, 1874-03-03
SERGT. HOOD.
His Trial by tho Board Of
Police.
Testimony Concerning Blank War
rants.
The Caso Continued Until To-Day.

denE ShoriuRn ana O full Bonru III hLtohuh"oc'
Tho hearing Of tho evidence III tho caao OF
sorgt. Hood waB resumed. Mark shoridant tlle
Presdont, remaking tint ho hoped no pro'lxlty
would bo indulgel iii that aftornoon'
JOHN ". CLYDE
Baid ho was M attornoy-at-law, and had boon
connected with tho Law Department Of tho City
Of Chicago from Jan. !. 1870, to jan. l, 1874.
Tho warrant shown him wAs known rs 4 dtaor-
dorly warrant For olghs or nino months while
engaged in tho Law Department to prosecute
oasoa In tho Police Court, he had seen these war
rants delivered by Justces Danyon mud Soully's
cleras to police oilicials.
C,.oss.cran'iuation: Tho Corporation Counsel
md City Attorney woro not, to ILLS knowledge,
awnro that thoso warrants wero issued. Thoro
WIS no warraut or procoss known to tho statute
US disorderly warrant 1Io had Bcen warrants
slnilar to tlom isauol as disor1erly warrants.
Tint was not u State warrant, becauso 1t waa u
yiolntion OF tho city ordinance. 4 State warrant
could not bo issued for the violation Of city
ordinance.
spoke empl,atica1y OIL tho subject, and stated
TINT lc would provo to tho Court TINT tic war;
rant In question was State warrant, and his
totuarkB Woro supplemented by an extract from
Douyer, defining and classifyi9E warrants pro.
cdlilod by speech from tho counsel for accused,
stating his Wow Of tue question.
1l1s. CLYDE
enlightened the Board by his views to the effect
that Slate warrant Issued fora violation Of State
law, while d warrant issued for tho arrest Of ono
charged with tho violation OF city ordinance
WAS known under tho hoRd Of disorderly war
rauts. Considerable discussion occurred between
tho several counsel OIL tho question.
@. ii. MtLLEn
said lo was a lawyer, and had boon q police
officer for twelve ycArs, acting as parrolman,
detcotiye, sorgeant and Captain. On being
hanaod the warrant In question, he statod 1t to
Such warrants had boon repeatedly given to
Police Borgoanta aud Captains to sorvo. Very
often lisordosly warrants were loft with Sor
goants and Captains IN blank, to DO served.
9hoy ssore ssqo1 4,t hy Justices payls 0[iliiAin,
rootions iii relation to tho execution Of
tllose warrants woro that tho officers should fill
them out in cases of emergency, with tho proyiBo
tllnt they should not be executed Sunday. Jus.
ttcc scnlly objected to signing my Of these war
i'll office theRo warrants were loft with tho Clcrk,
tnd after tho complaining witnoss had made
pnth tho warrants were givon to tho officers to
I'LL up. III somo cases thoy wuro 1illod up with
nut oatl. DiBorderly warrants Ao regarded In
tho ,utrro OF d suitmona. II tho warrant woro
in tho nature OF Il civil warrant, iasuol by Jus
tico Of tho Ponce, 1t would not DO served by
police officer. 1t must be issued BY Police JUS
tico to onabo MI officer to servo it. Tho distinc
lion between warrant mud q summons was tint
warrant directed the capture OF tho person
whose name WIS therein contained; q summons
Binply commanded Lis appearance.
FLAvIus n. WILDER
Baid hD remembered tho date when Officer
O'Meara was killed.. Ills impression is that it
was 1nte Sunday night or curly AIonday morning.
11o WIS ut tho police Station when Sergt Hood
was IN charge Saturday, to attord . woman.
That, was III tho morning. IN the afternoon
Inn Dft 1.,4.I, 10
him. IIo advised him to give himself up. In
tho evening bis mother-in-lnw called at his oflco
a,}d Htatod TINT lo had not given himself up
whom tle Witness repeated his alvico to Eiyo
o'clock saooka aud Dnrna called OIL him, stated
tlloir caee and asked what to do. Ho told them
to surrender Themselves, aud accompanied them
to tho Doering street station. 1t was botween
4 and s o'clock, they woro both locked up, bail
being refused on account Of tho absence Of the
Judge.
JOHN TUN18oN,
Bailiff OF the South Division Police Court Baid
he Ind been connected with the Police Court
Of tho City Of Chicago five md d half years.
orderly warrant. He lal soen tleso signed III
blink by Bunyon and Summerfiold aud delivered
them to Captains md Sorgea1ltd. uo never
heard instructions giyon to the officers to I'LL up
cases Of emergency tloy wore to be illlett.up by
oflieors llo did not know OF auy such warrants
1,nv;pr hmm unrvad
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