New-York tribune., 1894-04-20
MISCONDUCT OF POLICE.
A PATHOLMAN. 4 SERGEANT AND TWO
CAPTAINS UNDER CHARGES.

DRUNKEN OFFICER MADE A DISTURBANCE
AT WILLIAM }. LARDNER's HousE-How
A SERGEANT USED HIS POSITION TO
VENT Ills PERSONAL SPITE.
rohn u. Hurley. a patrolman OF the East Twenty
s,cond-st station. will be brought before the Police
Board next Wednesday on the complaint of Will
fam 7 Iardner Deputy Attorney General Of the
State. Mir Lardner is a law partner Of Judge Nc
Adam. He lives No. 227 East Eighteenth-st
Continuous ringing OF the electric door bell and
pounding and kicking upon the door. together with
an occasional whoop aroused Mr.. Lardners house
hold O'Clock week ago Thursday morning
The servants were surprised TO find a policeman.
Ilis eyes were bleared they say and he carried
with him extensively strong odor OF rum lie
told them that there was n man in the house he
wanted and demanded admittance Mr.. Lardncr
started for the basement. Before he got there.
however. there was a crash of breaking glass.
The policeman had tired OF waiting and had
kicked out two panes Of glass in the door.
II required twenty-five minutes hard talking on
the part of Mr.. Lardner TO persuade Hurley that
he had better leave the house. Hurley after using
a large amount of profanity, finally consented TO
&c away
Mr. Lardner's mother sick at the time. and
the occurrence alarmed her greatly
Serious charges made before Inspector Con-
lin at Police Headquarters yesterday against Ser
geant Thomas T. Mccormick. Of the Old Slip sta
ton. by John Masterson. of No. SOi Henry-st.
Brooklyn.
Masterson told the inspector that Sergeant Nc
CO!mc had Gqgssd him 70 be ETry from his
He said that he had been In the employ & OF me ,ne
earned $40 week. He has wife and two children
Sergeant Mccormick tried to pass the gate to the
ferry; He was in citizens clothes and Masters3n
an officer, and had authority to pass through
d%S1 bs 6G Sd M ases0n ers% pn epe w that he ha @
orders not TO let any one IN without ticket eX-
Mccormick told Masterson he would see the SUI
perintendent Of the ferry company ana nave MIN
on Tuesday Masterson was sent for by Super
intendent Ciirard of the Union Ferry Company. who
would lose his place. Masterson insisted that he
was carrying out the companys orders but ne iosS
his place, Sergeant Mccormick having complained
snffaTi1r from ma disease which incapactaes him
from doing hard work lie tod told the insPeGt0g
This is vS@op c aG Gf ae owaa @ss 70 Of ed1e ,1
the county without permission from the superin-
INSPECTOR ConIin summoned the sergeant to head
quarters and demanded an explanation of his con-
duct Mccormick admitted that he had secured
Mastersons discharge, and said that he had gone
to the ferry to meet a cousin .o-uoon,.. oo,,ou
in causing Masterson to lose his place as an out
Police Captain Frederick W. Martens. of the East
Thirty-fh-st. station. is again In danger OF losing
his official head. At to-days meeting OF the Police
Commissioner MacI.ean, will be considered. The
charges will 5e for neglect of duty in failing TO sup
press disorderly houses.
Captain Martens was convicted a few weeks ago
on similar charges and was fined thirty days pay
Mr. MacI.ean then made public list OF alleged dis
orderly places in the Twenty-first Precinct. The
outcome of DR. Parkhurst's visit 10 Commissioner
MacI.ean became known at Police Headquarters yes
terday, when it announced that new charges
agains, Captain Martens would be made;
The trial Of Police Captain Richard O'Connor; Dc
tective George 7. Sheridan and Patrolmen William
Moody and Peter Miller. of the Church-st. station
was continued before the Police Commissioners yes
terday. Captain O'Connor is accused OF falling to
suppress several pOOlrOoms in his precinct De-
tective Sheridan is charged with assaulting John j.
Lynch and Daniel J. Smith in an alleged poolroon
in the Merchants Hotel on April 3.
Several witnesses testified that they did not know
about any poolroom in the Merchants Hotel Lynch
and Smith did not appear. The trial Will go on to-
Cay