Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-24
The Metropolitan Police.

MEETING OF THE COMMISSIONERS LAST
NIGHT.
AT a meeting Of the Board of Police Com
missioners last night, Mr.. Britton in the
chair, discussion took place upon the sab
jet of the appointment of drill instructor
TO the force, and the matter was referred 70
the president OF the board and Major Rich
ards for further investigation and report. A
residents in the neighborhood of 9TH street,
between III and L streets, OF distractions
placed daily on the sidewalks by some auc-
tioneers in that neighborhood; referred.
communication was received from the Dis
triot Commissioners approving of the plans
for the proposed repairs TO the Seventh pre-
port was read from Captain Brock that the
house of Mrs. McCarty, corner OF Ith and X
streets southeast, recently raided by the po-
ton of the intendant Of The Washington
asylum for dozen batons for use
at that institution was read, and on
A communication was read from a physi-
clan, charging the keeper of the eighth
precinct station house with neglect OF duty
and cruelty IN OBTAINING Annie Williams,
colored, residing on New Jersey avenue, in
q cell without food, nineteen hours. An
explanation OF the station keeper was also
received, stating that he bad sent a noe to
the woman's friends by the hands OF col
orsd man who protested to know them, but
who, IL appeared, had neglected TO perform
his trust. The board decided that the station
So &c with an unknown man, instead OF en-
pioyirg r reliable person. Messrs. Gibson
Bros. were awarded the contract for printing
the "Police Manuel at S225. A communi-
cation was received from Wanamaker &
Brown, OF Philadelphia, notifying the board
of their r. ad mess to proceed with furnishing
winter clothing for the police, TO be ready by
MALICIOUS WARRANTS
The boa I'd adopted an order, that warrants
against business men for minor offences
must not be served by the officers of the
police except during business hours, to
enable the arrested parties TO obtain bail or
IS rendered necessary by the large number
OF malicious and frivolous warrants sworn
cut against persons after business ho1rs,
merely 20 annoy and cause them trouble,
THE DEATH OF DR.. BLANCHARD.
Mr.. SOmerville called the attention of the
beard to the fact that number of inquiries
bad been made about the death of DR..
Blanchard at the fifth precinct station, aud
as the result OF personal investigation
which he had made he could state that he
was well treated at the station and was asked
several times if he did not wish to go, and re-
piled that he did not. No blame could be
attached 10 the officers. The two physicians
who attended him said that apoplexy was
The cause of death, but he was inclined to
think that there was something beyond
apoplexy. He thought that some drug which
he had taken himself as an opIate had pro-
duced death. A newspaper article had re-
nected upon The police for their action.
Mr.. Britton remarked that the paper did
not censure the officers, but contained some
just comments upon the inhuman system OF
combining persons in the station houses with
out food or medical attendance. No one
could be responsible for this as not a dollar
had ever been allowed by Congress or the
District government for these kind OF expen-
dhures. In the new manual about to be
printed there is clause requiring the police
surgeons to attend prisoners in the stations
when called upon by the lieutenants. This
had been arranged between the board and the
surgeons.