The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-16
TRIALS OF POLICEMEN.
MT. McCiave Tanks Somebody - Shielding
Fariey-Many Charges OF Clubbing.

before Commissioner McC1ave. ct Police
Headquarters yesterday. moro than seventy
policemen were tried on various charges. Tho
most serious case was that OF Patrolman
Thomas Farley OF Oak street. against whom
charges had been preferred by George Ketch-
um. Superintendent OF Pier %. North River.
Tho specifications In the complaint were that
Farley. on the afternoon Of July 2, arrested an
| unknown man for robbery on Pier 2S. searched
him. and found money In his possession. which
/ he gave to the persons who anid thoy had been
robbed. and let his prisoner 90 without taking
him 10 the station house. 1t was also alleged
| tint Farley accepted q reward Of IS.
When Superintendent Kctchum was called
10 testify lie told tho Commissioner that lie
knew nothing ofthe case OF his own personal
knowledge. and had made tho charges on tho
strength OF hearsay evidence All the wit.
nesses who appeared ut the trial seemed to
know 80 little about tho case that Commits.
sioner McCavo remarked:
1t seems to me that every one 10 disposed
to cover up this officers faults"
Superintendent Ketchum said that some Of
his men on the dock told him OF the affair. He
saw the officer with q IS note In his hand. but
didn't know where hs got 1t.
Jnmos Mcnamara, who Ia employed on the
dock. said he saw Farley coming down the
dock with man who took some money out Of
his pocket. Two mon who were behind the
otrlcer came up and took the money and oil
left the pier. TIo saw the officer with money
In his hand. hut didn't see whore he got II.
Farley denied everything. His story was
that two men on the dock called him over to
look at a Is note which they thought was
counterfeit He compared 1t with q s. note OF
his own. Tha, was how he came to have money
in his hand. He denied the arrest.
Mr. McClave said It was opinion that the
witnesses wore shielding the officer.
Two patrolmeu of the Tenderloin precinct
were ND on charges Of clubbing. Alexander
Hill, o coored man. living ut LAT West Twenty
SSIs sS' mss psnd Wso
invited him to have some wine ant! they went
10 1875 West Twenty-sixth street. lie came out
n M nf Stuck him IN the ' mouth. and then
THEN Is arrested Mn and charged him with
n ue.1 Sn Il iii" next morning was dscharsea
it came out that liill was armed with big
wh Sm Sh Hpk sa rYf s e t ans
10 scare awny uHys Who had thr ,S IRE.
sss way 4 ss ,i oHf said GonEa
As c"ns Ha said Go h Was crszy dran and
ming AlteF FOme DOSS Win tue CluD. Illll
threatened to kill him and he took the club
away from him aud arrested him. Sergeant
Sheldon said Hill WAS drunk.
-Georg. stewart. a coIorod waiter in 1877 West
Twenty-ffth street. charged Patrolman Pat
rick Fun Of West Thirtieth street with In-
nrovoksd assault and fese arrest res. He
said. Wien Finn came along and rdered him
to move on. This occurred few doors from
his home. Finn. ne says strnck him over the
arm with his club md pursued him mp 10 his
room. Finn and another officer pulled him
down stairs hend first md locked him up.
Finn denied tho clubbing. and said Stewart
and some others were throwing Holsters at
each other in The street.
John ]. Bnker Of Prince street was accused
OF having dubbed Joseph Burke in front OF SO
Charlton street on Sundny. Juno ~. 1t was al
legged that he had struck Burke from behind.
with being a thief and pickpockot. Burke
failed IL Aprear. Several witnesses testified
for the oflcer the effect that Burke fell down
white Baker was running after him. and that
Of n gang who annoyed shopkeepers In Charl-
ton street by throwing stones into the win
After hearing, this testimony ,Gommssioner
open 1t IL Burke appeared to testify.