The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-30

Kennedy and Officer Ed. Ryder to give Officer
G. W. ODER severe drubbing, il II was not Their
intention to murder him. and from the victims
HppeHfa 1fee d few heura After the ARRAY, it was
evident that although they had failed in killing
him, they had put marks upon him that it will
perhaps take years to effaoe; his nose YVES split
open, his neck lacerated
BY BEING oIAwED,
his face horribly bruised, SCARED and swollen,
and in all he presented q terrible appearance.
Officer Clements only Visiting for an opportunity
to reap his revenge. The cause OF the difficulty
appears to have originated in . trial before the
Police Board Some time ago o dog bit child
on Officer Clements beat, and as that officer
could not be found, two citizens went on Officer
Ooer's beat and demanded OF him to come and
kill the animal. Ober complied with the request,
and as he was doing his duty
oRFIcER CLEMENTS
and an officer named sharpless appeared upon
the scene and made him q prisoner; they took
him to the Second Precinct Station, and there
preferred charges against him OF having dis
charged fire arms within the city limits On this
charge Ober was brought before the Police Board
and honorsbly discharged. The board then
, ordered Chief Boylan to prefer charges against
the two officers who had arrested Ober
The charges were preferred, and the two &C.
cused, Clements and Sharpless, were repri-
maDded by the board.
oieuaents it 10 said, has ever since then labored
Ilaa caused his arrest, and, to use Ober's own
preston,
HAS HAD IT IN FOR HIM."
Yesterday morning the affair cu,la,uatoa ia u
general assault upon Ober, as sta ed above.
The unfbrunate officer, in an interview with
DEMOCRAT reporter, states as follows: Wednes-
day night l noticed that there was something
wrong about Clements and avoided him. Yester-
day morning | labOred under the ssue impress.
sien. and after roll call waited in the station un
Clements and his crowd had left. After they had
gone star ed to GO home, and passed the four
officers in question near the corner of rerps-
chore and Aununcistion streets. Clements called
me and stopped He walked up to me and said
'Ober, what have you against me- I replied,
You know that you and Sharpless arr ested me
for shooting dog, and that is why l don't speak
to you
elements then
STRUCK NE IN THE FACE.
| grsppled with Linn and asked him what he was
doing. He made no reply, bat releasing himself
from my hold struck me sgsin. l then locked
hin down, aud wneu he gJG up the four jumped
me. supernumeraiy Kennedy struck me in
the back of the head; Corporal Barrett, Rider
and Clements struck me in the face. / then
cried murder, but no one came to my assistance"
The four accused say that ODER struck Glenn
ents first, and called him out Of his name. They
also all declare that no one but Clements struck
ODER; that they were mereiy spectators.
At this stage OF the ARRAY, when ODER cried
murder, Actiog Corporal B ,rrets suddenly re-
membered that he was preserver OF the peaoa
and ordered Supernumerary Kennedy to arrest
Clements which order was obeyed.
Clements WAS taken to the station house, and
in the presence of his commanding off ser made
second assault upon ODER. Sergeant Calvin
Immediately placed him in irons. When this gal
liant peeer was subdued bya
PAIR OF HANDCUFFs.
He wept, but his tears did not hsvs much effect
upon the crowd.
The four accused were yesterday brought be.
fore Judge Smith, on charge of assault and bat
terry, and p aced under bonds Of $3.50 for their
appearance. Clements then swore out an Aft
davit charging ODER with assault and battery,
and he WAS also placed under bonds Of $3.50.
Chief Boyan, as soon IS he was made &C
quainted with the facts, issued orders to Ser
geant Calvin to suspend Barrett, Rider Gle
ments and Kennedy from duty until they were
tried by the Board of Police. Officer ODER is
considered good and efficient officer by both
Chief BOylan and sergeant Calvin.