The New York herald., 1869-01-14

The Mott Street Police Fracas--A Wounded
Physician Locked Up In the Fifth Precinct.
session Of the Board Of Metropolitan Police was
held yesterday for the hearing OF charges against
oficers Of the force--Messrs. Manierre ana Brcn-
nan present. A large number Of cases, principally
Of an unmportant character, we're heard.
IL win be recollected that on Christmas Dny
acas occurred In the liquor store Of Martin Oakley,
1l3 Mott street, between oIicer Broughton, Of the
Fourteenth precinct, and .. man named Reynolds,
In which the former was badly beaten.
Broughton. with the assistance Of other
officers, arrested Reynolds and on arraignng him be-
fore Alderman Cuddy at the Tombs refused 70 make
papers.at the time commented In harsh terms upon
the action OF the Magistrate in discharging Rey-
hand and preferred charges cf grossly improper
conduct against the officer. The specifications
charge that ProughtQn entered the saloon, engaged
ont by the proprietor and outside renewed the fight.
They also charge tnat Broughton while
The evidence Of the proprietor sustained
all the alcgations, except that Of drinking liquor,
caIsd and from a sSe evidence adaced il Was brSysd
that Broughton found In the hallway Of the sa-
loon fighting with Reynolds. surrounded by crowd
OF persons He called upon the officers TO assist
him in arresttng REYNOLDS, who was taken to the
station house, where Broughton charged hum with
enticing him into the saloon and beating him.
Alderman Cuddy testified that the arragnment
OF Reynolds Brcugnton positively refused to prose
cute, OlKor1n4 a. an excuse IHoL no WAS now con-
vinced that he had been struck by mistake. Under
these circumstances the Justice had no alternative
but TO discharge Reynolds. N
Br0ught0n's defence was that after the excitement
following the racas and the arrest Of Reynolds, who
had the reputation OF being "whipper Of police
men, he felt that he conld not c0nscenti0uslv
swear that Reynolds struck him. and, therefore.
Withdrew the charge Reynolds and other Wit
nesses, II was announced. had 'gone TO Alaska"
and 'Commissioner Manierre adjourned the cease,
turn from the new Territory Of fur and ice.
Sergeant william II. Christie, OF the Ffsh peecncf
was charged with neglect Of duty In locking up an
intoxicated man, who had slbroken leg, and not It
tending to his injuries.
Dr. Augustus Deick, OF West Seventeenth street.
who was the victim In this OF police neglect,
testified that ON New Years Day nc had been
drinking beer, but was not drunk. On his way
up town he fell and broke his leg while getting on
Car. He arrested and arraigned by 0f1cer
Jacobs before the sergeant when ne reported his
injuries. The sergeant ordered him 70 walk across
the n00r, which he did with df1culty and WAS then
locked up. d0Orman who assisted him to remove
his boots was informed that his leg WAS broken but
stll no assistance WAS rendered the DOCTOR In the
morning the truth OF hts statements was apparent
and he was provided for by the officer.
The defence denied that the doctor had reported
his accident and dOorman Rogers swore that the
doctor was drunk. The further hearing was ad-
journed TO enable the doctor TO produce the certif
cate OF his physician 70 the nature Of his nuries
The doctors appearance before the Board on
crutcnes created much sympathy among the citizens
IN the trial chamber.