New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-22
NURSES Nay TRIfLE WITH POLICEMEN
orHE. CITIZENS RUN THE RISK OF BEING ARREST

OTHER CITIZENS RUN THE RISK OF BEING ARREST
ED-AN INCIDENT IN THE PARK.
One OF the things which surprise new arrival In this
country especially he happen to have lived In England
Ireland Scotland is the way in which policemen act
You argue, mildly wrangle with police
man side before, they you get the
oflceo or as translated here run In" Although
those countries are really pOlcerddan bobby" who
starts stranger win stop TO ENJOY joke
and end by perhaps letting man or II he hasn't com
mted any serious breach OF the peace. He won't let
you OF here, though and you attempt TO reason or
to explain, you met In nine cases out OF ten with
Don't insult respectable mlmber OF the police, accom-
panied probably by whack OF his club The result Is
that decent citizens are maltreated sometimes
If you a politician OF some grade or other 1t Is
almost dangerous 70 say Cool evening OF these
disciples Mars. The sparkle OF political diamond
the gloss a Fourth Ward silk hat or the odor OF a
XVIII Assembly District Relna Victoria cigar Will knock
big NewYork copper" into attitude OF subseryiency
An immi grant Battery place wants to go TO Broad
way the big bIawny fellow In brass buttons and
blue will probably say who in blank Is preventing you
An Assembly lyman scarcely write his name says
" Good evenin jimmy Where's Judge Muidoons
ccurt !" Tbs chances arr that Jimmy" vi " lave ni
BATE to show him Almost every day cases are before
the Police Commissioners Bridge Trustees against
some engaged in these respectable sections
the public service for unnecessarily exceeding their
power in the OF some orderly citizens
The Central Park policemen exception Yet.
the people who frequent are, the
whole as law-abldng and careful certainly, possibly
more So than any others the OF the globe Three
four from Iiith-ave. With perambuatos filed
with children scatter they enter and rundle along the
wekept pathways cosey greensward during the
day. They either butonhOe the policeman or ho gets
talking Them and while the talking goes on the wee
babies dportng themselves the grass, pluckng
up perhaps un1ong the perambulaors, like the
wachmen Just to see what the works are Ike
That amt agln the law" Filtration proceeds.
quiet citizen, man, not ctizenness." crosses
the drive.
Hello. there, you this that and the other! Don't ye
know alnt allowed ~ go there n
That is agln the law" Filtration ends. And If you
do not hear historic threat Eve good mind run
ye i'm" you are fortunate. light dis
Park policeman In his Irritation he Will get
with you"
That what happened to him the other day. The
following afternoon the quiet citizen along. dog
or dorg" II dorg7 means ugly dog started up in
the path before him and wobbled without telling who
he or whore he gons lie stuck to that citizen
8" like ore man." The policeman again hand
willing away his time with West Side belle You
Should how he rveed his upon that dog, which
he found 10 be end"
Forgetting dog and girl alike he approached the citizen
and with leer OF triumph demanded in far from
Ch.seraeldan:
" Is that yours I"
The dog sat on his hind legs awaiting developments,
while the citizen continued his way without speak ng
The copper" dfed along by his side cheek by jowl'
wearing puzzled look, and again asked:
"Who owns that dog q
Not word from the Citizen while the ugly bit at
the girl and pulled the babys blanket to the
ground. lie swung his club and said:
Now this Is mooch mi dayclnt fellah. You must
tell the dogs name-owner, L NAME"
understand fury your words, but the words"
the lofty response.
4" But you must tell me-"
THE greatest power is the power not to dor and by
this time the citizen had reached the outlet to the
Park, stood beyOu1 the baiwlck of tho "copper"" who
keeping page with his vndcve feeling had unconscously
gone hundreds OF yards from his beat The dog under
a horse-car and killed The copper" returned to
his beat, scratched his head and murmured nournfuy
Larnn' Is fOlne thing"