The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-08-03
The Board Of Aldermen
Held a Long and Lively
Meeting Last Night.
Charges Were Preferred BY Two
Citizens Against Sergeant
Merrill s. LOuks.
THE RESCUE DRAMATIC CLUB.
The Foresters' Union Excursion Will 90 10
Dighton Rock Park Aug. 2S-Lawn Party
Friday Evening Local Notes.

The regular meeting of the Board OF
Aldermen was held last evening, all the
nembers being present. AS was intimated
by the TRIBUNE last evening two charges
were presented to the Board against Sergt.
Louks.
The Mayor returned to the Board with
out his approval an amendment to chapter
10, entitled "Bells," and according to the
rules the amendment became q law.
The Mayor returned to the Board with
out his signature the resolution appro-
priating the sum of s76 for q portrait OF
himself, and according to the rules 1t
1pane law.
The Mayor sent to theBoard commu-
nication he had received from Kenney &
waterbury of Boston concerning the light
ing of the police station. The communica-
tion was referred to the joint standing
Committee on Police.
The Mayors veto message concerning
the appropriation of $1,000 for the repair
ing of High street was taken from the
table and Alderman Mccartney said that
1t was not a pleasure for him to recon-
mend the passage Of 1t over the veto Of
His Honor, but he saw no other way to
accomplish this improvement. He moved
the passage OF the resolution and 1t was
adopted unanimously.
Chief of Police Goldsmith submitted the
following report for the month of July:
Number Of arrests, 49; discharged, IA;
prosecuted, 35 committed, IL.
Alderman Keene-I see by the report of
the Chief Of Police that the officers per-
formed 145 hours of extra duty. have
Investigated this and find that about all of
this was done by the night officers, while
the day men were in court. The day men
would be in the courts as witnesses, and
the night men would be doing their duty.
When the day men returned from court
they would 90 home and the night men
regular duty. Then, too, the officers In
court would get their fees. The night men,
doing double duty, got no share Of these
fees, nor extra pay. He characterized the
thing as an injustice to the night men,
and suggested that the officers should turn
their fees into the City Treasury.
President Eastwood-Whst Is the GUS
tom in other cities of the Slater
Aid. Keene-In Providence and Woon-
socket the officers turn in their fees; In
Pawtucket they do not. understand that
the fees earned in the District Court here
: are not turned In by the officers.
President Eastwood-It seems to me It
IL something for the Police Committee to
investigate.
Aid. McCartney-It seems to mo that the
police earnings should 60 to the city treas
ury as matter of course.
Aid. Keene-The $3.50, and half fines and
costs in liquor cases, which should have
come back to the city treasury, were lost
to the city by the settlement of the liquor
cases. There is something wrong.
Report of Health officer: Scarlet fever,
1; measles, 8; nuisances abated, 40; visits
on the sick, II; visits to the station, H..
The report was received and placed on file.
The Inspector of Buildings reported that
eight applications to build were granted.
The report OF the City Treasurer was re-
ceived and placed on file.
Joseph Lawrence ives granted q victual-
ling house license at No. 51O Broad street.
The application of e. j. Sallaint for q
transfer of his hotel license at the City
Hotel to Severe Desaulriers was referred to
the Committee on Police and Licenses.
The report of the committee on Fourth
OF July celebration was received and the
committee discharged.
The claim of Edward F. Burke for
alleged injuries received in excavating
for the Central street sewer was referred to
the Committee on Claims. The following
charges were then presented to the Board
and read by Clerk Crawford:
To His Honor the Mayor and the Beard OF
Aldermen OF the City OF Central Falls, In
the County OF Providence ana State of
Rhode Island:
The undersigned petitioner, James Nc.
'Carthy, respectfully represents te your hon.
orable body that he Is citizen and resident
OF said city of Central Falls and that Merrill
.. Louks and Samuel Harkness, who are
police constables, and Henry s. Borden, who
is n special constable of said city, have been
guilty OF conduct unbecoming an officer and
have acted in direct violation OF the ordi.
nances of said city and the laws OF said
State rs hereinafter set forth
First-That the said Henry $. Borden on
the 2sth day of July, A. ID. 1897, at said Cen.
tral Falls. acting under orders then and
there given to him by said Merrill =. Louks,
the said Louks being sergeant Of the police
department of the said city, did commit n
violent assault upon the body Of Lawrence
Mccarthy, n boy 10 years of age, being the
son OF said petitioner, and did then and
there seize and take hold OF said boy with
great force, and arrested him without any
cause whatsoever and took and dragged
said boy along the public streets Of said city
to and into the liquor saloon Of one Frcder.
lex Law, under prctence that he had bought
beer OF said Law. and from there along the
public streets Of said city To the police sta.
tion, on Cross street, In said city. and there.