The New York herald., 1874-12-18

mad been asked 10 arrest the reckless driver, but
the Commissioner nned hm nve days ray.
Oflcer o. A. Pratt IN member OF the BroadwN
Squad-that stTange body oi ofncers, half gallants
aud half grooms escorters oi fair ladies' ana
by Mr. william II. Bisseii, OF No lo4 East seven
teenth street, with having been cruel TOWARD
man who rad acted with severity toward the ant
mai. The officer explained that the anlmai co,n-
oy Mr. Bssel Was stage az asnoSnt e Of
the daily struggle wnicn some OF them nave na1
with HIM II was, the ofncer declared on ms as
on Broadway. On the day that Mr. Bssells sym.
pathy was excited the horse was even more than
Gus citizens swerved hini rom side to side
Of Broadway bus n Eld r NOT ascsSrso &c. ,naf n,m
the extent OF his cruelty toward the horse went no
further Than to strike him on the legs with
small rattan: koundsman Lester Lewis VINO was vas
in citizens dress. He aided the other oficers,
and finally, as he Is an excellent bareback rider.
sSusiasm Of the spectators. Mr. BsseII saw Lewis
ttlatng the ribs OF the horse with his heels, and
to the legs OF the animal. he now urged oy MS
feelings to make protest He told Onicer Pratt
90 90 rss ana ws mat
present roundsman on duty. who must order tne
ofncer before he could make an arrest. The evl:
dence altogether showed that Mr.. Btssel's neaIt
and SO his charge against oa,cer Pratt was dis
Onicer William Stein, OF the Twenty ninth pre-
cinct, called MRS. Ann Mooney some hard names
on the Attn inst. He has owed Mira. Mooney $l2 FOR
a long time. half or winch sum Chlef Clerk Hnwley
ordered him to pay on the DAY mentioned ana tne
remainder on the 4th Of January When MIS-:
Mooney called for the 1rst tnstalment OF tho
money he rebu1ed her. and under mis- breath, so
that no one but herself could hear, called her
disreputable names. Commissioner worms gave
Stein week within which to pay the frst nail OF
his debt TO Mrs. Mooney. Since NE appointmenn.
to the force In 1869 stein has made very pad
record having been fined nifty -four days pay.
Offcer B. J. Devitn. OF the Tenth precinct, Was
complained OF by . boy named Jhomas NueeGt
The youth was peddhn9 at the corner of the bow
some Ill disposed person. To escape from severe
beating he ran away from bis assailant, Just as
Officer Devlin was approaching the scene OF the
difficulty. Devlln followed and canght MIN, ana
cuned and kicked him. He then released the boy,
who was approached by Mr. John Taylor, o.
had seen the eatire trouble, 50 he advised young
Nugent TO complain against DeylD. That oalcer,
seeing Taylor and the boy convefsing, interrupted
them and arrested the latter. Next morning q
MAGISTRATE discharged Nugent. the oifcer's
first defence was tnat Nugent had caused
disturbance, and had struck great burly
fellow, whom he produced as witness: Then ne
made another explanatl0n ana charged tnat ooth
Nu9ent and Taylor mad reasons for troubling him
The latter, he said had dif1culty win him IN
greatly astonlshed at this charge aud, alter again
looking at Devlin. ne declared earnestly :-"four
Honor never saw the man IN Gold Hill, nor any
other place than New York" Then he asked
Devlin where the trouble between them TOOK
place The latter replied "n nsn ,nea.rs re, az @
IL IT has MT been bnilt within month"
Of1cer Devlln's defences were not powerful so
he WAS fined five days. pay.