Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-06

Petitions From Four Applicants Observation-Disclosures Preferred Against officers Clancy and Connelly-The First ColOred Applicant-Mr. Shell don Wants Prominent Legal Men To Lecture To The Patrolmen. At the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Police Commissioners held last eve ming Commissioner Hart presided. The ap- plications of Alexander J. Good Jeremia Caporale, Charles H. Hooper and James T. McGann for positions on the police force were placed on file. Hooper is the first colored man who ever applied to become policeman, and he is of gentlemanly appearance, thirty four years of age and five feet eleven inches in height.
 Judge William B. Stoddard appeared be- fore the Board and asked the latter to pay he presented to them: THE NEW HAVEN POLICE DEPARTMENT, To WILLIAM B. SToDDARD, Dr. To money paid Lawyer E. J: Fem to settle judgment in favor of Fenn against Of ficer Bissell for acts done by said Bis Amount paid H. P Graves as attorneys Amount paid for substituting bond for at Expenses to Waterbury, s75 das h Water bury, g %
 Total, s151 86
 The commissioners voted that the bill be not paid.
 Officer Gerard wanted his pay assigned for four months so that he might settle up his old debts and the Board voted him that privilege.
 On the motion of Commissioner Sheldon, the following vote was passed:
 
 committee to examine the laws relating to the rying of arms by policemen and if any legislation ter to the attention of senator and representa- tives.''
 Commissioner Sheldon stated that he thought it would be most excellent thing to spend twenty minutes on each of the drill days in legal and moral talks by such men Judge William 0. Robinson, Professor Will liam K. Townsend, Father Russell and oth- CTS, and is sure that such lectures would be approved by our best citizens, as we'll as by most of the officers themselves. Nothing was done in the matter, however.
 A communication was received from PO- lice Surgeon Lindsley in which he stated that certain newspapers had stated incorrect ly concerning the treatment of the late Dr. McHugh st police headquarters on the day the latter took poison, saying that there was nearly an hours time wasted at police head quarters by Dr. Lindsley. Chief Bollman
 
 headquarters over five or ten minutes and that from the time the police heard the man was on Grown street to the time he was in the hospital was not more than half to three quarters of an hour.
 After hearing the explanation of Chief Bollman, on the motion of Commissioner Sheldon the Board voted that Dr. Lindsley had done all in his power for the man while under the charge of the police.
 A communication was read from William H. Huntley in which he accuses Officers Clancy and Connolly with neglect of their duty few weeks ago when the latter asked them to arrest a man whom he and other witnesses claim was drunk on Poplar street and whom the officers refused to arrest.
 MT. Huntley, MT. Hull, Miss Beebe and Miss Bradley, of Fair Haven, all testified that the man whom Mr. Huntley wanted ar rested was drunk. As neither of the officers were present, it was voted to have hearing of the case next Monday evening.
 The matter of police telegraph at the pre- cinct was referred to the committee on that matter with power to act.
 The pay roll, amounting to $s,530, and sundry bills amounting to about S200 were approved