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THE TOLEDO PUBLIC LIBRARY
REFERENCE BOOK
GENEALOGY and LOCAL HISTORY
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THE TOLEDO PUBLIC LIBRARY
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HISTORY
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YEAR 1900
PUBLISHED BY AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POLICE PENSION FUND
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INTRODUCTION.
HE history of the Toledo Police Department is herewith presented to the public in a form and manner which we hope will meet with the appro- bation of all our friends and patrons. To those who have made the publication of this work possible by their liberality we would say that the entire proceeds of the work goes to the Police Pension Fund, and with such a meritorious object in view they should regard its shortcomings with the same charity that they have shown in contributing towards the work.
The presenting of the historic part of the department since its beginning has been done under many difficulties and disappointments. To gather the data and facts connecting the metropolitan department with time of the marshals has been impossible. There have never been any records kept but the records of crime and that would not interest the public. We have been forced to fall back on the memory of the older inhabitants to give us what little data has been gathered, and we have received a lot of very disconnected stories of the happenings con- nected with the old department. We have rejected all that was not reliable and have given a mere chronological table. The biographies of the present force will show the department as it is to-day. We can with pride claim that our force is second to none in cities of equal size in America, and the older citizens note the changes that have been gradually made and say we have the best department in the history of Toledo.
We wish this work to be considered a souvenir and to be preserved as such. The portrait of every member of the department is given, and when Toledo, in a few years, shall have reached the size of her more metropolitan sister cities of Ohio, the book will have a value little appreciated now. We thank those who have so liberally contributed to the success of this work.
CHAS. H. DURIAN.
NOVEMBER 1st, 1900.
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The Brick Manufacturers of Toledo
W. J. SPEAR
R. W. CLARKE Bell Phone 1426
SPEAR & CLARKE
Brick Manufacturers and Dealers in Coal Office and Yards on L. S. & M. S. and M. C. R'ys Take Central Ave. Car
H. C. ELLIS MANUFACTURER OF PALLET, STOCK AND COMMON BRICK
YARDS :- Manhattan Road, near Collingwood OFFICE :- No. 231 St. Clair Street
BELL PHONE 898
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PHONES 1143
Lawrence Burkhart BRICK MANUFACTURER
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Coal, Wood and Kindlings
FOUR FOOT, SAWED
and SPLIT WOOD
6 Lenk Street near the Canal
Frank E. Tracy MANUFACTURER OF BRICK and TILE
Building, Foundation, Sewer and Face Brick. Also Well and Bay Window Brick of Irregular and Special Sizes.
Office and Yard on C. H. & D. R. R., Cor. Owen and Foulk Sts. East Toledo
THE Collingwood Brick Co. MANUFACTURERS OF BUILDING BRICK
Cambridge Street, near Cherry Long Distance Telephone 351
The Kohler Brick Co. MANUFACTURERS OF COMMON, PALLET and STOCK BRICK
OFFICE :- 428 THE NASBY YARD :- South St., west of M. C. R'y
W. A. HOWELL
President
W. O. DAKIN
Sec. and Treas.
THE TOLEDO BRICK SUPPLY CO. 611-612 THE SPITZER
BUILDING BRICK
Bell Phone 1658 Harrison Phone 170
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SAMUEL M. JONES, Mayor.
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Police Department, City of Toledo, Ohio
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Office: 614 Spitzer Building, Toledo
JOHN J. MURPHY, Assistant Manager
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JAMES A. HUSTON, Pres't and Gen'l Mgr.
E. W. TOLERTON, Vice-Prest.
E. P. BRECKENRIDGE, Treas.
The Toledo Bridge Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
RAILWAY and HIGHWAY BRIDGES
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
TOLEDO, OHIO
Police Department, City of Toledo, Ohio
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BENJAMIN RAITZ, Chief of Police.
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Police Department, City of Toledo, Ohio
L. S. BAUMGARDNER & CO. Wholesale
Dry Goods, Notions and Furnishing Goods New York Office, 43 Leonard St. Cor. Jefferson and St. Clair Sts.
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R. A. BARTLEY Wholesale Grocer
Importer of JAPAN TEAS and Packer of Sundry Goods Summit Street, Lynn to Cherry
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Board of Commissioners.
GEORGE W. ACKER, Elected April, 1899.
JUDD RICHARDSON, Elected April, 1897.
GEORGE A. JACKSON, Elected April, 1898.
FRANK WORTSMITH, Elected April, 1900.
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F. E. SOUTHARD, Pres. and Gen. Mgr. H. R. FELKER, Vice-Pres. F. B. CROSBY, 2d Vice-Pres. J. BENSON, Sec'y and Treas
The Toledo Metal Wheel Co. Manufacturers of JUVENILE BICYCLES, TRICYCLES,
STEEL EXPRESS WAGONS, VELOCIPEDES, WIRE WHEELS, TOY BARROWS, &c.
H. C. WASON & CO.
LUMBER YARD
Bell Phone 5395
3060 Monroe Street
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Police Department, City of Toledo, Ohio
CHARLES H. DURIAN, Secretary of Board.
Coledo Police Department.
HE first police force in the city was a volunteer organization, formed in 1852, fourteen persons being enrolled. The first city marshal was Calvin Comstock, in 1837.
The present police department of Toledo is composed of eleven officers, three detectives, and one hundred patrolmen. This department detects 2814 square miles of territory. Two police stations and two patrol wagons are in use. This police system dates back to 1866, when there were but thirteen patrolmen in the department, and offenders were hustled through the streets to the city prison instead of riding, as now.
The city of Toledo was incorporated by an act of the State legislature in session during 1836-37. The first mayor chosen was John Berdan. Prior to 1836 justices of the peace and their constables took care of lawbreakers. The mayor's court and the city marshal succeeded to the work that for a long time devolved upon the "squire " and his constable. The various city marshals did very well for a few years, until the town began to expand and the need of better protection became apparent. The city council tried to remedy the difficulty by creating a "volunteer" police force through an ordinance adopted May 13, 1852.
This ordinance provided that as soon as ten and not more than fifty residents of Toledo should volunteer their services for police duty, they were authorized to organize
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The W. H. H. Smith Co.
Lumber
Lath and Shingles
Wholesale and Retail
712 Water St. - Toledo, O.
J. R. Lawton & Son Office and Dock, Swan Creek and Division Street.
... Retail Dealers ...
Lumber Shingles and Lath
Inside Finish Sash, Doors, Etc.
Bell Phone 431 Toledo, Ohio
FREDERICK SCHULTY, President JOHN H. PUCK, Vice-President CHAS. C. F. SIEVING, Secretary FRED J. PUCK, Treasurer
... Established 1870 ...
The Western Manufacturing Co.
manufacturers of
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and dealers in
Lumber, Lath and Shingles
Phone 186 Cor. Water and Vine Sts.
William T. Hubbard
Wholesale and Retail
Hardwood Lumber
Office and Yard Cor. Hamilton and Erie Sts.
Telephone 1184 Toledo, Ohio
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CENTRAL POLICE STATION.
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SHELF AND HEAVY HARDWARE
Corbin's Builders' Hardware
Refrigerators Mechanics' Tools Guns, Fishing Tackle, Etc.
A Large Variety of HOLIDAY GOODS
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Established 1855 Incorporated 1893
319, 321 and 323 MONROE STREET
28, 30, 32 and 34 ST. CLAIR STREET
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A BASHFUL SITTER.
Taken from a print in a Sidney, Australia, paper, 1880.
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A. SENN & SON
Funeral Directors
CARRIAGES FURNISHED IN ANY NUMBER FOR
FUNERALS, WEDDINGS, ETC.
ANTON SENN
FRANK J. SENN
PHONES, BELL AND HARRISON 403
807 CHERRY STREET
Steam, Domestic and Fuel Cargoes
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PHONE 763
JOHN T. SOLON 316-317 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TOLEDO, OHIO
E. E. CONRAD Ship Carpenter and Calker 426 WATER ST. TOLEDO, O. PHONES, HARRISON AND BELL, 1175
SMALL BOATS BUILT TO ORDER ON SHORT NOTICE
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO JOINER WORK
ED. McLEARY achínist Repairing and Blacksmithing
ENGINE, PUMP, ELEVATOR AND BOAT WORK A SPECIALTY
2 AND 4 ST. CLAIR STREET TOLEDO, OHIO PHONE 1910
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EDWARD O'DWYER, LIEUTENANT.
Lieutenant Edward O'Dwyer has been a mem- ber of the police department of Toledo for nearly thirty years. He was born in Ireland, in 1840, and when five years of age he came to the United States with his parents. He lived in Washing- ton County, New York, till in 1852, when he came to Providence, Lucas County, with his father's family. In 1863 he came to the city of Toledo to reside permanently. He was appointed on the police force in 1871. Sergeant Horan was then acting as captain, and there were only nineteen men on the force. In 1874, Mr. O'Dwyer was ap- pointed roundsman, was made sergeant in 1879, in the spring of 1881 he was appointed lieuten- ant, and had charge of the department for some six weeks till E. E. Morse was appointed chief. He was appointed chief in 1885, upon the resig- nation of Chief Purdy. Chief O'Dwyer was trans- ferred from the position of chief in the spring of 1892, to that of lieutenant. He has held the position ever since.
Lieutenant O'Dwyer is the last of the old guard who composed the force in 1871, and has been in continuous police service longer than any mem- ber of the department. He was quick to learn
police affairs, knows them thoroughly, grasps a situation as if by intuition, and makes few mis- takes. He has always been noted for his bluff honesty, is well understood by the men under him, and always has had the confidence and re- spect of his superior officers. He has maintained an enviable reputation as a police officer, under both democratic and republican administrations.
Lieutenant O'Dwyer has had a varied career. When on active patrol duty he was fearless, and he carries the scars of more than one desperate encounter. When a sergeant, he led his men when emergencies arose, as they frequently did, and as an executive officer of the department his record shows cool judgment and the faculty of doing the right thing at the right time.
Lieutenant O'Dwyer is a member of Toledo Lodge No. 53, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and a member of Division No. 1, Ancient Order of Hibernians. He has always been prom- inently concerned in all movements for the good and welfare of the city, and no man in Toledo is more esteemed for sterling qualities of character and faithful and steadfast performance of duty than Lieutenant Edward O'Dwyer.
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Printers Supplies
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Police Department, City of Toledo, Ohio
SERGEANT P. J. CONMAY
SERGEANT H. P. BLAKE.
a company, and choose from their number a captain and a lieutenant, to serve one year. Each member of the command was vested with the same police powers, when in service, as then held by the city marshal; and the ordinance further provided that the company was to be in readiness, day and night, to respond to calls to protect the city and suppress riots and disorderly conduct.
Fourteen citizens joined the volunteer police force, but they never gave any more than moral support to the city marshal.
A sort of a police system was established by the legislature for the city in 1866-67, and the city marshal, his few watchmen and the volunteers were deposed. The governor of the State selected Messrs. C. A. King, Dennison Steele and William Kraus to serve as police commissioners. Henry Breed was made captain of police, and thirteen patrolmen were employed. Commissioners were elected, one from each ward. The system gave little satisfaction, and in 1880 the State legislature established a metropolitan police system for the city, and this system has been in vogue ever since.
The first metropolitan police board for Toledo was chosen by the governor. These commissioners were Abner L. Backus, Guido Marx, John Cummings and George Milmine. Commissioners to succeed these gentlemen were elected by the city at large, one every spring, to serve for a term of four years. The mayor of the city, elected every two years, serves as president and the fifth member of the board which governs the department.
Under the metropolitan police system William P. Scott was the first chief of police. The legal title provided by law is "captain and acting superintendent." There were nineteen patrolmen appointed on this initial force. Since then the department has gradually grown, until to-day it numbers one hundred patrolmen. Of this number six are
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Fred Kopf
MANUFACTURER OF
Carriages and Business Wagons
REPAIRING AND PAINTING A SPECIALTY
618 and 620 HURON STREET BETWEEN CHERRY AND ORANGE
Toledo, Ohio
F. J. ANDERSON, President A. F. DUNHAM, Vice-Prest.
C. E. MOORE, Secretary W. S. DUDLEY, Mgr. and Treas.
The Monarch Candy Co. . Manufacturing Confectioners
PURE SUGAR CONFECTIONS
Bell Phone 1041 Harrison Phone 32
Factory, 507-509-511 St. Clair Street Office, 505 St. Clair Street
RETAIL STORE 343 SUMMIT STREET
Use
Bechtol & Co's
Choice Patent Flour
Established 1875 B. A. Stevens
MANUFACTURER OF Billiard Tables, Bowling Alleys AND SUPPLIES
BAR FIXTURES, BUTCHERS' TOOLS AND MACHINERY REFRIGERATOR WORK OF ALL KINDS Bell Phone 400 Harrison Phone 400
Erie, Lafayette and Lucas Streets
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Police Department, City of Toledo, Ohio
SERGEANT
SERGEANT W. A. WILLIAMS.
SERGEANT JONAS HADLEY
detailed for duty in citizens' clothes, and by courtesy are called detectives. However, there are but three men employed as detectives, no more than that number being allowed. Aside from the six patrolmen detailed for detective duty others are detailed as patrol wagon drivers, patrol barn overseers, police court officers and hostlers. The detailed squad brings the number of patrolmen available for active post duty down to eighty-three.
In addition to the patrolmen there are three turnkeys for the police prison, one engineer, two janitors, two matrons and a police surgeon. All are under command of nine sergeants, a lieutenant and a chief. The present officers are :
Chief, Benjamin F. Raitz ; lieutenant, Edward O'Dwyer ; sergeants, P. J. Conmay, H. P. Blake, Wm. A. Williams, John Hadley, Michael Casey, Henry Rabe, J. R. Smith, P. N. Sheehy and Daniel Sullivan.
The respective chiefs of police since the department was established were: William P. Scott, 1868-70; Joseph Parker, 1871; Josiah C. Purdy, 1872-79; William P. Scott, 1879-80; Edward O'Dwyer (acting), 1881; E. E. Morse, 1882; General James B. Steedman, 1882-83; Josiah C. Purdy, 1883-84; Edward O'Dwyer, 1885-1892; Benjaman F. Raitz, 1892-1900.
The police system divides the city into two precincts, with Cherry street as the divid- ing line. All territory north of that street and the East side is taken care of by three sergeants and thirty-three patrolmen, who are quartered at a station house on Lagaange street, and have a patrol wagon at their disposal. Territory south of Cherry street, which includes the best residence and business section, is guarded by six sergeants and fifty patrolmen, besides three regular and six detailed detectives. A patrol wagon is also at their disposal. The two main precincts are subdivided into six smaller precincts, with a
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Police Department, City of Toledo, Ohio
SERGEANT MICHAEL CASEY.
SERGEANT
SERGEANT HENRY RABE.
sergeant in charge of each. The other three sergeants are assigned to inside, or "desk duty," at the station houses. The chief of police looks especially after the day service, and the lieutenant after the night service.
A total of thirty patrolmen are assigned to day duty, and fifty-three to night duty in all precincts, making the number of men patroling posts eighty-three.
Some of the posts cover three-quarters of a square mile of territory, and some sec- tions of the city are not patroled at all. There is at present need for fifty additional patrolmen, a station house on the East side, and a third patrol wagon. It is expected that this need will be supplied very soon. When it comes to guarding over twenty-eight square miles of territory it will be seen that the fifty-three patrolmen and two detailed detectives assigned to night duty perform their work well, for Toledo is freer from crime than any city of its size in the country.
The central police station is a four-story building, and includes the city prison, police emergency hospital, police court room and clerk's office, offices of the health depart- ment, matron's prison for women and boys, a patrolmen's drill room, and a sleeping apart- ment for night patrolmen who have cases in court.
The police court is presided over by Judge Lyman W. Wachenheimer. Two clerks arrange the cases, and the total number since the court was created is 55,100.
A patrol barn, having one wagon, adjoins the central station, and the Lagrange street station houses another wagon. There is a prison at the Lagrange street station, but it is not in use. The police patrol alarm is operated by the American District Telegraph Company, and there are 130 public alarm boxes, located at various street intersections. Quite a number of private alarm boxes are in use, and two telephone systems prove a great TOLEDO PUBLIC LIBRARY
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M. CHURCHILL L. S. CHURCHILL
CHURCHILL & CO.
COMMISSION
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CHURCHILL & CO. 726
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SOCANI
SERGEANT JAMES R. SMITH
SERGEANT P. H. SHEEHY
aid to the department in covering the twenty-eight square miles of territory included within Toledo's boundary lines.
The police commissioners also constitute the health board of the city. Sanitary patrolmen to the number of six are employed. These men fumigate houses where some contagious disease existed, and also establish and enforce a system of quarantine laws. Houses where contagious disease exists are placarded, and the inmates are forced to remain in quarantine until all danger is past. There is a contagious disease hospital on the outskirts of the city, where the most serious cases, like smallpox, are treated.
A health officer-Dr. Lawrence Grosh-supervises the work of the patrolmen and also that of a meat and milk inspector, William H. Schurtz, and city chemist, G. A. Kirchmaier.
The position of police judge, at present held by Lyman Wachenheimer, is for a two- year term, carrying a salary of $1,000 from the city and the same sum from the county. The police prosecutor is also elected by the people for a two-year term, and draws a salary of $700 from the city and $800 from the county. Patrick H. Henahan occupies the position at present. The clerk of police court is elected by the people for a term of three years, at a salary of $1,200 from the city, and $600 from the county.
As has been stated before in this souvenir, the present department consists of an even one hundred patrolmen, twelve of whom are detailed for duty on the patrol wagons ; two are detailed as court officers, and five for special detective work. This allows but eighty-one patrolmen for both day and night duty on the streets. Much can be said in favor of these men. They are at all times ready for duty, willing workers, and of great assistance to the detective department. Not all of the so-called good catches are made by
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PARTICIPATING LIFE POLICIES ENDOWMENTS AT LIFE RATES
Union Central Life Insurance Company OF CINCINNATI
J. P. MCAFEE
MANAGER
301-5 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TOLEDO, OHIO
J. P. McAFEE, President
GEO. E. MYERS, Vice-President C. B. PHILLIPS, Cashier
4% INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS AND TIME CERTIFICATES
Che Broadway Savings Bank Company No. 1106 BROADWAY
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J. P. McAFEE, President JAMES MELVIN, Vice-President JOHN MILLIGAN, Cashier
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The Union Central Savings Bank Company 505 MADISON STREET, ST. PAUL BUILDING TOLEDO, OHIO
J. P. MCAFEE JAMES MELVIN
BOARD OF DIRECTORS JOHN MILLIGAN D. V. R. MANLEY CLEM V. WAGNER
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SERGEANT D. M. O'SULLIVAN.
the detectives ; many are made by the patrolmen. It would be unfair to the patrolmen not to give them the credit. Some think the patrolman's life an easy one. He is seen day by day patroling his post; rain or shine he is expected to be at his post, attending strictly to his duty. It is an easy matter for us to say that the patrolman has a snap, when in reality he should be given credit for being a policeman, and his badge and uniform should be respected by all good citizens. And why? you may ask. For this reason: You and I retire for the night, knowing that one of our policemen is on the outside, patroling the streets up and down in our immediate neighborhood, who can be trusted to watch over our property. Should anything happen at our homes the first impulse would be to open your window and cry out Police! Police! and it would be expected of the policeman who answered your cry to go alone and unaided to investigate the cause. It might have been a mouse or a burglar who disturbed your slumber ; no matter which, you would not be satisfied until an investigation was made and it was found to be a false alarm. On the other hand, should it be a burglar it is the policeman's duty to enter the house and capture him if possible. Burglars are a desperate class of people, and in attempting to make the arrest the officer may lose his life. The burglar escapes. People say it's only a policeman. Kindly change your ideas of a policeman. He is liable to make a mistake. You and I make them every day. Treat him with respect, and in return he will say: I am respected by the citizens at large, and I must live and act to show them that I appreciate their respect, and in return for this the citizens have helped us to build up a police department. The duties and objects of a policeman's life are varied, and no better view can be taken than that given in an address made by our mayor at a recent police inspection. It is given in full on another page.
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