New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-12
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
,,,,.,,,s1vc THE MAYORS ACTION.

removing Police Commissioner Nichols was settied
before Justice Lawrence yesterday MI "eeu
represented Mr.. Nichols, and Mr.. Bangs the MaSoi'
Mr. Bangs said that there was only one dilncui'S
about the proposed order-the clause III relerenco
IN tho reinstatement of Commissioner Nichols. MI.
MacLean was not a party to the proceeding anu
therefore the order should not go beyond ihe mere
reversal of the Mayors action. Mr.. Weeo inter
rupted Mr.. Bangs to say that they wouiu ho' Up
pose the proposed alteration IN the order. lheN au
al, along maintained and still did, that Mr.. Nichols
had not been ont of the Office of Police Comnls-
sioner; he had been recognized by bis fellow Com
missionors and was now acting with them. The
proposed order of reinstatement therefore was "'i-
necessary.
Justice Lawrence then signed the amended order
decreeEg that the proceedings OF the said Mayor
Cooper. as Mayor OF the City of New-fork' f'r the
removal of Sidney p Nichols as Police COhhs-
soner of the City of NewYOrk, and his judgment Oh
removal he and hereby are reversed and IN all Things
held for naught.p The clause that Mr.. Bangs pro-
posed as a substitute for the words stricken OUT
''and that the said Sidney p Nichols be relnstateu
I'm his said office of Police Commissioner OF the CITY
of New-York y was as follows: mat inc reiator
be renstated in the Office of Police CommlsslOner
so far as The respondent has power to Ielnsl3te MN,
and 50 far rs he can be TeiDstated without dlsurD-
ing th. actual possession of any person not parry parry
f. said writ OF certOrarl and the pr0ceeulngs
thereon and who may be III possession oil thaV Once
under claim of lawful title thereto. 10y cohseh ',Hs
70 the striking out of the last part OF the Oiuer M
Weed avoided the possibility of stay OF proceed
incs under an appeal from justice La"rehceS
Commissioner Nichols has begun by Townsend ~
Weei his attorneys, an action IN the supreme
Court to recover IRON MT. MacLean we %t rUU 10 No
salary which the latter has drawn while ming the
Commissioners place. :, -.
The order OF Judge Lawrence was taken to Police
HEADQUARTERS at neon. A caucus OF the three COM
missioners Van VOorhis being absent, was tnen
held and it was decided to hold meeting IN the
afternoon. Mr. VOorhis sent word at . o CLOCK t'.e
lac would come to the meeting but failed 10 appear
After waiting till O'clock Messrs. French, Wheeler
and Nichols went home. The report was current
I'm the Department. good authority, that tue
BooId To-day will elect Mr.. French permanent pres
ident. Another rumOr had lt thai the COnlmls-
sioneTs would refuse to sit with Mr.. Voorhis, mnuer
the decision that Mr. Nichols was never legally re-
moved but the three Commissioners when spoken
to about the matter, shook their heads e and sad
that they would make no trouble Inc Board meet
ing is appointed for IL a. IN. to-day.
EVIDENCE AGAINST A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATION OF THE CASE OF JOHN B. MOORE
TESTIMONY AS TO HIS HABITS.
The special committee. consisting of Commission
rs Wetmore. Donnelly and West appointed by the
Board OF Education to investigate the character OF
John b. Moore, principal of Grammar School No. Ol
began yesterday to take testimony. MT. Jasper
the CITY superintendent Mr.. McMullen, one of the
bers of the Board were present. Mr.. Moore ap-
neared with his counsel ex-Judge Tappan, and
the latter asked that his client be furnished
with a COPY of the charges against him.
The members of the committee replied that no
charges had been drawn up. Counsel then objected
10 any testimony being taken until the charges were
drawn up and given to Mr.. Moore. The committee
decided to take the testimony, and Mr.. Moore and
his counsel left the room after tie latter gave the
committee a written protest.
Mcssrs. Thompson and Van Arden. two police
officers and G.. W. Webster, testified that they had
seen Moore drunk different occasions and
Thompson had heard him tell bis little daughter 10
call man an indecent name. Abraham Peiser, who
keeps two stores in Harlem, testified that be had
often seen Moore when he acted il he was either
drunk or crazy. Moore, he sad came into his store
one evening with his little child and SER
want. He used obscene and profane Ian
onaoe and Mr.. Peiser said he told
him 70 leave the store or he would have him elected
He then went 10 Peisers other store ana began
swearing ard cursing MI Pelser also ueeiaie f
that MOore's general reputation was bad and the
people OF Harlem Thought hc was not III person W
be principal of a school. =,
III. Brewer declared mat he had seen MOORE mo OK
icatcd many times, and he mad heard him use i0n
language He saw Moore once place his llt'le
daughter on a table in saloon and told her to call
a man a filthy name He had heard him curse Ills
An AFFIDAVIT of Francis Probest was read.
II stated that Probst had heard Moore
cali his wife filthy names and saw him while
intoxicated try TO kiss women. ,
George Ruppel's affidavit stated that Moore had
entered his place in state of intoxicaion and he
had 10 call III an officer.
a. A Marsh had heard Moore use protaue and
obscene language 10 his OWL wife. III. j. White had
seen Moore drunk aud had heard him use vile Ian
guage. e, 800 49,
septed and the hearing adjourned until to-day.
A VACANT PULPIT FILLED.
Tng REV. c. II. PARKHURsT ACCEPTS A CALL TIC
TIE MADISON SQUARE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
A letter was received yesterday by George W
lane. chairman of the Board of Trustees of the