The evening world., 1888-06-14

Il was also charged that he had been found
In the o~x-ofice Of Dockstader's Theatre.
Peter Helmus and Thomas Rowe, patrol
talking together on June 8 when they ought
to have been on patrol duty. They olaimev
that they were talking ABOUT the spar.
fows. q gang Of roushs who infested that
Michael J, Kane, of che Twenty .afsh Pre-.
cinct. was absent from roll call on June 2.
He said he went to sleep in the afternoon and
his sister forgot to wake him. .,.r
sixth Precinct, was absent from his post
June 2.
Patrolman Harry W. Graham, of the Sixth
Precinct, admitted that on the afternoon Of
June 8 he was standing Oh the corner, while
on patrol duty, reading a newspaper,
Ps,rolmau Charles p. Wiseley, Of the
.Tw~enty-seventh Precinct, was charged with
being absent from his post on June 2. The
officer said a boy had u fit and the parents
asked him to come in and look at the child.
Another charge, of intoxication in the sta
tion-house on June 8, he answered by saying
he was taken sick and was given u mill
punch by a friend.
Patrolman Moore, of the Twenty. second
Precinct, was in d barber shop III Avenue b,
jun 4, when he should have been %patrolling,
.Patrolman Thomas Breslin, of the Twenty
ninth Precinct, did not wait for the relieving
officer May 81. He came in an hour or 30
late at the station and said he wont nome to
get his new hat TO wear in the parade.
Pntrolman John Leonard, of the Thirty
second Precinct, while doing patrol duty
Jun 2 left his post at One Hundred and
Sixty-frst street and could not be found by
his roundsman. He said he thought he heard
q rap at One Hundred and Fifty-eighth
street.
Patrolman Max Jouker, of the Thirty third
Precinct, was seen to go into o liquor store
in uniform on June 2 and drink something.
He said he was tired and thirsty and asked
for a glass Of water, which was given to him
John Getz, of rs Avenue @, and Henry M.
Poit, q friend, made q complaint against
Officer Brennan. of the Thirteenth Precinct,
for striking them while in cells on the night
Getz with his hand at the time the men we're
arrested, and Officer Sheridan, who arrested
them, said he had to use force to keep them
quiet.
by John Goldsbury against Patrolman Henry
Weingardner, on May 8. The complainant
said that while he was trying 10 prevent q
fight between his employer and q fellow:
workman, at One Hundred and Forty third
street and Eighth avenue, the officer came up
from behind and struck him with his billy on
the side of the head, the scar Of which was
still plainly visible, The wound was a very
serious one. and he had since been prevented
from working at his trade as o carpenter on
account of it. He was also arrested and taken
to court on the charge Of ~assaultinR the off,
Ger, and was discharged by the justice. Sew
eral witnesses ~corroborated his statements
and said the act Of the officer was brutal and
uncalled for.
The policeman said that he had reached
the fighting men first and was separating
them when Goldsbury came up and showed
him. He thought that was an assault upon
himself, as he did not know what Colds
bury's intentions were.
The last case was that of Officer John
Kelly, of the Thirtieth Precinct, who was
charged with striking some Young men stand;
ing on the corner of One Hundred and
Twenty sixth street and Eighth avenue,
about ! O'Clock on the morning Of May 20,
and Of using vile language towards them.
The officer denied the charges mi accused
them of making a n unseemly noise and Great
ing q disturbance in the street.
Commissioner McClave heard and will re-
fer to tie full Board the charge of W
ranted assault made against Patrick Leonard,
patrolman in the Thirtieth Precinct, by John
Delaney. of Twelfth avenue.
A dozen witnesses testified in the case Of
Lincoln L. Chaffee. the Tenth Precinct po-
liceman. accused Of brutally assaulting the
crippled boy, August Knatz, juno !.