, 1875-04-06
WAISQM'S CASE.

WHIT HE WOULD Nor CARRY THE nAnY.
Oflcor Watson hAH hitherto bo,ue tho 1cputa-
t!on Of being good policeman. but the verdict
Of The Triumvirs WAS against him yesterday, sud
niil stand as tarniAh upon his star aud post-
pono bis roundsmanship for many 4 LONG day.
Watson waa = quiet mnp, quito courageous for
polico-onlccr, neat In lila dress and proper in
his address, pnuctual In luis onXasencnts, and
altogether tho kind Of man rho. 1t ho
continued on his good behavior and supported
the right Ticket htraiGhs through, might wakc
aftor ton or lfteon years moro service, to pros-
peet of some day sIippins into sergeancy. Yet
in NJ evil momons ho fell. and lia backslldfuE,
which nas In tho dinobolicnce .to-his-Bupcrior-
oEAcor line, cost Kim an Interview with the
rIiuu,sits Yesterday, and !lno OF ton ilaya' pay
There were no eAtenunting circumstances
that tho Hoard could 500, but the public. when
tloy hear all, may be little mora l0uient. One
day last week \ gentleman discovered On his
duur-step 4 little stranger, spasentlY about 5
days old and vety voclterous, Atu, not having any
particular Immediate uso for IL he seut 1t ovor
10 tile police-atatiou, whcEo It's cries. snpcrin.
duced doubtless by prolonged absence from Tho
maternal font, had such IN OBJECT upon tho
oply proper that tho infant should bo inmed-
atel4 carried over to the Wood Street Founding
Asylum, where he knew tue peculiar kind OF
music 1t evolved would DO moro full, appro-
CiAtEl,
Having duly considered Who Of all hs mon,
Waa tho tittoss to 1ntrrAs with tho carriage Of 10
precious fieIglt lie finally decided that uillcor
Wa.aon, whom he knew to 90 very kind And
gentle Of dlApos1tiou, and carotul tn ;he
saps sss wsa s' tEs EEe'a' man. .''s wns9 II hs
his surprise when tho officer aaid that ho would
not carry the baby, aud only showed = irnier
discrimination when tho possibly tutribla conBe-
queuces Of his rotusal wcro explained to him.
f1fffnnr NafhOn krotfrft haf,1FA TIM T0Ar{}
aud lncd $50. To sone men tbs little 4-nl!to
trip, WITH mualcal infant ~ ballast, might DO
anything quite gioasant in its nature. but tho
Ieasons which Watson brought up p hia do
tho Doard, wtl At least help to not
hin right With tho domestic community, 1Is
pleaded that lle had or rather that Mrs Watson
bad, once had baby, aud left IL 10 tho uuiul-
his natura! autlpathy to all such undevolopol
spccimens Of humanity. lie failed to teil Of tho
sp1iouH dayz boforo Lie arrival Of tho lttlo Wat
aon: OF tho terrible susponBs uf tho day on
which tho littlo fellow calno; OF ths unoomtoEt.
sufa, wlIll \ chair as tho end "a contsnua.
s!on [Mr. Watson mcasutos feet .
Inches In heishtl; Of tho .leepleHs
nights when neither parcgorlu nor M!uaiow
upqp miles troldon up aud down tho bedroom
beat when the little ". had la first doso OF col.
ID Of tho teethtnB commissions which attended
tho cutting Of its earliest uioEarsi Of thu IL :
creased expense in docsora' blll9 ctc which tho
questionable treasure Brought Into the Watson
donlostio economy as lss natural consequence !,
all Ut these he might hare mentioned % good
grounds for h!B refusal to hare auEht to do NTH
tue lit.lo stranger, but lo loft it ati to DO im-
asineu by tho Board, and suFclel tue conae.
Hueuce OF Lis neglect.
The very fact iha. he possessed 4 better half
ho ought to hayo pleaded 10 extenuAt,on Of lila
torribIe crime. lle did not call to thoir alton;
tion Tho do!lcato position in which Le, married
| man and tue father Of ono child. nould pIlco
himself were !,o to be discovered by MI ill.uk-
tured neighbor moving stea!thiy along tho back
st1qoss With = suspicious buntlls 10 lis anus,
and ahadowe4 until lie deposited it ~ tho
door OF tho Fouudlingh' 1Iolno. lie utterly
fa!lol to depict 70 tho uoard tho torriblo family
jar which would inevitably arise III tho Wassou
lomiclIe when tho ill-natuEed noighbor With
yeno9ous tongue sal4 tho story Of his ast te
upon his nelgLbors. 1u fact. O!iicsr Watsou
wanted Tfude or Feensy by bis s.de
& Tue .bs sF t.sl. Iaassousae<. Pns 10 s@'snfn %
might Lave arisen had h foo!lshly obsyoa hi,