The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-14
OFFICER GOODMAN NOT GUILTY
OF ACCUSATION OF CRUELTY
 MADE AGAINST HIM.

Commissioners Decide That He Used No
 Brutality in Placing Foley in the
 AmbuIance--Mr. Atwater Tells Ills
 Side of Story-SeveraI Other Witt
 nesses Heard--Two onIcers Placed on
 Retired List--Two Given Hack Pay. A special meeting of the police com missioners was held last evening to hear evidence for and against Patrol
 man John Coonan, who a number of citizens declared was brutal In handling William Foley, who fell from roof near the corner of Grand avenue and
 broke his leg some weeks ago.
 Martin Clarke, a tailor at 142 1-2 Olive street, and who resides at S2 Grove street. was the first witness. The roof which Foley was painting at the time the accident occurred ad1oined his store and he told Foley when he went to work that afternoon that he should not do so as he was too drunk. When the man fell into the aIleyway at the rear of MT. Clark.s shop MT. Clarke was the first one to go to his assistance and he found the man on the ground swearing as fast as he could and grooming. Some one telephoned for the police ambu-
 lance and when 1t arrived Officer Coon
 an appeared on the scene. He went up to the injured man and said: What's the matter, Billy?' Foley replied that
 his leg was hurt. Officer Coonan then picked him up carefully and said: Cant you lean on me?'' Foley said that he couldn't, so chair was brought
 and Foley placed in it. He was carried to the front door, which was not wide enough to get the chair through, with out breaking down the other door, which was nailed Officer Coonaf then picked the man up carefully and laid
 him on the stretcher. which was held at the door by Signal Officer Bradley and Arthur Phillips. After Coonan had put the man on the stretcher he lifted the mans two feet off the ground and placed them also on the stretcher. All the while Officer Coonan was helping the man was swearing and yelling
 The witness further said that the off, cer did it all as gently as possible. He 1 saw no brutality.
 S Goodman, the jeweler, was the next witness. He said that all he could do was to reiterate what Mir. Clarke
 had said. There was no brutality used by the officer.
 R. w. Wilson of 571 State street was the next witness. He saw Officer Coon- an handle the man, and said that
 there was no brutality used.
 The next witness was Edward I. At water, who was the one who had made | the principal statements about the mat ter. He said that the matter had creat-
 ed more notoriety than he had intended but that owing to the way Officer Coonan had handled the man he thought 1t was his duty to state the
 facts in the case. He said that he did not appear before the board to make
 any charges against Coonan, but sim ply to state the facts. He arrived at the
 scene with MT. Phillips and he saw Of- ficer Coonan grab Foley by the shoul-'
 ders and heard him say, Here. Billy, what's the matter with your" Foley re- 1 piled that he was hurt. Some one said, "The mans leg is broken" Coonan then said: "Well, come on; you've got to get through here." MT. Atwater said:
 Hold on; carry him on the chair.' Of 1 ficer Coonan then did so, being assisted Ib by Officer Bradley, who came with the ambulance. The witness then went through another doorway and was in front of the store when the officers ar
 rived there with the man. The man was swearing all the while and groan- ing, and when the officers saw that they could not get the chair through the doorway Coonan lifted the man up
 and put him on the stretcher.
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