The morning times., 1897-02-06
BOTH DENY HER CHARGES
The Police Say Maggie Fisher Is
an Old Offender.
HER ARM Is NOT BROKEN
Lieut.. Aniss Praised the Accused
Policemen. Mellin and Carlson.
He Is Confident the Woman's
Charges Are Cutrue-An Emerg-
ency Surgeon To Testify.

The case OF Maggie Fisher, who was
arrested by Patrolmen Carlson ana Mel
lin for vagrancy Thursday night, and who
made sensational charges against the Off
GERS yesteTtlay in the police court, as told
in The Evening Times. will come up for
hearing today before judge Kimban
Major Moore is considering the advisa
bihty Of prefeuIng charges against the
two men before the police trial board, but
i'll all probability this will lot bc done
until the case is disposed of III the Police
court, and possibly rot even then.
Ihe yoang wpmll isnow out Oh personal
bonds % Keep the peace. She was arrested
by Patrolmen Bell aud Schuyler Oh De-
cember Il, charged with the ia -ceny Of
& coat from girl in Nellie La Rue's house
On her promise TO keep out of trouble,
IL was said, She was released
DR.. HUue, OF Emergency Hospital. who
dressed ticr arm Thursday night, has been
summoned as a witness in her behalf. H.
s.a-ed last night that her arm was not
broken, as she said in the police c0ur.
Several witnesses have been summoned
on boJh sides OF the case.
The Fisher girl sill siCas to the charges
she made yesterday, while the majority
of the member; of the force regard them
Is silly fahrications.
Lieut.. = miss, OF the First precinct, last
night spoke in the highest terms Of the
accused officers. Mr.. Mcliin said that he
CoGrJed he fullest investigation.
,f,.a
through Ter lawyer. in court. were prae-
tically taat the two officers had been
afforGinG pretecuCn to Lucy Stewart. tar
Keeper of i house at No. sos Thirteenth
street. Late yesterday afternoon Maggie
Fisher. wIJh Seyrra! wI,n"sScs,appcutc DC
fore Major Moore, chief Of police, anu laid
the matter before hisa, although 10 direct
charges have been lodged against the
Officers.
Tie story, as told by Mr Sillers before
Judge Kimbail is that Maggie Fisher came
to the city recently in company with an
other girl from Baltimore They iume-
diate!y entered the house Of Lucy Stewart,
in the Division Both Of the girl are said
to have quarrelcd with the Stewart wo-
man last Saturday night, and both left
the place.
Maggie Fisher returned to the house
Thursday night abous 3 @ 'cIockf n n .r trunk
and clothing. \ girl by the name o2 Lille
Carter. aud two baggage men accompanied
her Lucy Stewart is cha -ged with having
told the girl that in case she left her
house before the inauguration sne would
have her n gged ana sent t. the eworkhouse.
While the girls Were ringing the bel,
it was stated. the baggage men look
ed through The blinds OF the window, and,
they said, they saw the two police
men mentioned above sittin in
the par.or. When the door was opened
the girls were ushered into the rear pallDr
OF the house.
There, The Fisher girl stated through
her lawyer the TWO officers were seen
sitting in the easy chairs watching the
girls dance, and one of the policemen
arose ana began playing on the piano
as they entered
As sO3n ~ the visitors made known
their purr oSr, it was said, the Stewart
woman asked the police to take the Gifl
TO the station ard declare her a vag.
The attorney Insisted that the officers
Rad gone there for tho express purpose
of protecting the woman
Poth policemen denied the charges that
were made against them IN court They
sail that Lucy stewart sent for them. ana
that the Fisher girl was Gfsor,lcrly in the
house THEY said that they tried 10
coax the eiri. and persuade her 10 go
quietly To The station housc She re
fused to do this, they said.
TheI struggle occurred. The Fisher
gFl'S arm was broken in the difficulty
She claimed that the officers treated her
roughly and wrenched her arm in drag
eing her TO the door. She was taken to
the Emergency Hospital fortreatment. and
then remoyed 10 the Twelfth street station
house.
Ulon hearing the charge Assistant Dis
trict Attorney pugh asked The court for Il
continuance until further investigation can
bc made. Attorney SilleTS asked that his
client be released on her personal bonds
tor Ter appearance when the case comes up
tomorrow Judge KImban granted the
request
Policeman Carlson, when asked aboutthe
charges, said to a Times reporter: An
Investigation Will be satisfactory To me
We were called in the Stewart place 10
speak to the Fisher girl and another, who
had been on a drunk with two men and
another girl, and given trouble By going
off to Baltimore for week
The Fisher girl shook her finger i'll my
face, and said she had a lawyer friend who
would have me dismissed from the force.
/ thought that it was about time to put IA
stop to that sort of threat. and did