The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-08-19
TWO DANDY OFFICERS.
Lectured by Feeney and
Bounced In Short
Order.
WHY THEY DESERVED IT.
One Took Possession of a Mans
House and the Other
Made Miscellaneous
Arrests.

rfcted. Two OF the number were dis
missedsfrom the department. They were
Patrolman John Beeler, OF the Sixth pre-
cinct. and Chanceman Frank O'Rourke,
OF the Fifth precinct. A city physician
was also tried on charges Of neglect Of
duty. but he was acquitted. The physi-
clan on trial was DR.. Straughn, of the
Fifth Aldermanic district. The charges
set forth that he refused to attend con-
finement case. DIR. Straughn explained
to the Board that when he was notified OF
the case by the Third precinct police he
was I'll and could not possibly attend the
patient. He further explained that the
case was not in ais district and that he
had no business with 1t. The Commis-
sioners agreed with him and the charges
were dismissed,
Policeman John Beeler has been on the
force for many years. For long time he
has been In the Sixth precinct. He was
on duty the night OF July %, and about
one O'Clock in the morning ne went to
the house of Gottfried Gottschalk, Sum-
init avenue, and rang the doorbelL He
got no response and went away, but re-
turned at eight o'clock. Bertha Brauer.
the servant, had opened the hall door to
air the house. aud Beeler, who was
drunk, staggered into the hall and en-
tered asitting room, where he met Ber-
tha He asked If Gottschalk was home,
aud the unsuspecting girl replied
that he had been away all night
and she was alone. Beeler. when
he heard this. approached the girl
and was about to embrace her
when she escaped. He ordered her
and trembling she did so. The drunken
policeman sat down on a lounge to drink
the beverage and Bertha sought the op-
portuniry TO escape to the front yard,
where she remained nearly two hours
waiting for Beeler TO go away. Finally
she softly approached the hall door and
peered IN. She saw Beeler lying on the
lounge fast asleep.
Bertha then ran across the street to the
house Of Adolph May and told him what
had happened and asked him TO drive the
policeman ont of the house May Is a
sented TO undertake the job. He went to
Gottschalk's house and shook Beeler
until he reused him from his drunken
slumber and told him to leave the house.
Beeler staggered into the kitchen instead
and washed his face. This revived him
somewhat, but he insisted on remaining
and Only took his departure when May
threatened 70 call in another policeman
to arrest him.
BEELER's QUERB DEFENCE
BeeleF denied being drunk and said he
was sick. He said that at one o'clock he
found basement window open and he
rang the bell to inform Mr.. Gottschalk
of it. Getting no answer he closed the
window himself. He returned IN the
morning to tell Mr.. Gottschalk why he
rang the bell. He said he was sick all
night and after one O'Clock he drank sew
eral glasses of bitters. which made him
sleepy, aud unintentionally he fell asleep.
soH hat hn frfa fn alrraa no
servant. Counsellor James Manning ap-
peared for Beeler and made an earnest
appeal for aim, but the Commissioners
decided to dismiss him.
President Feeney, In passing sentence,
bitterly denounced the actions Of Beeler.
Policemen" he said, ''were appointed
to project persons and property, not 10
hug servant girls and take possession Of
a mans house during his absence" :"
He further denounced Beeler for being
drunk and hoped that no other police
man would disgrace his uniform in this
manner
FRANK o'RoURKE's ANTICS.
Chanceman Frank O'Rourke of the
Fifth precinct was stationed at Schuetz-
en- Park, Greenville, on the night of July
"A. At a quarter before six O'Clock, on
Grand street, the policeman, who was
drunk, saw Carl Schmidt walking. He
seized Schmidt and said he would take
him to the police station. Schmidt was
unconscious Of having done any wrong
and said he would 20 with O'Rourke
At that moment a woman who knew
Schmidt passed and asked what the
trouble was The policeman asked her II
she knew Schmidt, and she said she did.
O'Rourke then let him 60 The police
man walked block and met Mrs. Hester
Easman near St. Patrick's Church. He
put his hand on her shoulder and said she
was suspicious character. She told aim
she was going to mass and ORourke de-
clared she would 60 to no mass that day.
He took her as far as the church and
there she saw a woman going to mass
She asked the woman to run into the
church and tell Father Hennessey she
had been arrested without cause The
drunken chanceman became frightened
at this and asked the stranger If she
knew the woman he had arrested. She
said she knew ner to be respectable and
to attend mass every morning.
stThen Plllet her CO. replied O'RouFke.
and he did so.
O'Rourke denied that he was drunk
and told a cock and bull story about some
citizen whom he did not know telling
him TO look out for a suspicious man and
woman who answered the description OF
the two he arrested and released without
taking them 10 tine police station. he
went also and it viii be some time be-
fore he gets another Job on the police.
MINOR NHAhOES.
John Devlin. John Gordon and Patrick
Colleny, patroluen OF the First precinct,
were fined one days pay each fcr falling
10 report for fire duty.
Billy Luyster, patFolmRn Of the First
precinct, was lined one days pay for
being absent without leave His absence
was the result of a mistake ana for that
reason mis- punishment was light.
PatrolmRn Frank McMahon of the
First precinct for being absent at roll
call was fined one days pay
Patrolman Murphy or the same pre-
cinct was fined one days pay for not ap-
bearing against a prisoner in court.
Policeman Tedeman Of the Sixth pre-
cinet was fped five days pay for being
off his post July D.
Policeman John Dougherty of the First
precinct WAS fiued tive days pay for con-
duct unbecoming an officer He was on
An excursion and a fight took place He
drew his club and struck James Des-
mond, an innocent watcher of tie fray.
| DougheFty claimed he hit Desmond by
accident while trying TO reach the
| fighters.
William Manning, ehanceman of the
First precinct. was fined one days pay for
| falling 10 report for duty.
Policeman Terrence Riley OF the Six tn
precinct was fined two days pay for
being off post.
Harry McDsvitt. patroiman of the
Fourth precinct. was nned two days pay
| for the same offence. and Michael Giyney