The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-04
DID NASH FIX" I1?'
Saloon Keeper Clifford at First
Accused Him OF Assault.
Said He Was Brutally Clubbsd
When Arrested.
The Policeman Withdrew His Com
plant In Court.

Policeman Calvin Nash, OF the East
Sixty-scvcnth street station. who was
fined five days pay by the Police Com
missioncrs a few days ago for insulting
4 citizen made two arrests this morning
Ills prisoners, Patrick clifford, saloon
'6cepcr, thirty-our years old. Of 1870 East
rilghtticth street, and with his bartender,
Daniel Kelly, aged twcnty-one, of i3l
SEVENTEEN street, were arraigned In the
Iorkvilo Court this morning. charged
with violation of the Excise law Nash
made an additional complaint OF assault
against clifford.
The saloon keepers head was swathed
IN bandagcs, which, together with his
shirt front and clothing. were stained
with blood. The blood, he said at first, had
| lowed from wounds inflicted on mis- head
| and forehead by the policemans billy"
| there was a terrible cut, extending
rom over Clifford's left eye to behind
ne left ear. He claimed when arrested
| nat he was the victim OF AN unprovok ed
| assault.
rms Nash denies, AMI says that Cliff
lord assaulted MIN first. clifford Keeps
| I saloon at l25 First avenue, which Ia
| IN the corner OF sixty ninth street Ac-
| lording TO the saloon Keeper. lie was at.
| tlng IN front of me place at littie after
O'Clock this morning. The front door
was locked, and Kelly was cleaning up
| inside. lie admits that although Closed
FOR business the side. door on Sixty-ninth
street was left unlocked. Nash came
why don't you close up your place.?
why don't you. close me up'' re
leronded the saloon-keepcr.
clifford and the policeman have no
been on friendly terms for some time
and the saloon-keeper says that wher
he made this response Nash hurried into
the side lo1r.
There he found Bartender Kelly be
hind the bar. and Placed him under ar
"est for having the sa.oon open. Clifford
What's the matter with yon?" For al
answer, according OF the sa,oon keeper,
irst story, Nash turned upon him anc
.anded him blow in the face with hi,
Turing which Nash was accused OF usine
his billy" on Cliffords chad. Cliffor,
said In his first account Of the affair. tina
While the officer was beating him. HI
shouted:
For Gods sake don't kill me! TAX
me to the station-house allver'
Nash took clifford and Kelly to tn
station;house, and when they, arrived
there clifford says he was bleeding from
two ug.y cuts on the head and that hi
face was badly bruised. The Sergean
on desk duty, believing that he was seri
,usly injured, summonde an Ambulance
from the Flower Hospital. but Cliffor
refused to go to the hospital.
His wounds. which were found not t
be serious, were then dressed, and h
and his bartender were locked up for tn
rest OF the night
: 1t S o'clock Nash brought his tw
prisoners to the court and, after placin
them in the prisoners box, wen
away. He did not return up to TO-
. O'Clock, and meanwhile Justice McAIaho
: was puzzled as to what had become q
t him.
Nash pressed the complaint agaIns
@ Bartender Kelly. who was held In 81 N
. bal, for tria.. Clifford was discharged
X Nash refusing to press the complain
n against him. When Clifford was aske
p In court where he received his injuris
: he said that he fell against the bar raj
j 1t was the general Impression that III
case had been fixed"