The New York herald., 1871-12-11
A MARTYR TO LUTY.

The Cnse OF Police Sergeant Hencdics In New.
ark-nis smspcnsion md I6s Causes-Whas
sheriff Peck well says.
As has been from time to time reported In the
HERALD. tho police Of Newark have Tor some sims
been carrying on rigid warfare against
the prOprietors and requeDters OF gam,
bling dens In that city. week ago Saturday
night raids were planned for couple OF places the
nrst OF wIicn was low resort IN Commerce street,
rcquented by the gambling canaute. The raidina
party consisted Of large posse OF men and three
sergeants, the whole being In command OF CHIEF
Sergeant Benedict For the purpose OF giving nnal
instructions to his men the sergeant IN command
halted them at the corner OF Broad aud Academy
streets. While here two youths Came along II being
then
BETWEEN ELEVEN AND TWELVE O'CLOCK,
and stopped TO see what was gong on. Benedict,
deslrous of Keeping his plans secret as far AS out
siders were concerned, ordered the youngsters on
ABOUT their business. Not being ooeycd the of1cer
lance on, out OF whisper snoI. Tne you1aster.
whose name is Burd, and VINO IS employed
came imi u1ent ana aousivc. wncfeupon Benedict
ordered one OF his men to arrest anu conduct him
to the statloa house, which was accordingly done.
The Sergeant continued on ms business anu sue
cessfully hauled the Commerce street crio AMI next
directed his attention 10 one located aL No. Al Chest
nut street. THIS Was requcnted by the
YousG "CLUEBIOODsp
OF the town, as was developed by The HERALD report
last Monday morning. lne raid was successIu:
Besides bagQing SIX or seven of the kid-soved
sports the police secured divers and sundry packs
money when was on tue stake table. Tne
arresss were made about one O'Clock Oh
Sunuay morning. The .poods' claimed that "A
was .none OF your 4-il,4i places but private
club house; but citizns claim that 1t was notorious
all through the summer as Deing a
RESORT or GENTEEL GAMBLERS;
that drunken shouts were TO g heard on Sunday
nights as well as every otner night is suing from the
al being arrested. but wncn tney found
ana ,naa ee me % c @ The
same consideration exactly that the poor law
The enl,cafm Of ,nc ,ar ex,tea m ou,s
tion, anu threats were made that
BENEDICT WOULD HAVE TO SUFFER.
In the meantime young Bnrd was held
arrival Of me Judge, was promptly disc1arge1:
made complaint before the Mayor, charging Bene-
dict with outrageous cruelty and false lmprison-
force says that any person who snail Tin any way
interfere with or nlider or pevent' an officer IN
the discharge or his duty, "or Shall endeavor so to
DO" shall be punished, &c. The facts as auoye
stated hEE t1alf
in the Mayors suspendlng Benedict, virtually dis.
charging him from the Iorce. In explaining ms
OF Mr. BenedicI was not only unwarrantabie 'bui
cruel; anu snould deem myself worthy Of public
summer bravey overcame drunken blacksmith
named Mclaughlin, who. armed with bar OF
RED H0T IRON,
had driven out from his smithy several ofncers In
the struggle Benedict had his ear nearly burned or
SO that ne was laid up Tor considerable time after
ward. Ex-Chel OF Police Peckwen spoke OF nlm
yesterday as being most faithful, efficient and
officer; one mo had superior on the
force during his command Of H. The exChlef
added that
THE GREAT PITY
was that there were not few more oYicers like
Benedict on tue force; If so. murderous assaults
on officers like tnat on ofIicer Wild and rowdysm
In general. would be less frequent. This, too,
Is The pubic verdict In Newark Is
believed that Benedict mas Oeen SACRIFICED
10 molllfy the arrested olue boods. 1t should De
stated tnat at the investigation. which was last
Tuesday, Justice Mills lntimated tnat the sergeant
had simply done MS duty The matter Is TO oe
brought before the Police Committee, when II ~
hoped that the Mayor Will oe induced 10 reconsider
his Action In the matter.