The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-29
DOINGS OF THEPOLICE BOARD
Bib, the Modern Don Juan, in
Trouble.
Heavy Cross.firing Between the
Commissioners. foa
Stubborn Facts VS.. Leniency.

we'll known CharleS BlDD, mu!atCO, AoiuAnB
the position Of Sergeant on the police force,
Second Precinct, OF the corner Of st. Charles
and Melpomene, arrested woman, Matilda
Wood, daughter of the sexton of the Coli
scum Place Baptist Church, charging her with
disturbing the peace and using obscene Ian
guage. Officer Duffy conducted her to the
Second Precinct Station and there locked her
up. a3 . ~.
No charge was made upon the books against
her until one hour and half after her in
carceration, when it suited the convenience
of Bibb 10 90 to the station and make the
charge as above stated.
Affidavit being made against Matilda Wood,
the case came up in due order before Judge
Evans First Municipal Police Court, upon
which occasion the girl brought witnesses,
who proved that she was not guilty as charged.
and that the arrest was made through malice,
Bib falling to introduce even one witness to
testify to the contrary, or to state any pallia-
ting point for the legality Of the arrest
Matilda Wood was then honorably dis
charged by Judge Evans. She then pre-
ferred charges against Bib for conduct
unbecoming an officer and making an illegal
arrest. The case came up Monday morning,
the 25th inst, before the Board Of Metropoli-
tan Police. Witnesses for the prosecution
appeared, and by their clear and unimpeached
evidence showed that Bibb had not only
overstepped bis prerogative as an officer, but
that the charges, as preferred by him against
Matilda Wood. were unfounded, false and
malicious. s.-..,--..,
The friends of Bibb were then brought
forward and sworn; among them two mulat-
toes named J. p. Write and I. w. Wickham,
displayed talent for tall swearing" which
would have entitled them to q national repu-
tation had they been summoned in the Beech
er-Tiiton case The evidence on both sides
being ioished, Blob spoke piece, declaring
his innocence, and attempted to convince the
Board that the woman, Matilda Wood. had
been 80 fascinated by his irresistible charms,
! that she had sought to WOO and win him, but
that since his last misfortune before the Board,
when he was mixed up in another woman
difficulty, he had seddlously avoided the
weaker sex-because he was afraid of them.
MIR. Chamberlain, for the prosecution, re-
viewed the case with care and precision,
stating that it was through no malice that ht
appeared before the honorable board to prose
cute the officer, but that he had been prompt
ed by q sense of Justice alone, to come there
and expose the feeling that existed in the
heart Of Bib against the woman in question
He denounced in most emphatic terms the
! statements of Wickham and White ss false
! and showed that they could not have been a
the place and heard any obscene lang ag'
from Matilda Wood, as stated by them in thei
sworn testimony, and brought up the testi
mony of one of the witnesses, Mr.. Paris, TO
the Defense which disproved every word
: the statement of the "tall swearers.
During the course of the evidence, the
facts were brought out that Bibb had intro
Ia uh oh
: was employed as q servant in respectable
: family, and that he had surreptitiously oh
tanned q ring from the woman which he failet
to return, stating to her that he had lost tn
ring while washing his hands, and to anothe
person who went for the stolen ring, he state
that Matilda Wood had given it to him. This
. and the fact that she had, on previous occa
sions, rejected his improper advances, seem
to be the cause Of the animus existing i
. Bibb's heart against Matilda Wood.
The Board then went into executive sessio
for the purpose of deciding the knotty poln
' before them. Through the courtesy OF th
Commissioners the reporters were fortunate
ly (?) allowed to remain in the room;
Administrator Mccarthy said that he vote
some time previous to reinstate Sergeant Bib
! on the force, because he had been led to b.
lieve that Bibb was not IS bad man as b
!. was represented to be, but he was now salts
. fed that he was unfit to hold the position {
: sergeant of police, and he moved that Bib
be dismissed the force. Commissioner Mu
dock seconded the motion. -
II Pending action on the motion to dismiss
!. quite lively and protracted debate too
place, Commissioners Robinson, Murdoc
and Mccarthy sustaining the motion, an
= Bray, Gaudet and Ryan opposing it.
a Mr.. Bray, in the course OF his remark
l.. Al L l>oI haa,& inf ad hu
dan that the prosecutor was woman of ba
character, and that it seemed to him as If cel
tam parties devoted all their time and enel
tQies. to procure the dismissal of Bibb fro
1.-The force and that the charges were made
-tmalice He also spoke about certain " on
side pressure" that was being used again
Bib.
Mr.. Robinson said that he knew what Il
''pressure" was that kept Bib on the fore
: He then denounced in measured terms II
y action of Mr.. Jourdan in giving his informs
y ton to Mr.. Bray in q private manner, an
}, wanted to know why that person had n
It been summoned to give bis testimony befoI
d the Police Board He then referred to ii
good character given the prosecutor by Sc
t eral ladies of high standing in this cor
Il munity, which, in his opinion, complete
# refuted the statement of Mr.. Jourdan, ar
mentioned the fact that Bib had failed
Q make out his case against Matilda Wood
s Judge Evans's court.
ltl He further said, suppose this woman had
/, bad reputation, that did not justify Sc
y geant Bibb in making an illegal and brut
., |arrest-that the law projected the good al
the bad equally.
II Mr. Gaudet said that he ''did not care
20 much about BIB az he used to, and that if
n was brought before the board under OIL
II proper charge, and it was sustained by t
J evidence, he would vote for his dismissal, b
d tina. be did not think, even il this prese
D. charge was proved against Bib, that it "
n sufficient cause to remove him; she (Bib
1, simply erred in judgment.
le Mr.. Robinson wanted to know whether
.e Gaudet had read the charge against Bib
ID Mr.. Gaudet said he had.
Commissioner Murdoch said that "outsi
,e pressure had always been used to rets
Y Bibb on the force and to protect him in
ly unjust deeds.
ID Mr.. Ryan thought that the testimony "
very confictiog: and to get at the bottom