Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1911 — CHIEF RESIGNS UNDER FIRE [ARTICLE]

CHIEF RESIGNS UNDER FIRE

Fort Wayne Police Head Reported to Have Accepted Gift. Fort Wayne, Ind.. Jan 27, —Chief Of Police Ben F. Elliott, who has been a member of the local police force for the laßt fifteen years and head of It for the last nine months, has resigned, following disclosures made to the grand jury of Christmas gifts sent by members of the under world to the chief and accepted by him. The particular gift under investigation by the grand Jury was a magnificent diamond ring supposedly presented to Elliott by a man who keeps a particularly notorious house. While the chiefs resignation has been written, the document has not been presented to the board of public safety, but will be given to it in the course of the next few days. Other resignations are expected as a result of the grand Jury work