Evening star., 1896-12-04

result of what would follow the just action
they should take as matter Of self-de-
fenSe.
The POlicemen's Danger.
There Is Officer Emmert of the first pre-
cipct.' said the policeman. Hes one Of
the finest men on the force. physically and
otherwise. and still he is laid up now with
a dlslocated shoulder, which he received in
being beaten while making arrest. Then
there is Officer Posey, who lives out on NJ
street He has not recovered yet rom the
beating he got year or two ago.
Everybody remembers that Battle
Minor case when he was killing an officer
and was only prevented by a game lady
coming in with a pistol in each hand. The
great trouble is sir he continued, that
the police officers are not properly protect
ed iE pursuit of their duty.
The LawIess Class.
There is probably no worse class of cit
liens TO deal with in this country than the
low class of Washington negroes. who live
in siunS and alleys, and manage to pick
up an existence by any sort of means that
comes their way bad means preferred.
Every time ali officer goes TO make an
rest among these people he carries his life
in MS hands
Every policeman knows this to be true
all of You reporters know it to he SO. and
If you see the police surgeons they can
tell you of the number OF polio emen who
ccne TO them for treatment for injuries re-
celVeI while being resisted. The police
man feels. though. that if he protects hini-
self even when threatened with dangerous
injury where any citizen would be upheld
for acting in seif-defense. that he will not
receive the support here that he shouid.
There is no better man on the force than
Curry. His rec ord is as clear as spring
waite. and while | sorry he had 20 kill
Shears. he Only did what any other sane
man in The world would have done whether
he wore policeman's buttons or not.
Story of an Eyewitness.
Maria Slaughter. step-daughter of the
dead man. was in the room Wien the
officer entered. SO she told a Star reporter.
She declared that he was Under the in
lluence of liquor and tEat he was curs.ng
and swearing wien he entered the mouse.
Her mother and step-father. she said. were
talking about moving. and she said their
conversation was loud. but they wera not
quarreiing- Her s,ep-father is a pens:ouer,
and was getting ready to so for his pen
s.on money. He wanted to move, but she
aid not. and sne was afraid he would rent
another house as soon as he got his money.
When the officer entered. she said
he grabbed my stepfather and commenced
fighting with him When saw them over
i'll the corner near the window | got scared
and ran upstairs.
As as she heard the report of the
pistol she rushed down stairs and saw her
stepfa hers dead body. Her mother was
leaning over his body.
\ Small Boys Story.
a small colored boy named Herbert
Brown said he heard Guarreling in the
house and heard somebody had gone for
a policeman. The colored man in the house.
he thought. had been drinking. although
he did not see him. When the policeman
came around the back way he jumped the
back fence and went in the house. In a
minute he heard the pistol shot and when
III. policeman came out his face was coy
cred with blood and his hat was mashed
almost fat
Lawyer Kicks Saw 1t.
Lawyer Kicks. who was driving along the
street al the time. Was among the first to
respond 10 the loud cries and shouts of the
ccIorsd woman. He went in the house and
saw the condition of affairs.
While there he conversed with the officer
ard the colored people, and said he had
been asked by the officer to look out for
his interests in the affair He had noticed
the condition OF the parties in the house,
Including the officer. Dut about their condi-
ticn he would say nothing.
shortly after the body was taken TO the
morsu, the coroner was rotified. He will
probably hold an inquest tomorrow.
An Old Offender.
l-cndCn Shears had been out of Jail but
two days. He was released Tuesday after
ncen. after serving thirty days for assault
having gone down for that time in default
of a line of $40. imposed by Judge Miller.
The name of the dead man has decorated
the records of the Police Court for years
past.
II was stated by several attorneys about
the Police Court this afternoon that Po-
littman Curry has more than once been
severely rebuked by Judge Miller for the
flee use he was in the habit of making
with his pistol, The court. it is said,
warned the policeman to exercise the ut
most care in handling the revolver
Officer Curry was appointed on the police
force July 10. 1891 He resigned August
~. iN.4 and Was reappointed May 49, 1895.
He IS a splendid specimen of physical man
hood. Of fine figure and handsome face.