Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-02
RECEIVES ASSURANCES OF SYMPATHY
The Amount of Bail is Not Re-
garded as Excessive.
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| Mills fixed the security at $4,000, an amount
| much lower than the amount which the de-
| fauiter admits having taken. This, 1t Is
| said, is unusual thing, as the amount
of bond Is usually large enough to cover
| the amount of money taken. There are
exceptions made to this rule however, as
was the case with Captain Howgate. The
acton of District Attorney Birney in fix
| ing bond at this amount for Williams
caused some comment in police circles al
| though the police feel certain that Will
| liams will make no effort to jump his bail
when he is released.
sympathy of Friends.
Detective Boyd, who came here from
| ST. Louis with Williams, accompanied him
| from the police station to court this morn
| ing. He was not put in a cell with the
| other prisoners, but was given a seat in
| Docket Clerk Colcgate's room, where he
| re oeived many of his friends From them
| he received the assurance that he would
| not be deserted in the hour Of his trouble,
| and this reinsurance had the effect of
causing him to hold up well while facing
| the court.
Mr.. Mullowny called the attention of the
| court to the case. and exhibited the war
| rant, which charged the embeZzlement of
| $500.
Il understand that his counsel will waive
an examination" said Mr.. Mullowny. Mr..
shilington is not in court
Where is the defendant" the court
| asked.
I'm the side room," was the prosecutors
response.
Brought Into Court.
The court suggested that he might be
! brought into court, and when Mr.. Shilling
| ton appeared this was done.
| Looking much better after a good nights
rest the prisoner walked into the court
| room. where the faces Of number of hi.
| old friends met his gaze. But, instead of
| noticing them at critical moment he
| kept his eye fixed on the court, and soon
| he Was occupying seat at the counsel
| table.
| Even then he held u2 well and looked
better than he did before he left here and
became fugitive from justice.
Mental Strain.
| There was a wild stare about his eyes,
! however, that indicated TO the minds of his
friends that he was still laporing under
| terrible mental strain that had made his
mind appear far from normal.
| Mr.. Shillington then announced that ne
would waive an examination. and Mr.. Null
| lowry asked if he desired to have the
court fix the bond.
Il think So was counsel's response.
Judge Mills before fixing the bond asked
| for suggestion from the prosecuting at
| torney, and Mr.. Mullowny said that he had
| been directed by Mr.. Birney to ask the
| court to fix the amount at $1,000.
| A rather large amount of money, he
| said had been taken. and larger amount
| would have been asked had it not been for
the prisoners physical condition. A strong
assertion from 4 reliable source he said
| had beeE made to the effect that incarcer-
alton would far from improve his physc al
condition. and for this reason Mr.. Birnay
| had concluded to ask the amount stated
| He explained that the bond was only for
| the purpose of insuring the attendance of
| the defendant. and Mr. Birney thought
$1,000 was enough for this purpose
| Judge Mills thereupon fixed the bond at
| the amount requested, and a number of
| Williams friends assured him that the
| bond would be furnished.
Meeting His Family.
| Yesterday afternoon after ) o'clock Hack
Inspector Croft accompanied Mrs. Will
| Jams and her two sons to police head
| quarters. and there an affecting meeting
! took place between the father on one side
! and the wife and children on the other
| Wnen this interview was concluded, the
defendant in the case was taken to the
| sixth precinct station, where he was made
| comfortable in a witness ROOM All the
| evening he received callers among them
| beng number of Grand Army friends
Dr. hewitt, one of the police surgeons, call
ed curing the evening, and he had no doubt
| about TIE serious physical condition of the
| accused officer, and he was Of the opin-
ion that he needs medical treatment.
now mat the case has passed beyond the
| province of the Police Court unless addi-
| tlonal charges are made, the grand jury
| VIII next act, and then, If the officer is
| really to be tried the Criminal Court will
| have jurisdiction. In the meantime bou,
| ever, the District officials will make an eff
fort to collect from the officers estate a
| part OF the amount of loss sustained by
the District Should they succeed in MAX
/ ing such collection The parties RESPONSE
bic viii thus be partly relieved 1t is said
by some of the officials that the transfer
oil the property to his wife. made in July.
! may be set aside and the property sold
| but this would have to be done by the
! courts. The transfer at that particular
| time. 1t Is claimed. makes 1t liable, espe-
cially in light of the officers statement
| that 1t was purchased with his money On
| the other hand, however. it is thought that
| this property cannot be attached, for the
reason that none of the stolen money went
| toward paying for it. Mrs Williams is
willing to do what is right in the matter.
hut she will not act hastily
Strengthening the Accounts.
Now that the defendant has been appre-
| hended and the case has been through the
Police Court, the District officials will make
| an effort to straigEten out the officers &C
counts The amount of shortage since the
| 1st cf May, 1t is thought, is about s., 900,
although Williams says it will not go be-
You'd 81, 500. He also says that his accounts
| Prior to that tine are straight and will
| SEov shortage.
| This may be true, but Auditor Petty said
| today that he would make an investigat ton
| Of the courts accounts and have Williams
| books audited from the time of his ap-
| rointment until the time he left the office.
| This work will be commenced next Mon
| Gay.
1t is thought by some people who knew
| OF Williams habits months ago that his ac-
| counts will show a shortage prior to the
| 1st of May, for his race horse habits COM
| menced long before then.
The Race Track Habit.
| His presence on the race tracks and in
| the pool rooms seemed to some of the fire.
| quenters of these places almost as neces-
| sary as the presence of the bookmakers
themselves, and, now that it it too late, the
| police officials are being told of his con-
| duct. betting such large sums of money.
| The question of responsibility for the
| officers shortage is a matter to be con-
| sidered when the investigation is COM
| pleted. Under the law the chief Of police
| is directed to make the collections, and a
| detailed man has always performed this
| duty. His returns were made to the col
| lector, however, and his accounts passed
| upon by Auditor Petty. 1t seems that
| Auditor Petty was one of his StrnnpeSf IN