Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-14

"The relic; which went out would have
been notified tn be on the lookout"
Mounted Officer Dwyer GOT 10 the house
after the other officers, and reported 10
Officer Fleming. de WAS told OF the
shooting, but was not asked 10 make any
report
THE sERGEANT's STORY.
Sergt. Lee. VINO was on duty at the bar
racks when the case was reported, was
then pat en- the stand, aud was closely
questioned by the committee.
VINO reported the shooting" asked
Chairman OiConnor.
"Ofiicer Fleming made the first report.
Officer Mikell also reported it,"
What was the character of Officer
Fleming's reportE'
That negro woman had been shot by
her husband at Capt. HulPs house. He
did not think the woman was dangerously
shot, and for that reason / diu not enter
the case on the docket"
ais IL not customary to docket such
casess"
Yes. did not think, though, that this
case amounted 10 much, and so did not
enter it,"
WAS it not your duty to have made
an entry OF the report anyway"
"Yes.n
What would you have done had the
ease been reported promptlyy'
The relief which went out at ll:45
would have been instructed 20 be on the
look out. II the case was serious. as this
proved TO be, the Chief would lave been
notified"
"Was anything said about watching
the trains?"
No.
is it not usual for the Chief TO have
the trains watched on such oCcasionsW
Yes"
did you make any report to the officer
who succeeded you at the barracksW
NO"
What time were you relIevedr
''At o'clock
"By whom?"
'Sergt. Reilly"
LIEUT.. GREEN'S STATEMENT.
Assistant Chief Green, who was Acting
Chief at the time OF the murder, stated
that no report of the case was made to
him until 80 O'CLOCK the day after the
shooting occurred.
Whose duty was it to have reported to
youV'
''Sergt. Lee"
What are the rules in regard to report
ing such casesr'
They should be reported at once"
"How about this particular case?"
sit should have been reported mmedi-
ately to the barracks by the officer pa.
trolling the beat where the shooting took
place, and should have been docketed and
reported to the officer who was next on
duty. A squad OF men should have been
detailed to look out for the fugitive and to
watch the trains"
Sergt. Reilly, who went on duty at
the barracks after Sergt. Lee. did not
know anything about the shooting until
the next morning. There was nothing on
the docket, and Sergt. Lee made no report
OF the case.
THE POLICE RULES.
The Chief. Gen. Anderson, stated that
the rules in regard to the men on duty at
the park and in the market prohibited
them from leaving their beats except in
extreme cases. officer Fleming, he said,
did right in calling for assistance and
in going to the scene of the
shooting. He should have seen that the
mounted men reported to the barracks
Immediately. The case should have been
entered on the docket, and the Chief or
Acting Chief should have been notified,
and men detailed to watch the trains.
Are all the rules governing the police
printedr"
mo; but every Fman on the force Is
supposed to know what they are"
Capt. Hull stated that officer Fleming
was present while DIR. COlding, the physi-
clan who was summoned TO attend the
wounded woman, extracted the shot, and
that the doctor pronounced the wounds
fatal.
The statements of the police show
clearly that there was an unnecessary
delay in reporting the case to the barracks
In time for the l2 O'clock relief to be noti-
fed; that the officer on duty at the bar
racks was at fault IN not entering the
case on the docket and reporting to the
officer who succeeded him that the Acting
Chief should have been notified at once,
whereas the officer whose duly it was to
have done so failed to make any report
until the next afternoon, and that no eff
fort was made to look after the trains.
The evidence Will be considered by the
committee and report will be submitted
TO the Council at its next meeting.