Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-17

and when you do the husband and his friends
worry the life out of you. You get called all
sorts of names, and once in while they talk of
speaking TO the alderman about you, and if they
do it's generally no joke.
Why, l once got sent away from the eighth
ward, away up to Harlem, all because took in
woman for half killing her husbands sister,
They both got drunk and had fight, and as
happened TO be on post went down TO try and
stop the fuss. The wife had got her sister in
law into the yard and was giving her jessie with
a stick OF wood. OF course had to take her in
and some of the nelghbors brought the sister
along to make the complaint. As both were
drunk they were locked up by the sergeant, and
went back on post The next day was Sunday,
and as the judge had gone TO church we all had
to wait until near noon for him, and | lost the
best part of my day off, which didn't like, for
the old woman and the young ones had laid out
to 90 High Bridge for a days sport. We did
the next best thing, though, and went to Cen
trail park. But when the Judge came the young
girl refused to make any charge, and one of
the aldermen who had come in and planted
himself behind the bench by the side of the
Judge, gave me to understand that he would
speak to the commissioners. He did, too, and
went to Harlem, as told you. Drills are an
awful nuisance, though | suppose they are
necessary. But it does seem hard to come off
post at noon, where you've been from six in the
morning, and be told that you must report for
drill at two O'Clock. Drill keeps Won busy until
after five o'clock, and then you 90 on post at six
again. Much time for rest that gives YOU And
yet if a fellow falls asleep overnight he goes IN
sure. We have good deal TO put up with from
the rowdies and corner loafers, for they are al
ways saucy. If you order them to move on,
they go across the street out of harms way and
call You names, until you scarcely know what
to do. L generally gets even with 'em in the
long run, though you remember how Jack
Real fixed poor Smedick In the winter time
patrol duty is very hard, for the snow makes
walking bad, and you can't keep warm, do what
You will, and then the rain in summer isn't
pleasant, though we usually manage to get our
clothes dry in the heater when we 90 off duty.
But what worries me more than anything else
to find chap busy at work robbing poor devil
in the dark street, and when You 90 ID arrest
him he turns out 10 be a ward politician, who
either has berth in the city hall or some politi-
tai influence that enables him TO escape trial.
Why, sir, right here on this corner l can see the
lights of a panel house that is kept by the broth
err of an alderman, and if a man gets rob there
tonight don't dare to make any bother about
it, for would only get the worst of it in the
long run.
If the commissioners could only be got to at
tend to the department and not listen to poll
ticians, you would see how much better police
duty would be done, and the men would be more
satisfied, for then they could do their duty with
out fear or favor. It's impossible now, the way
things is managed. Good night, must be NOV
inc.
So I parted from my friend the patrolman,
satisfied that | had learned a good deal about
police life and its inner workings-Nelg York
Times