The evening world., 1890-07-16
TRIED DESPITE HIS PULL
Policeman Bleoo Faces Johanna
Young Before the Police
Board.
The Girl Repeats Her Story of Out
rage-DeclsIon is Reserved.

| IOncemhn james y. Ble0O, OF tn'
Union Market station, who Is accused by
pretty Johanna Young. of ITO Secont
street, with having betrayed her and
afterwards having brutally beaten hei
and locked her up in cell, was placed
on trial before the Police Commissioner
this morning.
Although the assault took place June
| 16 the policeman was not brought tc
answer the charges until to-day. and Q
great many rumors had been set ahoft tc
the effect that the policeman's pull
would sec him through this case. as he is
alleged to say it has in many others.
Miss Young sat in seat directly in
front of Commissioner Noorhis. She is
pretty blonde. and looked comfortable
in neat challie dress aud black ribbon
hat. She Is a very modest. attractive girl
in appearance, and her face flushed when
the case against Bleoo WIS called.
Bleoo tried to keep himself out of sight.
and before he was called to answer divided
his time between rear seat in the trial
room and the hallway.
The story OF Bleoo's brutal assault on
Miss Young is still fresh in the minds of
the readers of The EVENING WORLD. She
is the daughter of respectable harness.
maker of 10 Second street. The girl
charges that the big policeman betrayed
on the night in question when she went
to him to ask him to keep his promise
he turned upon her and after beating her
about the body arrested her.
When the case was called Bleoo and
Miss Young met side by side in front OF
the Commissioner and were sworn with
their hands on the same Bible. Miss
Young was then examined by Commits
sioner Vooohis.
She testified that she was now living ut
510 East Fifth street.
II went to the corner Of Third street
and Avenue g, she said. where We had
an appointment. He was not there, and
went down Avenue @ to Houston street,
where met him.
He ordered me away. was mad and
disappointed. He started across the
street and i followed him. He then
turned around and l was struck. was
excited, but remember that I was struck
by a club.
down now. and / don't know whether
was struck by accident or Intentionally.
The blows were not serious and con
suited no doctor"
Commissioner Voorhis questioned the
girl as to her relations with the officer,
and Lawyer Grant, who appeared for
Bleoo. objected.
Continuing, the girl said she was
dragged away to the police station and
locked up. The next morning she was
discharged by Judge Patterson.
Who has been to see you to advise
YOU or got you to fix up this matter?"
asked the Commissioner.
Nobody except the reporters" an-
swered the girl. She said she had not
been advised by anybody or that any sup
port had been promised her.
Cross-examined by Lawyer Grant Jo-
usual on that evening, and that the officer
had told her not to bother him.
She said further that she may have said
something she would not have said il she
had been cool. She swore positively that
she had been struck.
10 Commissioner Voorhis the girl said
sho had become acquainted with the
policeman since last December.
Lawyer Grant characterized the charge
against Bleoo as newspaper persecution.
in spite of the fact that the officer was in
dicted by the Grand Jury.
Bleoo then testified in his own defense.
He spoke in very low voice. He de-
MED that he had struck the girl with
club or anything else.
He charged her with collecting a large
crowd by her loud talk. He didn't want
to arrest her, but he had to do so. as she
yelled and made O great commotion.
He excused his neglect to answer Miss
Young's charge in the courtroom on the
ground that he had not had the oppor-
tunIty to do SO.
In voice Just above whisper Bleoo
swore that all Judge Patterson said in dis
missing the case was that the girl was
discharged. This ended the testimony.
Decision was reserved,