Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-11
THE POLICE HAD A TIME OF II.
What Followed the Arrest of Two Colored
Men in south Washington.

Wnae Followed the Arrest Of Two Colore<
Men in south washingtou.
Policemen Mulvey and whalen had Q ivel,
| time in South Washington near the corner O
Sd and G streets last night when they arrestet
two colored men, Charles Page and Jamei
Cassidy. Both men were under the infiuenc,
OF liquor and had been engaged in q wrangl,
before the arrival Of the officers. When the
latter came up the men had hold Of each othe,
and it was with some difficulty that they were
separated.
large crowd of persons were attracted tc
the corner by the appearance of the officers
and they called to tho prisoners to make q
break.and some of them made use of such Ian
guage as Kill the white -" and "Dcn't LET
the white - take EN-"
As the officers proceeded with the prisoners
rage showed fight and il was found necessary
to use club to resent his assault As the
crowd proceeded along the street il was joined
by o,her angry persons until fully two or three
hundred persons we're behind the Of
fcers. At the station the men were
searched and in Pages pocket was found
an open penknife. He was charged with carry
ing concealed weapons in addition to charges
OF disorderiy conduct Cassidy was charged with
disorderiy conduct Edgar johnson and
Edward Minor, who were in the crowd. were
also arrested, and the cases were called in
Judge kimballs court this morning
The Page case was first called and he was de-
Tended by Lawyer Cahill, who showed that his
client was hard-working man. and that he
had no EVIL intention SO far as the knife was
concerned. Mr.. Cahill thought that the pris-
oner had been punished enough and suggested
that in the disorderly cases the lowest fine he
paid.
The judge said that the officer could not be
blamed for what he had done: that the pris-
oner had brought it upon himself and the
officer had right to use proper violence to re-
strain him. The charge Of concealed weapons
was dismissed and he was fined $40 on the
other charges
A delegation of colored ministers called nj
the station yesterday to complain of the action
OF the officers in reference to their treatmen,
OF johnson, who had complained that he was
struck by the officers with a club, and when the
officers denied what johnson had said the latter
changed the form of his complaint and said
that the blow was accidental
Cassidy forfeited SIS collateral and Minor and
johnson appeared for trial
Rev. Mr.. Howard, pastor of Zion Baptist
Church, appeared in behalf of johnson. He
said that complaint was made to him Yesterday
that two young men had been beaten by police
men and he was asked to hold an indignatio
meeting in his church tonight. He said he did
not believe much In such meetings. and he made
further investigation OF the case and learned
that the striking of johnson was accidental
Indignation meetings. remarked Judge
kimball, don't help matters We had sam
pie OF them not long ago, and it was a very bad
sample"
81 have refused a number of applications to
hold such meetings In my church, said the
minister.
Upon Johnson's showing the court accepted
MS personal bonds and Minor was fined IS.