Morning journal and courier., 1893-06-17
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 A Disgraceful Fight on Howard Yea- terday Morning - As Result Two Patrolmen Are Suspended - Suit Brought by Bellman - Officer Stew. arts Property Attached.
 A most disgraoeful fight occurred be- tween Patrolman< Joseph Bellman and Pa trolman Joseph F. Stewart of the Howard avenue precinct near the corner of Howard avenue and Carlisle street yesterday morn ing at 3:45 o'clock. The quarrel was over who should receive the credit for first re- porting the loss of a team that had been driven to -Allingtown and was hired from Liveryman W. J. Kinney's stable. Soon after midnight Officer Bellman reported to Sergeant Patrick Bergin, who was behind the desk at the station, that he had located missing team in Allingtown. Officer Stewart made similar report later.
 A telephone message from Kinney's stable some time afterwards informed Ser geant Bergin that the team had been brought in by a citizen. Bellman was in the station at the time, and the sergeant told him that he, Bellman, and Stewart would be given the credit of reporting the loss and recovery of the team.
 The two patrolmen met afterward at the corner of Howard avenue and Carlisle | street. Bellman had crossed over the ave nue in order to meet Stewart, and the for mer asked why he went into the office and | reported concerning the horse and buggy 1 and tried to get all the credit for 1t. After some more interchange of words the two ] came to blows Which hit the other first 1 1t is impossible to tell, as each man says 1 the other struck the first blow. Stewart 1 brought Bellman to the station, however | and charged him with assault. Bellmar i says that when Stewart was bringing hin 1 in the doorway the latter struck him ovel the head with his billy, inficting serlou' I wound.
 Dr. Louis J. Gaynor was called and Bell man was taken to his home at 108 Warc street after his wounds had been dressed He says that there is no doubt but tha Bellman has been severely beaten, as h' 1 has eight wounds, and he will not be abl to be out in less than several days. Bell : man yesterday brought suit against Stew l art for $3, 900 damages through AttorDe, Louis E. Jacobs. Constable Spiegel serve' the papers attaching house and lot owne, by Stewart on Judson avenue The cas is returnable on the first Monday in Jul in the court of common pleas. Captai
 Woodruff investigated the case yesterday and as result both patrolmen are sue pended, pending the hearing of the case be fore the police commissioners next Tues day evening.
 Stewartis an old officer, while Bsllman
 a supernumersry, having been on the fore
 only six months. Apparently there are n
 witnesses to the affray, although some rei | sf1n pnfr nj haor r1 %1,a rontrd
 but did not arrive until after most of th
 clubbing had been done.
 Each man insists that he was provoke
 and that he made the arrest. It appear
 as if the commissioners will have to deci6
 which is telling the truth without the hel , of corroborative testimony on either cid
 s. P. Thrasher, the secretary of the Sta
 Law and Order league, who hired tt
 horse from W. I. Ktnney's livery stable c
 Lamberton street, said in regard to tl matter last evening ''I hitched the hor . ingtown where I had driven to attend Il business meeting of the Allingtown Chap } society. When came out the horse ", gone. MT. filling accompanied by his wi immediately drove me into the city and V } notified MT. Isaac Kinney at his stable (
 Congress avenue. On the way we m
 Pstrolmsn Bsllman on the corner of Ho, , | ard avenue and Portses street and told hi | of the loss He was then on his way 3 | the police office to report. We then dro
 to Isaac Kinney's stable near the corner
 Congress and Howard avenues and notifi l them there of the loss. We then went 8 station 8, where Sergeant Bergin told 0 that Bellman had already notified them l. the loss."
 !, This corroborates Officer Bellmanl
 story that he put in his report first.
 While the patrolmen from station ft ?, very much annoyed that such an occr @ renee should have taken place at their pl
 cinct, they also feel that decided ipj,
 tice has been imputed to them when tn n are accused of having more quarrels a 's petty differences than at the other poll k precincts of the city. "There are slws Il differences among the policemen in rsga l. to their records, but we have no more It 1t here than at any of the other stationi T. said one of the officers of the station l.
 evening when seen in regard to the matt
 Dr. Gaynor when seen late last event " said that Bellman was resting as we'll e could be expected under the circu h l stances.