The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-21
THINK IT WAS UNF AIR.
Commissioners Blamed for Favor
ing sergt Clark
The Other Dismissed Men Will
Fight for Reinstatement
Exactly the Same Evidence of Brib-
cry Wss Gives hgaisst Him.

Inc gallery performance ie what an
, Old poi.' official CALI the polio. trials
} nov going on before TIA. four Police Com
missiuD"rs
( The Inconsistency Of the decision In
the csS. OF IN. nv" Fourteenth Precinct
ssrg"ants ~ beginning TO bs appreciated
ty tho onluuk"rr, and comment II any
thing but flattering to the Commissioners
who convicted four Sergeants and scquit-
tod another on exactly the same tehti-
mony. the only difference being that IL
the cage of tho acuUitte 81 sergeant tn"
testimony showed that he arranged the
scheme Of bribery and shared II with
the rest
Francis J.. wellman takes the whole
responsibility o. his own Shoulder lie
says h. recommended that old "Hughey''
:. CLARK 10 permitted - retire on 81 .0cI
year pension because of his thirty
-four wears Of service, his nfty-cIght
year" of age and his tNeniy-eight years
of clean record without chargo
, against him.
| But to convict Capt DDherty, Sergts.
| IIebors. jordan. McKenna and Parker
/ suI and Ward Men Meehau and Hook.
| the Commissioners had TO believe Nrs.
Augusta Thurow ana accept az cprrob-
J orat.on Of her story Of bribery the stu
! ton. bous" blottcr, showing the arrests
Of the inmates Of her bouSc and IN. ao-
I ccptInce uI her bond b! the four ser
| RcSnts and the knowledge vi The Cap
| tain.
( Mr.. Thu'Jas testimony included
Sergt c!-rE The tlotter .--JWej that
| Serg.. CLARK acccptol her bond. and the
. = oman tostinei that 1t was S,rgt. ia *
MO. IS Acting Captain IA 10" absence
II capt Doh,riy. made the A., over
tuycs. told her what .hc Ia got - !.
ana thst che iait ner g roll on tic .h.i'
| Tor him as tot the other.
Another IuCJnsistenCy ~ pointed out
afro. the law says thit U.Icn d polls,
officer has serVed twenty YEAR,, NJ i14i.
tvr wat his age. n he apple. Tor it
tireheT on haI pay, the tuHrl q 20
| Ice shAli ~ retire MIN, prUNiI"d tH,It
/ arc no charges pending a.dinst nan"
But slice the Le&ow Committee SH-
| pcSure CT police corruption. t.e Com
| miHs.oners nave been 80 intensely NIr-
! tdous tina. they have flied every ap-
pIicbtlon Of .ilis kind. with the rciuA ~.
| each uine. that the Board has decided
not TO retire any Officers untll the trials
are all over, although The law says
they shall"
Sc"et. Clark hal refused 10 ask for
retirement. although advised 10 do -
on account Of his il-health with asthma.
On tho morning of the meot ting week
ago when the other IOur SergCdn-s
were " broken ScrRt. Clark put in an
application Tor retirement
or course, nobody At headquarters
har TIA" f1iuteSt idea who told Hugh.y
Clark to file tnis application. bul he
application was granted. not only In the
face OF " chaiEes preferred" bat in the
fac. OF charles exactly liEc those
n.t IN fftlF s.1.1 .
which exactly tae same Witnesses had
iestihed TO exactly the samr thing.
N1priy wishes fine Old Hr2hey Clark
| any harm. bat lot 4 people are ask
| ms one another. "Does clafk know
him tell"'
10 retire In the face Of cha rges. Serrt.
William Ksss. OF the Seventh Precinct
who has served not thirty-four years
faithfully, but thirly-hve years. and has
retirement In told TO walt. Besides. he
IL over sixty years OLD
Seryt. Horace NJ Wells OF the Thr-
'eenth Precinct, has served twenty-six
years. but his application for retire
ineht II also placed On file" Sergt
Charles II. Plesg, Of the second. ana
Detective Sergt Edgar =. Slawson. OF
since 1873 and ls7a. Respectively lad
Patrolmsn Warren Harrington. Of the
SANITARY Squau, since 1879. They have
applied FOR rei,-emont. but their appl'-
'hon' although there r. no breath OF
suspicion against either of thsrl
In connection II may he said thai tho
snHhricn ~ gaining Gr'ainh thai the
, blanket verdict 90 guilty" rendered hN
I'll" Commissioners ~ "a"h Of the case.
! tried TINS far win r~ndcr Il "a.y ru' IA.
dismissed polio" officers 90 got rrin-t%tcd
by the supreme iDur..
Tho court ~ ssia Frederick y. Hnp,7.
! viii h" apt to Tar, shoriG they ma that
tho hi2hes' on"ne' 'harg"d N4s not
properly proycd. -" - mot tcl whether
I th" o'fcer WAS .dismirscG 10: IN" hri-
hciE not legally proved or Tor neglect Of
duty. and therefore I, is error "
Perhaps ~ Is tan \ sslIrsnc" Of hl. "oun-
sel thu he Will hr reiHstst"d THAI keep
tn" dcposed sergeant George Licbcrs
I from 'suucLling."
III" IL quoted ~ SAVING that Ne vas
gent for by one Of ~" Commissioner
and cautioned that he mus not accept
Mr. rhurow's bonds. and that he
obeyed the warning No charger per"
! pr"f"rre1 then. and had not The Lns0w
Committee com" along and stirred things
I up perhaps no charge eyer would have
! been preferred
/ Commissioner Shcehau d. Of opinion
thai IN" lsIHn- - Mi rhuiow's hail
waE no Or"us". that on tha contrary.
the sergeant w"r" obliged 80 accept her
/ bond. no matter whai ll.I.. ,,l..rsrt.,
provided 81" ~ Otherwise yuali',l.
snd that H. matter OF argument
| Mr. House argprS lnr ssm. WA n.uI
Z saws that II the r"gri ~ dantIcy ~ VII
re'nStst" ~" fou- a"rP'sti.. b"cauS.
3 they arc unable to diss"ut the htanLri
! N'rdi"t Of the Commissioner. ..ud "a
! ~b"thor ~" sergeant were sisruisspl
| for hrih'ry or acts iguricu, 10 ruhlir
| wrlfarr
''rhe Hosri never pa~s.d rr-oluu.,
| not 10 r"'iro ANY ofhc"rs pending tn'r
! trials sad Major k'pp iu-da; "'hr
| commissioners have iutortuAllN -p ds
, 'iiei when an spplicat lot has been pre-
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