Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-17
POLICEMEN ExoNERATED
|ephen McDonough of Naugatuck Failed to Show Up Last Night.

Failed to Show Up Last Night.
 Another victory for the police in the arges brought against them was oe- ared by the board of pubic salety bt evening at the continued nearing
 the complaint of stephen McDon. gh of Naueatuck against Rollcelnen muel Walsh and John DoWhng. Fms latter has been nothing more or Aess an farce. This was an aoJourneu eeting, or rather a speclaAiy au urned one for the special Denent ol cDonough. who had not haa tue resight to have his witnesses at the gular meeting held Tuesday NeVeninS' hst evening the board waited nalI HI bur for him, presuming that he mlghI we been delayed i'll some manner. I Ut he did not appear, nor was ne Bard from in any way, and, to give m still more time, the board nrsl ok uD the charges against Callmen 1'
 Ioughlin, James Bowes, simon eonin and Stephen Bloomfield for aD- *nca from duty. All of these men Rd been before the board before on knilar charges except Bloomnela- bnchlin said he did not hear the arn1. Bowes and Cronin said they nra o,f+ of town and had left suDstl- te. an their. places and these men d not hear the alarm. Bloomheld ouaa was the same. Cronin added at ha had notified his captain that .EA waa going out of town and had put arbstttute in his place, to which the ntain made no demur. But 1t was ald and 1t has been the stand or the rSrd always. that a callman Is respon- Is,la lforsthe conduct of his substitute, ,d ha was fined $2, which was rne nount imposed In all the other cAses: Regarding the amount to pc cnarSeu arainst the first taxation dlstrlct N police protection for the nrst three ortns of the year, the committee 70 hom the matter was referred salu aum was $4S6, and 1t was passed nnr 10 the board of finance. The soiutions voted by the board some me ago on the death of Policeman andelssohn were presented to Ihe ,ard. They were drawn up Dy Wn- an Reeves, son of Commissioner eeves. If was now almost 9 o'clock, ana Ihither McDonough or his witnesses ara present. Still 1t was necessary disnose of his complaints against osscemen Walsh and Bowling. Com iesaoner Reeves moved that the com aints be dismissed, which motion was sronded by Commissioners Beach. hairnnan I4ahey, however, thought 1t Foaatd he advisable to hear some or the afanse and the accused policemen kera sworn. They were defended py tforney T. J. O'Neill. The drift of Falsh,s story was that McDonough kaa bothering all the train hands and recking crew. He insisted he was knpIoyed on the train and was in the ray of nobody. He appeared to be nler the influence of drink and naelled strongly of 1t. When the off nr first told him to get out of the way nd keep back, McD Donough said he Was orking on the train The officer skad an official of the road, who de- hed McDonough's statement. Never heless McDonough insisted on getting l the way, and when the officer pushed h back he slipped down the embank- bent, and when he returned he threat he'd the officer The last he saw of fcDonough, 0facer Bowling was es- Drting him along the track.
 Odicer Bowling stated that he had tuSIA 10 KSSp Iu0 tGsLCA uAodA " @~Su he people, for the wrecking engine aa moving up and down quite ire usntly, throwing the debris down the mbankment- He heard McDonough houting 'tchief" and that he would get Quare with some one. When he came D he said he had business on the track md witness asked Detective Lynch rho the man was, and Mir Lynch told be officer to keep him back, that he ad been bothering everybody all the norning and had no business on the rack. Thereupon the officer escorted i'm down the track. Detective Lynch epeated this story and added that the f1cers only did their duty. Master Mechanic Smith had put McDonough if the track several times, but Me DOnough, who seemed to be under the Influence of drink, could not be kept in he crowd. Such was the testimony. t was now almost 0:3O o'clock, and as ofhing was heard from McDonough, he charges against the policemen were isrnissed and the accused officers de Jared not guilty.
 A petition for fire alarm box near he Barnard school was referred 10 a ommittee, after which the board ad- burned.