Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-02-15
City Council Finds the Two Police
men Guilty.
WERE NOT QUICK ENOUGH
Council Finds That They Were Slow d Re-
spending TO Call and Votes That the
Mayor Reprimand Them.

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on charges preferred against them b,
Wm. II. Rudy. those two officers ar
booked for reprimands, by the Mavor
in the presence OF the members OF thu
council. at future meeting.
At the meeting the Mayor acted ii
the capacity of judge. while the coun
cilmen acted as both ATTORNEYS ant
jury, asking the Witnesses questions
land sitting in judgement on the case
as produced before them Those pres
cut were Councilmen Porter. Cutler,
Cline. Westenhaver. Eversiole, Kline
and Lloyd.
Before the beginning of the trial OF
the officers on the charges preferred
| the minutes Of the List meeting were
| lead and approved aud the continued
overflow OF water on the south side
& King street. between Public Square
and College street, was referred to
the Nuisance Committee for inyesti-
cation.
The two accused officers were then
arraiened before the Council. Both
of them pleaded not guilty to the
charges.
The first witness to testify in the
case was the comnlainant and chief
witness. William H. Rudy. He said
Il reside at 6l2 S. Queen street.
! have lived there couple of years.
NV occupation is photographers. j
am employed at the Brass Works. A
tramp came to NV house January
about Il O'Clock He knocked at the
lower door. | awakened. stepped to
the window and asked him what he
wanted. He then raised up as if to
90 away. | went back to bed and he
began banging at the door again.
II went to the door and asked him
il hadn ordered him away and he
turned in and cursed me. | went af-
ter Mr.. Tucker and ask ed him il he
wouldn't help. He came down to the
house and, after talking the matter
over, be volunteered to go after an Of
fiGer
At IL o'clock Mr.. Tucker came back
and said policemen would be here in
few minutes. / waited and waited,
bot the policemen didn't come. /
went into the house again and soon
after the tramp began beating on the
door again This brought Mr.. Tuck
er to the house again. Finallv.I took
hold of the tramp and escorted him to
the Mayors Office myself. / found
Mr. Martin sitting in the Mayor IS
office. 1t was then about l O'Clock.
Mr.. Martin locked the man up. Mr..
Martin said he guessed Mr.. McBee
was waiting for a cab. Mr. McBee
then came in and asked Mr.. Martin
if he had gotten the man and he said
mo, Mr.. Rudy brought him up'. Mr..
McBee said he had missed the cab
when he was looking for it,.
After being questioned by the Coun-
cllmen and cross questioned by the
policemen, Rudy went out of the wit
ness chair and Harvey Tucker testlfi-
ed. Said he:
81 live at ga S. Queen street. !
moved there about year ago L am
foreman at the stone quarries. Ru-
dy came to nv house for assistance
on the night of January 3. dressed
and went to his house. l saw the
tramp he had been talking about
standing on the pavement. He was
very quiet then. He had only one
arm and one leg. We decided the
best thing to do was to 90 for an Off
O'Clock. found no one at the Clty
Hall l went ON down to Teller
Hall, and on my way found officer
McBee. l told him that an officer was
wanted to take away the man and he
suggested that the best thing to do
was to get cab. | then met officer
Martin started hack after being
told by the officers that they would
come as soon as they could get cab.
81 told Rudy the officers would
soon be there and then went on home.
Soon afterward heard someone beat
ing on the door and l came back. Ru.
dy then SAID he was tired of waitins
and was going mp after an officer him
self. l told him to just take the mar
along with him, which he did"
Mrs. Rudy then went on the wit.
ness stand, testifvjng about the same
as the two who preceded her.
Officer McBee said:
"It was minutes of ~ when
went into the Mayors office after hav
ing met Mr.. Tucker. went ont anC
found that the cab had gone to Frank
enberI ytown. l came back to the City
Hall at ~. As O'Clock and found Off
Ger Martin, MIR. Rudy and the tram
all there. l had told Mr.. Martin tC