The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-06
THE NICHOLAS POLICE.
They Appeal 10 tho City Fathers for n
Rndress af liriArnnccs.

The following liz the memorial OF the twenty
Ave policemen Of the Fourth District mentioned
In Saturday mornings DENocHAT, which, whei
completed, 1t liz said. will bear the signatures o
over Ave hundred OF the most prominent and In
fluential citizens OF the Tenth and Eleventh
Wards. This memorial will be presented u the
next meeting OF the City Council, and II speaks
for itself.
To tho Honorable Mayor and Board Of Admin
Gentlemen Your petitioners respectfully repre-
sent that they appear before you In two oaps.
1. As individuals who have been upjustl,
treated, In that they were dropped from the roll,
Of the police force without adequate cause; and
q. Al residents OF the Fourth District who dc.
sire to bring to your attention wrong done b,
the assignment to duty in that district Of men
living IL other wsrds Of The city. and who ere
| utter strsngern to the inhabitants.
We ray that twenty-five OF us have been at
dropped, against five Of whom, IL ia alleged,
charges were pending, and that In our places
there have been appointed fifteen men living in
Admins traitors McoafIrey and Diamond
In Justification OF his action, Administrator
Diamond has exhibited to bis Honor the Mayor a
list Of our names. oppoeite to five OF which were
entered charges Of neglect OF duty, ec.
Admit for sake OF argument the charges were
| correct. and that the Ave men against whom they
were made are unworthy, how comes IL that twenty
men against whom there we're no charges should
share the same fate, and were slaughtered 10
m IKE room for The fifteen residents OF the First
second aud Third Wafds7
We, however, deny that any such charges were
made against these five men: on the contrary
Oapt. John Hurst, who had charge of the Sixth
Precinct and who signed the document In ques
| that II was tempered with after II left his pos
session. and that interpretations were made above
his signature aud without his authority.
This 10 serious charge. We vehture TO ex-
presB tho conviction that your honorable body
will not permit so grave matter to pass without
4 strict Investigation. But II the dropping OF the
twenty-five men liz capable OF being justified, and
we think we have proved the contrary, why were
their places not supplied by residents Of the
Fou th DISTRICT
Have we no men in the Fourth District whose
application were before you to take charge Of the
police duties7 Was II necessary that men should
be imported from the wards which we're repre-
scented by Administrators MoOaffrey and Dia-
mondP Was such Importation for the good OF the
oty, or was II to advance the interests and ambi-
tion OF Individuals
The circumstances constrain MS to believe the
latter to be the true reason.
In conclusion we state that twenty-five men,
residents OF the Fourth District. who, since the
eighth day Of January, have performed their
duty without knowing whether they would ever
receive cent for their services, and at the risk
OF their lives, have been dropped, and fifteen men
from other wards have been put in their places.
Ii charges, as has been alleged, were pending
az ainst Ave OF us, there were among the fifteen
who hupplanted us two who were absolutely under
suspension, and one who had been dismissed
from the force at the time they were appointed.
We unhesitatingly affirm that the twenty-five
men dropped from the force were the equals,
morally, physically and intellectually, OF the If
teen who were appointed In their stead.
We contend that we have been injured, that
The means Of support Of ourselves our wives
and our children were taken from us by an act
Of cruel Justice; and we ask you to remedy the
wrong. and to investigate the cause which has
led to It's preparation.