The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-02

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We'll was fined for intoxication in
that case and not for any assault"
Into,icn,ion Worse than Assault.
That's just what | want to bring
out" said Mr.. Goff to the Committee
IT Is ? Ereater crime in the eyes Of
to he drunk on his pos, than to knock
down and brain citizen"
1T seems 10 he so" admitted Chair
| m'1 LcNOW.
| Coleman at first denied that he had
been convicted on this charge. hut Mr.
| CON read from the record, showing the
| inc was Imposed.
ms" Sad Coleman, who evidently felt
that he was getting into tight corner
because you intimiiated them and
| frightened them away retortcd MIR
Con. You are nice specimen Of a
| police officer"
And the Commissioners are as bad MS
you are, put In senator bradley. ",fdr
II app' ~ from the record that cole
| mans defe"so to the charge Of knock
ing down Maggie Cos and maltreating
| her father was sickness, grip, meli-
| cine, "tcetera, etcctcra."
C"Irmnn's Record.
Mr.. Con then went through the entire
| MT OF charges which had been brought
| against Coleman since he went on the
| force In SIS, sixteen in ali. and showed
| that h had been convicted of all Of
them but one. and that four OF them
| We're clubbing cases.
| lie MAD been repeatedly drunk and
absent from his post. and guilty Of in
subordination and disobedience of or
dors, and yet he had retained his place.
| ana invariably escaped with light fines.
| You may go. now. Coleman, and con
tinuo IN your mtritorious course said
| MIR. Con, In Diminishing the witness.
In the case OF John Casey, Coleman
| admitted that he had struck the man
with his nght-stick while he was lying
on the sidewalk.
| Mr.. Moss then resumed the witness
stand and told how the Society for the
| Prevention OF Crime had repeatedly
| tried to suppress gambling houses and
| houses Of ill-fame.
Could Not stop GambiiuG.
IL never knew of gambling house to
be permanGnt!y suppressed by the po-
rants repeat edlv for the same place, and
yet II seemed to do us no good rhr
same is true with regard to disorlerly
| houses"
In the case OF house formerly kept
~ Lena De Msrville Nh Moss said that
raids ana arrests had been made three
times without breaking M the place.
| MIR. Moss then produced II volume OF
statistics of police trials which he said,
u trouble. showing the records Of the
trials held by the. Police Commissioners
during the past four years ana wmcn
was referred TO 10y Mr.. Con In his open
ing speech.
The penalties usually imposed varied
from two Ia fifteen days pay, and nj
serious punishment was apparently
ever administered. no matter how ag'
yravated the oftense might be, except
dismissal from the force. There Were
IN 1891 the armhe" or trials held al
Police Headquarters was 4.oN; In i%2
3 i24, and in 1893, 400. Previous to the
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1t appeared that no police captain hat
ever received any punishment more Sc
we're than reprimand,
| Mr.. Moss did not read the entire V1l
ume but said he would offer Il in eW
ience that II mgNt be referred to a.
the Investigation went ON. \ recess was
4 summary OF the cases of convic
tons OF policemen 10y the Hoard 81
police Commissioners on charges OF as
, Sault, oppression and other serious OF
lenses. criminal in their nature, pre-
pared 10y Nj Moss and Offered in rvi
denve, covering the period from Jan. ]
, 1891, to May |, 1884, shows total OF To-
convictions. OF these, ninety-two mel
are stu ON the force and sixteen have
retired
crimes and Penalties Inflicted.
The penalties inflicted were as follows
! days inc, g, ) DAYS lnv, -. . days
nm, 20. days fine, !, 10 days fine, q
$ Il days mn, o., ~ days fine, 5, 80 days
70 NM, y, dismissed ! az these, II Wtr
e. charged Win neglect Of duty; Is, oppres
! sion; l. indecent exposure, SO, assault II
' the thu! lngrtr, H., assault In the see
o ond de~"oe, /, burglary, |, crime aga!us
natgr", and L. attempted rape
f. Ia Ga OF the foregoing cases the officer
! were convicted Notwithstanding their de
D ntal N. or oatn OF the Charge. ami not G
p Mas tah"u OF the perjury. There w,r
- also many oth,r cases which were no
! particularly uotel The numuc~ Of mis-
: demeanrrs noted MAS -. AMI ~ felonir,
L..
( Attention Is called To- IN" fact that i
u all OF thps" case. the charges Cuntli
r definite specifications, and the juigmen
70 Is "A formal adjudication by the Commits
sipucrs that they are true, II also al
a pears that very few officers above I'll
.- grade " pauolmen have been tried u
- convicted,
n During the me years prior to IN
prescn,ment 10y the Grand Jury O
March, 1892, against the Police Depart
ment only SIX police captains were ac
Cused OF unenSes, and in each case tn
q complaint emanated from citizens.
q Subsequent 10 this presentment an
5 prior 10 the appointment Of the Ssnat
II Investigating Committee there were n
/ complaints against superior officers
gttN l,,,, III,