The New York herald., 1870-05-31
POLICE RECREATI0NS.

He avy Batch of ssSlouchinS' shieids-The
Way Tommy Costello Might Promote
Man-"Mouse'' Eagan To the Rescuo-HOw
Prisoners are "Let Siip.,'
A heavy calendar. embracing thirty-nine den-
quenE policemen, greeted Commissioner brennan
when he mounted the Judgment scat in room NO. Al
Police Headquarters yesterday morning. Ihe great
majority OF these cases presented only the usual
phases of police offences, such as being or post,
talking when on post ana being late at roll call,
which were condonea by the usual fines, ranging
from one to three days. pay. But there were some
that got out OF the beaten track, and notably
that OF John Little patrolman OF the Eighteentn
precinct. The well known Thomas Costello appeared
as his accuser. and averred that Little, desiring
to use the Costello corpus as stepping stone 10
captaincy, had fred three shots at MIN and INDUCED
in various sanguinary threats and propositions even
being armed cap-a-pte, each should put pistol down
the throat OF the other aud mutually "olow lhelr
damned heads of,'' which was pefempt0ny de-
clined by the challenged party. Little greeted
these averments OF his accuser with glare oil In
creduiity and proceeding co give his version o the
pending troubles denied everything but the shoot
ing, which he explained In this wise:-He was
called while on duty to quell a disturbance,
whereupon Costello attempted to rescue the pris
oner, even going so far as to draw pistol upon him,
and thereupon he had fired three shots ut him.
Tie case having thus become thoroughly mixed, IL
was adjourned until Friday.
John ID. La Rue, also Of the Eighteenth precinct
was VIII HcBleCt Vi uuCy III laluHB iHdhc
prompt report OF three OF smallpox to Sanitary
Inspector Roberts. fr was shown that the cases
reported at the station house at twenty minutes
past three p NJ, and that the Sergeant gave the no
Iicc to La Rue, who did not deliver 1t to DR.. Roberts
until eighteen minutes past nine O'Clock the next
morning. The officer could make no better excuse
than tnat he had forgotten the matter and his case
was referred to the Board, who will probably take
measures to improve his memory
Another OF interest was that Of car detectives
Hamilton ana Leyins. OF the Nineteenth precinct
who were Jointly charged with clubbing William b
Daily Of No. 30 Ridge street, at Jones Wood on the
18th inst. There appears to have been general
snlndy there upon that day. and 1t was claimed that
party OF fifteen, among whom DAILY was prOmi-
nent started for Hamilton with the intention OF sub
ecting him TO the decapitating process ironically
called ''putting head on him." This view OF the
case, however, was not so strongly supported by
evidence TO cause the to dismissed, instead
of which II was referred TO the Board.
On the 18th inst. a prisoner, named Thomas Cos
teo, taken into the Second District Police Court
as suspected pckpOcket, by officers Mulligan and
Evans, OF the Twenty ninth precinct and some
body laundering egregiousiy he walked out without
let or hindrance from anybody. Officers Andre,
Grove, Kelly and Ferguson were arraigned yester-
day for neglect OF duty In the matter but the COM
missoners, holding that 1t was the duty OF the pre-
cinct officers to keep watch anc ward over their
prisoner, dismissed the complaint 1t is presumed,
therefore, that Muligan and Evans who appeared as
conpaInants yesterday, are themselves to be placed
upon trial.