The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-03-27
BIG FISH IN THEIR NET.
Many High Police Officials Dragged
Into Court.


NEW YORK, March 2O.-The indict-
ments handed in by the Oyer and Ter
miner grand jury yesterday numbered
ten. Six were against present police
officials and four against former mem
bers of the department. Eight of the
bench warrants were executed by Sup
erintendent Byrnes this afternoon
The indicted officials are: Inspector
William W. Mclaughlin of the detec-
tive bureau, Captain Jacob Seibert OF
the Union Market StreeG station, Cap
tain Murphy of the West One Hun
dredth Street station, Captain James
X. Price of the McDougal Street sta
ton, Captain John J. Donohue of the
West Twentieth Street station, Patrol
man Henry Schill of the Leonard
Street station, ex-Captain William S.
Devery, eX-Wardman Edward Glen
non, eX-Wardman James Burns and
another member of the department,
whose name for the present IS with
held. Burns is a fugitive.
Superintendent Byrnes gave out the
names of the indicted officials at 1920
this evening. With the exception Of
Wardman Burns and the eX-police-
men not yet in custody. all the men
mentioned surrendered themselves at
police headquarters between land 10
o'clock Inspector Mclaughlin was
the first to put in an appearance. He
was followed in short order by Cap
tains Seibert. Price, Murphy and Do
nohue and Patroiman Sch;ll. Ex-Cap-
tain Devery and ex-Wardman Glen
non came a little later. Superinten-
dent Byrnes personally served bench
warrants and turned the prisoners
over into the custody of inspectors
Williams and McAvoy.
At 1880 the superintendent directed
the two inspectors to take their prison
ers to the district attorneys office. In
spector Williams took Inspector Nc
Laughlin, eX-Captain Devery. Captain
Seibert and ex-Wardnlan Glennon.
Inspector McAvoy took Captain Dono-
hue, Captain Murphy. Captain Price
and Patrolman Schill. The party left
headquarters by the Mott street en-
trance. The court of Oyer and Ter
miner met at II o'clock today. The
district attorney read out the names Of
the police officials indicated. They
are: Inspector William c. McLaugh-
lin, ex-Captain William S. Devery,
Captain John J. Donohue, Captain NJ.
J.. Murphy, Captain Jacob, Siebert ex-
Captain John Z. Stephenson, Captain
Edward Carpenter (retire0, Captain
James ]. Price Wardman Henry W.
Schill, ex-Wardman Edward ]. Glen
non and Jas. Burns.
Judge Ingraham fixed Inspector
McLaug ghlin's bail at $50, 900, Captain
Murphy's at $40, 600, Captain Siebert's
at So 900, Devery's at $4,000. Dono-
hue 50, 500, Price 50, 500, EX-Wardman
Schill's was fixed at S11, G00-for brib-
cry IS, 900, forgery $1,000 and for ex-
tortion $1,000, making S11 900 in all.
Glennon, the ex-Wardman $, bail was
fexed at SO, 900. Ex-Captain Steven
son and ex-Captain Carpenter were
not on hand up to noon but they We're
expected at any moment. After bail
had been fixed in each case, District
Attorney Fellows stated that he would
on the first Monday IN April move the
cases for trial, and asked the court to
set day for pleading. Judge Ingra-
ham then fixed Thursday next for the
indicated men to plead.
Judge Ingraham, before adjourning
court, recommended the speedy dis
posal of the charges against the mem
bers of the police department. There
is no reason for delay" he said.
These cases should be tried at once.
They should be taken up before the
summer vacations.
The police board today suspended
Inspector Mclaughlin, Captains Sic
bert, Donohue, Murphy and Price and
Patrolman Schill from duty and
directed the superintendent to assign
other officers to the command of the
precincts which the suspended captains
were in charge of, and also to the de-
tective bureau.