, 1873-07-27

Why. Mr. Sheridan, / reatorod that
man aia1o,v TO owol1sy dlq1sy tt ths morning llo ine-
long-breathod, aeomed to broathe with = great
teal Of difficulty at lnat ho bocamo rod in tho
1aeo, Showing evidont sgnB OF anger, to MI
OK, oatont tl'at havo never soon before In q man
nmu, ~ very determined way, says hos "snper.
says !, u have, Mr.. shorilan." "Yon havo
restored Officer Trainor to duty ?" "Yes." swell,
tion," ho nAys,, "yon have, inBultel mo with n
phfposo you have tnBulted mo atudoualy; you
IL tho oyea Of tho public, and tho two Commits
eionora arc In collusion with you. This la coil
spiracy. know 1t Ia, for aaw you and Com
missioner Wright riding. out In buggy to-
ssontlomaa That o'i9i no Insult vas offofod, and
secuted tho idea of his rocoving It On insult.
I attempted to explain to linn my position, bus
le only mot mo with chargoB TINT had lns'llted
iim1that 1t was oonspi1aoy-t.hnt . nea n, 'na!t,
lul in hts 1t Of augor Il do not hositato to call
It that), and nado D second effort to explain It
to him. uo mot ME with tho same sort Of abuse,
denounced mo as rs lrty blag'n'asd, aa ~ impoa,
an inkatand on the desk, a-by-the-way-a moro
bauble. ! picked II up; do not think
! raised it from @ tho desk + I
d DID, Il m bnna ~ss sad eas se Il a Sa15t .sn dsans
took my seat. Previous to this, however, l,e
stated that whom restored tho man to duty he
was u tho building, aud that knew It,. | as
surod him that he was In tho building know
ton to Dir. Wright and n1r. Mason,
one or both Of these, and complained
of tho troatmont that ho had received from mo-
and demanded my suspension, Mr. Mason. or
Mr. Wright, have forgotten which, gayo 1t as
ho should nave done. it through the Suporin.
tondont. uo trrnod to mo then and said
ho had endeavorod to find. mo; tint he
oalne to my oillco for tho purpose Of
no one in tho onlce know whore WAS; and Tint
was not III half tho time. naturally inferred
tint that was intondcd to mean that WIS not
attending to my duty, and sayB: Mr. sleri-
aan do yon mean to soy that az not attending
!" moan to Bay that you arc not in your oflco
half tue time, aud you arc not attending to your
duty either. half tho timo." tbon denounced
him III d liar. did not denounce him as d liar
the purpose. Of making a quarrel I felt
Indignant TINT any ono should say to mo
that I waH not attending to my duty, however
poorly tho duty may be attended to. Ifolt that
/ was putting in time enough, whatevor tho re-
suits might hayo been.
whom ho aayB ho won't to your office? Al was
at the Criminal Uourt as witness In a hnbeaa
corpus caae.
lii anH,ser to other questions, tho Bupernteu-
uout 6AlA l. uhfo llGf9T AuoWu q commissioner
Superintendent to do it. did NOT know that
any chargea had boon made against
Trsinor: sergt;n Hood told mo,
and 30 did T1ainor, that shoridan's
mont Of q prisoner: ! know nothing Of tho cir.
cnmatancos beyond what tho officer told mo, I
fclt that must restore him to duty when they
came to mo for instructions. I Ind to do ono
thing or tho other ii allowed tho man to bo
uItprau1a3t ooJr od0 %o
bo correct. Sheridan was yory much excited
when ho talked about 1t. havo seen him when
ho was, perhaps more excited, but under
diferont circumstances and different influences.
tho oshor two Commissioners wore In it-a con-
spiracy to diHgraco lin-to mako his labora in
tho Police Department inoporntivc. Ho reflected
upon tho other iBsioners--upon Mr. Mason
as ono Of tho blackguartls OF his natiyo city. /
gave no evidence Of ill-tcmper until ho do
nounced mo ns fraud, an inpoHter, and no
gentleman.
Tic croHs-oxamination by Mr.. Caulfleld was
very protracted. Mr. Waahburn said: I under
stood that Sheridan suspended Trainor becauao
resting prisoner by using Unnecessary force.
l do not think I have tho power under tho char
ter to suspend patrolman. I think did my
duty by restoring Trainor to duty. think 1t is
tions not to toll him that m act which is pnlpably
illegal, although done by Commissioner, il cor
rect. Trainor las since boon dismissed from tho
force. I claim that I had no official knowledge
Of the complaint. I endeavored to inform my
self ~ to his guilt had information from the
and think talked with Capt. Buckley about
it, though ho did not know much about it.
am positive that Sheridan called mo dirty
BIZ! s!!aeagusFd do ~ not aot think ink, sa3 called
profane word, IS I am not in tho
habit OF using such language. do not wish to
10 understood as admitting that called him a
ID Liar OF God -. liar mr. as -, ,npeach1
tlaed those expressions.
Q.-Did you toll him your name MAS Wash
burn, mud YOU could be found at any time anl
place Al presume did.
not fao% oa q you any 'p PARTICULAR Fl moaning ae
Put Upon IT, h''i aR aan inssPest't%'a @eea agnt
! do not remember saying, II wasn't cripple I
WSud not apply ts The May11 % a to sasa him
fano language. Flo said something about black.
guard1Bm and conspiracy, and "star chamber !"
buBinoas. I havo not confounded blackguard-
ism with blaclsguard.
His statomont was almost identically tho Same aa
Mr.. WaHhburn'H in regard to the scene In the
Boards room. lie WAS present from tho beginning,
and told a straightforward story, and 81 arching
cross-exarnination failed to confuBo him. 1Io
language and crontod much laughter whom de-
acribing how Washb1rn reached for tho ink
stand, his fingers "contractlng spasmodically,"
aa ho seized It. He had been requested to bo
present by the Superintendent.
The President Of the Board Of Police thou
took tho Btnnd. After tolling how the deHks
had been placed, lie said: Sheridan oa1no in and
sat down. We we're commencing to transact
business, whom ho said, "Hold on. have Home-
thing to sny about the Fourth Precinct Station"
and began talking about tho Trainor case. l
did not pay particular attention until I heard
Sheridan accusing Waahburn Of doing somo-
thing purpoaoly to insult him. Then I thought
thoro was eoulothing, up, and turnod around to
look Mt thon,. l colildn't understand what they
were talking about for little while. Aftor
did comprehend it tried to any a word to
Sheridan, bllt ho looted ut mo, a1d looked at
Nashburn, and talked gront deal, and finally
llo raid, II charge 1t as reraonal insult, and
yon know It; is = put up job, on me- Tllcn
I began to wake up little, and he said
to Wanl1burn that ho wan no gentleman to
do 1t [auspend Trainorl.. Washburn attempt;
and jumped up aud told him ho WAS an
impostor and no gentleman. and uHed somo worry
1,nrol, or,,uo