COLBERT GIVES SPEECH, ERIE COUNTY, NEW YORK

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SOURCE: BUFFALO EVENING NEWS -VOL. XXXIV - NO. 145 - September 27, 1897 

SUSPENDED THE POLICE CHIEF 

It Is Said That the Indianapolis Officer Got Drunk and Made a Speech for The Opposition 

With 5 candidates for Mayor in the field in Indianapolis, the political pot is seething and the
situation has been aggravated by an incident which occured a day or so ago. It appears that
Chief of Police Colbert, who has been doing campaign work for Mayor Taggert, attended a
Republican meeting at Yellow Bridge the other evening and insisted on climbing on the platform
and making a speech for Judge Stubbs, the Republican candidate for Police Judge. Stubbs is
running against the Democratic Police Judge nominee, Charles Cox. It is charged that Colbert
was under the influence when he arrived at the Yellow Bridge meeting and created a sensation at
the speaker's stand. Friends dragged his back and prevented him from making the speech, but the
papers were full of the matter and Mayor Taggert was forced to suspend Colbert, pending
investigation. Democrats fear Colbert's actions have given Taggert a blow that will hurt him
when the votes are counted.