The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-08
Trials 81 Police Hs.dsuarters.

Trials NJ Police Hesdquarterss
rHs CASE OF POLICE SURGEON KIERsrsAD-oSn
GER CUMMINGS ON DOGS; He PROVES POOH
hARKshAN-A CITIZEN CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN
RoBBED Oh HIS WATCH IN PREsEHcs OF A Po-
LICEhAN-0PFICER HALL, OF TIE FIFTikTH, ON
fRIAL-HB PROPOSES TO BIZ NAsrsk OF HIS
POST AND IA coMnRNpEp NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
SOLDIERS CHARGING POLICEMEN WITH swiNDLisS
THEM-THEY FAIL TO MAKE OUT oAsE-cLUB-
BING CITIZENS WITHOUT CAUSE. ~
Citizen William Taylor, Of No At West Twentynrss
street, complained against Police Surgeon Aierstead
charging the latter with having ordered out Of
the elder Kisrs,esds fahsr house last
Sunday week. who had been brought in for medical
treatment Citizen Taylor stated that he paid defend
ants father dollar for attending the woman, and that
It was after this the Surgeon ordered tho
woman out The elder Kierstead stated that citi-
zen TAYLOR brought the woman into his place
supuosing her 70 struck that he left dollar with
him. and told him TO make 60 a. far - he could, and
that when his son came citizen Taylor and the latter
had some words which ended in all parties being or
dered out Surgeon Kertead stated In defence that the
woman in question was . strumpst and was not sun
struck but drunk and for this reason he ordered her
out It did not appear that the Surgeon had violated any
rules Of the department. but that he acted rather pro-
Ofacer Cummings, Of the Twenty inst precinct, was
street. with witnessing assault upon two ladies by
rowdies without interfering to prevent the same
charged his pistol At defsndsnss dog and refused
70 give his number when asked. Citizen Clary
brought two or three witnesses 70 substantiate the
charge but failed TO do they not being present at the
moment OF the alleged assault and subsequent shooting
Officer Cummings, on the other hand, produced the
ties and who testified that they were not assaulted but
that two rowdies came along and spoke 70 them, and
that they asked the officer 70 see them home which he
did. Oflcer Cummings stated that he coming up
Twenty ninth street about ten o'clock when he citizen
Clary coming along declaring he could Slick" any one
girls and whom he called upon the ofcer to arrest;
that no found the young ladies' had not been assaulted
and that while he was talking with them defendants
dog, large animal Of the Newfoundland species,
leg, making = large rent in bis coat and
young ladies' and was returning when he felt blood
tricking down his leg An examination showed that no
had been quite seriously and he Went back 70 tho
oasc cS.i d @saSI think i Killed him. him
big barn door Otherwise you appear to have been
doing your duty Citizen Cary was admonshed to keep
bis dog up and out Of harms =: the ohcer had pro-
him at any moment
Citizen BeCkhod, Of Elizabethport, J., complained
since, q. the corner Of West and vssey strssts,
and that Ofcer Mortimer Downing, OF the
.sd SS
Downing showed by several competent witnesses that he
block and more away when the robbery occurred,
rogues and would have caught them but for the market
wagons that interfered.
Hall, of the Niteth precinct, told him that he was
iry" and that he would get the airs knocked out Of
him pretty Citizen Powers corroboratsd the state
ment Ocer Hall stated that he had orders TO clear tho
his post and that both Burke and Powers bad
given him . great deal Of trouble, BY standing on
the corner Of Vanderbilt avenue and Pacific street,
and that no had compelled them TO move away
several times that on the night in question
they talked very hard % him, calling him pmp and
would SOON Be- taken out Of them oer Hall Who
Board that he had been assigned 70 very bad post,
and that he meant TO be master Of It long ~ he did
duty and that he nHsd cs:5 s these %sn
gated there The Board assured him be was doing hs
Oncer NcPhail, Of the Broadway squad, was charged
by Joseph NcNamee returned volunteer, with having
enlisted him and kept large part OF his bounty Omcer
snVrsc very cs.r record y ne Cass nO
by any one Ono hundred doliarS government bounty
still due him. and this he told he could get BY
icPhai proposed himself TO assist in possible wsy
Citizen Shea, also returned soldier complained
him with having taken one hundred and thirty two dol
lars in money from him while asleep. he stated that
he met Forbes whom he had previously known, on the
Harlem Bridge about two O'Clock In the morning. shook
hands with him. aud told him he had just returned from
the war; and had with him one hundred and thirty two
dollars In money pinned into bis watch pocket that he
about lie down there and 60 to sleep, when Forbes
told him 70 como into . shed near by and lie down
there, where bcth himself and his money would
daylight found his money gone He at once
charged Forbes with The theft 0cer Forbes called on
met by citizen Shea the same night At twelve o'clock.
and that tho latter told him he had just returned from
dollars 70 his daughter who now refused 70 give TO
him that he wanted TO 60 TO Albany the following day,
but could not do 90 ON account Of not getting the money
and that about TO lie down his post and 60 TO
sleep when he drove him OH Oficer Forbes made
similar statement regarding the forty I'VE dollars and
said further upon bis OATH that citizen shea said not
word him about hundred and thirtytwo dollars
and further that the citizen intoxicated, and he
tried his best 70 get him home II was evident that c
Shea too obivous on the night In question TO
tell much about what happened TO him, and the CON-
plant dismissed.
Farley, Of the Eighth precinct Citizen Stanley, very
respectable appearing colored man and property holder
In the Eighth ward charged omcer Farley with having
that he standing in front Of his house, No. ~
Sullivan street. when the officer came along and told him
TO move on that he informed the officer he lived there
and was OUTSIDE the house attending hts business that
the officer then seized him by the back OF the neck and
thrust him down the basement steps telling him that
tho officer had gone on he saw officer Smith, also OF the
Eighth precinct with whom he was acquainted and that
Of an onrer they had on post now, who was
abusing people, and that while he stood talking onicer
Farley came up 70 him again and said, ''ddnt tell you
10 get In" at the time giving him several body
blows with his club that ocer Smith then intorfered
telling Farley arrest him (stanley) II he had done any
thing wrong and that in clubbing him he altogether
out Of order Citizen SANKEY'S statement was corrobo
rated by citizens Hines Grimm and Anderson, and BY the
lady cook employed by Stanley but a. officer Smith was
present the adjourned for one week IN order
70 get that oicers evidence. Az the now looks
appears the officer committed most fragrant Outrage
upon the citizen.
The ALTON qLLron, PRpox vAoArnD.-rhs steamer
Nay Bruner arrived 1t halfpast nine O'Clock yesserday
morning, with the last load Of prisoners from Alton
prison. Illinois, leaving that institution untenanted ex
cept BY solitary federal prisoner, who too I'll 70 be
removed In addition 70 the seventy-h brought down
yesterday there arrival Of between seventy and
eighty Tuesday last and many moro on THURSDAY,
ell OF whom now In Gratiot prison. Among the
prisoners Major Rucker, formerly Of st. Louis and
Colonel shanks OF Cas- county, Mo- who was captured
in Cole county during Prices raid James Judge, OF
g. Charles who sentenced TO imprisonment during
the and pay fine Of ten thousand dollars for dsoya
conduct and Dr John A. Morgan OF Arkansas, who was
sentenced Imprisonment for life for being guerilla,
also among the number. Two notorious federal
prisoners, q. W. Mcguire, Of the Forteth T. u and
David Bell Of the Seventh cavalry NJ 8. n, both OF
whom have been for long time under sentence OF