Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-19
DETECTIVE ON THE M. P.,s.
The Arrest and imprisonment of Capt.
BarmOre.

BarnlOre.
To tho Editors of the Union and Dispatch
On last Monday MAY 11th) l was ar
rested by the Metropolitan Police upon
three warrants, charging me with persona
ting an officer, assuming TO be an officer,
and assault and battery. l was taken to
police headquarters, where, after all my
papers, warrants and effects had been taken
from me, was asked if could find bail.
/ told Capt. Danley l could find the neces-
sary bail, which was put at five thousand
dollars, and which was fragrant outrage
of itself, two hundred and fifty dollars be-
ing the amount set by law in such cases
To satisfy this Willfal and malicious band,
good men, worth five times the amount,
were offered and refused by the authorities,
some of them making the remark, Sd
d-n him, he shall stay in the workhouse
one night amy hon, where he ought to be-"
was forthwith sent to the workhOuse. As
a further evidence that this persecution
was malicious in the extreme, and was
prompted by a feeling of personal revenge,
growing out of jealousy and envy, would
respectfully cali the attention of the public
to the following incidents and facts:
The man who was persuaded to become
prosecutor in this case was arrested by
me two days previously on a State war
rant issued by A. S. Thurneek, Justice of
the Peace of this city. The warrant was
given to me TO serve, being authorized by
said Justice in accordance with the Code
Of Tennessee. / arrested and handcufled
this man, who afterward became my prose-
cutOr, Tor rather tool for prosecutors, and
committed him to the county Jail upon
mittinllts made out by Justice Thurneck.
After this man was released, and while yet
in the presence of the Justice, he thanked
me for the kind treatment extended TO him
by me, and was on the point OF going home,
as he said, when some of these lat times)
vigilant officers of the law got hold of him,
talked to him and persuaded him to be-
come tool in this prosecution, and during
the examination of the case before Conn
missioner Davis, he Davis refused to let
this prosecutor state on the stand who the
parties were who persuaded him to enter
into a prosecution of this case, or to allow
himself to be used as a tool for such con-
temptible purpose. This question was put
to the prosecuting witness on the stand
and ruled out by Mr.. Davis. No, they did
not want such a low, mean, dirty, malicious
matter exposed to the community in
court which they call court of police JUS
tice, as having originated with and among
themselves.
Now, AZ to the charges, personating and
assuming to be an officer, and assault and
battery, all in one and inseparably con-
neeted. The assault and battery consisted
in putting my hand upon the mans shout
der when | arrested him, which he says was
not done in rude manner, and that my
treatment of him was kind. The next
charge was persOnating an officer. That
consisted in serving the warrant and taking
him into custody. The assuming to be an
officer consisted in performing the same
acts. These two last charges are synOny-
NOUS Now, Twould ask an intelligent
community has any person ever heard of
case, (say nothing of the trifling character
of this) cut up, served up, hashed
up and ground up like this? With a
number of years experience with all the
rascalily that is so often practiced
in such contingencies, l never
witnessed anything so entirely void of COM
mon sense and any part Of manly principle
az in this case.
Well, after i was sent TO the woTkhouse
| met with courteous, gentlemanly white
men, who were disposed to treat me as
such, and yet conform to the laws by which
they are governed. During the evening
and Just before dark, we were all THAT is.
the officers of that Institution and myselfl
sitting at the front door, smoking, when a
policeman came along, and noticing me
sitting there, called one of the officers IL
believe the Superintendent of the work
house, to one side, and asked him what
was doing sitting out there. He was given
10 understand land ! think if his oversight
had been good he could have seen for him-
self what | was doing; when he stated
that it was Capt Danley's "orders that |
should be confined in a cell and
dungeon" (G / am correctly in
formed) for the night. That same eve
ming my energetic and genilemanly counsel,
Capt. Peabody and w. @. Brien, called
upon one or two of the Commissioners to
see about snch an outrageous bail being de-
manded for such petty ofense, (if ofiense
ai ALL } when it was minated that If |
would leave the city (aA to themselpes) they
would take almost any kiad Of bond
That il just what they want, yet | think
they will find il a slow drive, as never in
tend 10 leave the city without leaving ii
honorably. As to my authority to serve
the warrants thus placed in my hands, it
w0nld never be questioned By any person
who reads law, and | wall be backed By the
Legislature Of the State Of Tennessee.
10 conclusion ! would ask, why was not
some person arrested, prosecuted and bound
over for the arrest aud several days con
fnement, in the workhouse, of Col. Sell
fridge some two weeks since, and for
whom the police never had warrant
This man was released uithOa an eJGs,iRa-
lion by any one and without any PREPARATION,
whatever, being made. Can Capt. DGlley
answer this? The community would like
10 ma - n.pns.uE