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STEWART SAYS LAXITY ON VICE WILL BE PROBED Pushes Inquiry in Killing With Chief Colsey Lending Co-operation WHOLESALE CHANGES LIKELY IN DEPARTMENT Chief Executive Refers to Official Who Scored Lashing of Cops A wholesale shakeup of police officials, patrolmen and detectives in the Camden police department is expected to follow the slaying of District Detective William T. Feitz, in a South Camden disorderly house. That was indicated strongly today by Mayor Roy R. Stewart, director of the department of public safety, after his return from a weekend vacation at Ocean City. "I intend to get at the bottom of this matter and punish the guilty person or persons," Mayor Stewart declared upon his arrival at city hall. "There is something wrong in the police department when no action is taken against a disorderly house which I ordered closed on numerous occasions. Blames Police "If the police in the department had followed my instructions we wouldn't have a dead detective as a consequence of their laxity. "Chief Colsey and myself are going into the investigation very thooughly to find out who was responsible for failing to close this place." Questioned as to whether the killing of Detective Feitz would bring shifts in district commanders, sergeants, patrolmen and detectives, Mayor Stewart said: "Yes—anything can happen—for I'm not satisfied with the actions of the department." Mayor Stewart also disclosed that since his charge of laxity against the police department, he has been criticized by at least one city official—whose name he would not make public. "I've been told that as head of the department of public safety I shouldn't make such a statement as (Continued on Page Two) Cop Shakeup Hinted in Feitz Murder (Continued from Page One) I did yesterday because of the effect it would have on the morale of the police department. Will Shield None "Well, I want it to be known that I am not guilty of shielding anyone in the operation of this disorderly house. I have a right to protect anyone in the department who is not involved in this violation of my orders and that is what I intend to do in my investigation." Mayor Stewart's first move when he reached his offices was to call Chief Colsey into conference to discuss the events leading up to the death of Detective Feitz early Sunday in the disorderly house allegedly operated by Mrs. Emma Heisler, 38, at 243 Sycamore street. Later, he announced, he would confer with the district and detective lieutenants and sergeants to find out why his orders issued a number of times to close up Mrs. Heisler's establishment, were not carried out. The conference, Mayor Stewart indicated, would take place this afternoon. To Quiz Demoted Pair Two district detectives who were demoted and returned to beats a few days before Detective Feitz was killed, who covered the neighborhood of Second and Sycamore streets, are also to be grilled by Mayor Stewart. One of the detectives, according to police, is a relative of Mrs. Heisler. While Mayor Stewart and Chief Colsey were conferring, police and detectives still were engaged in running down clues to the identity of the slayers of the detective who was shot when he walked in on a holdup of 20 persons in the disorderly house. Three bandits who shot Feitz then rushed out the door and directly past District Detective Joseph H. Leonhardt who was bending over Feitz's body which had hurtled through the front door and dropped down the steps to the street. The two detectives in a police radio car had been trailing a suspicious car containing the bandits for some time prior to the shooting [illegible] Colsey Speaks Freely Chief Colsey unlike Detective Lieutenant Ward who has persistently refused to talk to newspapermen or give them any information, spoke freely about the police investigation of Feitz's death. "I feel confident that within a few days we will have the killer or killers of Feitz under arrest," Chief Colsey said." He admitted that all of the suspects arrested here, in Philadelphia and Atlantic City to date had not been identified as members of the bandit mob. A suspect who was arrested last night by Chief Colsey and a detective in cruising about the city was released after being questioned. Another suspect arrested early today was still being held by the police, who refused to reveal his identity. Chief Colsey stated that he did not think the man was involved in the killing of Feitz. 8 Still Held However, four men and four women are being held in cells at police headquarters as material witnesses. Only seven are listed on the police blotter, the name of Mrs. Heisler being omitted. The others are Thomas Bonelli, 27, of 207 Walnut street; Cornelius Murphy, 50, of 239 Sycamore street, said by police to have been the doorman of Mrs. Heisler's establishment; Edward Grapatin, 32, of 246 Kaighn avenue; Joseph McKenna, 31, of 1404 Broadway; Edith Miller, 28, colored, of 205 Sycamore street, and Edna Butler, 33, colored, of 1122 South Second street, domestics in Mrs. Heisler's place; Catherine Lougheed, 32, of 626 Pine street, an alleged inmate. Released after being held as material witnesses were Edward Gorba, 20, and his brother, Henry, 19, of 17 North Twenty-first street; Frank Adams, 21, of 938 Atlantic avenue, and Joseph McDonald, 20, of 1605 South Ninth street. All were released in their own recognizance to appear tomorrow. All of the persons taken into custody after the shooting, were in the disorderly house at the time, police said. Police disclosed that Ed Gorba was the only eye-witness to the killing who was proving of any value in remembering the description of the killers or in attempting to identify suspects arrested.

Pushes Inquiry in Killing With Chief Colsey Lending Co-operation

WHOLESALE CHANGES LIKELY IN DEPARTMENT

Chief Executive Refers to Official Who Scored Lashing of Cops

A wholesale shakeup of police officials, patrolmen and detectives in the Camden police department is expected to follow the slaying of District Detective William T. Feitz, in a South Camden disorderly house.

That was indicated strongly today by Mayor Roy R. Stewart, director of the department of public safety, after his return from a weekend vacation at Ocean City.

"I intend to get at the bottom of this matter and punish the guilty person or persons," Mayor Stewart declared upon his arrival at city hall.

"There is something wrong in the police department when no action is taken against a disorderly house which I ordered closed on numerous occasions.

Blames Police

"If the police in the department had followed my instructions we wouldn't have a dead detective as a consequence of their laxity.

"Chief Colsey and myself are going into the investigation very thooughly [sic] to find out who was responsible for failing to close this place."

Questioned as to whether the killing of Detective Feitz would bring shifts in district commanders, sergeants, patrolmen and detectives, Mayor Stewart said:

"Yes—anything can happen—for I'm not satisfied with the actions of the department."

Mayor Stewart also disclosed that since his charge of laxity against the police department, he has been criticized by at least one city official—whose name he would not make public.

"I've been told that as head of the department of public safety I shouldn't make such a statement as

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Cop Shakeup Hinted in Feitz Murder

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I did yesterday because of the effect it would have on the morale of the police department.

Will Shield None

"Well, I want it to be known that I am not guilty of shielding anyone in the operation of this disorderly house. I have a right to protect anyone in the department who is not involved in this violation of my orders and that is what I intend to do in my investigation."

Mayor Stewart's first move when he reached his offices was to call Chief Colsey into conference to discuss the events leading up to the death of Detective Feitz early Sunday in the disorderly house allegedly operated by Mrs. Emma Heisler, 38, at 243 Sycamore street.

Later, he announced, he would confer with the district and detective lieutenants and sergeants to find out why his orders issued a number of times to close up Mrs. Heisler's establishment, were not carried out. The conference, Mayor Stewart indicated, would take place this afternoon.

To Quiz Demoted Pair

Two district detectives who were demoted and returned to beats a few days before Detective Feitz was killed, who covered the neighborhood of Second and Sycamore streets, are also to be grilled by Mayor Stewart. One of the detectives, according to police, is a relative of Mrs. Heisler.

While Mayor Stewart and Chief Colsey were conferring, police and detectives still were engaged in running down clues to the identity of the slayers of the detective who was shot when he walked in on a holdup of 20 persons in the disorderly house.

Three bandits who shot Feitz then rushed out the door and directly past District Detective Joseph H. Leonhardt who was bending over Feitz's body which had hurtled through the front door and dropped down the steps to the street.

The two detectives in a police radio car had been trailing a suspicious car containing the bandits for some time prior to the shooting [illegible]

Colsey Speaks Freely

Chief Colsey unlike Detective Lieutenant Ward who has persistently refused to talk to newspapermen or give them any information, spoke freely about the police investigation of Feitz's death.

"I feel confident that within a few days we will have the killer or killers of Feitz under arrest," Chief Colsey said."

He admitted that all of the suspects arrested here, in Philadelphia and Atlantic City to date had not been identified as members of the bandit mob.

A suspect who was arrested last night by Chief Colsey and a detective in cruising about the city was released after being questioned.

Another suspect arrested early today was still being held by the police, who refused to reveal his identity. Chief Colsey stated that he did not think the man was involved in the killing of Feitz.

8 Still Held

However, four men and four women are being held in cells at police headquarters as material witnesses.

Only seven are listed on the police blotter, the name of Mrs. Heisler being omitted. The others are Thomas Bonelli, 27, of 207 Walnut street; Cornelius Murphy, 50, of 239 Sycamore street, said by police to have been the doorman of Mrs. Heisler's establishment; Edward Grapatin, 32, of 246 Kaighn avenue; Joseph McKenna, 31, of 1404 Broadway; Edith Miller, 28, colored, of 205 Sycamore street, and Edna Butler, 33, colored, of 1122 South Second street, domestics in Mrs. Heisler's place; Catherine Lougheed, 32, of 626 Pine street, an alleged inmate.

Released after being held as material witnesses were Edward Gorba, 20, and his brother, Henry, 19, of 17 North Twenty-first street; Frank Adams, 21, of 938 Atlantic avenue, and Joseph McDonald, 20, of 1605 South Ninth street. All were released in their own recognizance to appear tomorrow.

All of the persons taken into custody after the shooting, were in the disorderly house at the time, police said.

Police disclosed that Ed Gorba was the only eye-witness to the killing who was proving of any value in remembering the description of the killers or in attempting to identify suspects arrested.