Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-20
is SISTER WAS A SAVIOR.
P.fTRYCK DRISCOLL ACCUSES PARl
 POLICEMAN LIVINGSTON.

T;.e Policeman and Many Others sa,
 -.r.Scoll Was Drunk and Insulting-
 ,:5,is story He and HI, Sister Declnr,
 .o Re Untrue-Cnstle Garden the Pre-,
 E:uninns.
 ,...x YoEK, June 20.-Park Policeman Jam .s Livingston was before the Park Com. H,i.,>lontrs yesterday charged with brutall, c',,!,'ing Patrick Driscoll, Nay 27. Driscol is ;' bright-looking young nan, twenty-eigh years of aee and at the time of the alleged assault had tean two months in this country. Sunday. May 27, he, with his sister, Mrs. Y innah Lent, of Brooklyn, ,i girl friend anC
 wo men, left Mrs. Lent's home, No, 794 Thirc avenue. and went to CastleGarden, hoping to meet some lately arrived friends. Driscol. tt;e,al led to walk into thes Garden, but was .ni.c,i back by Policeman Livingston. Ac- ,.,t..in:, iu his story told soon afterwards he sii.i: H
 Officer, won't you let. me in2 We only want to q friend just landed iron l. iand.'s
 Get out of here yon loafer; there arc toe ;n;'ny of you Irish in this country for its $ 'ot s.lreidy,'' wits Livingstons reply, gripping Di';s oil ty both arms and pressing him back
 The men struggled, and3 Livingston took g step backward, drew his club, and struck his oif"NI' sN'> '' " VI o''Aii"6 t'o" oAA eAAS AAS"> that he fell.
 The policeman. it is charged, continued clubbing him uniii his sitter interfered and throwing herself on the be,ly of her brother received q blow on the right arm ant shoulder.
 "ForGods sake, sir, don't kill my brother?' she cried. 2'He IS only d stranger and unac quainted with the ways of tho country"
 "Ill make him acqua i ntel with them, !" wal the quick retort, "and you also if you don mlnd your own business" He pulled Dris coll to his feet and dragged him into room in q semi-conscious condition, his face streaming with blood. Next day he wa. taken before Justice Murray and discharged with reprinand. Two days later he began to suffer from pains in tho head and erysip elas set in. He was sick for three weeks, ant but for big bunch of court plasters on hi. head yesterday looked perfectly well.
 Livingston is q big. strapping fellow, wht said that Drisco!l and his friends went to tn. Garden and tried to force their way in, wher the doorkeeper called upon him for assist ance. He said that Driscoll was drunk, anC that he only clubbed him once, and then only because it was unavoidable. . #
 The GOO; kaeI CT, Abraham White, orrot or ated the D. lie m n, ste ry, and Dr. Louis W Schultz, the politician physician at Castle Garden, said that Drisco!l was not much hurt but very drunk. Emigration Commissions Starr testified to the good character of Living ston.
 Mrs. Hannah Lent, the complainant's siste said her brother, Patrick, had been with be all day in her home. Patrick was neve drunk" she said. "I warded off three blow and was struck on the back" After recess Patrick Driscoll took the stand He said he never drank or smoked. H narrated again the trip to this city his meeting a friend named Sullivan and their approach towards thu Garden gate. ''The policeman" h he said didn't say word to me, and in fury threw me back, and I confidently sa, that if my sister hadn't thrown herself be tween us ne would hnvc murdered Iue After he clubbed me he took mo into Castl Garden. When complained of pain tn doctor told me to shut up, and said woult be all right in few days" On cross exami nation witness said he sometimes took drink, but didn't have any that Sunday. H said, 1T told the policeman he had no righ to shove me like that. and before could sa any more he struck me-" He swore he hat | never touched drop of liquor sine. he ha, been in this country. John Mahoney, of No. 719 Fifth avenue l Brooklyn, gave practically the same accoun of the trouble. All this, testimony will b l submitted at full meeting of the Park Com miSSOnerS