Telegram-herald., 1890-08-09
POLICE AND COURT.


0n Thursday evening. gentieuan
eatenea flls e0a.F.ai 40am 81 tae ta.l-
sakA4-l -lgrnAlp e. make esulplaini of
tlie outrageous manner 81 bs if-at-
nseui - az oEtlcer wAe hea waroa
for his arresi. HIS story was Hro'sh'H
uae, iset unfortunately ons 60 lHe
lnks ia the cham of A.s evidence wre
NOT sisoag eaoaga % lus,dH itee
4aa Court q mak a. q pulaie a'ff
eeni es ana persoa. beyond esnt ~
ailuslon 10 the sai5eet a. dses nai
follow that the appearance o. lnA0
name CA e criminal warrant takes
away h.s night O. humsne and respeel-
fui treatment ly the officers 81 the laN.
lie nav be an lnnooent and weil-brea
gentleman. When tie gentleman
above mentioned sppearea eetore ills
Honor. he Was released fram further
prosecution, on tie ground taat no
oesnse Was intended. and i the officer
who naae the arrest had heen az con-
siderate, there would he 10 heartburn
lngs now.
Much Of tie pleasure VITA Nlich
"Polce and Couu' makes its daily
morning appearance nses from SIS ire-
qaml opportan.ly 20 mention tae
isfge-hcariedness Of ihe stoUt-f,isd
teaoMs NHo pfrseffe ihe c.ty's peace,
Bat 'ioiice and tonrt Wlii h4sD 90
contess taat * las seen policemen rtn-
der themselves lab'e t0 arrest Tor a s-
orderly conduct n tle very acl of nttk-
ing ARRESTS. ID No4ld b. Aeig mortfv-
ing all aTosud u Judge Holmes sloull
iisd himself obliged g. make 80 some
popular oihcer laaJ speech Wh ch las
caused 50 many hrows L. scon an3 go
bows g. crook. "Nour fne. sIr. N re-
fre dollars and costs" hat ta.s tni.-
i iust as lneK ltallo as thatamaa's = siu IS
sUre L. ind him ouI
IAp ge2temau shove mentioned slso
( com planned most bitterly iaat i.r vas
not permitted 10 walk - tae station,
1 oui WAS compelled O. make a pubic Dk-
hlbluon in ihe patrol wagon. 10 wau.d
( lac interesting residing a. prut tao re-
ply az the Board a. Police ana Fire
/ Commissioners aad II tae snpefuien-
DENT ot police e. the question, ''Nlat
I is the theory of the existence aad usa
I OF that conspicuous Institution cailes
( tne patro wagon surely they would
scarcely reply that lt ls g. receive ANY
/ honest Wel-brcd gentleman uacau-
victed Of crime and shock hs sel-.-
! bilities bv an exposure oi Als person n-
nnitely more cruel than any ncrc
/ physical exposure could effect upon
! modest woman. Yet the great ciiy ol
! Grand Rapids has decended 10 that
/ business again and again, Everybody
/ remembers when l.. ID. Harris q re-
1 Dutable merchant, was degraded ana
Inundated by public ride in the
patrol wagon and afterwards dismissed
as an innocent man. Doubtless there
are Lady 6Oclvas who would gladly
save their husbands this mental torture,
# the city would accept the sacrifice,
for the latter torture would carry no
implied disgrace.
call for the patrol wagon should be
made only whcn there appears no other
way 30 transport a refractory or drunk
en prisoner. A man n innocent until
be Is proven guilty.
woman lying prone IN the patrol
wagon, and hauled through the public
streets. IS not an ediiylng spectacle. A..
even though there y evidence on The
face of the thing that the person d only
physically and not crImnaliy pros
traied. Mrs. botta. Of 2j0 LagrayC-st 4,
WAS taken suddenly III ON Ottawa-st.
yesterday noon, and was taken 20 her
home IN the wagon.
Charley Plnckney. a likely sort Of
colored man, was scufiiing with a COM
panlon and n SO bill dropped out ol
has pocket. John Qualey picked up
the bill and went out 20 the lake and
took two days 20 blow it ln. When
found be was loaded with Sl0 worth OF
sour mash, any one who saw ham ln
cell one last night would believe that
there IS no oxaggeration ID the state
/ mCut.
Thomas Mackay, Of 1922 Stocking-st.
was taken on Naterloo-st with severe
attack Of cholera morbus. lie was
lying helpless on the sidewalk n the
rain when taken INTO the patrol wagon.
lie was attended by Df. Wiley.