, 1863-11-13
TIE MCAFFRAY BRUTAT,
PREPAYMENT" AFFAIR.
TESTIMONY BEFORE TIE po-
LICE COMMISSIONERS.
Complete Vindication Of the Officers
Making the Arrests,


verisahle, begutrious John-as Chairman of tbs
Financial Committee Of that body, made reno,+
upon the case Of James McAAray, hts v1fe and
mother, Who were arrested on the ntrht Of oc,o.
ber 6:ht for dtsordcrly conduct and resistance n
tie officers, and the next morning fined Aea eacb
John thought this WAS good chnnce to rive tha
Police Commissioners "raktpg down. and a..
coedinely expatiated ut considerable length 1,non
the 'brutal treatment" inflicted upon the culnrit,
by the officers, and resting blame upop The Po,,ca
Commissioners for allowing such men to remain
upon the force. The Commissioners At once nro,
cecded to investigate these wholesale charges
with what SUCCESS may be gathered nom the tes-
flmory appended below. AmeetIue OF the no,rd
wns heldat the Central 4tation yesterday after-
noon There were present Commissioners Wav-
man and Newhouse, and Chief Bradley. For laek
OF 4 quorum. nothing could be done but TO take
the testimony Of the Witnesses present. and suh-
init It TO full meeting OF The Board, to be held
conc time this week. We append the essentis,
portion Of the testimonyglv.n
Nm. F7an,gan, suorn: live naar Jane.
McAfsay'a. ana know him well; he IL drayman:
"a. an butcher BY trade; on the evening or the
taw McAatsy abusing m old nan uamed ~Eed''
hogan, dfryman: I tried to stop him !; be struck
Hogan several times when ints1fcred and took
sip Mez.P e. P1t oens Gp! { En-
for long time to put him out in which a ally
wsy, and my brother called for poilcemen, with
the usual signal; there hare been no differences
between ". md no hssd feelings; ho was drunk
to be ugly, but not Eo drunk az not to know
what he Wa6 about; all l tried to do was to make
AeAaay, he di6esenes arose from 1ny giving
part Of ny hauling to Hogan to do; III the sir1le-
Elc with AcAftay, cut him over the eye With my
nfts nc is N able young nxu. about twenty seven
OF twenty eight Avc fest ten inches in height sud
strong aLd robust; A this occurred between eight
and nine clock. before the police arrived; did
rot eee the police arrest hin, but knew my brother
sNeAn F2a.igan essor>a-I reside on Canal at,eet;
4ase II oWn jas. McAdfy for two years; Johp
1eean, ana 2la msn ns AZ aed = stsanger; whose wife
Il H. saens nte 70 to de aioR &e.7 s& s m
car, and tatesfssed to separate them; MAcRtay
struck Hogan after they got into the shop, and my
brother tnterfe.ed and licked him; 1wafned him
th,hk, That be would share the s1ocd Of tie Cd
ID Taai hoaId, snd lll ne; AeAatsy stsaek the po-
lice1nan caught him and struck him mau came
ont % sna M sa3d one of the women bad IN axe in her
5pt aa mot = Ell heard the Pso;
the women had weapons; McAftay has the repu-
taion Of abusing his wife and mother; be told
his wife, he struck the policeman With what a.
| pea1td to be aloa6ed Whip, before the poiicsmsu
s dld anyteing; H. asE a; the Tome9 Ehen they At:
kssp sway; MeAfiay was vesT dlsordel1y at the
Henry Baker, strornE = policeman In the
was with ofacer Humphrey, on our bent, Ut tue
corner Of Taylor a1d tederson etreets; we heard
rsps ard answered them with onz whistles; We
| ran awhile, aid then raped again, and were an,
twered from distance; when we came np, the
d!Eto1baTce On the street had CEASED; We went
q hGSsts e. x I'D e. So52 ts Ses 4:
re lin o. held lin shle Hn@phfsy @ ase PIT o. D.
santles q Es Tta i9sd esins g
which Ii wrapped around the prisoners hands, tt
facilitate f. drsng hin s1gpa s MsAsy atF1si
Afsay struck Humphrey; bit the woms1
! two or. three times, alttr repeatedly teIIIn;
PefR S neR R 5
The womsn was yelling; I got him outside Of ths
! door. and then the woman turned on me; h4Tt
. heforn had . fuss With woman: prefe red the
cbsTGe Of dieo1deI1y conduct aud resistance; We
rtnt bsek after Humphreys cap. which had beer
to alrest the women, but Mat. Fleming con
etabls, guaranteed t:cir appearances at the Police
CONT nt1t me1niDE, andwe LIT them; there were
killing AcAffay they did not put their arms oyer
bic htad to project him from the beating; We did
the wife had white handkerchief about her head;
there wtre three On me; struck whoever
| was Eestttiug me; tie women were behind me,
41d AcAtroJ on me they were not seneeless !;
when we arrested McAfssy, they followed us about
block; the old woman swore she would XIII us,
and ordered MS ont Of the house; two or three
wetks afterward, the wife came TO me and asked
"for licking her.'
a 1,ns. Hamlalscy, siroyn The testimony OF this
witness entirely confirmed that OF Officer Blake.
BE did not strike the woman: struck McAt1tay
twice, when be gave ups he had awhip In his hand
CHI .UiAer, t,rorn: This witncss testified TO
the facts Of the tr5a OF the AcAHrays, before him.
On the sth OF October; thst the women appeared
to be nnspjured, except that tbe VILE had 4 hand
taken as IN indication Of Injuries received; that
but for the earnest pleading Of the wife aud
mother, be should have fined AeAfffay twice as
much as he did
The 1edoubtabls sJohn-Couisky-aaserts that
wiie-beating ir Chicago ia not aga1uBt the 1awl
That IT, he Gays the pa1tict, at the time OF their
arrest, were guilty OF 10 violation OF the flaws
and ordinances Of Chicago.' Verify, 1t seems that
we arc retrosradlng in civilization when even
John Comisky caa gzeyt1y ziEe IN his place In the
Council Chamber and defend such such brutalities
as these. MRlteatirg an old nasn because he had
secured employment whereby to earn a Hveli-
hood! Beating with his strong fists the WOMAN
whom he had ewozn to lore, protect md charisat
Abnsing the gray.haired mother who had BONE
himl These are no offence against the Laws and
ordinances Of Chieago!" Well, John ComIsky, II
they are not, the eooner We enact Law declaring
them such, the better for our credit as people,