlesticks! n n (WILL THE PEG FIT?) W j---, i