Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-15
CHARGES AGAINST OFFICER WALSH FALL FLAT.
Board Exoneraed Him After Five Minute BanS- field The Man Ben Sedgwicks Attorneys Are Ate-Chef
 Egan And Judge Peasley Interviewed By Reporter

officer about 1t and he said he had for gotten all about it. It could not have been the expense of changing the num- Der that prevented him doing 1t be- cause that would amount to only about twenty-five cents. A policeman's or supernumerary' number does not 1n- dicate his period of service, as many suppose the chief said. The highest number on the regular police force IS 35 and the lowest number on the super numerary force Is Al. Each officer, special and regular, is supposed to have the number of his badge correspond with the number on his helmet. Blans- fields neglect to obey orders in this re- spect is a peculiar and rather laugh able matter, and while it is undoubt- edly neglect of orders, it Is not con- sidered serious one. It is not said to have been willful disobedience.
 Judge Peasley was asked for fur ther information regarding the charges in general which are expected to be brought against other members of the force He said he had nothing more to day than has already appeared in the columns of the Democrat during, the last few issues. He saw in some pa pers that the number to be Drought up'' was seventeen, but he denied that it would be as high as that. He was asked if the men to be charged are all prtvates, whereupon he said:
 'Oh no I guess they are not all pri-
 vates," i'll a tone of voice full of sig
 nifcance.
 Stephen McDonoughs charges against Policemen Walsh and Bowling did not occupy much of the board or public safety's tim ast evening. The case of McDonous, < quite sad one. 1t occurred at the scene of the railroad
 wreck, and he was on the grounds
 three hours and had gone home before he felt the injuries that he says arose from his treatment by the aDove
 named officers. McDonough lives in Naugatuck. His story has been al ready told. Briefly it was that, fear ing his borther John, temporary tele-
 graph operator at Seymour, was on the train that was wrecked near the acid
 works on the forenoon of March 31, he went to the scene on the Wreck1ng train, and from that out his story is
 substantially that of Michael LaWlor who preferred charges against Oncer w alSl. upon dTTlNluS dL LnS SSEAC AS tried to nteh shis way to the wreck and wasw shoFefi back by Officer Bowling and he fell down the embankment. He did not feel his injuries until some time after he had got home. He claimed tc have been ruptured and one knee ano I ankle injured Neither his witnesses | nor his doctors were present. Prior tc l his alleged injuries he said he was [ sound man. He could not explain tht absence of his witnesses. They were regularly summoned and their ex penses paid Before his alleged hur
 he was a fireman for the Phoeni1 Glove Go and SIX months ago passed
 a medical examination for life insur ance policy. Since his hurt he hal I been unable to work. He did not fal I down after he was pushed, and h. l could not say if he struck stone ol any obstruction. He walked up tn l embankment and asked the officer wh. l he had pushed him, and Officer Walsl l pushed him along the front of tn | crowd. Nothing would make the com even guess at the depth of tn II embankment, and on this point he go " into great argument with MT O'Neill ETherhearing adjourned at this junctur to next Thursday evening, to give tn complainant time to get his witnesse and counsel, S. D. Bingham, who's
 non-appearance no one could under l stand