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THE OMAHA' SUNDAY BEEf OCTOBER If, 1919.
POLICE BONDS
ARE PUZZLE TO
CITYMUNCIL
Bonding Concerns Want Some
Protection Against Suits Be
fore Taking Risks No
. Solution in Sight
Bonding Omaha policemen it not
one of the most Mestrabla forma of
business, according to atatements
made yesterday before the city coun
cil ; This matter has been pending for
tome time and does not seem to be
much nearer a solution than it was
a month ago.
New policemen are being appoint
ed and Police Commissioner Ringer
is anxious to obtain bonds for them,
but there seems to be a reluctance
among the surety companies.
' The formal action of the council
yesterday was that the Lion Bonding
and Surety company and the Amer
ican Bonding and Casualty com
pany may write the business if they
will agree to the requirements of
the city, one requirement being a
continuous hnd.
Wants Qualifying Clause.
L. W. Young, local representative
of the American Bonding 'and
Casualty company, appeared before
the council and applied for some
of this bonding business, but he
maintained that his company should
reserve the right to approve or re
ject any applicant for a bond and
also stood for a form of bond that
would be renewed from year to
year, unless there were reasons for
cancellation.
"We wish to investigate appli
cants before they are bonded and
are willing to give the city the
benefit v of our investigations, sad
Mr. Young. "We also would ask
for a cancellation clause which
would enable us to cancel any bond
within a reasonable time, say ten
Hays. We may not, for instance,
want to bond Detectives Herdzina
it Sutton, and we should have that
right." . .
Three representatives of the
American company made a fight be
fore the council for the privilege of
competing with-the Lion company
for this busfness, but hen they
learned of the requirements of the
city they were not so keen for the
msiness.
f. ' Company Submits Proposition.'
The Lion company week before
jast made the city a proposition
which appeared to be the best that
could be obtained.. This company of
fered to write a continuous form of
' bond with the understanding that
the city would co-operate in the col-
1 lecuon oi ?iu per year iroin catu po
liceman and that the city legal de
partment would defend damage suits
brought against policemen.
,; - After the American company's
representatives had stated their case
to the council this morning, Police
Commissioner Ringer called E. R.
sGurney of the Lion company over
rthe .telephone to ask him whether
,lit would be agreeable to his com
pany if the council should throw
the business open to other com
panies,"or whether his proposition
contemplated all of the business or
none. -
1 Saya Welcome to. It ,
' "If other companies want some
of this business, may the Lord bless
ihem,", replied Mr. Gurney. "We
made our proposition because we
thought we were doing a public
Service." .
;It is now up ; to .the city legal
'department to arrange a form of
1ond that will be agreeable to the
bonding companies, and it is further
understood that the American com
pany wishes to reserve the privilege
oi determining througli its own in
vestigation department whether a
policeman is entitled to a bond and
also to have the privilege of cancel
cling policeman s bond for cause,
;'withotit having to wait for the c
tion of the superintendent of the
' police department . or the city
Council " .
i 'I Study Their Risks.
. 1 The present disinclination of the
,, bonding companies to regard po
licemen as good risks has been
.caused by the unlawful -acts of
members of the, police department
during the last year. These com
' panies maintain personal records of
"'.policemen and watch carefully all
matters" which may affect their
.'status as "risks." '
The high-handed acts of the mor
tals squad, recently disbanded,
.caused the bonding companies to
"shrink from assuming these risks.
'The shooting of a soldier-who had
not committed a felony, the murder
of a bellboy at the Plaza hotel, the
repeated invasion of private homes
without warrants, and other unlaw
ful activities, have placed a ban
upon the indemnity bonds for po
licemen. -
There was a time when competi
tion waa keen for this business; to
day it is a different story. It ap-
pears that the city will be required
to accept bonds which may be re
'.' newed from year; to year and also
, accept the proposition of granting
.' the bonding companies the privilege
to cancel a policeman's bond at the
" pleasure of the company.
; Mrs. Robert F. Glder,V
Wife of Well Known
Newspaper Man, Dies
x Mrs. Robert F. Gilder, 61 years
old, 625 South Eighteenth street,
wife of R. F. Gilder, newspaper man
and scientist, died at 3:45 yesterday
morning in , the Clarkson hosiptal
after an illness of 10 months. . She
had been a resident of Omaha since
1884 and was a member of the
Woman's club, Daughters of the
Revolution, and the Social Lodge,
Degree of Honor.
She is survived by her husband,
three sisters, Mrs. A. V. Porter of
Ottumwa, la.; Mrs. Ella Crane,
Aurora, 111.; and Mrs. Nettie Ben
nett of Kansas City, Mo.; a brother,
William Smith of Chicago, ad a
son. George C. Clark of Omaha.
Funeral services will be held at
the Hulse , & Riepen Undertaking
parlors. Monday at 2:30 p. m., Rev.
R, LI "Wheeler having charge. The
body will be cremated:"
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