Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-07
OFFICER MANSFIELD TOLD HIS OWN STORY.
Performed His Duty He Saw tEarI Smith Considers Him
 Efficient Officer.

Policeman Michael Mansfield by Ben ianlin Sedgwick was resumed before the board of public safety last evening in the city court room. Some time before the hour agreed upon, 8 o'clock, for the hearing to resume the public seats were at a premium, still there was no rush. Judge Peasley, Attor- ney Hunt and Ben" Kelsey were the first of counsel engaged in the matter to arrive and they imn ediately got to comparing notes. The complainant Sedgwick, and MT O'Neill, counsel for accused, arrived next, and soon after members of the board filed into thelr chairs.
 Y Proceedings opened by Judge Peas ley calling for "a man named Good- win employed in the Buckle factory He was not present and Judge Peas ley stated to Mir O'Neill that Goodwin would testify that he saw Mansfield shake his fist under Farley's nose when he got on the car. fSedgwick was then put on and he repeated his state ment made at the last hearing that when he went into the shop before the car windows were broken he saw Mansfield standing near the Buckle factory and about that time WindoW was broken. This was the only time he saw accused near a scene of yio- lence. The crowds which he said at the last hearing he saw on the side walk he now said were standing in side the fence on private property. At this point the American band, when had ''prom" on upstairs, struck up and it was impossible to proceed for q while. He could not tell the date of this incident and he did not seem to think so much of the stone throwing or the breaking of the car window as he did that the crowd should be moved Were he an officer he would have moved that crowd.
 MT O'NeiIl asked if there was any talk around the shop as to who threw the stone, to show that if there was not how could Mansfield know who threw it, and If witness made no com- plaint, he, who was principally inter ested in this investigation, how could he expect anyone to know about it. Superintendent Smith told witness that Sergeant Pagan had told him that the stones were thrown from the ", -UuL uS 1LlO HUI OCAACFN v iN"
 Charles Fl. Goodwin, a foreman at the Waterbury Button company's, the man Judge Peasley was looking for, was then sworn. He said he saw Mansfield one evening on a car speak ing to Farley and shake his 'sbilly' in his face. He did not hear what was said, but it seemed to him the officer was talking seriously to Farley. Asked if he could recall any incident or time in which it seemed to him the officer was negligent in his duty, he said he could not This closed the testimony for the complainant and Judge Peas ley said he intended calling vyssses A Pierce to testify, but he had reconsid- cred.
 Ear1e Smith, president of the Buckle company, then took the stand. His tes- timony was to the effect that his con- cern employs about 500 hands. Mans field spoke to him about the crowds standing around the big gates and the stone throwing and witness told him that was his business to take care of and that he did not want the boys in the factory. Mansfield wanted him to get the crowds off the street, think ing he could handle them better than himself. To Judge Peasley witness stated that the help disperse to. their homes for dinner at noon on leaving the shop. What he knew about crowds gathering was mere hearsay. He saw nothing in his conduct to lead him to think him an inefficient officer.
 Mansfield then took the stand and after the usual preliminary questions ! about his age, A, his coming to town | etc, stated he has been supernumer. l ary policeman & year last March. Com ing down to the matter in issue he tes- 1 tified that his first experience in hand ling crowds was at Jacques theater He went on regular duty on February 2, the night after the riot. His first beat was on East Main street, then he was transferred to day duty on South Main street, from Clay street to City I Corners
 After the factory operatives had l gone home to dinner he would go tx City Corners and return by 12:45 o1 whereabouts and finger around the Buckle factory because he had heard stone throwing took place there. One Qdy uC SdW SUIu6 SIOW UdllS uy HE HI [ crowd of Button shop hands It wat a friendly affair between the help ant he had crossed the street to warn then to cease, when he heard a crash O. falling glass behind him near tn
 Buckle factory. Someone asked hin
 had he heard the crash and he sait he had and then there was a scampe
 from the crowd and he followed som
 into the factory where they disap peared. He denied saying on Una l occasion, 'T could get him if wante,
 to-" What he did say was, II vii get him yet"
 When he undertook to move tn
 crowds that gathered near the Buckl
 factory entrance they remonstrated
 claiming no other policeman ever in
 terfered with them. Nevertheless h
 moved them.
 Regarding the testimony of the mo
 torman Hollworth about his car beinj
 held up one evening about 10 o'clocl
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