The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-05
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
THE KIDNAPPING.

Mere Resignations OF Polieemen-The
Amdavis Of Policeman Crummey ms co
what Occurred when ne offered Him
self Before Alderman Dewitt as Bail
n Card from the Tenth District
Police--Poltcemen Hussey and IRONS
Attseked.
The matter OF the kidnapping OF Policemen
Hussey and Irons, OF the Eighteenth district.
Of good order among ,hs the ssmsinSs, ss@,,anssS
yesterday rendered their resignation, to Mayor
Fox, and at the same time several more Oh
Crummey then appeared before Recorder 9ivin
and subscribed to the following oatn WIN To-
fere nee to what did occur when ne onereu hihs
SELF before Alderman Dewitt as bail for the
policemen. This substantiates the report Whi9n ~
appeared in our columns on eanGsdoS a.I to state
that the statement made before mSyoit rnnder
Alderman Dewitt yesterday WSs s1orn ro osffidavit
of one Who was a party TO the TRANSACTION.
IN Tussday evenrE nine and y e1 best on
Officer ho%1s M 6smesS and streets % & 10
company with sc, era Gee %ep nssey @ told me that he
ud liable hen kesp sha a sat bm
60 SO dowa Win oioer Hussey the cars and rode 70
AldermaS Iime at the door before opened
Dewitt shortly sps eeSen deS
Sicer Hussey was commtt,d 10 q, Prison Prison the BAT,
benI h1e1 s eg otTesed to become bonosma ocsr
GuSsey ane Alderman Deytt y 1ea @ me Si @ what my
Rrd rosd above Cumberland s!reet and that the
was o se :. sSS Aeerman pv
ssted me II had my deeds with nae; told bm no,
@ SSs sU $4,000 snG s5oO said he could pot take me-
because had not my deeas WIN mornins AGAIN an
NJ ~ AideIman Dewitt and showed him the deeds of
my my Prapey S% was " sseo, and asked II worth
that told him was WoT.hd dsraan Tn naHi,, tnat @
he wouI6 not take security; ssIgeans aause
Of the OF the case c his docket at
the same time offering him twentyHShas ar Pll; he
said @ 6as se eS ba we should have happy time get
tins those he then put on ns ha1 snd coat
apS sworn ts ana Subscribed before this of
Aaron a" ~ ~ Recorder Of Philadelphia
The Chief of Police this morning stated that
on Tuesday night he visited Richmond for the
nnrnose of drilling a military organization.
Rn his way there was stopped by Hussey, who
merely asked his advice as 10 vi nat he should
DO n ia me nee ebief told him to submit and 90
WIZ The manner in which these men have been
oliowed 10 he arrested and dragged before q
maoistrate and thrown into prison, without
any interference on the part of their Cnief,
who knew of the circumstance. has caused
mnch discontent among the old officers on the
force. Last night twenty OF the Tenth district
force (the sixteenth sed Snd seventeenth nv wasdsl
positions, and have signed the following card,
which explains Itself
nS- TO THE PIJBIIC-THE UNDERSIGNED
Iafe ofcers OF The Tenth Police District of this city
having De en- at all willing TO hazard their lives
in the performances of their duties for he pressrva.
tion Of the public and The properties their
fellow. citizens and being unwilling to sacrifice their
reputation and rights citizens for reasons poii,
cal, and being without protection from the autu or
ties while performing their duties as police etcers
have resigned from the police force of this city
James Hamilton, George Maguire
Jose 3h Hauser, Jacob Patterson.
Peter Miller Jos. Handei son.
Richard Irwin. John Reed.
James Goodwin. John II. Koch.
Her ry WeyRand. Benz amin +. Cox.
Peter Astie. William Magee
James a arrison. Levi Renner.
George switzer. andrew Courier.
John Van Wipkle. William Bennett,
RICHARD IRWIN.
PETER MILLER. Committee
HENRY WEYGAND
JosRPH HoUaER, Secretary.
Last evening, while ex.policemen Hussey
and Irons were on their way to their homes
they were attacked at Frankford road and the
Reading Railroad by mob, but they succeeded
In escaping without receiving any serious
injuries.