The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-30
POLICEMEN PUT ON TRIAL
~, rIxCK,y EASY WAY OF ARRANG-
,va THINGS WHEN ARRESTED


rY9 THINGS WHEN ARRESTED
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49,, r,ubbea Him-Surkeon 0riuaslrs
N,staheu Diagnosis In tho Case OF
MAJ whs Was Druak sna Dyise.
po,,,. Surgeon Morton Grinnell was put on
,,i.I before President MacLean OF tho Police
no.,d Yesterday charged with neglect OF duty.
The specincations were that he failed to make
nropsr examination OF . prisoner Mt the
,r..t i52d street station on May 80. and made
wrong statement OF the case to the sergeant
In charge.
ns.,.y. Who was found apparently drunk in
~. ar.nd stand at tho Polo grounds. He was
sn .oious, and was taken to tho station
49,. IN A wagon. As he did not recover con-
..,or, ness, DR.. Grinnell was sent Tor at 10:4O
n " and examined the man. lie pronounced
49,, suffering from profound alcoholic coma,
nd had him put in cell with blanket under
Mn The next morning Dooley was still un-
aonscious and was removed to Manhattan
Hospltal There the physician on the DAY af-
,.r he was admit cd diagnosed tho case as
c,rsLrsl smbolism, Tho man died.
DR.. Ssuer. ambulance surgeon In Manhattan
uosnital. testified that Dooley was apparently
sufrerlue from alcoholism when he took him to
Tho hospital. Dr. Harry l.. Purdy, house physi-
alan said tho man. when brought in. was IN o
s,.,. Al alcoholic coma. and 1t was not
un,i the next day that, the correct diagnosis
could bs established. DR.. Grinnell in his own be-
h.,f Aid that alcoholic coma resembled coma
re.ultlnc from other diseases. and could not be
sasily distin Ruished until after the effects Of
tho alcohol had Disappeared.
DIR. Grinnell has been police surgeon since
1897 He graduated from bellevue Hospital
Medical College. and Ia now visiting physician
OF Charity Hospital and assistant demonstra-
mort, esys the opinion that DIR. Grinnell's dag
n0ss Tss and Dr. sexsnder q ssS b.
SsaGss axsa Thoss logan q stree.
F FL A 81 ~ West r:tesnth street Faek ssid
hc was lawyer at ~ Nall street: In the Di-
sctory he down as sen9g pn r. hs tss
into a doorway Mt Fifth avenue and Four
t.enth street to get shelter from the rain.
Logan 10 a s9o o there Fk says
when he asked for the policepan's number
Logan struck hin Win ns n Gd9 and aIrssed
Flax testified he was talking to two ladies at
The same corner whom Logan came along. and
Il s.sK s%oI" that HcSah hm
ssssS ,qp On ny pos. ssaln ia go arrest wS, ySr;
s ky .has Iossn nn:
'' Logan ram Told 'old lbs Commissioner that Flaok
i"soent ntauner He said that Fiack had o.
Tered h IN. dollar to let him 60 r1ask sd-
Alter the trial was concluded Fleok asked a
reporter to rive his name as Black. When
poIe haa HS BEEN e Slipped INTO hs pocEet viii
DO returned qgsn appH!ic@at .,pa.,. =, ,.o,s
rpnc nQAn
proprietor OF a soloon and restauran! ut o5
Lis; ensrd street. Of illegally arrestinR him on
s, u Tor business on Sundays. On the Sun
day In Gusssiqn he had gone to the store to
Bierschenk's lawyer asked NetheHcott what
Fss e a. sem sEedas fhs
6Sss . l az for
x x5 ass.p It as 81 s. Rs
twice Ia the face: irscturinG his Jaw The case
was adjourned for week on account OF tho
absence Of wltneeses for both sides
policeman: who was dis " S for drunken.
Is Sullivan said DAILY was drunk and dis dis
orderly. DAILY declared that he had had trouble
xi,h waiter or, on e S q tinding hair in
Capt Cross charged Policeman Jacob ].
kebrich OF his command with being ~ sa-
loon Of 574 Tenth avenue on the evening OF
July a. Kebrich'e excuse was that he was
called In 70 Quel disturbance.
Policeman Henry Ro .enthal Of the Union
Market station was CHARGED by INSPECTOR VII
his super"r. Rossnthal Was one Of the police:
men who went to Long Island City and played
ond street. poiit emen. On the same day Pa
trolman Medallion, OF the Twents-serond
down stairs at his home ,Rosenthal eavs the
Information to Inspector Williams that Mccall
lion had hi. arm broken while skylarking with
another officer at the hall grounds. Charges
preferred against Medallion ior making a false
,eport Were refuted by dozen witnesses.
Ros"nthal Was rut on trial on the same charge.
kosen hal said he could not remember hav-
tg made my snch statement. but upon con-
aderation no admitted that he might have
done 40 under excitement.
tapt. IeIghold had thirteen Of his command
before the Commissioner charged with falling
10 make report concerning building material
which was lying 10 the street In the precinct
without permit