The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-03

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10 be observed that Citizen Joseph Tetlow,
who got himself disliked by the Hon. +.
ID. McGulnness tho other day. has been
deemed good thing by tho soullcss mu-
nicipal corporation. In other words, the
soulless municipal corporation has soaked
him.
1t may DO recalled by persons OF re-
tentive memory that on Monday last
Citizen Totlow. who is an employe Of the
trolley company, assaulted four police
men with the butt snd OF trolley car
and for this offense, not alone against the
peace of mind and physical composure
the policemen but against the majesty of
the law, which is serious, and against
the majesty of the Mayor of the city.
which is appalling. For all this
Citizen Tetlow paid "a peouniary penalty
which Will, we think, be generally ac-
cepted as quite full and satisfactory
enough to cover the covert attack on the
majesty of the law, which, however. is
not mentioned In the warrants, and may
even be supposed to sufficiently assuage
the bruises TO the majesty OF the Mayor,
which, while also not mentioned in the
warrants was plainly the incen-
tive for placing the four policemen in
position of dire peril and Citizen Tet-
low in predicament
Four separate warrants were drawn,
making four separate charges, one In De-
half of each policeman. The highways
and byways were fino combed for wit
nesses and. a battalion of thirteen was
assembled TO support tho four cases
brought by the municipality. The thirteen
witnesses were summoned for each OF the
four cases, which made 62 witnesses out
of the 30 and tho same number of wit
ness fees to be charged in the costs. 1t
was like a spectacular production of
"Unole Toms Cabin" with two Uncle
Toms and duplicate Little Evas, and
apotneoses to burn. Before this host, the
prisoner naturally succumbed without
troubling the thirteen witnesses In the
flesh to quadruple themselves and give 52
pieces Of testimony. but admitted sufli-
cient evidence to convict and the wit
nesses accordingly simply appeared and
vanished while the prisoner was assessed
four prices for each of them, making the
with four fines at sl5 each makes a
grand total of Sl33. SO. Included in
the witnesses. of course, were the four
policemen who are regularly paid
to preserve the law and the Mayors pri-
vate secretary.
We guess Citizen Tetlow has learned
his lesson, though he really got of easily,
considering what a good thing no was for
soulless municipal corporation. Evi-
IDENTIFY an assault upon the four policemen
in their official character might have
been construed as an assault upon the en-
tire population of he city Of Providence
without stretching the legal technicnlities,
and thus from the fines and costs, tho
Mayor might have secured enough
cold cash to pay off at one stroke
the municipal debt created by his ad-
ministration. But so far as Citizen
Tctlow Is concerned he may be
supposed to be so abundantly salts.
fed that the next time he feels like
taking little diversion he is likely to
prefer to drop into barroom or a grocery
store, previously making an arrangement
with two or three outof-t town gentlemen
who are possessed Of masks and revolvers
to come in and hold him up.