The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-06-29

Trials st Police Hesdqusrters.
An INTERESTING CASE FROM THE yoRrY-voURrn
i rhsoNoT-rHH PRECINCT TO BH "saooK UP"
onNEEALLr-A kEcRUlr R0BBED OF HIS
boUsrY-A HARD CASA CURIOUS CASE PROM
TIE FIFTH PREcNCr-A WHITE MAN BELIEVES
IN CLUBS FOR coLoRED AES-rH1 RILEY FAMILY
IN rRoUBLE-oNs or THEN GETS KNOCKED
DOWN UNDER PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES, ETC.
Tho entire forenoon Of yesterday devoted 70 the
trials OF patrolmen charged with msdemeanon relating
TO the discipline Of the forca or these there
forty case At two O'Clock the docket In which citizens
were more especially interested taken up and found
TO contain rather curious One of the
tried In the forenoon 10 worthy OF This from
the Forty-fourt precinct. Brooklyn.
Sergeant James Hanford, Of the above precinct,
was charged with having made a false entry
on the blotter station house record regarding
the time at which Sergeant johnson into the sta
ton house certain occasion and also relative TO the
said botter having been distracted from the station house
between the hours Of quarter past three A. NJ and
quarter past i've ", the morning Of June IT, Cap
tain Powers Of the Forty fourth states that he Left Scr
geant Hanford at the station house the night Of June
TO- at twelve o'clock and that the morning Of tho
nth the sergeant informed him tho books gone
great deal OF evidence produced and the gone
unmportant TO the public but which showed the Forty
fourth precinct TO be rotten TO the CORE far regards
the bitter luminosity existed between the officers
and the patr0lmen and that the former "h0undod the
as on snp posi- from
the department. 1t shown that the captain and his
were on no better terms and that the captain
either the books procured to be done for
the purpose OF catching tho sergeant "fou" The mat
ter will be finally adjudicated upon next wednesday.
Meantime the captain segeants and roundsmen OF tho
Forty fourth need not be surprised a receiving orders Of
transfer to other precincts
OF Sergeant Blair, OF the Second precinct who
planned against by August Fritz. Of the soIdiers Rest
enlisted by Sergeant Blair on the Attn day Of january
1885, and was TO have had 5000 bounty, which he did
not receive He furshe, said he had been to the war
and manned for life In the most vital part and ruined
Sergeant Blair stated that Fritz came to the station
house few days before he enlisted, cold hungry
and to appearance houseless and without clothes sua
BILE TO the cold season that no warmed and fed him. and
after while sent him friend Of hs named Benja.
min Chase telling Fritz that II he desired TO enter the
denied all knowledge Of the affair says he has never
received dollar Of the money and further that the
three hundred dollars government bounty was still due
Fritz and could BIO had sending Washington TO the
proper officer. Several witnesses produced show.
ing that Blair had nothing to do with the money that
evident that the latter had been robbed out Of three
hundred dollars by some one, receipt for the
evident that Fritz did know what he was about when
he signed the receipt The Commissioners requested
cru the bounty from Warrington sss Which
he promised to do and on that the rested. Prcs
dent Acton said the recruit had been robbed by some
one, and he should every exeron TO get his money
back for him.
in which an american citizen OF African
descent figured pretty largely next called This
was charge made by citizen Gealach, reaident Of No.
Al u Thomas street. against patroman McCarty, Of the
Fifth Precinct Geaach stated that McCarty
his place without warrant and arrested him. and took
him to tho station house. where he locked up
night and was tho next morning taken before Justice
Hogan where he was discharged and all for cause
whatever rt.
Dora Geaach, modest little girl twelve years Of age
ore 0 Nnunp latnont tAw
fathers story about the arrest
0cer McCsrty stated that he patroing his post,
when eoored man came up to him bleeding profusely
and showing marks Of severe punishment about the
head and facc The colored said he had into
ber and that several colored. persons In there
drinking that he had some words with the proprietor,
him about the head Upon these representations Nc
Carly said no arrested Geaach Captain Petty and Ser
the resort Of the lowest Of the coored population and
further that Geaach had said that he kept club behind
An amusing feature Of the case was the of
young lawyer who had himself just recovered from the
msSs oo
President Acton directed the official stenogapher note
all the exceptions and abruptly cut OF most gorgeousy
graphic and intensely interesting forensic flourish by call
Ing another case McCsrtys conduct was approved BY
Citizen Thomas Riley Of No % Prince street. charged
patroman John Riley, Of tho Eighth precinct, with
four times with his fs and that he punched him with
his club afterwards and then chucked him into the
house, and all for no This looked rather bad
for the patrolman but he made which showed
the matter In different light he stated that the house
No. 90 Prince street house Of III fame and that
Thomas Riley the complainant interested in Of
tho inmates therein; that he had orders from Captain
Mills 10 keep the sidewalk clear In front OF the four
houses right along there and that because Thomas
Riley standing In front Of the house and would not
that he took hold OF him and made him 60 into
his house, using no violence than necessary.
Citizen Riley was recommended to marry respectable
girl and emisrate South some plantation Officer
Riley commended for the course he had pursued in
keeping the sidewalks clear Of obnoxious and suspicious
persons
The other cases mainly unimportant, although
they occupied the time of the Board until five O'Clock in
the afternoon.
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