Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-15
RUMORED POLICE CHANGES.


Charges Against Detectives and What They
May Lead to.
For some days past a rumor has been in
circulation that there were to be certain
changes in the District government, and one
was to the effect that Superintendent r. A
Arnold Of the STRENGTHENING department. was
to give up that position and be succeeded by
Mr.. A. II. s. Davis chairman of the repub.
ican central committee. The rumor also had
1t that Mr.. Arnold would be given position
| on the detective corps, but there is no vacancy
In the detective corps at present. although
several members Of the force are at logger
heads, and it is intimated that before the pend.
ing investigation is concluded the official AZ
will fall with some weight and cause the
vacancy wanted.
CHARGES AGAINST DETECTIVES.
Following these rumors come charges against
| two members Of the detective corps and it ID
| rumored that before the close of the investiga-
| ton charges will be brought against others.
Commissioner Douglass is interested in the
matter, although the police department comes
| directly under the supervision of Commits
sioner Ross.
Yesterday afternoon Commissioner Douglass
was at police headquarters, but what was said
by him to the police officials could not be
| are now pending are Detectives Edward Horne
and Charles W. Mahon, but there is no connec-
| ton between the two cases.
The charge against Horne was made by q
citizen. Mr. Herman Donath, who accuses the
| officer OF intoxlcation and of making a false
statement This charge grows out of the inves-
| tigatlon OF a case by the officer. Several days
ago Mr. Donath reported to the police that he
had been assaulted and robbed by colored men
while on 9Th street between h and L streets
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| officer visited Mr.. Donath, whom he found in
bed under the care of physicians.
AS the result OF that interview the official re-
ported to his superior that Donath admitted
| TO him (horne) that he had not been robbed
and that he (Donath) had asked him not to saw
anything to his Oonath's) father about it,
subsequently statements were printed which
were excepted to by Mr.. Donath as we'll as by
| the officer, and the result was that the COM
plant was entered against the officer. In this
case more than score OF witnesses have been
| summoned.
MAHoy AND BLOCK.
In the case Of Detective Mahon the aneea-
ton is intoxication and it is also charged that
he used false. harsh and disrespectful Ian
guage OF and concerning another member of
| the force. The other member of the force is
Detective Block, and this part of the allegation
Is charged to have occurred in Alexandria last
Saturday, where Officer Block WAS the prose-
cutting witness in an alleged gambling case.
Detective Mahon appeared in the case as a
witness for the defense and it Is alleged that he
testified that he would not believe Detective
Block on his oath and that he was not believed
in the Washington courts 1t is further alleged
that he gave similar testimony concerning a
colored witness and the Alexandria jury in that
case acquitted the defendant.
TO BE TRIED TOMORROW.
The trials Of the officers wilS take place before
I. a.
ton tomorrow. The trial board will be COM
posed of Capt Austin and Lieuts. Kelly and
Hollinberger and the officers will probably be
represented by counsel.