The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-08-19

that no such document as Mr.. Brcnsons
COMPLAINT was ever presented TO the
Police Board or fled with the depart
ment. n
DIR. Bronson said it was quite likely,
hut Commissioner Charlick had told him
upon his word and honor that ne had
presented the complaint to the 6oard,
and that a trial of the offenders had been
ordered. But Charlick would tell him
one story one day and another thing an
other day. He did all he could toput the
complaint of and discourage It.
Continuing, DR.. Bronson said
When the new station house for the
Thirty-second Precinct was built a good
deal of the material was sent away to
Captain Wilson's private residence; po,,
licemen were taken from their posts and
detailed to work at painting and repair
ing the Captains house; much OF the
feed that came up there for the horses OF
the mounted policemen, was sent to the
CAPTAINS and Seth Hawley's stables; the
Captain kept tract otpasture land there
for his own benefit, detailing policemen
to NOW the grass and hauling it away in
police wagons to his own barn and the
barns of Mr.. Hawley and Mr.. Brennan;
after this Captain Wilson let the pasture
out: the police wagons and horses were
let out for hire, but when there were any
prisoners to be taken down town the
Captain would report, "No horses on
hand"
AVAILABLE POLICE SERVICES.
Horatio G. Conkling, formerly apolice-
man, said:
For most of the time during fourteen
years l was policeman in Captain Will
sons precinct; am carpenter by trade
and was detailed a good deal of the time
to do that kind of work; did work for
Seth G. Hawley, the head clerk OF the
department, at his house in Carmans-
vile; / did some rustic work for him, put
stalls in his stable, &C.; l was not paid by
Mr.. Hawley; / was aid by the Police
Commissioners; l made closet at the
station house, and that closet | under
stand, is now in Captain Williams house;
some of the lumber that came for the
new station was sent to Mr.. Hawley's
house, have seen feed come to the po-
lice stable in One Hundred and Flfty-
second street with orders to put certain
part in the police stable and take the
rest to Mr.. Hawley's house,
Sidney H. .Conkling, son of the last wit
ness, testified:
| am working Captain Wilson's farm
on Staten Island; was in the Police De-
partment four years in Captain Wilson's
precinct; in 1867 or 1868 l took lumber
to Seth Hawley's place and to Captain
Wilson's country place at Keyport; also
took feed to them which belonged to the
Department, and which was intended for
the police stable; all the time that was
working for these men l was paid by the
CITY, and so were the other men who
were working at the same jobs; at Cap
tain Wilson's place on Staten Island
there is at present some property which
used to belong to the Police Department
among other things two saddles, some
harness and box full of horse blan-
kets.
Gardner Conkling, brother of Sidney
H. Conkling, testified:
am also working ashare of that farm;
was connected with the Police Depart
ment while Mr.. Wilson was Captain; was
detailed as hostler; 1 fed three horses and
three hogs which belong to Mr.. Hawley |
three times day for five months steady; |
saw the feed disappear from the po-
lice stables, and helped to make it disap-
pear; one summer / was detailed from
police work to 90 down to Staten Island
and superintend the Captains country
place.
James Pettigrew, a policeman under
Wilson, said he had taken feed to Captain
Wilson's place and to Commissioner
Brennan's place; there were fourteen
horses that belonged to the department
but there were twenty-five horses at the
stable; Captain Speight had black stall
lion there, Commissioner Henry Smith
had two horses kept there, John Wilson
had one, Commissioner Manierre had
one and the rest belonged to persons
whom l didn't know; man used to be
detailed to exercise the stallion.
John A. Ellis, formerly superintendent
of Trinity Cemetery, testified that he had
hired horse and wagon from Captain
Wilson, for which he paid So day to the
Captain; have been to Cock-fghts; he
said, the first one l went to l went with
Captain Speight; went with him two or
three times.
THE lilly CTuBBlNG