The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-29
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INGENIOUS COPPER.
Patrolman Barry Attempts
to Enlighten the Police
Commissioners on
Electricity.
GREENvlLLE POLICE sQUABBLE
Trial Day of the Finest Bring
Out Queer Things
Sentences.
GREENvlLLE POLICE sQUABBLE

Policemen are usually extremely in
genious in framing excuses for not pro-
perly attending to their duties, but Pa
trolman William Barry of the First Pre-
cinct completely outstrIpped his peers,
yesterday afternoon, while defending him
self before the Police Commissioners. He
was charged with being asleep on post
and neglect in not pulling the box at the
appointed time.
Il did pull the box he explained 10
the Commissioners. "but it did not work.
You see, gentlemen. there is a tree near
to that box and it often happens that dur
ing an electric STERN, such as we had
on the night mentioned in the specif1ca-
ton of my charge, the lightning will af-
feet the perfect insulation of the cur
rent and scientists
Are you an expert on electricity? ~
gasped President Abernethy, amazed al
the copper's language. Barry delfied the
soft impeachment, and the Commission
ers, policemen and people in the court
room at Police Headquarters laughed.
Barry, although only eight months on
the force, has had to face six charges.
Yesterday he added two more to his rec
ord, the most serious one being asleep on
post.
nSouiusihAn hnahenarl toio me Comm-s-
sioneis Una ne iouhu banfy souno asleep
- ilioilals a. uhe corner 81 grove ana
ee.s' ne WOKE nan up by pok-
denied all this, and his counsel, Mr.. Mar
shall Van Wrinkle, presented a very able
defense, during the course of which he
gava tha ro,,ndsrnrn ni.a drass,r
a.. - @NA uss
eown, out II was mo 60 barry was lined
i've days pay on the charge of sleeping
on post and one DAVIS paw for mis- learned
dS-aw.aa..
eio on eiecuricity.
The next case of any moment tried by
the Commissioners was that of Detective
Nr;ahaa - -
Micnsei Egan, whom sergeant Charles
Haag OF the Greenvflle Precinct accused
of Interfering with him u-b aa ON d,,+v
As both MON : axoa,nan4 aHaea, -a'...
800 800. vls, WIN
seemed ito be of very trivial nature. 1t
appeare1 that netartsue Eoap fo,,d
nnormsn spsnLna sma,ass lou
Dooiiua1 1aHlhihah smoking IN une recep-
ton room Of the station and drew Ser
geant Haag's attention tn If. ba,t Haae
i om aa-.5 -
et fesetleu tnAs aho q Wraheae
ensueo, tne upshot OF which was a charge
against Ex2dll, VINO was fined three OtaV2
nv
Patrolman Gordon was the next culprit.
He was late in reporting for dutv for
which he u,;1 ,osa ana 49,,
o"u eas , pay.
Falroiman Frank Kelly OF he First
precinct was another DELINQUENT. He was
absent w;tbo,t 1eaYa ua .onr,o -,
and escaned with Two davs, nv up
patroinasn n lays pay.
DAVIS nav for over ;nd,,igs mas fr 4 one
pursuits He was foI,nd rao6ina a'eoany
Of s"The Jersey CIV Nen,s !, q eops
should have heen natyo1irg bs n mni ms ne
commissioned wbile adm5ttins rs on nne
temptation and acknow1edeing tha So
mating character Of the 5anen NJ T ,as
was reading were ohlioad "a ;rnnoaa =
fine. They let him off with ona devss
nav LII W with one udy >
Patrolman canrio of tba E,rst nreoino+
his most pay = oeAhs OH
Pafrolman Hur+le 80 tha ruu -
seems unnecessar;ly c1n,haS : -
for which njeca ~ hrrss1 2 I,lsohSi,
escsned WITH . ena - VA Sonuuct ne
patrolr.n raldan III " lays pay.
dutv iost q 49, as ~ feporlhs iof
me Roard a Sc pas
named gentlemen datsiied rasn 1T a n
~, - IT,, III ~ aetaneu sergeant Mor1-
90 = uuty III ouoSe douglass court De-