Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-27
THE GIRL LIED.
About Special OtIi-
Ger Mcmahon.
A MIDNIGHT YARN
About Being Assaulted
BY Policeman.
TABLES QUICKLY TURNED.
Two Young Men Now Undor Arrest
for Assaulting the Officer.

Special Ofacsr Patrick McMahon, Who
Is well known and highly respected by
all, was released from custody at the 20.
lice station this morning after . serious
charge which had been mnde against him
had been proven false and malicio1s.
Mr.. Mcmahon has been employed az
watchman by Frank Q. Sayles for years
and his duty was to patrol the spacious
grounds surrounding the sayies mansion
on East avenue during the night. he has
been appointed Q special constable by the
Aldermen year after year, wears . uni
form and last night wa1 on duty as usual.
Shortly sitter IL O'Clock he sent word
down to the police station that he had
been assaulted and the patrol wagon was
sent mp thnre. While IL was gone girl
named Maggie Waiworth, accompanied
by her uncle, came to the station and said
police officer had attempted to assault
her on Sayles avenue.
When the patrol came back 1t was sent
up to the Sayles residence again and Miss
Walworth was taken along. She posi-
lively entifedMc Mahon as the assailant
and he was was brought to the station
and locked up. She claimed that she was
down street and boarded an East avenue
car, going as far as SaJies avenue, where
she got off 70 go to her home at 10i Sisson
street.
When she was on Sayles avenue a man
stepped from behind tree and spoke to
her. She ran and he followed her. Finally
she fell and q moment later he also fell
and cut his face. She escaped and went
home, notified her uncle aud then came
to the station and made complaint.
The left side OF McMahon's face was
badly cut and bruised and he denied the
charges by the girl. This morning Miss
Walworth, her uncle and her grandmother
came down to the station. She gave her
age as sixteen and repeated the story told
last night.
Chief Perry thought matters were rather
queer and after over an hours question
ing she admitted that the complaint she
had made was false and that she never
saw Mcmahon until taken up in the
patrol wagon to the Sayles residence.
Her version OF the affair today was that
she came down town with a girl named
Moran who works at the mill OF the Hope
Webbing Co. The Moran girl had had a
finger hurt and they went to the office OF
DR.. Watson to haqe it dressed. After they
came out OF the phvsician's office they
met two young men and walked up East
avenue as far as the grounds surrounding
the Sayles mansion.
They went In and sat down on settee.
After they were there a while her "fellow"
exclaimed, "There comes a man." She ran
In one direction and the rest of the party
In another.
She admitted the young man was very
familiar with her.
MIR. Mcmahon was seen and told his
story substantially as follows He was
standing in the rear OF the house and saw
a man short way of near the wall along
the avenue. He went toward him and the
man ran. He chased him around small
building and managed to hit him on the
back Of the head with his club. This
staggered the fugitive aod as Mcmahon
was about to sieze him he was struck In
the face by some heavy missile and knock
ed half unconscious to the ground. Ina
moment or so he arole and gave chase but
the blood was streaming into his eyes 80
that he could hardly see, therefore he
gave mp the chase.
This morning his face was terribly
swollen, and 1t will be a long time before
all the traces OF the ARRAY are gone.
This afternoon Detective Haberlin ar.
rested John Hudson and Samuel Jackson,
two young men about 20 years OF age, on
warrants charging them with assaulting
Nc Mahon.
Haberlin got Hudson at bis home, No.
2sO East avenue, and was coming through
Main street square with him when be
asked the officer IL ho had caught Jack
son. "No." said Haberlin, "but we'll get
him later"
There he goes now," said Hudson,
pointing across the street. Haberlin
started for him and no ran toward High
street. Conductor Charles Miller headed
him of and Haberlin landed both at the
station.
They would say nothing about the az.
sault.