The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-02-25
LOCAL MATTERS,

| IHE CHARGES AGAINST THE POLICE Or
| FIcERs.-We made mention q few DAYS
since of the preferriGg Of charges against
| Captain Putnam and Sergeant Rooney for
| unlawfully retaining money belonging to a
prisoner George Jones) who was under ar
rest. We give below the evidence taken at
al investigation held by the Mayor:
Sergeant Powers, sworn Ireceived some
money from O'Connor on the 26th of Decem-
ber-one hundred and eighty-eight dollars
and forty or forty-three cents, think. /
counted it. Captain Putnam took charge
Of it. did not see anything more of It.
Jones was drunk. I think he was too
drunk to tell how much money he
| had. / was there the next morning,
when Captain Putnam paid the pri-
| sonar some money. I don't know how
much. did not see the prisoner count any
| money. The prisoner said his money was
| short. I don't know how much short.
l did not hear Captain Putnam say any
thing about the money being short. /
saw some money in the prisoners hands.
| saw Putnam have some money, but
don't know that it was that money.
did not see Sergeant Rooney have any of
this money. do not know about Sergesnt
Rooney having anything at all to do with
taking or returning this money to the
man. I know Of nothing else in this mat
ter.
Policeman Daniel E. O'Connor, sworn
On the 26th Of December, at night, Police
man Clark brought in George Jones. Cap-
tain Putnam, Sergeants Powers and Rooney
were in the station-house, and was there.
| searched the man and turned the money
over to Sergeant Powers. Jones was drunk,
| and think he was too drunk to tell how
| much money he had. I locked him up;
came back and saw the money counted.
The amount was one hundred and eighty
eight dollars and forty-three or forty-four
cents, and in his pocket-book was fifteen
dollars more. The money was turned over
to Captain Putnam. | then left the station
house. Sergeant Powers counted the mo-
ney. was not present when the money
was returned. know nothing more about
this case. [ do not know that Sergeant
Rooney had any connection with this mo-
ney whatever.
Policeman Smith, sworn; I was at the
station-house on the morning of the 9th.
saw q man come from cell. I SOW
Captain Putnam count the money out to
the man. l don't know how much it was.
The man said he had in one bundle $497
and SIS in stamps in his book. He said
some of it was gone. [ don't recol!ect
what Captain Putnam said to him. | don't
know anything more about the case.
Policeman A. Volaski, sworn: only
know what Jones told me. He said he had
$20s. Jones said he got Sl26 ct the sta
tion-house. know nothing more about it.
Policeman B. Bull, sworn Twas present
this morning at the station-house. Jones
was sitting in the station-house. I heard
some of the men say that Jones had been
robbed. l saw Captain Putnam count out
a roll Of notes and give them to him. Jones
remarked that he had more money than
that. Putnam said he was id lucky to
have any. I don't remember the amount
of money Putnam paid him. know no.
| thing more about this matter.
Sergeant Peasants, sworn: saw Cap
tain Putnam count the money out to Jones
in the morning, but don't know how much
it was. Captain Putnam counted the mo-
ney out openly to the man, should think,
in square, fair manner. Everything
looked square, and I paid no further atten
ton to it. I think the man said he was
short between $50 and 500.
Policeman O'Connor, sworn: Jones was
arrested on the corner Of Eighth and Cary
streets. He was arrested charged with be-
ing "drunk and unable to take care of
himself"