The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-08-25

FINE OF FIVE boi-n ~ ,c.,,p~ AZ
,ppEAl-RIGHTs OF PoL'cEMhs a.
1a.ueoAD DEfoTs-rRoTEsTs AGAINST
lux REPEAL. OF THE LAW
uaar Justice Johns dismissed the
1ese.u In;, John II. McCurdy, the engi"
case Ss ,he excursion train on tue West,
neer ., , . railroad that was stopped
eTn d." Gray last Sunday: inns
by M mi"d necessary by the Justices de.
was re" ~ THURSDAY gushing the warrant
c's'on tnr his arrest. But the case loon ah,
isSueu , ~, for Mir. McCurdy was served
ONE !.s ,ha following civil writ. squal 10
WIN sns in debt: estate OF Marylana,
S u,nnv"s c;,v to wit: To any police on
bal'it'' aid CITY You are hereby com.
Ger ., VA ~ Summon John Il. McCurdy, II
NANCY tnau he found in your bailiwicE' 10
ne s,'' before me, the subscriber,
alt p.a iustice of the said state, IN
p"ai''f Tor the city aforesaid. ON the 22d
' Iar ~ August, 1879, at II A. M.. to answer,
""' ,he suif Of the State Of Maryland, IN al
sc,ion of debt. upon the sworn in!ormatioI
"nd complaint of John T. Gray, Tor vioia-
.,"r section IFS OF article 80, Public Gene
flaws OF The said State, entltteo 'el..nss
Ia punishments.' and sub-tltIed SAP
Sa,h.hreaking.' to wit: by working ana
Ioinr bodily labor on the litn Gay Oh au-
cus,. 1879, at the city aforesaid, IN the etate
s,oresajd, in this, that he, the SAID John Ii.
MrCurdy. did so work and bodily LABOR on
the said aforementioned day, being tue
Lords day. as aforesaid. on locomotive
engine belonging to the Western Maryland
Railroad Company, as an engineer on saie
locomotive engine, on SAID last. mentioheo
day. Hereof fail not at your peril, ana nave
ron then and there this summons. W.T.
ness the subscriber, polce-luStlce OF Tue
said State. DC. 70,
THE STOPPING OF THE TRAIN.
The case was Immediately called again,
and Marshal John r. Gray was the first
witness called, and testified to having seen
NcCurdy on the engine OF No. at the
Western Maryland Railroad depot on
Sunday last; witness asked il he in
tended to take the train cut, and the
engineer said such were his orders,
and lie inteEdcd to carry them out !;
witness informed him Of the law, and
said he Uhe engineer would be violating 1t
il he carried ont his intention, and witness
would be obliged to put him under arrest
Officer Mitchell was then placed on the en-
cine with instructions to arrest the man il
he attempted TO start the train; the oficel
saw him attempt to move the throttle, ant
accordingly put him under arrest, but wit
ness afterward released him, as he knew
NcCurdy could be arrested al any time hi
was wanted, and so he was not taken to tht
station-house.
Officer Henry Mitchell testified to his par
Ct the stopping OF the train.
Mr.. Mcclure then gave notice that all the
evidence was in.
Justice Johns stated that it was clearly
shown that McCurdy had worked on Sun
day, and that he would impose fine OF Sc
and costs. amounting in all to 1906, but
that the defendant had right to appeal to
the City Court upon giving an appea. bono
Of go.
President Hood, Of the Western Mary.
land railroad. gave the necessary bond, and
thus ended tic case before Justice Johns,
as il now goes to the City Court. The sum.
mons in debt. as given above, was endorsed
that "the party hadaPpeared, and had trial {;
judgment for SIS, and 95c. cost, and took
an appeal TO City Court, giving bond in
$50, President John Hood security"
RIGHTS OF POLICE.
Justice Johns, after the bearing, stated
that in making closer examination OF the
police law he was Of the opinion that the
police had not only right to enter the
railroad depots, bur were obliged to be
there, as the law directs that az officer shall
be stationed at all depots, steamboat
wharves, etc., for the protection of emil
grants, men, women, and children, and the
travelling public in general, while the same
section goes on to say that the police shall
see TO the proper enforcement OF the Sum
day lew.
Marshal Gray stated last night to an
american reporter that Justice Johns bad
simply made mistake in issuing the war
rant he did, and he had issued number of
them, and they had been honored by the
court, and when he found out his mistake
he quashed it and issued proper one. The
Marshal states that he made the mistake Of
not arrestmg the engineer at once; then
the warrant would not have been issued
and the trouble averted, for he then read
The law as referred to above. and said that
officers had right and were commanded to
be in depots and to see that the Sunday law
was enforced. The reason he did not ar
rest McCurdy is given in his testimony.
The Marshal ended by saying he would en-
force the Sunday law as rigidly as hitherto,
and arrest every man, woman, or child seen
working on the Sabbath, and will continue
to do so until he receives orders from those
above him to discontinue. The Marshal
has many visitors who call to urge him to
continue the work he has begun, while his
mail is increased tenfold by penmen anxious
10 inform him OF their views on the Sunday
law, its yioIators and enforcers-w hat
should be done TO stop the first, to punish
the second, and help the last.
. uoDrrJCITIoy WANTED.
The committee appointed at the Central
Hall notwithstanding OF German-Ame-
rcan citizens met at the residence OF Mr..
{. BarteI, on north Frederick street, yes
letday afternoon-Mr. John Hemmeter in
the chair. IT was decided to hold mass
meeting at Raine's Hall next Friday eve
ming. when those entertaining similar sentl-
laents in regard to the Sunday law Will be
Invited to attend. The committee rejected
proposition to cooperate with The Exceu-
tive Committee OF the Society OF Law and
Rights, as requested blythe latter Society at
It's meeting last Monday. It was stated that
the object Of the Central Hall committee |
was not to labor for the repeal OF the Sun |
Gay law, but in favor OF its modification. |
They say they do not desire to have a gene
raj opening OF liquor-saloons on Sunday, |
nut 10 so modify the law that the poor peO-
pie will not be debarred from ENJOYING
themselves on that day by attending excur-
SONS. OF which they cannot avail themselves
during the week. Some Of them favor
modification OF the law TO such an extent
Vat places OF enjoyment shall be opened
vi sunday afternoon, though closed in the