Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-01-23

ana ion fair 10 night c.ondS ara threatening
weather: probably iain on Wednesday cold
r,rlhra,terly winds. The cold wave al
IN! l,r 10 night will not reach tins 10
rt,..u the tiinc indicated. but Il decided
IN i'm tcmpcratur. will occur w thin Is
i.rr.. probably accompanied 10y snuM. Inc
rid weather will likely continue for TWO or
three days.
POLICEMEN SUsPENDED.-Quite Il
crowd of people gathered on the pave
ment in front of police headquarters
last night for the purpose of entering
and witnessing the examination of
Policemen Samuel TIGER and George
" Jones. The former had been charged
hy Lieutenant james Smith with as
.,ulting him, and the latter with drunk
enness and conduct unbecoming an
officer. Mayor Strauss, before whom
The testimony was taken, gave orders
tba1 no one should be admitted but the
accused, the witnesses and the attaches
OF the court, and a more disappointed
crowd of people, which were on the
nayement, it would have been hard to
ind The defendant officers were rep
resented by James Il. Cation, esq.
Lieut.. Smith in his statement said on
the night of the 10Th instant, while the
police ball was in progress at McBur-
nev Hall, he had occasion to expos
miate with officer George w. Jones,
who was acting as doorkeeper, for re-
fusing to allow young man TO re-enter
the hall because he had no ticket. The
lieutenant told Mr.. Jones that the APP
pIicant in question had been in the room
and should be allowed to re-enter. Mr..
Jones resisted his authority, notwith-
standing he (the LieutenanD was his
superior officer and master of cere
monies at the ball that the Lieuten-
ANT seeing he was under the influence
of liquor and disorde-ly, took the tick
els from him and ordered Officer Fer
quson to place him under arrest. He
testified that at this luncture Officer
Samuel TIGER, who had nothing what
ever to do with the alteration, rushed
al him (the LieutenanD with his club
raised and descending toward his head;
that the stick had been caught by two
bvstanders, one of whom said Don't
hit the Lieutenant" He aNerred he
was struck, however, with the end OF
the stick under the right eye, and eX-
hihited the wound made by the blow.
About twenty witnesses were exam
ined, most of whom suhstant!ated tne
charge that Officer Jones was under the
influence Of liquor on the occasion, ana
corroboratcd the statement that the
vo,Ino man who mad been refused adj
mission was entitled thereto, having
purchased a ticket and participated in
the festivities previous 10 the trouble.
Officer Jones subsequently made his
statement in which lie made no attempt
to controvert the charge that he had
been guilty OF convivial eXcess. He
described how several persons had left
the ball room and said on their return
all had produced tickets save the young
man with whom he had had the dis
pute, and he had refused to allow him
TO euter. He acknowledged he was
excited when the Lieutenant approach
ea him, and doubtless said something,
but be had no intention of offending
she Lieutenant, and was sincerely sorry
for all that had happened.
Then followed long and tedious en-
animation of witnesses in regard to the.
assault of which Officer TIGER was
charged.
Lieutenant Smith again recounted
his difficulty with Officer TIGER.
one or two Of the witnesses saw the
stick about to descend on the Lieuten-
ants head others saw it uplifted
some held by the officer as about to
strike; one hanging on Mr.. TIGERS
arm; another clinched near the handle
(Mr TIGER himself testified that he had
hold of the middle of the STICKY. One
spectator averred that he caught the
stick and thereby averted the blow
from the Lieutenant's head, exclaiming
TO Mr.. TIGER, "Don't you hit the Lieu
ant, when Mr.. TIGER replied. "What
have you got to do with it 2" This wit
ness thought that Mr.. TIGER was hitting
at Lieutenant Smith.
Other witnesses saw the club in all
sorts of positions. but were not positive
in whose hands it was.
Capt. Webster, who was in the ball
room at the time of the difficulty, testi-
fled that he ordered Mr.. TIGER to go
home after the trouble and report at
the station house next morning, but
that later that officer went TO the sta
ton house and asked to be locked up
with Mr.. Jones; that the latter was I'M
der the influence of liquor, and that the
former had probably been drinking,
though he did not show it as much as
Mr.. Jones.
A question having been propounded
whether or not the two men were on
police duty at the time of the trouble,
was answered by Mayor Strauss, who
stated that a policeman was always on
duty as Il preseIver of tho peace.
Mr.. TIGER in his statement testified
that he had left the ball room for his
home. but had returned in order TO
transact some business with Officer
Ferguson; that he witnessed the dispute
between Lieutenant Smith and Officer
Jones and had seen the origin of it; saw
the Lieutenant collar Mr.. Jones and
take the tickets from him; the accused
had rushed in, exclaiming, Hold up,
Lieutenant: YOU are too fast-you are
too fast ~ The accused said he al
ways caught hold of the CEN
ire OF his club; his stick was
seized by young man who said,
lor shall not strike the Lieutenant
the accused again told the Lieutenant
ne WAS too fast; great excitement had
followed, and his action was merely
that OF a peacemaker. He denied posi-
lively the charge that lie struck Lieut..