, 1874-02-21

Another Diversion in Hi.
Favor.
Sergt. Hood Arraigned for Issuing
That Illegal Warrant.

Sergt. Hood Arraigned for Issuing
| That Illegal Warrant.
The Matter Is Postponed for a
| Week.
! An important acona in the effort to save Chris
| Raf1erty's neck from the rope was enacted yos-
] terday afternoon before tho Police Commiasion-
| ers. This vas the
ATTACHMENT or sERGr. HooD
| for trial on the charge Of conduct unbecomine
| an officer IS shown in the specifications printed
! below. At the hour appointed, President She1i-
| dan and Nessrs- Nokke and Reno being pres
ent, Mr. Jameson, City Attorney, WIS sent for
| to prosecute tho case. sergt Hood WAS called
| in aud asked il he WAS ready for trial Aa
said:
II am certai My not prepared with my defense.
as the charges that have seen are 90 vague and
general that I do not know how to meet them
calculate to act rs my own counsel. but want
to know what I am charged with"
THE CHANGES
+ Nr. Sheridan said ne could read tho charges,
and the paper was handed him. They read aa
follows:
CnAEax1. Conduct unbccomtng IN officer.
sPEctr1cAz1oS1. !. Tha. on the 4th OF August, 1872,
city procured bank state warrant and without an
thority, inserted the name OF Christopher Rafferty,
and recited therein: among other things that upon
oath made before A. II. Banyon Esq. said Rafferty,
had been charged with tho commission Of ofenso
sgainst the laws Of this 6tate-the said Hood well
charged With the commission Of any odenso against
the lava either before 1ust'ca Rsnyna Or aRy other
1nses Of the psase qo9 hs 9s1 1st !s;s na
time and place aforesaid, delivered ssd warrant 40
made out by him, to Jainea Seaman, police officer
knowing 1t the time that the said warrant had
been issued wshou: authority of sw, aud was there-
srnc1S1cAr1os l. In this, that said Hood, At the
t.na and paca afozea4id, and altar delivering sad
warrant TO sa;d Scanlan well knowing the same to bc
to bring in the body of said Rafferty, at all hazards,
and that 6canan, in obedience thereto, in conjunction
with one Oaeara another police officer proceeded to
h' sasd a9RG
NOT GUILTY.
Upon Flushing the reading of this document
thas he would plead :not guilty to tho
charges. He then continued: It is my belief,
gentlemen, that there haa been conspiracy en-
tered into By certain parties to deprive NE OF my
position. I understand the charges hayo been a
long time preparing, and I therefore desire one
ono week from to-day Christopher Rafferty, is to
he hung, or disposed OF as the State may see fit.
and should bo GLAD, it must be tried for this
olfcnse, to be tried the same day. The act
alleged WAS committed eighteen months ago, and
1 think should have ample time to make my de-
fensc."
NO AGREEMENT,
1Ir, Jameson remarked that perhaps it would
be satisfactory to the gentleman to have tho
hearing adjourned until tomorrow, when the
Witnesses for the prosecution might be examined,
and then adjohrn for one week, and give the
Sergeant al opportunity to prepare his defense.
sergt. Hood objected to this.
Dir, Sher1dan-I think it will be Of value to
6oret. Hood to hear the sida Of the prosecution
at once,-thnt is, to-morrow,-so that he may
better prepare his dafcnae.
sergt, Hood thought he could not prepare
under week.
The City Attorney again pointed out tho ad-
vantases to be secured to Sergt. Hood By having
for the prosecution.
A1r. klokho favored the postponement Of the
trial for one week, as desired By serst. Hood.
~ will have to CROSS amino the Witnesses for
the prosecution as part Of my defense" said the
Sergeant. >
OBJECT OF THE TRIAL.
Mr. Sheridan then cleared lis throat aud made
such other indications as hcraidcd III approach
ing speech, ut which the members settled back
in thoir chai1s-
II think, gentlemen" he proceeded, "that
the charges were elected IN the interest Of the
people, and tho desire is to show that Chtfsto-
pher Rafferty, was approached and arrested With
out warrant. It il the object Of this trial to
and il this is to be done, it IS necessary that the
evidence should ba produced before be is swung
into eternity"
1tn. M'pkBMo7E.
The complainant in the charge, Michael Nc
Dermott hero arose, and, in q rnther hustared
manner, eudeayorcd to explain his evidence, to
which Mr.. Klokke said that that was not Court
OF Juatice, and that Rafferty, lad had his trial.
and the advantage OF all tho eVidcncs in his
favor He did not want to hear it..
however, to say that he proposed to show that
Rafferty, knew perfectly veil that O1fea1a had
no warrant for his arrest. IT can also ahow,"
lie said. that Chris was chased into the house
for his life. William Burns, aud DR.. Hood, aud
reter Burns will swear to thi5. and Hood told me
on the 14th OF September, 1872, pointing to the
sun, that az sure AZ that sun sets tonight 80
sure will Rafferty, be- hung"
Hood coneu:red in this, and said ha would say
it again, and did not think is vas conduct unbe-
coming an o1iceE.
II Will also proye,'' continued the excited
Celt, that Hood Was seen back Of saloon
drunk"
Some one here asked Hood how long since be
had been notified of the charges.
~ received the first notice las. Sunday" he
replied.
Ma. SMALL Is PRESENT.
3lt. 1amioson-I am not hero TOR the purpose
Of forcing tho prosecution. have been sum
moned By the Board of Police to appear and
prosecute this case. aud will not object to any
reasonable time being given to Mr.. Hood to pre-
rare his defense. 3Ir. Snail desires mo TO ask
the Commissioners to allow him to rnake.a state
meut.
Mr. Reno-1, for one, object to being made
use OF in this way. move that tho matter bo
postponed for one week.
II second the notion" said Mr.. Kokke, e1-
citedlx.
President Sheridan said that he could not
agree with his coadiutors-
THE MATTER POSTPONED.
"We suppose not" said both. '*The trial
therefore stands adjourned for one week.
MR.. SMALL EXPLAINS. ).
1Ir. Small, counsel for Rafferty,, here arose,
aud said that he wished it understood that he
had not mada the charges in the complaint and
knew nothing about thia matter until subpencd
by the Superi rinteudent OF Police to appear as
witness.
. Tha Board then pr,caedad with thM ronxi3er4