Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-09-12
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Tho Virginia Board Of Police Com
missioners held an adjourned meeting last
night. Chief Lackey was no, present and
Mayor Kaneen issued . summons for him.
%instructing the policeman In whose hands
the document was placed TO fetch Ben
jamin dead or alive. The peeler returned
without Laekey's corpse, but brought .
message from the Chief inviting Mr..
Kaneen to come out and serve the sum-
mons himself. His Honor declined. but
said II he acted in that way he hould con-
slider that he was .hirking his duty.
y.iLrn nosEY's CASE
Was taken up and . number Of witnesses
for tho defense were examined. samuel
Griffith testified that he had been en-
Moved since the first OF July last In
Guarding the prisoners who work upon
The streets. He was about the prison
AT all hours ami had never seen
Iobey drunk, nor had he ever known
= man and IN 10 BE- locked up In . cell
together. lie hal known . small boy Of
from twelve 10 fourteen years Of ago ~ DO
nut i'm among the He knew moth
ine Of the woman Mitchell being in
Robev's. room. Was at the Jail on the
Fourih of July when Frank Common WAS
brought in. lie was drunk and noisy and
Robey hAnd-cufed him. lConnor swore
ON Monday night that Robey had never
hand-cuhed him.-RKP.l Never saw Robey
play the hose upon . woman.
Judge Knox testified that Mike Gilmore
hal been convicted In his court once Of
assault and battery and once Of petty lar
n Would not give his oath tho same
credit As that u an honest man.
J. II. johnson deposcd that he had been
In the Jail at all hours. Had gone there
10 write up i.obcy's books. Never Jaw
Robcy intoxicated. Never saw him abuse
men or lock them up with women. saw
him and Jailer White strap u man to .
mattrass TO save the man from hurting
himself.
A number Of other witnesses testified 10
Robey's sobriety and that they had never
ssen him abuse prisoners or lock mon up
with womcn The affidavit Of II. J. Wing,
the old man who was locked In the cell
with the woman Fair. Was read. wingde-
posed that he was 81 years old that Mrs.
Fair WAS very drunk when she WAS put In
the cell and begged Robcy not 10 take him
away rs she would 10 crazy II left alone.
Her testimony. a. published. was utterly
false, both as regarded Robey's conduct
and hi. own. In tho morning she con-
leased that she had been % drunk to re-
member what took place over night. They
were In tho cell together about two hours.
Jailsr Robey desired TO call some more
witnesses but Mayor kaneen said that ''the
evidence ON both sides preponderated'-
whatever that meant. and the case was
closed.
CAPTAIN inY.
The case Of Captain Iby eame mp next.
Anthony O'Brien stated that on the first Of
June last he was In . house Of ill-fame on
d street with a party Of friends. He was
very drunk and was put to bed in the
house. His friends left and were arrested.
Iby came into the house woke him up and
took him to the City Jail. The ofhccr
struck him over the head when taking him
out % the house. When they reached
the Jail Iby told him 10 sit down
in q chair. lie refused. Iby thrust
him into q seat. lie got up and lby
struck him over the forehead with his
club. lie still carried the scar. IA red
scar over an inch and q half long marked
O'Brien's forehead In Court. when lby
Was asked why he struck him, he answer
ell. oh. I hit him one for luck
Wells Drury testified TO Thy having vio-
iently pushed Frank Wyatt. . CAroaicts re-
porter. from q house which he had en-
tered TO get an item. lby used tho worst
kind Of language on the occasion. Mr..
Wyatt eorroborated Mr.. Drugs testi-
mony.
The Board then adjourned until wednes-
day evening next. The best Of order pre-
vailed during the evening. the only out
burst Of applause being summarily sup.
pressed by Mayor Kaneen. who threatened
10 clear the room II II was repeated.