, 1864-12-17

In face Of the positive command OF tile Court he
mi husineas Or tbe contT IL throxn % over 10 the
next term in consequence. It IL said that the
States Attorney will apply TO the Court for an at
DETECTIVES W1iRB AND KESNEx.
The CHARGE Of Brlbsry-more Arrests
Board Of Police-Decency.
The arrest, on Thurslay, of Detective Officers
james Webb md Robert Kenncy, OF the etaG OF the
Superintendent Of Police, upon the charge Of
bribery end corruption, one Of the most grave Of
which an officer specially intrusted with the pre-
yention and punishment Of crime can. be guilty,
naturally created q, profound sensation IN this
s1a'3 @aps iip: WI Who h.df fa IL iate1sst in e.
peace and security Of our city, ''What
guarantee hare VIC that our persons and property
thieves the wages Of crimef' 1t was natural that
they should thus express the feeling Of insecurity
lhey felt Whether tho arrests were justly or nm
Justly made, the fact that these men were held to
hail By magistrate Of rcpue was sufficient to tus-
tifx the sentiment ......
it's not our province TO express an opinion Of
neg. That question will be decided By another
tribunal. We do not intend, on the othcr hand, to
follow in the footsteps OF certain city ourna!s and
denounce the prosecution az part and parcel Of
"g1nrd conspiracy" The impression Bought to
he conveyed - those journals IT, that these pros
eeutions are the result Of the efforts Of G. Brad
of these prosecutions, who commenced the inves-
tigations, who caused the complaints to be made,
and secured the testimony. we confess that
ten hst u.s. ena @s ,maene Is
public, in this regard, is, not did Bradley or
storer set On foot this prosecution:'' bnt Is It
a. I chsrged." # bradley Of storer, or my other
man, OF. for that matter, SATIN himself should 80
order events that The guilty shall receive punish
fF1r fk1Y1y nJt
it is but iair to say that in he Of the later
person we should be hound closely 70 scrudnize
the testimony We tske It hst It I: TIE duty Of al
% cies through u % ahich % responsibity has been dfed
pasns III s9se M It wo & e.
bcrs Of the Board Of Police are evidently disposed
10 cover up The primo 5dcae gutldness oE Messrs-
nonnens %G1e u the arrest Is v %d-d ' Baaiey @ pot
Without calling into question the elegance Of the
language or; tie force OF the expression, we IRE
for tria! at the. Recorders Court. these
| gentlemen shou1d hesitate mt to de-
t 1 6tcgs EFT .. asmo9s q pa5
aa Scpes Between ills and the action of he grand
Sue 10 public opinon, and wi1l not scet the qncs.
iioo Of guilt It 10 hardly credtable that cfimi-
nails should be arrested md punished By officers
crime Of bribery We wish It distinctly und.r-
stood that we take The side Of deceney in This
yicw, and that VIC express no opinion Is 10 the
Our readers will remember that thrae men were
held to bail On Thursday, In the sum Of $500. 70
await the action Of H. @ Grand Jury. Yesterday
ieS IN Se ercnit sSn21e thai
The 9Th Of December be wns: taken to tbc Central
s9eeny In aad eeed ihat Shc here
20 confined, Robert Kcu1Ay came to him aud
said he would take him before I. 3. Brown. Esq,
n1F% Al D,nr nErn rhA nT1HE E+osr1
III Witnesses away; thai Brown did not know
mrch, md would By able 70 get him discharged II
he paid to him and James Webb x1s,; that In pur-
Euancc Of such agreement be was on the Tth Of De-
! cenlber taken before Jnstice Brown and discharg-
cd, and that be then paid the defendants $l20 in
pursuance Of such agreement a. a. action !" , de-
whatever Judgment be might obtain In said notion
in danger Of being lost, writ Of capias u de-
wcre:arreeted and held to baii in the sum Of f2io
Another affidavit was also yesterday filed IN the
circuit Court By James nawes in an action ol tres
two days in he Central Police Station, and
threatened Il be did not Pay them 500,
paid them 800, WAS released and ordered to leave
The city. He claius damages for false imprison:
ment, & 0 ami, upon the usual affidavit, obtained
cdpsGs, which YVES duly served by the Sheriff,
ard the parties arrested and held to bail 10 g o0
In tie afternoon Messrs. Webb aud keaney
were again arrested upon criminal charge q \
f.u @ 80 ~ .Irn. ~ ~ Tr.tn 80 - ~ -
| defendants, and the case came up for hearing
pe1ole 1nsnsS ~ .sss aIs',
eetwsea lhe ; II ~ mas 1oaI
nation, and gave hail In $500 to answer at the Re-
cofnrf court HaMaMay, tne Ccmpa1n'ns ~ WIZ.
witness ehonld be securely held to testify.
SrIc1A1 sEss1os OF TIE BoAnn OF PoL1cE.-
A very secret and very stormy special session o.
he Board Of Police Commissioners was held yes
1d.y at the Central Police Station, for consulta,
OF the recent arrest Of James Webb and Robert
Ksnny Of Gast Of reliss 1is,, Turtle. .5a sta
apn. uP9a Il wss eeIecaijy Insisted that no re
porterz should be prcsent, and, onr patent double
te repoTt Of he t1lai At Joet-belng out of ordel
from long disnsc. We are unable to give the dis
cussion r<r1atu. As we hare said-ii
| secret 20 stormy and 60 secret that attentive
listeners had little difficulty from the Sidewalk
in lcarning the ltift Of the conversation. Regard
used by some Of Inc members was not elegant, a.
though none would dare Say 1t was not forcible
and pointed. L aaopnded in expletives and savor
The peculiar composition Of the Board waf
never more happily illustrated than on this occa
tho o
Chnrtcr,'' been gifted with stupidity enough t
have made the Board Of Police comm1ssionert
consist Of three, five, or seven members, there
might have hcSn chance come time Of arriving Al
decision on MS Of some other question; but ~
happy Inspiration ne maoe nd atnt
TO taat we memoSTs , coniq In IN saeGt metas!
terms 70 me bo9fa. Luz ls !ust Mnat nAppS;in3et
| yesterday: There were two men who were t1oublet
WIN Brauley on NC oth.n, H. anu ftho mo Mno VT
mentioned, were read and caaraseed. Commissions
ncn'wo5n Io3k nP % tae -aa A. ns VI s =,
Wonid ~ rccciTe his s,nction. Ills honor. he MaTor
| arreed With Commissioner Wentworth from tht
force Of habit Of coinciding with something. HI
hal always been IN ardent admlrer aud firm sup
porter Of that gentleman, and couldn't think Q
, | s.Coing back u On him now. Ht was opposed Il
!, | Suspensions on general principles. 1t was vel
enough to punish crime, 6nt II Bradley had hant
| in this affair hejwus bound to oppose It. Commis
sioners Coventry md Brown insisted that . dccen
regard for public opinion required that the sen
tence Of suspension should issue against these OF
Gers. It wns not necessary that my opinion as +
their guilt or unconventional be given butpubli