The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-16
Mr.. NUGENTS SPANIEL.
Mistress O'Lysar Claims 1t. And 1t
Gets a Policeman Into
Trouble.

Eight OF Feeney's Finest faced the
awful solemnity OF the trial room COM
posed of Police Commissioners Feeney
and Kelly yesterday afternoon. The
charges brought against PatroIman Cav
anaugh of the First precinct. brought out
a most remarkable case of mistaken
identity in q water spaniel. Mistress"
Bridget OLeary, as Colonel Robinson
designated the complainant, a pale, thin.
determined-looking woman. testified that
the day In question" the police
man and gentleman came into her
store, No. 312 Grove street, and the man
went through her apartments and took
her dog, while the policeman stood
quietly by. She asked the policeman II q
man had right to 20 through her apart
ments like that, and the policeman re-
Piled that man had perfect right to
follow mis- property wherever he could
find it. The gentleman then took her dog
away despite her protestations.
Court Stenographer John Nugent, the
gentleman referred to, swore that the dog
was his properly. lie had brought IL
with him when he came 10 Jersey City.
Ii missed the dog once before and found
it in the possession of Mrs. O'Leary. The
way he came to know that Mrs. O'Leary
had the dog was that she appears 20 have
lost it and advertised for it and Mr.. Nu-
gent recognized the printed description
of the animal.
SO when the dog was missed the second
time, Mr.. NuRent's little girl went down
to Mrs. O'Leary's store and, sure enough,
there was the dog. His little girl claimed
her property, but Mrs. O'LearY would not
permit her TO take it away.
When Mr.. Nugent learned where the
dog was he went 10 get 1t and took Po-
hcema Cavanaugh along to preserve the
4 10 ut fad "a n
from all conduct unbecoming an officer.
When the dog saw him it jumped upon
Mr.. Nugent, and In other ways showed
its delight at meeting him. This was
corroborated by Cavanauah.
Mr.. O'Leary, man OF considerable in
telligence, whose manner on the stand
favored the truth Of mis- statement, showed
where he got the dog, and claimed that it
had been in his possession since last Sep
tember except the short time he lost him,
and on the day Mr.. Nugent says he lost
his dog the animal In dispute was in his
possession. Mr.. O'Leary offered to pro-
duce evidence to show where he got the
dog, but as the Commissioners were try
ing the charge against unvanagh and not
the title to the dog, they declined his
kind offer. The charges against Cava-
naugh we're Of course dismissed,
Chairman O'Connor, of the First, fell a
victim to the deadly Quinine pill He has
been on the force since July, and has been
before the Board two or three times be-
fore He was charged with drunkenness
and pleaded guilty, but said that he had
malaria and took quinine pills, which
mixed his head up. lie will wear the
brass buttons and terrify the small boy
with his baton no more
Policeman Newcombs was fined twenty
days pay for drunkenness. DIR. NeVin
said that Newton had been Ill with the
grip, and went back to work before be
had regained his strength, and had taken
stimulants to keep up.
Patrolman Mullins was fined TWO days
pay, and Policemen Fisher, Lowey and
Ernest were fined one days pay for being
late at roll call.
The Board sent Patrolman Gallagher
from the Sixth to the Fourth precinct,
and sent Policeman Benjamin from the
Fourth TO the Sixth precinct.