, 1875-01-26


Of them vera around; lie waa parfcctly Aobar at
the tio; could not tell how Sonn after tlle curtain
WAS fnisol no aaw tlio Sergeant; lIc binds him
good evoning; uavnr saw him At the Adelphi be-
iorc aud uoYor nnco.
CAPT. wIL1rAM nucKhEY, ..
of tho South Division, was next Hworn Saw Hcrgt.
OConuor at o'clock TblirsEay evoning: saw
him At twenty minutes to O'Clock saw him At 10
o'clock also lla was not intoxicated either
time saw him ut o'clock III tho station was
walking to lecture with Commissioner Sheridan,
and scrgt. OConnor wnnt with them part OF tho
way; 1t twenty minutes 10 o'clock posted 0'Cou-
nor cornor OF State and jackson strceta the
Commissioner wanted 10 avo something to cat;
OConnor started to 1ook after the mon, he HAid,
and thoy wentinto restaurant, after which they
went to tho lecture saw 4erEt. O'Connor again at
10 o'clock ho WAS sober then; he Was sober
each limo Aa aaw him.
OFFICER nnoNToN
law the Sergeant At 815 o'clock corner OF Mon
roo aud Dearborn stres.s; ho was sober At The
tine say LIN wak oad 10 dla n9t staEger knew oN
oflcc OF the Adelphi was not yet closed; he
Thought ths o1ico usually closed about that
time.
JAMES APPLETON
oycninR-trat at about o'clock, antl 1ext about
hnlf-psst o'clock; tho last time ho came in to
ark II ho ras drunk when witness naw him the
first time; O'Counor was sober OH both Occa.
1oHEru noLpEMERs
was next examined. Saw sergt. OConnor at
tho Adclpl,i Thursday night, but did not speRk
to lin 1t was between and o'clock tho
8ereeaut mas sober; he did not atagEsr.
HARRY LAWRENCE
remembered having eoen Sergk. 0'Connof in
"Ihe Store" botweon and 10 o'clock he was
then sober; lc would l.avo noticed the sor-
Sergeant to talsa drink. which he refused to do.
sEnor. ocoNNon
Sworn: Did not drink any liquor Of any t]escrtp-
tion iaat Thursday night; he took out tho pla-
tuop At o'clock, and tAeu returned to tho etn.
tioi,. whore l,o met Capt. buckley and Commits
sioner Sheridan; they wero going to q lectur .,
md 1o walked with them az faf as the corner OF
State aud Jackson streets; Capt. Buckley and
Sheridan stopped at restaurant to have Bome-
thing to cat as the Commissioner Bnid that he
felt eoruowhnt hungry; they Invited wttnces to
10 in also, but he docned, aud went on his
rounds; he visited AleVickers Theatre and
the Aiolpii; no ALSO stopped at "Tho
md eia ssw ey
asked him to hayo drink, which he refused;
Appleton wanted him to take cigar. which ho
nlso declined he then Visited lsyan's Varieties.
az ho conRidorod it part of Ills duty to visit all
sucl placcs to SEQ that all was quiet; hftor visit
ing hppletpn'a ile continued CT his rounds, and
returned to the Station Mt 10 o'clock; thers he
frat learned that ho Lad bean accused OF drunk
onrcsB.
Tn croBs-eHamfnhtton, the sergeant atated
that ho had not travelled on tue west side 81
South C!ark street that evening at all he simply
crossed tue street from Appietoh's, and then
Kept OIL the east sldo OF tic street. Ao also
maintained tlias he Ind not partaken or any
spirituOuH lnld tho evening III question.
OFFICER THOMAS TnAySon
WAS noxt called: Saw the Sergeant At tho sta
tion before tho plntoon went out :; he WAS per-
fectly anber then saw Lin afterWasd. at half
rast o'coclt, whom lie went into the station to
hi6 GC1Ef uU Fu8 DGtf9Ctty eObOr At that