New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-11
CONDUCT OF THE POLICE.

MRS SEYMOUR TAKEN TO THE STATION 81 ohDE"
OF SERGEANT BLAIR.
The alleged brutal conduct of the police oiiiclals
toward Bishop Seymour and his sister on tue nlgi'
of the murder of John f. Seymour has been wlueiy
discussed 1t has been charged that the
notice were rude in their conduct and that
they used unnecessarily harsh language IN
several instances toward the Bishop ana
Mrs. Seymour. That Mrs. Seymour should
have been compelled to go the saion-house, not
withstanding the fact that she Frustrated with
grief and excitement and suffering acutely
from an attack of asthma, is regarded by many as
an unnecessary and gross outrage. 1t is an undis-
puted fact that she had to be supported to the sta
ton by Bishop Seymour and DR.. Cushman, and the
policeman who accompanied them admits that she
tainted many times on the way. He further says
that they were about three-quarters of an hour In
walking to the station, the distance to which is a
third or half mile.
Coroner Flanagan recently expressed the opinion
that it was a mistake to remove the man TO the
station before the Coroner arrived upon the scene.
Had he arrived upon the seminary grounds before
the body was taken away, 1t is probable he sald'
that he would have directed it TO be taken into the
house. 1t would have been different, he said bad
man been found on the street or in any public
place The physicians were present and had there
been possibility of Tevivmg the man,
that result could have been brought about
as well In the neiChboring house as at the
station 1t was possible too, that in similar case
journey to the station might have proved fatal to
a man nearly dead. careful inquiry has been
made among the officers who were on the seminary
grounds after the discovery of the body, and 1t
seems from their accounts that they only carried
! out the orders that they received from Sergeant
Blair at the station. The men, too, seem to be above
| the average policeman i'll intelligence. Ohicer
! Joseph Sands, who was the first to respond
| TO Mrs. SeymOuTs screams, says that he
carried ont the orders that he received from Sergeant
| Blair viz: to bring the body and all who were
found near If TO the station. his he ara in rs gen
| tlemanly a way as he knew how. No force or haISh
language was used. In obedience to his orders, he
| directed Officer George w. Gill TO conduct BISHOP
and Mrs Seymour TO the station and tins the latter
| did Officer Gill SAYS that he only touched Mrs.
! Seymour once and that was when she tainted ana
| he helped TO support her. He used no harsh
| language and indeed almost nothing was
| said between the officer and those that were
| with him the way to the station.
| He was very indignant at the charges OF having
| used unnecessary force aud Uncalled-1Or language
! while going TO the station-house.
1t is stated good authority, however, that ser
geaut Blair was a trlic hastv and OVer-oihcouS III
| his actions on that night. Although an Old officer,
ne is sand to be much inclined TO talk and to have an
! uncomfortable passion for delivering moral lee
tlemanly manner, and says that if he had not Sc
cured the presence at the station of all who were
found near the body important link might have
been