Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-07-03
TRIAL OF OFFICER FRARK COOK
He rs Found Guilty And Reduced
Rank-The Evidence Against Hi

He rs Found Guilty And Reduced In
Rank-The Evidence Against Him
And The officers Defence.
The police commissioners held a special
meeting last evening for the purpose OF
hearing the charges preferred agai nst Officer
Frank D. Cook.
Commissioner Benton acted as prosecutor.
The officer was charged with conduct I'M
becoming an officer and undue familiarity
with one Carrie Mix.
and added that he wanted the matter sifted
to the bottom as he had been wronged
enough.
The first witness called was Officer Ber-
gen, who testified that he knew Carrie Mix,
that her reputation was bad, and he had
never seen or known any officer to have any
thing to do with her.
A Mrs. Davis, formerly known as Maggie
jerks, was next called and testified that she
knew Mrs. Mix and had lived in her house
She said she saw Officer Frank Cook and
Officer Louis Was at Carrie Mix's house,
DO tn day and night, when off and on duty,
and she supposed they were making a social
call. She said she had bought beer for them
on such occasions and Mrs. Mix paid for it.
She also testified that she saw Mrs. Mix lend
Cook 500 at one time and $15 another time.
In reply to Officer Cook the woman denied
that he Cook ever told her if she did not
keep off the street and stop enticing men he
would pull her in.
Eugene Smith testified that he knew of
Officer Cook going to Mrs. Hills house, No.
1879 COTE street. when Carrie Mix was there
Mrs. Linda Chapman testified that she
lived over Carrie Mix and had bought beer
for her when the officers were in the house,
or Carrie Mix had told her they were. She
did not see them.
Officer Cook in his own defense made a
general denial of the statements made by the
witnesses who had appeared against him. He
admitted calling at the Hill womans house
to look for his billy which he lost while max
ing an arrest near her house. He said that
the first time he went to her house was when
she called to him for police protection and
told him that the boys broke her windows.
At this time Officer Louis Was was with
him She had ring in her hand which he
bought for So. The next day he took the
ring back and demanded his money. She
took the ring, but did not give him the mon
ey He called again and she told him the
ring was down to Kirby's having his initials
engraved upon it. In order to save himself
he went to Kirby's and got the ring, paying
81. so for the engraving.
Officer Louis Was denied everything as
testified to by the Davis woman.
Officer Deolitt1e testified that he never saw
Officer Cook on his beat where Carrie Mix
lived, and never knew that be had anything
to do with her.
Officer Cook further testified that ever
since Mrs. Mix had Withdrawn her suit
against him she had abused him shamefully.
She told him, he said, that it cost her g
Thousand dollars to get DutehEan off the
force and she could get rid of an Irfshn1an a
great deal less than that. She said she could
get all the witnesses she wanted to take the
buttons off his coat at So apiece,
Chief Bollman and Lieutenant Wrinn tes-
tilted as to the general good character of Of
fcer Cook.
R. K. Brown & Go. and ]. M. Crump sent
letters expressive of their good opinion of
Officer Cook, whom they considered a model
officer.
The Board went into executive session and
after an hours consideration of the evidence
passed the following vote:
Voted, That Officer Frank D. Cook is
guilty of conduct unbeeoming an officer in
INDUCING in unnecessary familiarity with
disreputable persons and in making pur-
chases and receiving gifts from the same.
Voted, That Officer Frank D. Cook be re-
dueed to grade A of the active supernumer-
airy force and reprinanded by the chief in the
presence of the squad.
The pay of the grade to which Officer
Cook is reduced is s2.25 per day.