Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-11
FOUND NOT GUILTY.
Charges Against Chief Egan and Officers 3 Allen and Smith Fall Flat.

| Charges Against Chief Egan and Officers Is Allen and Smith Fall Flat. The police board held a most interest | ing session last night. The preliminary | meeting was held in the regular meeting room where the regular order of business i was transacted. Then a discussion was | started as to the propriety of allowing legal talent to represent the Sunday Herald and Globe in the furnishing of evil dence against Chief Egan and Patrolmen Smith and Allen, The commissioners finally agreed to allow Judge Cole to ap- | pear for both papers and adjournment was | taken to the district court room. No one except witnesses representatives of the press and court attaches were allowed in the room.
 City Clerk Grady read first the charges against Chief George M. Egan, of conduct unbecoming an officer, taking money from prisoners end showing favoritism to cer- tain officers. Chief Egan pleaded not guilty.
 Attorney Cole in relation to SIS speci- fled said: Il don't know how it got into the charge. Mrs Thomas is the author of that story and she may tell the same story over again if called"
 Chief Egan then gave the same explana- tion relative to the SIS as he gave before: That John Hurley had been fined S1O and | costs by the court; that Officer McNlff | took him and another prisoner to New Ha- ven, but before he got to the jail the chief | had telephoned to bring him back, as his | wife had paid the fine.
 Mrs Hurley when called on was not present.
 Attorney Cole said he had no questions to ask, as he thought the chief did right and honorable act.
 Daniel Bergin was next called to the witness stand. He was called in refer | ence to pair of opera glasses. His testi- mony was distorted and so wild that he was excused. The opera glass episode is l that prisoner was sent to the almshouse, from whom a pair of opera glasses had been taken in the station. It was thought that they were stolen, but after a week. s time Officer kennaugh took them to the almshouse and gave them to their owner. The notorious Mrs Colby here took the stand and before she got through with l Attorney O'Neil's cross-examination she | wished she had remained away. She swore that the chief used the vilest lan- guage on one occasion when she was ar rested and that he had taken a rocket book containing $6 or more from her. On cross examination Attorney ONeill re- hearsed her whole police record, which is summed up as follows: In four years she | has spent 567 days either III jail or the | town house. Several times during the eX- animation she cried and said if she knew she had to go through such an ordeal she would not have appeared at all. She finally admitted that she was carried to the station in a wagon on the occasion that she claimed the money was taken and could not positively swear that the chief did take it. Attorney O'Neill, when in- terrupted by the opposing counsel as to her record, said: ''I don't want womall who has spent two years in jail convicted also of lascivious carriage, coming before respectable people to testify" After Mrs Colby related her experience in being carried to the station in wagon she was excused from the stand.
 l Patrick J. Finnegan said that when ar rested once $5 was taken away from him and never returned. His name was not in the charges, but Chief Egan sad he did not want to evade anything and sad he could account for every cent taken.
 Here Attorney Cole threw a bomb shell into the court room by saying: "The Globe never had anything against Chief Egan, and the Sunday Herald has apologized for what it published I want it distinctly understood the papers have l nOtDlnS against Iu6 Culel put are merely here to cooperate with the board" | Chief Egan then sad: II never heard of this charge of Mrs Colby's before. She is a lady when sober, but when drunk she uses the foulest language. I would be a worse brute than even the Sunday Herald gives me credit for being to use the Ism guage she says did.'
 Special Officer Kennaugh never knew of the chief using foul language or swearing The chief never told him to not support Officer McNiff when the latter was elected detective.
 Here Attorney Cole sarcastically re- marked: "It is poor policeman who wont stand by another
 He was rebuked by Mayor Kilduff.
 Detective Egan said he never was told to not support Officer McNiff and didn't know anything about the matter.
 Mrs George R. Thomas wanted to re- hearse her whole story over again, but when she had nothing new to communi- | cate she was excused.
 George R. Thomas said that all such talk of McNiff was false, and also false as regards Detective Egan.
 Chief Egan said: II did advise Detective Egan to resign, but have since told two of the commissioners that he has done good work y
 | That ended the chefs case.
 Officer Chester J. Allen was then charged with immoral conduct with Mrs Maria Murphy and with conduct unbecoming an officer. He pleaded not guilty. Daniel Daily said he never saw the off never told any one so.
 John Coyle and William Bergin were not present.
 Timothy Foley never saw anything detrimental to Officer Allen as an officer or gentleman. He did see him talking to the Murphy woman on the corner of Liberty and River streets. Saw them again, but could not remember where. Joseph Corr had spoken to him of the mat ter. Never spoke to Maria Murphy s father iii his life.
 George E. Gordon saw the two together once on River street and once on Bridge street. Saw nothing improper. James Corr saw them on Meadow street; | of designation near by. He had the Boyle girl with him at the time and she thoug as he thought.
 Mrs Harney never saw the officer with Mrs Murphy.
 Mrs Holman and Miss Boyle were not present.
 John Burns, father of the woman, said: | 'Never knew Allen until two or three days ago; never told the story published; never saw a reporter about the matter. It is false from beginning to end" Mrs Doolan waxed wroth when she was called relative to her daughters name be- ing connected with the officer. She denied the whole story and said: whoever put that story in the Sunday Herald she would find out. She was promising the reporter l +, John Ash knew Officer Allen, but did not know the Murphy or Doolan women. John R. Martin knew Allen, but never saw anything wrong with him. Michael Hogan saw Allen and the woman together once on River street