, 1874-02-10
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE DUTY OF A POLICEMAN.

THE DUTY OF A POLICEMAN.
Duo Of tho grontcst farcoa that polico Justice
byor bud to do with was exploded by Justice
Doydon at tho South Side Police Court Yestor-
day morning. It aeemB that tho police antho11.
tics Of the South Side havo for Bomo days past
hocn concentrating tholr efforts upon n very
dangerous young person, " Ida Sober" BY ratne'
Tho object Of their 30 doing they claim to DO tho
ponGtming OF n auspfoibn already formed tha'
this interesting young person, VINO III
h tolorably good.loolktng brunette WIS
Tho wife, ut least 30 mistrean Of tue 1hias
Dunn, who was then suspected OF being, anu Pas l
s!noo boen arrested Al, tlio masn leader OF tno
robbers who roltoved Andrewa' paN1l-sliop, -, Or
quantity Of watehos tho other ovonang. Imoy
woro aware Of tho fact TINT tho brunette was Nv"
nuo. nut 81 and accordingly ordered oloer Van v1ieraen
to Hhadow her for q few days. .ss
That officer doubtless thought that to oct the
part Of m lie A1oserve for fow daya WoMla oe
nroyacl recently, and outerod upon bis JOB with
proisoworthy nlacrlty Hnying followed the
h,lnetto on several ocoasionB M ho eays, to
wl,ore aho ontored q notorious house OF asstgna-
ton OH Twe,f 81 Inn s'feo eoaclusion ' tas so
Noa 1sSe nrostitutc. This fact tho oiIicer
Communicated to the lady-proprietor Of tho
Wnbaah avonuee boarding-houne who ,T1. d1s-
charged hor eonreE insont,nonty oal nho
ing-houso ut No. 2 Park row. and thithor Van
Yiierdon followed 1,or. Hero, in obedience to
instructions, tho officer became q temporary
boarder, and, making contldant OF tho may
and demanded her assistance to corner the girl.
Tho moment ho chose to accomplish this object
happened to bo at timo when ho know aiio was
In hor room with young gentleman, and when no
ind s,ispioious that one OF tho leading Blyatora
Of the cfty, WHO Ind sncakca into tho houso un-
observed gavo by his vigilant oyo, was trying 70
offoos IN entrance into her chamber. With the MD
OF tile 1anlaly, the officer aucceoded IN onterlng
tho room noxt to TINT occupied by THO brunette
what was going on. By dint Of tho assistance Of
sic wanted to put some coal in tho bruuottee
room, the officer succeeded In getting an on-
Who bo'' proved uro,et' to to " DO ida Sober" and
tho young fellow who was with hor.
After alternato throatB aud pornuasionH, the
couple wore removed to.the Ar1nory, and there
the singular part Of tho story begins Instead Of
aa would naturally bo expected, his euperiors al
lowed Lis heart to relont, and ho was giVon ttrno
10 hunt up old Dan Wcbster to bail the couple
put. He aoems to have Ind frequent intorvlows
plead guilty Of tho charge Of diaortlorly conduct
but opposite their IamoB In tho record.
Whether or not the officer had dBinister Intentions,
In insisting on attending to tho cnno nftor It
Ind passed from lis hands 1t is hard to say, but
tho simple fact that ho Interested himself in the
matter SO greatly has . tendency, to raise sus- 8
picion tint there may be considerable truth III
lie agacrtion Of the counsel for the defense,
made in Court, that the officer tried to
lhnt ho induced the latter to give
lalse namo when lie arroBtod him, In order to 70
min hold upon him, aud statel TINT It ho
,leaded guilty at tho trial but nominal line
Eoull be imposed, and tho thing could be kept
luist as fur as lie was concerned. AZ tho Police
~ also that Of the male defendant, tho young
aly refusing to raise hor vol in order to
tive Testimony. The young nun acknowledged
saving yiRitod the brunette at hor roqn at both
soarding-housea but denied any improper inti-
macy with hor. Justice Doyden accordingly dis
harged 10th prisoners and thcy loft Court to-
tothor. Thus tho South Side Police Court lost
Ao eeryicos of patrolman for nearly = week,
ho amount OF his board at q Park row board-
ng-houeo, aud hnve to show for 1T
cndants. II tho South sido police are
determined to follow up tho movements Of ovory
roman IN the neighborhood, there will very soon
70 hardly D pntrolman left on q BENT and tho
financial skill Of q Hayes or the economy Of III
D'IIara will not bo able to pay the increased bin:
Bishop, aascrts TINT nho is married woman, who
has come hore to got . rosidenee to enable
her to sue for divorce. He claimB that van
her into some predicament which would stand IN
tLe way Of her getting . divorce; that ho "',put
up Job " on tho couple, between whom there
was never anY improper intimacy that ho nd
vsed both sides to give falso names mud to plead
gu,lty, In order to make up,a. record against
them. Alr. Bishop says it iB his iiltontion to
make formal complaint against tho officer to
the Board of Police.