Daily Republican., 1879-07-17
FIRST EDITION.
.1vLA1 .AHD DILLON.

FIRST EDITION.
~HELAI AHD DILLON.
r..v Best and Kicked Hand
eunsd Prisoners.
v.s,erday's REPUBLICAN, a brief &C
>; VAS given Of the outrage on a
" ,'gsd prisoner at the P. w. II B.
J, s'IT by Sergeant Whelan and Con-
H. ~ Dillon, and how the wife OF the
r .,1sr coming to the assistance OF her
's.nd @ was brutally treated. The
s"srs s" were about being conveyed
% Philadelphia on trifiing trumped
,h.rge @ against them, at which city
y ~ ~.rriyed after they had been most
,,,Ilv W beat and kicked by the Will.
', n~,ou officers having them in charge.
fpbiladplphia Evening Bulletin"
,,, evening tells the whole story as
lttpp o clock this morning carriage
wed at the Central Station, contain
Cbas. Green, his wife and child,
med, and Sergeant Whalsn, Of the
ilmjpgton, Del, police, and Consta-
Dillon, of Wilmington borough.
colored man Green was terribly
and bruised, his face being covered
N blood, and his condition showing
N, of most brutal treatment. He
, removed to the University Hospi.
A, the direction of the Central
,,ivp officers, where 1t was found that
injuries were liable to prove fatal.
wounds, IL appears, were inflicted
the two officers who accompanied
N, Some time ago, Green and his
uily resided in Barclay street, this
v Failing to pay their rent, they
ne sold out, and moved to Delaware,
short distance below Wilmington.
\. Green had purchased piano ol
Arch street firm on instalments, and
a paid all due on the instrument
Espt $50, when she moved. A war
nj was issued for herself and husband
the charge Of the theft Of the piano.
bsilee, and upon this they were ar
s.sd on Monday, and were lodged in
jail at Wilmington.
According to the story of Mrs. Green
Ny were very badly treated while in
station-house there. Water was
fused them, and they were not fed
epl when it suited the sweet will o.
sir jaiors. This treatment aroused
sys, Who became bitter In his denun
,ton of such treatment. Yesterday
two officers named hapdcuffed thu
Nd, and with his wife and child pro
|sd.G to the depot in Wilmington tt
Ike the 8 O'Clock train for this city
been again referred to the inhumar
|atment they had received, when th'
bhcs replied that they would 60
me, as they would take them to New
S.le to be whipped before they wer'
bought to Philadelphia. Thss.
marks goaded the man and he hacamt
me vehement than ever. His con
bot exasperated the officers, one o
hem struck him heavy blow tina
lled him.
Hs wife, Mortified at this treatment
tshed between her husband and hi
Lailants, and received 9 stunning
low for this act of affection that will
Ave a permanent scar upon her lead
the meantime the officers, in thu
lost brutal manner, we're kicking thu
slpess prisoner about the tanks. Be
dss the repulsive and disfguring in
liies inflicted ON his face, they kicker
i'm in the abdomen and caused hin
post painful injuries. The men wh'
ID this awful work returned to Will
kiugton, but there is a fair prospsc
bat they will bs held responsible fol
eir brutality. Their excuse for thei
Pnduct is that Green was violent, ant
hey We're compelled to use harsh mea
|lrrs.
The Philadelphia "Ledger" in re-
FrDg to the matter says:
Whatever may be thought of Mrs
Pfvtn's statement respecting the inju-
S Of Charles Green, it is quite cortair
BAT both were brought to Philadel-
(Ais from Wilmington without a re.
(H'On, and so far as appeared, ther'
S no process whatever. A dispatcf
bad been received here asking thu
position, "Do you want Green aud hi
wife % and the reply was, "We do. ;
mn Green occupied q place in tn,
F@k at the Central Station, yesterday
FNh her infant child, and upon thu
s"ment by an officer that charge o.
sfc'ny as bailee had been mad'
saliht her and her husband, and tina
Ne witnesses were not present, sh'
sccmmittsd for hearing.
The PHILADELPHIA Press" say,
mother instance Of the brutality Il
tAch colored persons are subjected il
(Ae whipping Post-State, Delaware
ta been brought to light. After re-
I,l'lDg to ths outrage of Sergeant
Haalen and Constable Dillon on Char
sand Anna Green at the Wilmington
Ffpor, it says: "That the woman.
F'fy contains more truth than fiction
Fss borne out in the fact that Green's
|n1Ition was SO bad that the officers
['it were compelled to remove him tc
fle Pennsylvania Hospital. The Will.
Illslon officers claim that they had
'frSort to violence to retain theil
ESoner. Later in the day Annie
Fray was given hearing at the Cen
Esl Station and held in $500 bail for a
a''her hearing on Wednesday next
ppoh the charge previously mentioned
from the Philadelphia "Times."
lesterday afternoon about l O'Clock
hack drove up at the Central Station.
l'0m it alighted Constable Dillon and
.'F'geant of Police Whalen, Of Whining.
Y %a' They helped out Ann Green, a
''a0f', thick-set colored woman, of in
WI snse blackness, with her head tied up,
,aa ,la then a little child. With great
...ncalty they then lifted out the wo-
VANS husband, Charles. He was a
plable sipht. His head and face Harp