The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-27
Trials 1t Police eadquarters.

A ROW IN THIRD AVENUE CARA SPICY CASE
INTERESTING CASE FROM BROOKLYN-RIcH DE-
vELoPMENTs THEREIN PROMISED NEXT wEEK-A
POLICEMAN HAS TROUBLE WITH HIS TAILOR
HAsTY OFFICER.
OfAcer Houston, Of the Nineteenth precinct, was
charged by citizen Simon Boyd, Of 2s7 West Fortieth
street. with improper conduct This very interest
ing case there being eight lady Witnesses and score or
moro Of gentlemen ditto Citizen Boyed charged that he
was In a Third avenue the 4th Of July and
being elected therefrom the Sixty NTH street depot
when officer Houston up and assaulted him with
club, without any provocation. Citizen Boyd
produced several witnesses 10 subsantate his statement
officer Houston however brought several highly re-
spectacle witnesses showing quite another version Of the
affair. He proved by eye witnesses that citizen
Boyd, with others, in the and began
creating a disturbance, there being at the time
between sixty and seventy people in the car,
large number of them women and children. It
appeared that citizen Boyd observed q beautiful babe
81 tng adys lap and that hS asked the lady II she
would not like TO have another one. coupling his ques
ton with proposition Of the most insulting character
The lady complained Of this insult and a disturbance
was the result. The women screamed murder. The
little children became frantic and endeavored to Chamber
ont Of the windows This observed by some OF
the employees of the road who assisted in taking several
of the children out through the windows. Meantime
some Of the other attaches Of the road entered the
and after scue with citizen Boyd succeeded in
badly on the way As he reached the platform officer
Houston came up, and citizen Boyd made pass at him,
station house The Witnesses for the defence ali testified
that citizen Boyd was under the influence of liquor and
very disorderly and that the officer used no more vo
lence than was necessary. The citizen was admonished
to be careful, when jambarees' in the future TO
avoid making trouble among women and children In .
car. The complaint was dismissed.
The Of officer McGuirk of the Sixth precnct-ad.
journed from last week.-mrs. on again. and was dismissed
It will DO remembered that McGuirk was charged with
trrVrn StinnK otn Kolln IN divh
the being adjourned to get evidence regarding
plainants character II was shown that her character
very bad and further that she had been arrested
since the adjournment Of the case and serving
ten days on Blackwclls Island
The case of oficer Brown, OF the Forty fifth pre-
cnct Brooklyn was one involving some matters
that have made some stir among the Brooklynites
Mrs. Annie Nafew was the complainant in the case.
She stated that she was out one evening In COM
pany with young ady, and that she desired the
lady TO walk with her some little way, telling her
sns need heed mot De to CO. as the police %os pro-
the time and overheard the remark and that he spoke
up and said to the complainant The police will not
that some further words ensued, also Of an
insulting character Mrs Nafew further stated that
Brooklyn force but did live with him. that he told
her to go to board at certain place. and that once
month he called on her and gave her some money! but
that she did not know any why he should desire
TO live away from herr she further stated that the young
lady who with her when officer Brown insuited her
Miss Bugbee, who shot at officer Chichester, also
of the Brooklyn force and attempted TO take his life
short tme since. Officer Brown asked for adjourn
men OF the until next week to procure witnesses
This was granted Miss Bugbee and officer Chichester
Mrs Nafew and officer Nafew, and host OF other inte
rested parties will be present. and all the facts will In
this way be developed
Ofhcer Sampson, doorman Of the Twenty eighth pre-
cnct was charged with arresng Patrick Dwyer OF No
IL Amity place, without cause, and subsequently de-
fraudng him out OF nine dollars. D0Orman Sampson,
who Is most excellent officer made no other reply TO
the charge than TO call Sergeant Van Dusen who made
oath that he ordered officer Sampson to arrest Dwycr for
bong dsordery in the street. and further he 1.-THE
gean and not the doorman took the money away from
the prisoner at the desk and returned II TO him again
intact the next morning The complaint was dismissed
Adam stein, tailor doing business at No 3S0h Sew
enth avenue, complained that he made uniform suit
for policeman Kelley. Of the Twentieth precinct and
that the latter would not pay for IT, Kelley said the
he he did not pay for the clothes that they
ley would not have police CLOTH but wanted something
cheaper The Board took the ground that they would
not encourage taors In making clothes for policemen
out OF other than the regulation CLOTH and declined to
interfere Mr. Stein, therefore, will be obliged to seek
his remedy in a civil suit
Onicer Desmond, OF the Fourth, charged with
assauting Patrick Shane night clerk Of the New Yorker
little difficulty In front Of the office at night and
that when the officer came up he stepped out OF the
office TO tell the policeman who we're the guilty parties,
when the officer punched him in the abdomen with bis
club and subsequently struck him on the side OF the
head and then took him To the station house. where the
Sergeant at released him Oicer Desmond claimed
that citizen Shiane tried To interfere with him. but did
that the officer used great deal too much haste, and
that citizen dubbed for endeavorng TO put the
right parties In the hands Of the police This closed
the budget for the week.