The times., 1897-06-18


police trial board has been put was Illus
trated at yesterdays sitting.
Policeman william F. Bloom, of the
Sixth precinct, was charged with neglect
of duty, conduct unbecoming an officer
and making false affidavit. The cora
plainant was H. G. Atwood, a Massachu-
sets insurance adjuster
The board met at 1890 O'Clock in the
forenoon in the gymnasium of Lieut.
keliy's station, the squad room being
occupied by the tailor who was trying on
number of policemen their misfit uni
forms
Capt. Vernon read the specifications to
the accused patrolman, who was repre-
serted by Mr.. George II Patrick, an
attorney. They charged Bloom with fail
ing to make report of an accident which
happened TO Col. l.. Edwin Dudley, n
Grand Army man, who broke his leg on
March last, while visitor here at
tending the inaugural ceremonies
1t appears that Col. Dudley carried a
large accident policy in the Massachusetts
Mutual Benefit Association, of Boston,
his native place, and that Adjuster At
wood was here looking up data con-
nected with the accident, in the inter
esJ OF the corporation,
Mr. Atwood was the first witness He
said he arrived here on March 25 'for
the purpose of looking up matters which
come to rne as an indepe ndent insur-
police station to search the records in
fr nnti
but could find no report of the case. He
learned that Policeman Bloom had sent
the injured veteran to the Emergency
Hospital and sought the off Ger.
In an interview with the adiuster, he
alleged that Bloom said he thought Col.
Dudley was intoxicated when lie tBloon)
saw him On the morning following the
accident. In an affidavit afterward made
by the officer he would not state that
Dudley was under the inference Of liquor.
when i had the interview with Mr.
Bloom, in the station house, said Ad-
Juster Atwood, ''he remarked that the
colonel appeared to have been drinking -
Another complaint Adjuster Atwood had
against officer Bloom was that he feiled
to meet him at his hotel, the st James,
and talk over the matter" Also that
he subsequently made an affidevit at van
ance with his original statement to the
insurance man at the station-house.
Mr.. Atwood here read the spec ificatlons
against the policeman, and denied that
he had charged or authorized him TO t.e
charged with making false affidavit
and conduct unbeconing an officer"
Il don't know" added the adjustor
chow sucn charges have crept iii here
l did not make any but neglect OF duty
in failing 10 report the accident My
reputation is too good at my home in
Boston to make false charges against an
officer did not make the charge or
false swearing against him.
Were yoH no. acting in the caracity as
an agent for the Ma Ssa chIisetts Mutual Een-
eft Association when you Were trying 10
get statements from Bloom?'' asked Law
yer Patrick.
Il object" exclaimed we1-dressed
spectator. supposed TO be connected with
the insurance company.
You object said Lieut. Swindells
tartly. why, YOU are only a spectator"
The young man promptly subsidized
did you offer any inducement to Po-
licernan Tloom to give evidence?" asked
Lawyer Patrick
Il might have asked him 70 the hotel TO
smoke a good cigar" returned Mr. At
wood
''Is it not customary for you to be
good fellow and treat those whose evi-
dence you are after?"
mo: hut ! might ask them to have a
good cigar
Did you not try to get Bloom to state
that Col. Dudley had whisky flask in his
pocket or his room?"
Il did not
Have you ever preferred charges gainst
any other police ofricer?'' continued the
lawyer.
Il havc'
Policeman Bloom was next called and
testified that on the forenoon of March
8, lie was called 10 house No. 731 Sixth
street northwest, by an old woman. She
said there was a man upstairs very drunk
and noisy and she wanted him taken out
Il cannot take him out" said the police
man, unless his disorder can be heard
on the street. The woman asked me to
quiet the man as there was part in the
house suffering with heart disease. |
went to Col Dudley's room door and
knocked. He said, Come in,' adding after
l. fdu tlttrtd SeHu IOT physician. i
am badly injured
Bloom found the bed covered with blood
The veteran s leg was broken and the bones
protruding through the flesh He said H.,
had been lying in that condition an night
without assistance. The noises he made
were caused by pain.
Policeman Bloom had Col. Dudley sent
to the Emergency Hospital and his effects
removed to the station He also male
q written report of the case and handed
it to the acting station-keeper at No. 6.
He emphaticaiIy denied having informed
the insurance man that Col. Dudley had
been drinking, and was corroborated by
ex warrant clerk of the police court,
George NJ. Washburn, VINO was present
when the conversation between Atwood
and Bloom took place at the station.
Bloom also testified that Atwood told
him Col. Dudley was a great tempe rance
man in Boston and member of the Anti
Saloon League, and when he invited the
policeman to come to the hotel and talk
over the matter, Atwood said:
Come to the st. James to see NE
and we will have some fine cigars and
60 out and have good time"
Mr.. Isaac noner, proprietor Of the Bur
ton House. Burton, W. Va, and one OF the
most widely known men in the State, was