Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-12-08
GAY COPPER.
4 Charge of Di.ordcriy Against a Police
man Develops "a story Of Curious k"ia-

A Charge of Di,ordcrIy Against II Police
man De> u story Of Curious Rcia-
tion..
Yesterday afternoon Officer Waskey filed
an affidavit against William Wood. the Ar
cade policeman. charging him with diSor-
derly conduct. He claims that on last Sat
urday night Wood came to the house of
Minnie Thomas. girl OF the fallen angel
class, on Devolt alley and raped Oh the
door; that she asked him to wait few
minutes until she unlocked the door: and
that he. imagining that another man was
within. broke in the door and forced an
entrance.
Officer Wood was interviewed by re-
porter who had gotten wind of the case
early yesterday morning and his statement
was substantially as follows:
This whole thing is put up job. and
the woman is urged to her action by
couple of officers who have taken a dislike
to Wood. He formerly went with the girl
and had a row with her once before, since
which time he has been attempting to get
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getting her return to her home in Richmond.
However. a while ago she came back here,
and since then he has only gone
Ia see her when he had to- Last
SATURDAY evening she came to him and bor-
rowed 30 cents. with which she purchased
liquor. Later in the evening she sent for
him and he went down to the room. She
locked him in and he broke down the door
gate and he threw her out. Hence this
trouble.
The above paragraph is Officer Woods
version of the ease; hut Officer WaSkey
states that he has sufficient evidence To cor
roborate Minnie Thomas story.
Minnie Thomas was formerly boartler
al Frank Burton'S house of i'll fame and
her ENHANCEMENT with Officer Wood
has been an affair of two years standing
Captain Boggs states that when Wood was
keeper at the station-hGuse this woman
used 10 come in and sit on his lap in full
sight of the prisoners. Wood is a married
man and lives on West High street. He is
probably better known To the readers of
this paper than any other of the police.
for his orchestra has thrown him into con-
tact with a great many people whom he
would never meet with in police business.
When the case of disorderly was reported
10 the police yesterday Officer Waskey was
detailed Ia look 1t up. He interviewed Mill
ME Thomas Sunday night and she promised
10 come to the mayors Office and file the af-
iidavit about half past one the next day.
However an interview passed between Wood
and the woman yesterday morning and she
asked his forgiveness, promised to file no
affidavit, and moreover that she would sell
out her furniture and return 10 Richmond
until the affair should blow over.
Last evening Officer Wood met reporter
in the Arcade and told him that he had
seen Chief Walker. who had assured him
that the case should be dropped. He at the
same time intimatt,d that the ease had been
dropped because he had the dead wood on
the chief This afternoon none of the officers
about headquarters would give any inform
ton on the subject, and as Wood had in
formed the reporter this morning that he
had all interview with the mayor who had
promised to drop the case, it looked very
queer. Looking through the affidavits it
was found that the charge had been filed
and that he had been fined a dollar and
costs. Just al this time the mayor called
the reporters in and told them the straight
of the story. Wood had requested that the
matter be kept out of the papers on account
of his invalid wife. and it was for this
reason that they had refused to give the
matter publicity. 1t was the knowledge
that Wood had limited that they We're afraid
10 push the ease that decided the mayor to
give the story up.