, 1875-02-02
City Treasury. Tho whole affair foreshsdows
now tasnc Of worthless certificates Of city ndebt-


POLICE RLCNpEn.
Each succeeding day talsies an additional BLACK
| mars to tho already dccpsy-diacolored score o.
tho Peoples pr rtr police force. 4 men,hcr OF
tho pycrant Police Board having happened to he
reelected bv O laFgo majority, not because the
public sanctioned and approved Of his previous
short nnl wicked career, IA Ilo vainly imaeines,
hut becanhe 10 merely happened to got on tho
right Hi7e of tho political fence, ignorhntly ar
gUoH TINT q licentious career is popular. He
ought to no taught q Bcyero lesson when l,is term
e1riras, II for ITO othor r0aeotib ttan tho sollow-
ing ono Of tho niany acts OF injustice combined
by Police 13oar.l rrojut1tced beyond measure III
favor Of gamblers and tho Peoples par
ty: Yesterday 1t wa8 snrgt. o'connor, vito
was unfortunate enough 70 bo arra'gnel
cultured and refined lady md well knawa IN All
admirable tsachor OF music in New York City,
while IN thicngo last December OH visit to hcr
paroNts, had lsrr pocket picked by ono William
Jonos. Soon aftcr tho occurrence Eho noticed
her loss, md tho thief waa a.rostel by cttzor
and night-watchman, one OF whom fointl the
lHdy'a nocknthook III JoneE pocket. Tho thief
wRs :aon brought to tho station, Mrs. Lict,tcn-
stbin accompanying them. Tho thief was booked
decided to lock up Mrs. 1.cltcnstefn as nwItnoaH
III tho case. Previous to being locked mp, tho
thief acknowledged ho wna tho cnlrrit, and
; fss'a for nsFsy & bm fs i, aenn 10,
a fov ninntos, seemed to regret having
ch.,sed his arrest, and aald sho would not like to
prohocnto hin. This Bhe claimed sle wns
farther induced to do becauso Of tho decided an-
t'rnthy against appearing In Police Court.
THO Sergeant tho, called for 3 blank subpnna,
which llo served OIL her, and then ste exclaimed
"Why. BY that timo bhall be halfway to New
York." Ifo tf1on decided to lock her up and told
her 70. 3ho demonstrated. HayinE that sAe was =
respectable womau, stated wi,ero l,cr fstenls and
relatives reHdcd, and offered to givo security for
any amount, bit oil to no aval, ,-sse had arrested
o thtcf aud, Of COURSE must ho punished for
doing her duty. Sho vas then takon DOWN
Htatra and locked up, and word vas sent to hor
relatives. who live At u South Lincoln s.roet,
by telegraph. Dy hlundcr, which bears on its
faco tho stamp Of ignorant and inefficient Police
men, tho number was mado 172. and tho answer
waa returned to the effect that thcre was no
such number. Officer Boaianin. station keep
Of, Noticing tho blunder, corrected tho telegram
and repeated it. but failed to receive m answer.
This is what ho testified to yoatcrt,ay. aud tho
Doatd Of 1'o,ica will do wcll to veFify hs testi-
1nony By personal Investigation.
ar n consequence, title lady whs confined over
night in cell. her children, husband, and pa
les at homo nlmaat distracted by hcrproinngcd
absence AL this becaano ete had dared to
A terrible warning to all latlics not to disturb
tho equilibrium OF pUlco force which thus
places premium oil nil thievery and encourages
pickpOckess. III summing up the case. Cisy-At-
tim, while not layina anv particular blame on
Berg.. OCounor, claimed thA. tho lady lad re-
coiyej outrageous treatment considering tho
fact that the thief had admitted to Sorst. O'Cou-
lor and uthet pn!lce-oaicsra present that no had
Etolen tho pocket-pook, and that she had oiforod
IL give security Tor her appearance rather than
be lockod up 10 4 cell Tho indignant police mag.
,,atcs after putting their official heads together
for fow .uoncs,ss, decided that tho Sergeant
WIS rarfcc.ly juEt,'ica In OBTAINING tho witness,
and slight cen3uro MAS panHet on tho officers
Of ths police forcc at largo for caroloHanesH in
an improper transmission Of tho telegram. When
the case was flushed Z police official, when aske
what he thought Of it, lnconieslly replied that
llo WA asilunlcd of tho duteB imposed on him
rom WAS filled with O'Connor's friends, and at
cvory roiut naaa against tho accused by tho
prosecuting attorney md by tho chief witness
thcho friends, Or ru1ians, as they should be
called, burst into laughter.