The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-02
SAILORS TO SLEEP ASHORE.
A New Sanitary Ordinance for Au-
gust, September and October.

Against His Arrest on a Frivolous
Charge Read and the Aldermen Ac-
knowledge That the Protest Is Well
Founded Preparing to Collect the
Jefferson Street Paving Assess
ments- Statement of the Cost of
Paving the Street.
Council renewed the ordinance requir-
ing crews Of vessels TO sleep ashore dur
ing the malarial months at the meeting
yesterday afternoon.
The new ordinance is exactly similar to
the old one, except that it requires crews
of vessels to sleep ashore only during the
months OF August, September and Oc-
tober, The ordinance was proposed by
Alderman Myers, who is a member of the
sanitary board. 1t was read twice, and
passed without a dissenting vote The
ordinance repeats the previous ordinance,
which was declared unconstitutional by
the recorder.
Council spent an hour In caucus, and
did not enter the long room until
O'Clock The expectation that the APP
pealed saloon cases would be heard by
council drew quite a large crowd to the
council room, many being witnesses in
the cases. The crowd grew impatient
before council appeared, and showed
some disposition to criticise the deliber-
ateness of the aldermen.
THE CROWD DISAPPOINTED.
AS soon as council had adopted the
minutes of the previous meeting, Alder
man Charlton moved that the rules be
suspended, and that the appeal cases be
taken up at once. The motion was unan-
L. I'D, h., A
ger was called. MIR w. w. Osborne, MIR
Getsinger's attorney, stated that an inn
pOrtant witness of his clients was out of
the city, although he had been regularly
subpmnaed, and requested a postpone
ment On suggestion of Mayor McDon-
ough the four appealed liquor cases of A.
GetSinger, Charles Meitzler, George
Schwarz and J. II. Schmedeberg were
set for hearing at a special meeting of
the council to be held next W ednesday at
ternoOn. The greater portion of the
crowd left the room as soon as this an
nouncement was made.
MR.. LEwIN's CASE.
A communication was received from s.
K. Levin stating that he had been arrested
without reason on Saturday, July q, that
he considered the arrest an outrage and
requested an investigation.
1t was decided to take up the matter
Immediately. MIR. levin testified that
Officer Scully came to his place Saturday
afternoon, July 81, and informed him that
his arrest had been ordered by Detective
Levy for Cursing and abusing him. He
informed the officer that he had not seen
Levy since testifying against him in the
police court He asked to be placed upon
the information docket but was informed
by the officer that his instructions were
to make the arrest. He was taken to the
Gamewell box at the market and the
1fsuf1 LODI Npr 10 rrrou falr ~ 6a
wagon and carried out to West Broad and
Bolton streets, where another arrest was
awaiting the wagon. He offered to ac-
company the officer on the street car, he
said, but was refused this privilege.
WANTED TO DOCKET THE POLICEMAN.
Mr. Levin said that his being taken
from his store at that time, 80 O'Clock
Saturday night was a great incon-
venience, and was done for revenge alone
by Levy. Levy, he said, was present,
and ordered the officer to make the arrest
Levy stated TO the officer that he MIR
Levin had cursed him Levy) at 4
O'Clock, but afterward swore at the police
barracks that il was at 9:45 O'Clock .. m
MIR. Levin said that he had been in bust
ness in Savannah for twenty-five years
but had never been arrested before
Mayor McDonough stated that he
wished il understood that he had given
no instructions, special or otherwise, to
Levy as TO the arrestinR of Mr.. Levin or
other persons, and did not know of Mr..
Lewin's arrest until he read an accountof
1t in the paper the next morning.
Alderman Myers said that there was
nothing in the police rules requiring a
prisoner to ride in the wagon to the bar
racks. 1t was a gross indignity to any
citizen, Alderman Myers said, TO be com
PEELED to ride in the police wagon without
Just cause. The policeman, he said, was
hpffnr int aH wit Nfy- y
he was with Levy, and that at least the
latter should have been compelled to &C
company the wagon, as was usual in such
cases. Alderman Myers asked that the
officer be placed upon the docket and
brought before the mayor.
WILL PREPARE RED MARIA" RULES
Alderman Charlton said that Mr..
Levin had undoubtedly been treated
with indignity by his arrest upon an idle
charge, and that it was his privilege to
prefer charges against the officers.
City Attorney Adams said that Mr.
Levin had violated no city ordinance and
that his arrest was entirely wrong. To
charge man with being spy, he said
was no violation of the law. even when
committed ana certainly not several
hours afterward. He suggested that Mr.
Levin be informed that the proper way
for him TO secure redress was 70 prefer
charges at the police court,
The red maria came in for a considera-
bic part Of the discussion and it devel-
Oped that there is no police regulation
requiring prisoner to ride in the DO
lice wagon. 1t is likely TO lead to the
formation of some specific rules upon the
subject, which will allow policeman
some discretion in cases like that Of Mr.
Levin.
The matter was put an end TO upon the
line suggested by Mr.. Adams.
THE JEFFERSON STREET PAVING.
The matter of the jefferson street paw
ing assessments was put in shape by the
verihcation Of the assessment rolls by the
city treasurer and the city engineer and
an ordinance introduced establishing the
Official statement and assessment rolls
and the treasurer directed 10 present bills
for the same to the abutting property
owners.
The ordinance provides for the deduc-
ton from the bills of the amounts paid
by the property owners for the previous
payments, but does not allow of any de-
duction of amounts paid for curling and
catch basins.
MIR. Adams explained that the property
owners will be allowed a deduction from
the bills presented them of the amounts
previously paid less the cost of the curb
ing and catch basins the lntfar not ba3p,,