The San Francisco call., 1898-02-01
POLICEMEN ]. MAKE A !"
 RECORD l Officers O'Mera and Murphy .Maltreat an :. :. . Aged Couple. Mir. and Mrs. Merlin Were !: Dragged Out of Bed "
 and Sent to Jail.
 Aroused From Their Sleep and Charged With Disturbing the Peace. MRS. ELLIOT IMPRISONED. -- ----------': They Accost Woman on the Street
 and Then Arrest Her on an odious Charge. /. :.
 
Aroused From Their Sleep and Charged With Disturbing
 the Peace. ..+-..
MRS. ELLIOT IMPRISONED.
They Accost Woman on the. Street
 and Then Arrest Her on an; odious Charge. s

r.. Policemen J.. J. O'Mera and T. c.
 Murphy were told to don citizen s clothing on Saturday night and go out and make record for themselves. If the stories told about them be true, and Ethere seems: to- be no reason to doubt fthem,> the policemen made record. - F. Shortly after midnight the two off, Ecers with two others entered the Fargo Elodging house without any authority For warrant and treated several of the [ inmates in a most abusive manner. A lady who occupies one of the rooms o1 i the house was aroused by the police men breaking: in her door. :. .- The officers struck a light in the room and systematically commenced a search of the place. The lady sat up 1 in her bed and asked the policemen |: leered at her and replied: Only just to see your pretty face" The policemen. ransacked the room,
 using disgusting language all the time they were there. Then they went to an | adjoining room where a woman and her three children slept, They searched that room thoroughly and the disturb 'ance they made reused the proprietor, Edward Merlin, who went from his room into the hall to see what it was about. =: He remonstrated with the policemen for entering his house in such manner
 and asked them the reason of it.. He promised if any crime had been conn
 mitted by any of his dodgers he would give all the assistance he could to the
 officers. :~.. Merlin, however, received only curses
 and blows for his trouble and was
 dragged down to the street and placed under arrest.
 Mrs. Merlin hastily threw on a wrap per and leaving her room followed her husband to the sidewalk and pleaded with the policemen to be gentle with the prisoner. Her pleadings, according
 to the interpretation of the policemen, was a crime, and she was placed under
 arrest.
 MT. and Mrs. Merlin were charged with disturbing the peace, and the case will be heard in the Police Court on Wednesday. The prisoners were re-
 leased on bail.
 Policemen O'Mera and Murphy
 added another arrest to their brilliant records on Saturday evening. Late at
 night they appeared at the Central
 prison with Mrs. Elliott, the wife of a
 stableman employed at the Green Val
 ley stables, and charged her with in-
 decent conduct in the streets. Mrs. Ell
 liott has been separated from her hus-
 band for some weeks and she had no friends to assist her. Judge Campbell
 dismissed her from custody.
 She said she was walking on Mission
 street toward her home on Sixth street
 when the two policemen in civilian
 clothes came along. AS they neared
 her one of them raised his hat and said "Good evening"" Mrs. Elliott, thinking it was some one who knew her, replied
 with a similar salute.
 "Where are you going?" one of the policemen asked as they both turned.
 'T am going home" she replied.
 "No you are not; you are going with
 us,'' and the two officers took her by the arms and led her to a patrol box and summoned the wagon.
 She remained in prison nearly two days with the odious charge against her.