The evening world., 1888-07-26
CITY GUARDIANS On TRIAL.
COMMISSIONER MCLAVE READS THE
WEEKLY BUNDLE UF COMPLAINTS.

A Woman who Can't Identify the Policeman
Whom She Grnveiy Aocuses-Pienty Of
Minor Cases where the Ident ncatIon
Wa Very Compietc-Pe'ty Onenses and
as Petty Excuses for Them.
The police trials were held yesterday be-
fore Commissioner McClave.
Mrs. Julia Smith and William Casino made
complaint against Patrolman John w. Muir.
ray. of the Tbirty-second Precinct. In her
affidavit Mrs. Smith charged that while Mr..
Cosine and herself were sitting on the grass
on the north side of One Hundred and Nine
ty-irst street, near Tenth avenue, on the
evening of July 8, she was arrested by Pat
rolman Murray. She told the officer that she
was guilty of no %offense, hut he insisted upon
her going to the station.
When they had walked q block she said the
officer proposed to release her if she would
take him to her rooms for a few minutes. She
declined, and claims that then the officer
asked her ii she had any money, and that she
gave him $50 and he let her go.
Yesterday she was not sure that Murray
was the man.
The case of Bernard Meyer against Patrol
man Theodore Miller, of the Twenty-ninth
jill III III tiO Inv . "Ae "stA
accepting a bride of s. for securing informa-
ton from the Police Department concerning
complaints made against the pla ntln's
saloon, was al o heard. The officer had been
tried before Justice German and discharged
for want of sufficient evidence. Never I'D
mitted having made two sworn complaints
an that the first one was false.
Foster y. Morrison. son OF a saloon-keeper
OF One Hundred aud Fifth street and First
avenue, complained against Pairolman
Charles Vosburg that the officer. while in
citizens clothes and not having made known
the fact that he was an officer, attempted to
force an entrance through q rear door to the
saloon. Morrison endeayored TO eject him
and the officer drew n club and struck HIM ON
the head, causing q scalp wound.
Vosbul z said he was sent out to detect vio-
lat ons of the Sunday liquor law, that he had
seen people come out of Morrison's saloon,
and when he raped at the rear door the
elder Morrison opened it about two inches
from the inside.
When he attempted to push the door open
young Morrison seized him around the body
from behind, When the elder Morrison
grabbed him by the throat Vosburg drew his
club, broke the fathers hold by striking his
bare arm and then knocked young Morrison
down with the club.
Patrolman George S. Smith, of the Eighth
Precinct, acknowledged being of his beat for
twenty minutes on July 1S. He said he was
called by another officer.
Patrolman George Hanson, of the Twelfth
Precinct, allowed that he was off his beat for
twenty minutes
cinct, said that he had uninten,ionally
neglected to telegraph a report of the send.
ing of a sick woman to the hospital. The
case had been duly entered in his reports al
the station.
Patrolman VIM. II. Frost, of the Thirty.
third Precinct, was guilty of having l., # the
city without permission, and his tardy re.
turn was because the train was delayed.
Pa'rolmen Byrne. Purcell, Lawler. Bray
Ballister and Flood, of the Twenty-tifth Pre-.
cinct, were charged with neRlecting to go &c
o fire after being detailed for that duty on the
night of July 10. There excuse was that the
fire was put out before they could arrive.
Patrolmen Ryan and Golding. OF the
Eighteenth Precinct, left their posts during
hours of duty.
Patrolmen John Mahoney, of the Twelfth