New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-26
POLICEMEN As PRISONERS ~ CoURE.
ONE MAN CHARGED WITH ExTORTIoS AND TIE
OTHERS WITH CLUBBING.

William Have. a policeman % the EIdrdge-se
station. was prisoner before Magistrate Brann Il
the West Side Court yesterday morning charged
with extOrtiOn. He was arraigned BY Policeman
George K Trojan. q the West Thirty-sevsuth-sE
station, the complaint OF Mary Smith % No.
s25 West Thi-ty-stxth-st HAVE. who IS a Big mar
had both eyes bIackened. abrasions OF his right
temple and his face was badly swollen The girl
who was OF respectable appearance and very young.
said that she met HAVE a. Thirty-eighth-st- and
Seventh-ave- she said he asked aer Tor money
and for her address She refused both He ted
her she was under arrest and they started tow
ard the station On the way Trojan approached.
and the girl corroborated his story CT the meet
ing The girl further said that Have tried ta
strike Trojan. but slipped and Eel 70 the sidewalks
on his face Magistrate Brann asked how Have
received such injuries 70 face Trojan
said Il was caused By the fan He said that Have
partially intoxicated
Have asked to make charge OF assault against
Trojan, but Magistrate Braun would rot allow r..
He was then held n 500 FOR further examination
this morning
Chief Devery later suspended him without pay
and ordered Inspector Cross 10 conduct an lnvesu-
cation forthwith
Have was appointed 10 the force n May. 1ss2
His record has been generally fair although there
have been fourteen complaints against him Wirh
the exception OF TWO these have been Of 3 miner
nature.
The hearing in ere OF the charges against PO-
Hcernan John = CIeary. OF the West Slxry-e1ghrh-
ST station. was continued yesterday II the West
Side Court before Magistrate Brann- Clsary s
charged with beating George L Myers. q NO. -
West SXteth-sl-. and William ECps0n. another
prisoner The testimony was By negroes Eo4lce-
man Hawthorne, who followed than. said ne was
walking down West StxCieth-sr- august e
with the prisoner Hops0n, ard was II front OF No
p when Myers ran cut and grabbed Clea-y oy
the arms and said Why are you locking that nan
up Why don't you let him CO.,
Cleary told Myers let rs alone. and Myers
re1oined: Wei, II you lock him up you've got 70
lock up, too
CIeary grabbed Myers Hawthorne handed Hog
70 another policemen ard went 10 Cleary
assistance and q general scuE7e ensUed- Myers feI
20 the ground and injured MS scalp
Hawthorne swOre positively thai 10 clubs Te-s
used and blows were struck The testimony
OF the negroes that a club broken over
ended and Magistrate Brann adjourned the case
until October 8. when he VIII Be sitting = Centre
81 court
The charges against Policeman Herman Ohm. of
the West Thtrry-ssvsur1-sL station were also
brought up agar yesterday The charges are pre-
farred by John 5aiues. OF No 81 West Thirty
stxth-sr. LOlgsEOre11sI. who charged r1ar ne was
arrested August Is by Policeman Ohm and r.
teen others, charged with firing pistol, and was
beaten and dubbed until almost tuSelsios. Hatne5
said that ne was in bed asleep when Ohm and dvs
awakened by being dubbed over The back He was
then ordered 70 hand out his gun and was dubbed
and abused generally
Louis 2. Grant for the defence. made Eaines
admit that he had shot out OF the window and had
I been fined so for II oy Magistrate Cornell n he
West Side Court. and that Ne spent ssven q the
ten days ensuing the Island