Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-05-12
MIR. LIndseY,s Arrest, ,

SHAMEFUL CONDUCT OF SHAMELESS OFFICIALS
THE INDIGNITIEs TO WHICH A wILMING-
TON GENTLEMAN WAS SUBJECTED AT PHILA-
DELPHIA.
Mr.. VIM. Z. Lindsey whose arrest on the
Centennial grounds has already been no.
ticed, was released, yesterday, and returned
to Wilmington. he is at his post with the
Fl. & IL. Co., this morning, though quite
unwell from his imprisonment. To Com
MERoIAL reporter he related the full cir
cumstances of his arrest and detention.
Mr.. Lind ey says that he and Mr.. Ooley
were arrested by New York detectives
named Carpenter and Heidelburg, who
would not make any explanation of their
conduct until they brought them (the pris-
oners) into the presence OF Chief of
Centennial Detectives Tilley. Here Coley
was discharged with instructions to
leave the grounds which he made haste
to do. This was about o'clock. Lindsey
was locked up for an hour or 80 and then
removed to the Penna. Avenue static n
house, two miles away, where hearing was
given him by Alderman Clark, who commit
ted him on the testimony Of Carpenter and
Heidelburg. They swore positively to see-
ing Mr.. L. look first into the pockets of a
couple of ladies who stood near him, and to
his vthen thrusting his hand about in the
vests Of men pressed in the crowd.
When MIR. Lindsey was asked what he
had to say he could only protest innocence,
which he did with such effect that it re-
quired sharp retort from the detectives
to procure his commitment. But evidences
of Mr.. l.. g character we're at that moment
in the possession of Chief Tilley which
would have liberated him had they been used
instead of which he buried all the kilograms
sent in his pocket From the Penna. Avenue
station house MIR. Lindsey was taken to
the Central,a city policeman placing on him
the nippers" and compelling him to ride
"a the front platform of car down Market
street to 5th where he was exposed to the
full view Of the crowded street. Along 9Th,
with the nippers" still on him he was led
to the station, followed by a crowd, and
theIe thrust into prison again.
Both here and at the other station house,
although money was freely offered with
which to telegraph his friends, Mr.. Lindsey
was refused the privilege by the officials in
charge though the subordnates would have
assisted him had they not been forl i1den
1t WAS with difficulty he got anything to cal
and that little was purchased with the mon
ey which had been overlooked in searching
his person.
Captain A. Kelley, of the q. & H. Co.,
went up to Philadelphia, yesterday morn
ing, and, accompanied by John O'Byrne
and a Mr.. Farr, waited upon Mayor S5ok-
ley, who ordered Mr.. Lindsey's release
Upon going to tile prison Captain Kelle!
spoke rather rebukingly to the officers, whi
undertook to explain, but were mute unde
their endorsements. The record wal
destroyed, and no one seemed to know
anything of the commitment. They though
and this was about all they could say.
does seem singular that in this age of jus
tice, and at the seat of the Centennial, sucl
outrages as this should be perpetrated. Il
the Philadelphia authorities do their dut
in this matter, they will dismiss the tw
detectives who swore away the liberties o
an innocent gentleman merely on suspicion
"A little three-year-old, when gatherin
flowers, found one with an unusually shol
stem, and exclaimed that he found it si