The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-09-06
Citizen Says the Two officers We're
on a Drunk.
And the Officers Declare it Was the
Citizen Who Had on the
POLICE BOARD TO INVESTIGATE

The board Of fire and police commits
sioners have their first nut to crack.
The formal charges Of drunkenness
were preferred against Officers Buck
Whitehurst and Enooh Linn, and
Chief Collins said they would be sus-
pended until Monday evening. when
the board OF commissioners will in
vestigate the charges against them.
The charges were preferred to Cap
tain Henry Bailey last night by Mr..
w. A. Dishon, the sign writer, Of
Trimble street, near Twelfth. He al
legged that his family went TO the cir
Gus, and when they returned learned
that some one had entered the house
during their absence and turned things
upside down in their search for some
thing valuable.
When Mr.. Dishon came home FROM
work and IL was reported TO him, he
went to the circus ground and notified
Ofiicer Linn, who was not on duty,
but was watching about the grounds,
and went TO the house and looked over
t. Mr.. Dishon says the officer was
too drunk TO afford any assistance and
he then went after Officer Whi.ehurst
He finally accused the latter Of be-
ing drunk also, ana Officer whitehurst
denied the charge, and as might have
been expected on such an occasion hot
words passed, and the two men had q
fight near the front gate. Mr.. Dishon
was dubbed by the officer, and claims
that the officer, after being handed
his pistol, which he had dropped,
pointed IL at him and ordered him to
be quiet, which he did without fur
Their persuasion. An ugly cash WAS
evident and his clothes were bloody
when he appeared at the police station
and reported the matter.
The officers tell an entirely differ
ent story. Officer Linn said that all
there was TO the affair was that he
was notified by Mr.. Dishon that his
house had been broken into, and went
with him to see IL. Mr.. Dishon first
pointed to door and said; "See how
they smashed that in. " The officer de-
clares there was nothing the matter
with tho door, and there was not
crack in IL.
Mr.. Dishon claims that his house
had been ransacked, but missed moth
ing. The officer says he saw nothing
remarkable, and 1t looked to him as If
the house probably hadn't been oloan-
cd up, and that was all. He said as
there was nothing stolen, so far as
known, ana no clue. he informed Mr.,
Dishon that nothing could be done
and that he was detailed to remain
about the circus grounds and would
have 90 return to his duties. This
made Mr. Dishon mad and be accused
the officer Of being drunk. Mr.. Linn
says Mr.. Dishon himself was drunk.
Officer whitehurst was then sum
moned by Mr.. Dishon, and like officer
Linn, being unable to see any remark e
able traces of thieves, and learning
that nothing had been missed, he
started 20 leave, whereupon he, too,
was accused of being drunk like the
other officer" He informed Mr..
Dishon that IL he said he, Mr.. White
hurst, was drunk, he Yves liar. Mr..
Dishon said il he said he wasn't
drunk, he was several things that
would not look well in print, and
then they mixed. The two officers go
on duty at midnight and work until
noon, and will not be laid of until l2
o'clock tonight.
The whole affair in a nutshell is
that Mr.. Dishon claims the officers
were drunk and they claim that Mr..
Dishon was drunk, and the police
board will have to hear the evidence