Daily Republican., 1879-07-17
o Brandywine, Delaware, five months

to Brandywine, Delaware, five months
ago.
On Monday they were arrested by
Dillon on charge Of larceny a. bailes.
They we're kept in the close, hot jail, at
Wilmington, without bit to cat or
drink until yesterday morning. The
child kept crying all tho while for
something to eat. The sergeant told
Green to wait until he got up in Phila-
delphia and then he would get all he
wanted "from the d. niger lovers up
there in Stokley's town." Green offered
TO pay for coffee, but he was refused it
and cursed loandly. The aniabls GUS
todians told Green he would be sent to
New Castle and whipped like hi and
that was the way they treated "nig-
gers" down in Delaware.
When the time came to take the train
from Wilmington Green's hands were
secured behind him. At the station he
asked to be allowed to take his coat off
and sit down. The officers refused this
request, and when he persisted they
took him by the throat, detsnceless as
he was, knocked him down and kicked
him on the head, face and in the groin.
They said he ought to have his head
kicked off, anyway. Ann tried TO keep
the assailants away. but she was struck
in the head, choked and also knocked
down, AZ was the child. Several ladies
screamed, "They'rs killing the colored
man." and then the officers desisted
and picked Green up. He was bleed
ing copisusly, and was almost uncon.
scious.
Nothing was done for his relief until
he reached the Central Station. At the
hearing Mrs. Green and her child were
in the dock. 1t being shown that
Green was too badly hurt to attend at
present, the case was laid over for a
week. The Wilmington officers who
brought Green up raised the novel de-
fense that he resisted them and " as 80
obstreperous that they had to subdue
him to get him on the train. How
could he do this while manacled is a
mystery. The offence for which Green
and his wife were anted here was col
lusion with Daniel Blake and Sallie
johnson last April in swindling several
piano dealers out of ins ,ruments, which
they rented by the month and after
wards pawbed.
Blake was sentenced to three years
and Sallie nine months. The Whining
ton officers telegraphed up to Policeman
Lyman, OF the Fourth district, on
Sunday, saying that the Greens were
down at Brandywins, and asking
whether they were wanted up here.
Lyman answered that they were.
Thereupon the arrests We're made, the
Greens being sent up here without
warrant or requisition. The agent Of
the society to protect children from
cruelty took charge of the child tempe
rarily.
The "Times," in addition editorially
says: The character of Delaware JUS
tice has been frequently assaiied,
though not always with good reason;
but two officers of justice from Della.
ware made their appearance in Phila-
delphia yesterday who appear to be as
despicable villains as ever escaped the
pillory. The account that IL given this
morning Of their treatment Of colored
man who fell into their hands is not
any way exaggerated, and it shows that
Constable Dillon and Sergeant Whalen,
of the Wilmington police, are such a
pair of brutes as would disgrace even
the police force of New York.
i Delaware is not to be held responsible =
for these rufians.. We used to treat
negroes with very little consideration
here in Philadelphia, and our own po-
lice had very rough way of using
prisoners of any color before "Thr
Times appeared and reformed their
manners. Still it rests with the Will
mington authorities to discipline these
fellows, and If they are not given a
sharp taste of the whipping pos, there
will be reason to repeat the worst that
has ever been said against Delaware
Justice.
From lhe North American.
Constable Dillon and Sergeant Whe-
Ian, of Wilmington, lodged two prison
ers at the Central Station yesterday
morning. colored man named Green
and his wife. The appearance of the
husband showed that he had been
roughly treated by the officers, and city
physicians being called in, twas found
that his body bore marks of kicks and
blows, and that his condition was
somewhat critical. He was sent to the
hospital. The wife displayed cut up
on the forehead. The parties formerly
lived in this city, where they bought a
piano on TIE ins alment plan. Leaving
the city, they sold it. The firm from
whom they purchased it discovered
that they had gone to live on the Bran
dywine, and had them arrested.
The pair were placed in the Will
mington Jail and brutally neglected, so
Mrs. Green states. When they were
taken to the depot to BE- brough. to this
city, the husband protested against
such treatment, when he was knocked
down and kicked. The officers will bs
arrested. One of them remarked to the
turnkpys at the Central that they
didn't care anything for negroes and
that that was the way they treated
pigg. rs down in Delaware" Mrs.
Green had little child with her. She
was arraigned before Magistrate Smith
and held under bail until Wednesday,
on the charge of larceny as bailee.
The Philadelphia Record" has the
same story of cruelty to tell, and de-
nounces the outrage. 1t also says that
when doctor who was sent for arrived
and pronounced the man in a critical
condition, the Wilmington officers sud
denly took their leave. The officers
story was that Green had assaulted
them, and they had to protect them
selves. All the other Philadelphia pa
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