The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-06

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! v"t's Company presents Growers INV iIF NJ
1 My Son In law which ltaing now IT, puf
/ plaTrNo"E@ Will probably attract large
| holtr.
lhn stHvill" 0pnrn Troupe will lao ihn COM
pany thnt Will follow TIM airevnra. their first
| appearance occurring on Sunday next.
CLUBS TKUMpB.
Brutal Treatment of . Prisoner by
| officers Ryan md Farrell.
1 ar laio mon have hnen brought Into various
police stations Of this city with I&cerat"d
arnlpa, ppt foreheals. swollen noses and
checks bruised shlns, black ayes ana ais
| figured III WAYS too numerous to mention.
In nnarly every Instances TIL" Victim would
any that he had been cluhbnd by th" officer,
who. IN turn, would emphu tlchlly deny the
allegation. and as al excuse for tive bloody
| hpad Of tho prisoner. would say that h. had
dragged him ont Of the gutter. and that his
wounds were tho result Of his hnad coming In
contact with the curbstons ia hc foil.
| A IN nearly every instance Of this Kind tho
rlubbed party II genoraIly undor tho influence
or liquor. II Is risky business To take his
| RtntNmout and uBn IL to tho detriment OF m
| officer who IL In his sober senses Mt tho timn
| Of making the arrest. Consequently many Q
brutal policeman escapes tho punishment he
| 50 richly deserves.
Az / 10 O'clock Wednesday, morning the re
porter of this papor bacnme ali nyn wtness TO
one Ut the nnsl cowarlly clubbing affairs that
hns ever dsgrarol tho police force Of this
cl,r @@
Tho victim WIS n sixteen year old negro
boy naund IniIn Saphua, aud iis ,NsalIan 4
wero Acting Corporal james Farrell md Olll
cor " J. Ryan both or thn First Precinct.
Tho reporter WINS on Common street when hn
was attracted bvn Gal rnp from u pollcM OIL
nr1. ON Basin street. On repairing TO tho place
whslc thr can was nnln hn found Corporal
Farrell nnH Officer w j. Ryan. together with
another officer, attempting 10 arrest two
white mon named Coo Davis and lnhn
Fnhrirna tnr being drunk and disturbing tho
ENHr". =.my-az a= ...--mMz 5n.= ~z
Two Sr the officers TOOK charge Ut Fabllcas
and were walking with Nim In tha dirnFtl0n
ol thN station when Oliver w. J. Ryan wns
ordered tn tnISe hold nt DAVIS ana convey
him to th" station. Perhaps bwaltan Davis
| i4 al exceedingly lhr.a man, Ryan h"stfntna
in ui,ryfur tho order Oi his superior officer
Ala II was not until another policeman had
rinonNi Davis l,ft urn thhi REnn inlist
cred mp courage enough to assist i'll taking
| thn prisoner to the station.
the prisoners and nt1i@ars, accompanied ~
than Two t,ltlareE; when thN report VI two piss-
tN shots fired III 'Aj,id &u@ as=iun. Wtl" hoard
IN thy direction ST Tiav!nr and kantnnrt
strpets. tnn reporter FASTENED To tits se"nN
VI tne shooting antl arryna thNro jN1I IN titnN
~ N-ltna<a Dni5er kfrwn nul Acting COT
ppfut Fagrel at lN4t q negro hoy named John
SephUa. These two of'irnts secured hHth
arn@ nf tnn ~outhful prsonNt md were
bound toward th5 station with him wt,"n
Officer W, }. Ryan appeared upon the s''1n",
out 81 breath.
Ryan Il soens, IS q rlnbber from he word
GO. After taking tho prrcauttpn first W ~"
that lis prisoner WAS " little fellow. and seG-
ondly that he Wa tightly secured. hn started
10 work to brntaliIh his helpless victim no
first struck him n blow across III" lar" thnt
caused the blood r. ilow from hi7 nose 49,
then quickly jumped bnhnd the boy prisoner
and commenced 10 h"lthpi lim nVef lne hNilu.
Ryan would No doubt have Drained ~ poor
Sephu7 had not Srrgeaut l'ayhl rushed upon
him. and In u most determined ma1inel mhdn
him d"Sist ahi return To his beat.
Ryan when asked by the reporter ms rea-
aons Tor clubbing the negro boy, replied Una.
he would eluh inyhnny VINO Wnhln ilrnh Rno1