The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-05

I it it is my duty to arrest you on this other
! wonan's complaint Mrs. Bailey said
/ that Lightbody staid in the yard
fully twenty minutes, the woman cara
/ stllI carrying on, when Mrs. NeldAhger
4 Went to the window and told the policeman
I unat she had a sick baby and was sick her
I self and she wanted him to take the woman
away. The officer spoke rudely TO Mrs.
/ Nedlinger, and told her TO mind her own
- business She then asked him
If he knew who she was,
and he replied that he didn't
/ know and didn't give a --. Mrs. Neld-
| linger then burst out crying and closed the
/ shutters, asked the officers name and said
she would repor him.
| Miss Julia Horning. who rOOmed with
| Mrs Neidlinger, said that the latter went
| to the window and told Lightbody about
| the sickness in the house and asked him
TO take the woman away as soon
as possible, and he told her to shut
her - mouth. Mrs. Neidlinger asked him
! three times before he would give his name,
and when she asked him if he knew it was
Mrs Neidlinger he said he knew it, and
didn't give -, When she threatened TO
report him he came to the window and
shook his fist in her face, and she shut the
blinds and began to cry.
MRS. NEIDLINGER's STATEMENT.
Mrs Neidlinger testified substantially the
same as Miss Horning, and in addition said
that she aud Mrs. Bailey went down TO the
barracks sunday to report Light
body's conduct. She denied call
ing Lighuhody names. When he
shook his fist in her face she told him he
was a contemplate man to be guilty of
such an act, aud crying, closed the blinds,
thinking that he would strike her, as he was
in such a passion. Afterward he had said
that he was her husbands best friend, and
she replied that she was sorry he had "A
friend who would shake his fist in ladys
face.
Neidlinger's statement was to the effect
that about midnight on the night of the
arrest, Lightbody came to him and asked
him what was the matter with his wife, that
she claimed he had insulted her, and threat
ened to put him on the information docket,
and he told Neidlinger that he wouldn't
report his wife's actions if she wouldn't
prefer a charge. Neidlinger said that he
would see his wife about it; that there must
be some mistake about his wife calling him
names, as there were other women in the
house. When he went home his wife and
the others in the house repeated to him
what occurred.
THE MEETING AT THE BARRACKS.
He hadn't intended to say anything to
had avoided him in coming out of the sally
port as he was going in, when Lightbody
crossed over to him and asked him what
his wife said about it, and when he told
him, Lightbody repeated third
time that she had told an
untruth. "This," said Neidlinger, twas
more than | could bear and had to resent
it, and | called him - liar, and
told him if no repeated it again l would
n ali n month
Neidlinger denied that he had used the
language attributed to him by Detective
Basch and Sergt. Mock, and he said that he
a,ked the sergeant three times to make
Lightbody go away, and the officer replied
that he didn't see that he was doing any
thing, when it was Lightbody's duty
to go in and report his
ward as Neidlinger had done.
ightbody had put his hand on his pistol
twice. He stated that he had been given no
time to get his witnesses, aud the mayor,
in refusing a continuance of his case, had
told hum that he would not admit any testi-
mony except as to the occurrence in the
sallyport.
THE MAYOR TAKES A HAND.
Mayor Schwarz-Did you not plead
guiltyl
Mr.. Neidlinger-I told you believed
was Unsuitable in what / had done had
already asked Chief Green to put Light
body on the docket.
Sergt. Reilly was called, and he said that
he took Mrs Neidlinger aud Mrs.
Bailey into Chief Green's room. They
came to file a complaint against Lightbody.
The sergeant did not know what became of
the complaint. He testified to the efficiency
of Officer Neidlinger. and rebutted the
statement OF Iightbody that Neid-
linger had asked Sergt Reilly
if Lightbody had put Mrs. Neidlinger
on the docket Neidlinger had merely asked
the sergeant If Lightbody had made re-
port of the matter, aud finding that he had
not said he would see him in the morning.
This, it will be remembered, was in har-
moay with the understanding between
Lightbody and Neidlinger after the former
had left Neidlingers yard with his prisoner.