The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-03-25
A POLICEMAN'S CAREER.

SERIOUS CHARGES PREFERRED AGAINST ROUNDS
MAN EMIL BACH BY FELLOW oFFIcEEs-HE
EMPHATICALLy DENIES THEM, AND TELLS THE
STORY OF HIS LIFE.
Police Oficer Emil Bach. at present patrol duty
in the Twenty-eishth precinct has been ordered to
appear before the Boird of Police ssioncrs to
answer charges of conduct unbecoming an officer.
upon the affidavits of two brother members
OF the force. II appears that during Mayor
Cooper's private investigation into the workings
Of the Police Department. Officer Bach was one OF
the witnesses called to corroborate Commissioner
Erhardt's charges or allegations concerning the
official and private practices of his colleagues. Cap
tain Edward Walsh. of the Twcnty-sixth precinct,
was deputed by the srraigned Commissioners
to investigate the antecedents of these wit
ncsses. He asccrtaincd that Zaboriskie Mullen,
ex-Centrai Office detective, doing detail duty
in the Twenty ninth precinct and Sergeant Halbert.
OF the Fourteenth precinct. professcd to be we'll
acquainted with the character or Officer Bach.
These officials were summoned to Police Headquar-
yesterday and required to reduce their allega
tions to the substantial and official form of an
affidavit.
This order they complied with. Patrolman Mullen
affirmed that Bach was personally known to him for
number OF years. Dcponcht stated that Buch. alias
Wilson had been indicted on two charges of robbery
in the first degree. The complainant in one of the
sided at No. Is william street Bach, as alleged.
was arraigned on this charge and committed.
without bail. by alderman Cuddy. in April,
1869. At that time is stated he the proprie-
tor of low saloon AZ tho corner OF Chatham aud
Roosevelt streets, and bore the name of Charles Will
arrested and arraigned charge OF
assault and battery, besides being held 20
bail on compliant OF TIM Mr. Blake tor robbery
him was soon after confined to the hospital with
broken leg. and the trial was in consequence post
poned. The complainant being resident OF Vir-
ginia could not remain in tho city to await the off,
GERS convalosccnce and 80 had to abandon the suit
and return home
WHAT BACH SAYS IN HIS own Defence.
Officer Bach was found last evening patroliing his
post in Sixtyseventh street near Lexington avenue.
lie says that he appointed the force February
d. 1878. aud assigned to duty in the Fourth
cinct, where he remained, under Captain Ullmans
command until March Is, 1875. He was transferred
to the Harbor police April II. 1876. and thence
back to the Fourth precincs. Tho following
September he was promoted roundsnan and sent
to the First precinct He again rcrnanded
to the Hcrbor police, where he remained for two
months, and at his request sent back to the
Fourth precinct. At the expiration of seven weeks
he remanded to the Thirty-tourth precinct, aud
April ~. 1877. transferred to the Steamboat
Scnecca at the request Of acting Captain schultz.
He remained there until July &C. 1878, when he was
put post duty in the Twcnty-thir precinct. On
September 20 1875 he was transferred to the Twenty
eighth precinct, where he has since remained.
lie says that The allegations contained In Ofhcor
Mullen's affidavit utterly false. While he (Bach)
emit walng had sent FOR him and said that he had
received several anonymous communications reflect
ing upon Bachs character. and charging that he had
been the proprietor of disordcriy house in the
Fourth ward. and that he was then known by the
name of Wilson. Bach represented to the reporter
to the Superintendent that like most
saiors, no had been wild and he might have shipped
under the name OF Charles Wilson or Robert White.
and that 1t was possible he might have been intimate
with q woman who kept saloon in the Fourth ward;
but that there was Charles Wilson. who at that
neiqhborhood AID he, Bach may have been mistaken
for him. He was then. he claims, told to return to