The evening world., 1894-07-25
ACCUSES The POLICE.
Bother O'Connell Says He Was
Abused and Maltreated.
Assaulted by a Car In pec.or and
Then Arrested.
Not Intoxicated, He Says, but Was
Arraigned on That Charge.

James O'Connell, one of the proprie-
tors of the Mutual Bottling Company,
at 1874 Boefum place. Brooklyn. who Is
now summerins at Bath Beach. was
arraigned in the Butler Street Police
Court, Brooklyn, this morning. on the
charge OF MODIFICATION. He pleaded not
guilty. and the examination was set
down for July 81.
O'Connell told this story of his arrest
to an Evening World" reporter. Said
oConnell "on Monday night. after
experimenting the unloading of a load
OF bottles from an excursion barge. l.
with one of my drivers. Peter Faulkner.
boarded a Third avenue trolley car at
Nineteenth street, to go to my home In
Bath Beach. We rode to Fifty-eighth
street, where the stables Of the Brook
Ign City Railroad Company are located
ION arriving at Fifty-eighth street
the conductor said, All off here. /
said. i want to go to Sixty-hfth street
have paid my fare for u continuous
trip You will have to get off and take
the next car said the conductor. The
manner In which the conductor talked
made me angry. l told him that l was
going on that car.
James McKson. who reads the fare
indicators at Fifty-eighth street, came
up to me and said: Get off this car; 1t
don't 30 any further told him l
wanted to go to Sixty-fifth street. He
said. Get on this car and struck me in
the face.
Curve running into the car.house. Nc
Keen came back and struck me again.
This time there was low and we land
ed out on the sidewalk.
" Policeman Mullen. of the Fourth
avenue station, was standing near by;
trouble. | want you to Errest this man.
pointing to Mckeon.
I'm arrest you. see.' said Mullen,
taxing Wai hold OF I'm me, in the custody o, the
policeman Mckeon came up to me again
and struck me in thu face. Mullen did
nothing to protect me.
friend of mine came along, and l sent
him for a relative OF mine, ex-Supervl-
sor owen Keefe. of the Eighth Ward.
| Meanwhile l was taken to the station
house. Sergt O'Donnell was at the
desk.
II asked to sec sergt. Murphy
| O'Donnell said that Murphy was on his
vacation. ! then asked to see Capt
said O'Donneil. DO you think l am
going to wake him for the like OF you?
sent to cell In about half an hour MIR
Keefe came. l was brought out.
- began. to tell Keefe that an out
rage had been committed; Shut W
your mouth said O'Donnell, and he or
| dered me back to the cell.
II was taken back and kept there {
few minutes. when ! was brought gu
again As i was about to leave TIL
station-house O'Donnell said: I've a
| good mind to tear up this bail bont
and keep you all night
o,Connell made compliant aEa9 gains
charging him with assault. He says h.,
will prefer charges against O'Donnel
and Mullen to Police Commissioner
Welles. O'Connell denies that he wa'
| drunk.
| Capt. Kenny said this morning that hi
knew nothing of the occurrence, but
would Investigate 1t at one. He added
that both policemen were good men. IL,
| did not believe the story told by the
prisoner
'If the sergeant made any. improper
remarks" said he, he must have beer
| either provoked or insulted. II this mar
| was not intoxicated his conduct Ger
| tainly was very eccentric