Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-06
THE POLICE BREAKUP.

Two Resigned Officers Respond to Yarn
Published in the Dispatch Yesterday, and
Propose to Give their Evidence as to Ger
tain Facts of Interest to officer Peltier.
The Dispatch of Last evening fills a COL
umn on its local page, partly with inoon-
sequentlal remarks upon recon. changes in
the police force, and partly with an al
legged interview with Officer Oliver Peltier
who is to be tried before Mayor O'Brien,
Monday, on charges, which, if proved, will
result in his dismissal from the force. Of
fcer Peltier is represented as stating that
on Friday evening last, he saw Off
GERS Morlarty, Warwick and
Leavitt in house with three
CROOKED" women, and that he afterward
the same evening saw the six on the street.
The officers were off duty but wearing
their stars. He reported the officers to
the sergeant. He is also represented as
stating that three weeks ago Moriarty aud
Warrick were in the regular afternoon
habit of visiting women of bad repute,
who then lived at The corner of Eighth and
jackson streets.
Last evening j. j. LeaVitt and James
Warrick, two of the three officers referred
to, called at the GLOBE Office to tell their
story, which was as follows: Last Friday
evening they were talking with Moriarty
when two women came along and told
them that Officer Peltier was at the time
visiting woman of the town. They
wanted to catch him, and went with the
women to the place indicated, where they
found Peltier sitting down, wearing only
his pants, vest and underclothes, while his
coats were hung over chair. He grew
red in ths face, clustered some, and as he
put on his coats and picked up his club
and belt to go out he MADE remark
about ''gettiRg even."
A few minutes after the three, Moriarty,
Warrick and Leavitt, were at the corner OF
jackson and Eighth streets, when the
same women came along, and the three
walked with them block end then sepa-
rated from them.
Peltier's story, other than this, they &C.
clare to be all false, but, when they we're
confronted with charges based on his
statements and informed that if they pre-
ferred trial to resigning their places,
they would have to stand public trial,
with newspaper reports Of the same and
the gossip of the town, they chose to re-
sign. Yet now, as Peltier has made his
story public, they will follow the matter
up, and will give their evidence at his trial
according to the facts as they
state them above. They further &C
cuse Peltier of having formerly committed
criminal acts. or been oredibly accused of
committing such acts, for one of which he
was arrested year or two ago. Ia con-
trast with his reputation they present
their records, though young men, as old
citizens of ST. Paul-Warrick having lived
here for twenty-one years and Leavitt for
fifteen years-without any serious reproach
having been charged upon them until nov
and then only by Peltier.
AS to the Dispatch reporters alleged
interview with Mrs. Leayitt, they say that
on the Monday night referred TO, MoriaI-
ty and Warrick took hack to go after
Leavitt, for the purpose Of having him go
with them to see Chief Clark. They dis
missed the hack after going to the chiefs
house and not finding him there, but af-
terward met the chief and sergeant on tho
street, had talk with them and at about
IL 80 separated and each went to his home.
The alarm occasionea by Warrick's call
for Leavitt must be reporters invention.
There were no boarders to rush down
stairs, for the only two boarders Zone a
brother-in-law) had not yet come in. And
as to Mr., Leavitts absence from home
since Monday he explains that satisfactor-
lily to himself, wife and friends, and thinks
it none of the reporters business.