The New York herald., 1875-09-14

WILLIAMS AGAIN TRIED.
THE WONDERFUL POLICE CAPTAIN WHO CAN'T
KEEP OUT OF TROUBLE.

THE WONDERFUL POLICE CAPTAIN WHO CAN'T
KEEP OUT OF TROUBLE.
The rrepressibe Police Captain ofthe Fourth precinct
who figures more frequently defendant before the
Board of Police than any other member of the depart
ment up again for trial yesterday before Commis
soners Voorhis and Mascll.
The charges this time were that the night of July
81 the said Captain Illegally arrested one John
McKeever applied abusive epithets to him and had
him locked up during the night in the Oak
station house, and further that the said WllamS
falsely charged the complainant the following morn
ing before magistrate with having interfered with
him Wliams while the latter was in the discharge OF
his duties, on which charge the said magistrate did
hot hold the complainant
Mr. McKeever took the stand and testified: ON tha
night OF July 81 while sitting front of my door in
the Bowery, near Grand street, Captain Williams and
an officer passed by having between them prisoner
named ''Scottyu Lavee the latter called me by name
and made some remark TO which replied, "You are
PRETTY TIGHT PLACE."
Captain Williams then turned on me and asked Inc IL
would like to get him the prsoner) of his fix;
answered that did not interest myself in his busi
ness; Captain Williams replied, saying, ''You tried ID
on with me once and made you take water" he then
called Inc u liar and ordered the officer who with
him me- which he did and took to the Oak
station house, there Captain Williams made use
Of very insulting and abusive language saying, amoni
other things, that he could lick forty such fellows as
was he also dared me to go into the yard and fight
him; when was taken to court next day the Judge
discharged me from custody
Two witnesses corroborated the compainants state
ment to the manner of the arrest.
Captain Williams, conducting his own defence, theI
called Sergeant Kcating of the Fourth precinct WHIT
was on desk duty at the time Mckeever was brought
into the station house The witness denied that the
Captain used abusive language or offered TO fight tho
prisoner
Officer Flynn who by orders of the Captain arrested
McKeever testified that the latter first addressed the
prisoner, who being brought by himself and
Captain Williams to the station house, using
the words 'Why don't you make break and
GET AWAY THE BIG sXAKE'
and otherwise melting the prisoner to attempt escape
The witness had heard that the complainant des
perate character and associate OF thieves and gam
blers.
Roundsman Bolster of the Fifteenth precinct, swort
TO the past character of the complainant who had beeI
dismissed from the Police department for brutay kick
ing a in the face According to this witness
Mckeevcr exceedingly wicked man.
A Mr. Garcia, the proprietor OF Il cigar establishment
testified to having found property stolen from him ID
the possession of Mckecvcr
Captain Williams then asked the dismissal OF the
case. saying that he arrested the complainant solely
because he nterfered with him the discharge OF his
duty by ncitng his prisoner TO resistance. The case
was referred Tor decision to "a full Board