, 1872-10-29
CAPTAIN HICKEY.
First Day Of His Trial Before the
Board of Police.
Testimony Of Superintendent Wash
burn, W. H. Eddy, and Others.

DulHg Us lis 1ou33 otu OAtEfS.
The Facts About the Pony, the Furs, and
Langley's Buggy.
The trial Of Captain n. G. Hickey, upon the
charges given below, WEE commenced before the
Board OF Police yesterday morning. 7'There we're
present Commissioners Ta1cott, Sheridan. and
Rokke, Captains French and Gund, ex-superin-
tendent Kennedy, several Aldermen, and about
dozen citizens. Captain Hickey wRs represent
sd by George Meech and J. G. Knickerbocker,
General Stiles, City Attorney, attending to the
prosecution. The charges are substantially as
follows:
TIE CHARGES
The first charge ACCUSES him Of violation Of Section
Department, approved March Is, 1866. Specification
Alleges that, in Januazy, 1866. Hickey caused TO be
s'e4 eas a 4 from xhs hs As cs5feea Saeat TIT T
= ss caused ss to
gonery, without trial, who vas charged
With some unknown offence: spesi6eation alleged
sa. sao6s o e Sas5s
sons unknown to the Superintendent, who were
charged Ettt unknown Offences and thereby prevent
rules spseiasaHon alleges thst, On Or about Sep;
4 6eioasas to sn sDe
which Viii I'D been stolen, a, and neg neglected to
ss ssE*f t IT, to sas the Rs 1raas q
{ur goods, which we're taken from l. Goldsmith,
hs hsys beer ssen
also taten from Goldsmith Specification alleges the
a.oe thing regarding set Of pearl tewery, the prop
Charge Is based the last clause Of Section II Of
the regnlations Specification alleges that Hickey
EDDY which had been lost and neglected Of refused
to take tho same to the Custodian.
sesss fg,s I'D ID s in oss @
ham Wray sum Of money, believed to be $780, as
consideration foc his reease. Specification alleges
that he received $40o from o1e - Montgomery forre
leasing him from the Amozy-
LITTLE ARGUMENT.
Previous to the hearing Of testimony, the
disputed On technical grounds. Mr. Mech,
Captain Hickeys attorney, made motion to
strike ont charge one and the three specifica-
tons under it, on the ground that the date OF the
alleged offence WIS six years ago. This motion
Was sustained BY the Commissioners by vote
OF two to one.
Commissioner Nokke moved to confne the
eTldence within the term Of at 1east one member
Of the Board, which VAS equivalent to three
years, and in this he vas sustained By Commits
sioner Sheridan, Who thought injustice would be
done by going back previous to the fire, Is Cap
tain Hickey could not produce the police
records in bis defence. Evidence on the
specifications under the first charge was not to be
heard, and the counsel for the defence made his
opening speech, wherein he endesEored to show
that the Board had no jurisdidtion in trying an
officer for neglecting to turn ss2len property
ever to the Custodian
THE EVIDENCE.
Superintendent Washburn Tas then called for
the prosecution.
He said he had been Superintendent srce the 14th
August and had pTefe11ed the charges against
based the charges made to him about the time the
charges prefe1red-the 18th inst. He furnished
eeR! 1s %ss sassss: s Communication ,ae
member Of the Police Department7
Objected to, and the objection orerruled.
The Superintendent. The only information had
hEt might be called information, given BY Mr.
Talcott the President Of the Board, in the form Of
those charges be saying to that he preferred the
charges againht Hickey, and that he had hsd the
sey sa E % IT. aaas snS
hons to furnish the Of Witnesses and he should
these matters and the only communication on which
the charges were drawn up Was brought to you signed
4. Yes; that is an know about them; The con-
lnunicaton, when brought to me, not signed.
The Board then adjourned until o'clock,
zR. EDDS's TESTIMONY.
Upon reassembling, William H. Eddy Was
called and sworn, and testified as follows:
The poay-horae mentioned in the specification b.
ionged to my daughter. On about the 1st Of Jan
nsry, 1871 it was missing .nd INSIDE inquiries, but
tod him to go to the A1mory, and, Il the pony vas
ie1e get it out learned that it Has there from
Ross On s
and Int would sss aboat h said Se @e1 10 10th,
a1s Il
sIen: hare Sc seen it being driven by his
.Soo vear 1ns ssa pony aa s'ssn,
home one evening late and told thst he had
sss So5a ~ The Of a
asserted thst he was 3 noember of the Young Mems
tie pony before say it: do not know where the
s @ IN III Tom an e. fass a:hs
out TO place On the Au1plainea River and got it.
balm Hickey about it. saw the pony hitched up OUT
,ide Of the station once: I never demanded possess
so1ne snd get It. 7 do not know why the pony wae
t into t9s 3hs Pony tsken ont G Of ny
locked when Re1t home at night.
RULED OUT.
William Carman, the custodian Of stolen
property, was introduced and sworn, but h1r.
Mech objected to admitting his testimony, On
Witnesses furnished Captain Hickey, and the
Board, notwithstanding the remonstrances OF
the City Attorney, sustained the objection. The
Secretary stated that there was no record of
Captain Hickey's suspension, and that the docu-
nsnt had been in his possession many weeks.
but not signed, and that several alterations had
been made in it. The vote stood two against
one on excluding Carman's testimony.
TESTIMONY OF TM B. LANGLEY. |
William B. Langley Was next sworn: He tes-
titled. that be lost buggy, but did not know
Ehere it went to. That was all he knew, except
from hearsay: he let . man named She ar have
the buggy, and saw . part Of 1.-THE pole-uuder
the stairs in Pinkerton's old office On Washing
ton street.
No cross-examinhtion.
TESTIMONY OF ABRAN GOLDSMITH.
Abr1rn Goldsmith, sworn:
bought lot Of furs in December, 1861 They
Here taken from me, and as arrested locked up
IN the Armory for six hours: The charges were re:
and purchasing goods and not entering them On my
q pawnbroker's book" Eas taken before the Grand
Jury ind indicted, aud when the case called |
Tor trial noIt pTosequf was entered got order