The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-02

in the bed at the hospital He only
could speak intelligently in the morning.
What did Apo say asked Mr. Gof.
II asked him how he got cut. and he
said he did IL himself"
well. give the exact words"
| He said, 4 done 1t myself
What else did he say?"
Apo Wished He Was Dead.
He didn't say anything there then,
had"
Yes; he said. i wish | was dead am
out OF the world That was after he
had been reading the paper"
Coleman swore that he did NOT know
who Apo was when he went to watch
him at the hospital. He was simply told
by the sergeant to go to the hospital,
that there was man there who had at
paper from officer Brunnell, whom he
went to relieve on Saturday morning.
with Appo's pedigree on II, and 1t was
not till then that he knew who the man
was.
He admitted that he had read of Apo
| in the newspapers, and recognized him
when he heard his name. Mr.. Con went
over Coeman's story OF the night watch
| with Apo several times, but tine witness
persisted in his statement that Apo had
told him that he had tried to commit
| suicide. and that he was tired OF life.
Did you ever hear OF the green goods
business?" asked MIR. Goff.
Yes, but | was not long in the pre-
cinct. The CAPTAIN gave some. instruc-
| lions about them"
What were his Instructions"
"Oh. he told us to bounce those steer
ers."
Were you ever convicted OF any Of
lenses bV the Police Commissioners %
inquired Chairman Lexow.
Yes; l think so"
How many times have charges been
preferred against your
| about sixteen
Were you ever convicted OF clubbing
any one?'
Fined for Clubbing.
Yes; think I was, convicted twice"
/ Mr. Con took hold of the witness
again and brought out the fact that he
had once been fined twenty days pay
for clubbing a man named John Casey
and another, time seven days pay for
was a very brutal one, the evidence
| showing that Coleman had attacked
Casey without any provocation
Mr.. Con Dug out of MS papers another
charge of assault against coleman, the
: specifications alleging that he had, while
intoxicated. knocked down little girl
., COX. her father. and knocked out sev.
oral OF John Kelly's teeth.
n C,pt Cross had made the complaint
I against Coleman in this case and a
NM OF only thirty days pay had been
. IMPOSED
VI do VOW Xo9 say ~, to 3n that Coleman
+ YOU had only been twice convicted OF
: assault" '
p We'll. was fined for intoxication ii
D that case and not for any assault"
Intoxicntion Worse than Assault
That's Just what want to brinl
out" said MIR, Con to the Committee
1t Is ? greater crime in the eyes o
e che Police commissioners for an otiicel
;, to be drunk on his post than to KNOCK
h down and brain citizen,
- =. "A. ,t,t 4
1 Coleman at first denied that he hat
5 been convicted on this charge. but Mr.
y Con read from the record. showing tn,
e fine WAS imposed
= Well, they never appeared against
me. said Coleman who evidently fel
e that he was getting into a tight corner
5 Because you inundated them an,
= frightened them away" retorted Mr.
Con You are nice specimen OF 1
\ police officer"
y And the Commissioners are as bad a!
L. you are, put in senator Bradley, 70
: not breaking YOU long before this"
I 4 app". rs from the record that Cole
n mans dete"sc 10 the charge or knock
ing down Maggie Cox and maltreatInI
g htr father vas sickness. grip. medi
j. cine etcetera, etcetera."
= CoIemau's Record.
e Mr. Con then went through the entir
list or charges which had been hrough
against Coleman since he went ON tn
-,
/, tIat ne had been convicted Of all %
- them hut one, and that four OF then
i wgr" clubbing cases.
= II" had been repeatedly drunk an,
y. absent from his post and guilty Of in
= Suhordlnation and dtsobrdience OF or
dcrS, and YET h" had retained his place
\ anu invariably escaped with light fines,
" You may ~, now. Coleman, and con
e. ilnue IN your mrritoriouS course" sal
r. Mr. Con, in dIsmissiug the witness.
IN IN" cas-" ot John Casey, Coleman
he IA
!, with, his u,ght-stck while he was lynn
II on the sidewalk
. Mr., Moss Ihen resumed the witnes
e stand and told how the society for IN
- Prevention uf crime had repeated
tried 10 suppress gambling houses an
d, houses Of ill-fame.
o Could Nnt stop Gambling.
i. Il never knew OF a gambling house t
b" permanently suppressed by the p,
a lice" he said we would Cat out wal
p, rants repeatedly Tor the same place an
l. yet II seemed To do as no good Tn
n same : frue with regard 10 disorierl
- houses"
In the case. OF a, house formerly ker
h. Lena lie MerVill' MIR Moss said tina
raids AMI arrests had b en- made thrc
a times without breaking up the place.
i Mir, Moss then produced a volume q
= statistics OF police trials which, he said
T. trouble. Showing the records OF tn
trials held by the Police Commissioner
p during the past four years, and whic
4 was referred 10 by MIR Con in his open
a The penalties usually imposed varie
/ from two TO fifteen days pay and n
e serious punishment was APPARENT
L gravated the offense might be, excep
s dismissal from the force. There wer
5 comparatively few dlsmlssais.
4 In 1891 the IL mber Of trials held q