San Francisco Call, Volume 107, Number 128, 7 April 1910 — VETERAN POLICE CHIEF PROMOTED [ARTICLE]

VETERAN POLICE CHIEF PROMOTED

Captains Are Given New Titles in Department at Higher Salaries

OAKLAND, April 6.— Adelbert Wilson, dean of chiefs of police on the coast, was promoted by the- board of police and fire commissioners today to the new position of superintendent of police, which he is the first man to hold. Captains C. HJ Bock and J. F. Lynch also .were advanced, being made inspectors of police by virtue of the same ordinance which created the superintendency.

The promotions mean better salaries for the three men. Chief Wilson drew only $175 a month, fixed by the city charter, and the captains werd paid $125 a month. The salary of the* superintendent will be $250 a month and those of the inspectors $175.

Wilson becomes the first superintendent of police after 40 years of service in the department, rising from patrolman to the commanding position. He was chief several years ago. During his public life Wilson has attained the reputation of being one of the squarest police officials in the country.

Lynch has been day captain for three years, and was night captain for a considerable term before then. Bock was elevated from a sergeantcy to the captain's position, when Walter J. Petersen was promoted from police captain to captain of detectives.

The commissioners deferred until next Monday evening, when a special meeting will be held, any decision in the cases of policemen who are under investigation. One of the patrolmen. H. M. McCready, may be asked to resign. He is accused by James Pezos, a Greek confectioner, of stealing $137.