Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-06
POLICE INVESTIGATIONS.

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excitement from 10 A. N. yesterday until a
late hour last night. After the adjournment
of the Police Court the Board Of Police Com.
missioners held meeting TO investigate the
charges against officers Green and Cafferty.
Green was represented by Grove L. johnson
and Henry L. Buckley. and Add. C. Hink.
son appeared as counsel for Caferty. City
Attorney Anderson was present as counsel
for the Board.
Officer Green presen.e1 his side of the case
first. He testified In substance as follows:
I was ct the Capitol Hotel; heard row
about o'clock February "a, 1888. Went
down there to Con Moneys, where heard
woman scream. I had just finished my
lunch. ran down and found four persons,
among them was the woman. One man had
his hand on her mouth told him to let her
go. She told me she had been assaulted. |
asked her to look around and see il he was
there. She did not see him. then told her
to go home, as everything YVES quiet. In a few
minutes Csfferty came up and said, What is
the matter?' The woman talked to him.
tried to explain to him that had settled the
trouble Cafferty said. "I'il arrest you." I
said, What" He said was a pimP, and I
said, "Yeu are a liar if you say 80" He
caught me by the throat and choked me.
knocked his cane out of his hand and struck
at him. He had me by the windpipe, and
l fell upo3 the sidewalk. | said, You
would murder me-" He said, "You = of
=. l would murder you" When CAT
ferty came there the trouble was all quiet
I had no feeling of i'll will against Cafferiy !;
there was no woman there when Caff erty came
up; the other woman came up afterwards I;
Mary started to explain to Cafferty. and
also tried to explain, when he shut me off by
abuse: l told him that if there was any arrest
to make 1 would make it Caferty threatened
to arrest the crowd; Csferty said If you
don't dispense I'll arrest you all = the place
where the trouble occurred is not on my beat ;
did not strike him until he choked me he
kicked me several times when down; l think
Csfferty had some i'll will towards mean
convinced of it since this investigation.
Con. Mooney testified that Green was not
in his place that evening, but he saw him in
front Of his place whea the row occurred.
81. NJ. Collins testified that he was the one
who put his hand on the woman's mouth, ard
carroborated the maia testimony of Green.
, Daniel McHenry, Edwsrd King, Julius
Boseius, Nat Christopher, J. S. Philips and
Thomas McGann were examined, and corrob-
GRATED the testimony of Green in most par
ticulars.
Officer Cafferty took the stand and testi-
fed, in substance, as follows On tho night
in question I was in front of Pettits cigar
stand. and heard screams; went up ard
blew my whistle got an answer, and then
went up with several gentlemen at Fifth
and K met woman, who stated that she
had, with lady friend, been in row. She
came back with me and met Green, who was
talking to the tall lady. She told me some
pimp Knocked her friend down; she wanted
to get warrant out. told her the
clerk was not there that she had
better point out the party. l told her
unless she stopped making a noise she would
be arrested; we all started down; Green
came up and said l was interfering with his
business said L thought not he said that
it was his business; he talked back to me,
and l said that be was protecting the woman
for his own purposes l told him he was
disgrace to the office; we had some words
he called me - of . -; he said don't
strike me with the cane; dropped the cane
and he struck me in the eye; l choked him
good he called me vile names and called me
q murderer aud l said l would just as soon
murder him il had occasion / went back
with the woman to see about the trouble
did call Green pimp, and told him he was
Disgrace to his family; the woman was under
the influence of liquor; told them all that
unless they dispersed j would arrest them
all [ told the women that they must keep
quiet Green said that I was interfering with
his business the woman said some mick had
struck her friend; Green kept following me
down, and abused me along the way;
told him that 1 would arrest him
or the wemsu il they done anything wrong
never intended TO strike Green with the
cane he never knocked the cane cut Of my
hand; caught him by the throat and choked
him down after he struck me ia the eyes
carry the nsrk yet: L did kick him he
kIcKed me al ihat did was in my defense
[ told him if ne hit ne again and annoyed me
/ would put hole in him al l called him
were facts, and not intended In any other
light; lid not say anything to Green when
[ came up; this woman was talking to
Green very loud, then talked to me
[ did not think it worth while to
was telling ma about the difficulty. The
first thing l told Green was that I would ar
rest him or any one elss who would interfere
with me. Green then said that he would
arrest any one that would interfere with him
while doing his duty. I was perfectly sober.
| had taken only two drinks of liquor that
night. I said he had been pimping around
houses of iltfame ever since he had been an Of
fieer. He as aulted me first, ard seemed to be
seeking hight all the time. did not arrest
any one, but told the crowd to disperse, OF
would arrest them all. Think the affair was
and is no credit to man of my
age TO be party to.
A. Derr, John Green. Larry OLaughlan.
l.. Tomlin, Hattie Holmes, Ida Coats,
Mamie Crowsll, ALICE Booth, Dan. O'Nea',
Patrick Sullivan and VIM. Mshana, were ex
amined. and their testimony agreed in the
main with that OF Cafferty.
The Board then adjourned until P. NJ.
At P. NJ. the Board met. and the argu-
meut of counsel began and continued until
1880 o'clock.
The Commissioners then by unanimous
vote declared each of the officers guilty of
conduct unbecoming an officer and gentle
man, and ordered them both discharged from
the police force.
The case of officer Eldred was then taken
up. and few minutes after L o'clock this
morning the further hearing of the case was
continued until to-day, and the Board ad-
journed.
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