The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11
Policeman W. A. Smith Found Guilty on Two Charges
 Last Night UNIQUE CHARGE WAS
 MADE AGAINST SMITH p. H. Dougherty Was Suspended Thirty Days for Violating Section 32 of the Police Rules
 and Regulations.

Policeman W. A. Smith has been sus- pended from the police force for twenty days, the police commission sustaining two charges against him last night Both were for using undue violence in making arrests.
 Policeman P. H. Dougherty was sus- pended for thirty days for violating rule 32 of the police regulations; also for neg feet of duty and for conduct unbecomng an officer. He was suspended when the charges were made last Friday. Policeman oldhams case was taken up ! and all the witnesses for the prosecution heard. It was continued in order to give the patrolman chance to get his wit nesses together. He was charged with conduct unbecoming an officer.
 Policeman D. P. Brown was not present to stand trial on account of the illness of his wife His case will be heard at the next meeting of the board.
 The charges against Policeman Smith were tried separately, and the case in- volving trouble with negro on an Idle wild street ear on the night of September 16 was called.
 After John Williams. the negro whom the policeman Is said to have mistreated told his story James Donelson the young man preferring the charges, was the first witness called. He said he boarded car at Eighth avenue and Eleventh street and saw the officer handling negro roughly. The policeman, he said, struck wit lie rpVpINar twice. Dllt missed him and the gun hit the dashboard of the car.
 Asked to Get Off Car. The melee, he said, caused number ol ladies to become frightened and the con ductor was forced to ask Smith to gel off with the negro at Eighth avenue Donelson said the officer continued te abuse the negro and he went for Police man Nix, who is stationed at headauar' ters. He ordered the charges agains' | Smith.
 ], H. Vaughn of 2316 Fourth avenue | was at the corner when the officer got o1 | with the negro and censured the ofhcei for the way he treated the boy He saie Smith shook the negro like "dog shakes | a rat"
 Marion Julien said he saw the police i man strike the negro twice over the heat | In his defense the policeman offered the testimony of a brother Thomai l Smith, Conductor Gillespie of the car or | which the trouble occurred, and severa others. Smiths brother, J. P. Maroney a druggist, and Morris Dorn, boy. tolt | of bruises on his face. Smith said in hi i own behalf that the negro was stealing ride when he placed him under arrest 1 He said the boy offered to fight and dis abled one of his fingers, leaving him th' | use of only one hand. Several officer testified that Smith Is temperate in hi | habits and that he was strictly sober tn night the trouble occurred
 After hearing all the evidence the com l mission decided to sustain the charge and ordered his suspension for ten days.
 Trouble With Dogs. l There was still another charge agains | Smith-that of entering negro woman house before daylight for the purpos | of catching dogs. It was unique am amusing, at times provoking much hilar , ity among the commissioners and other | present.
 The story of Fanny Towsley and { | witness is best told in the statment o Frank Towsley, her husband, who said
 "On or about the morning of Angus | IS at about the hour of o'clock in tn morning, Officer Smith came to m. house and asked my wife if she did no have some dogs concealed in the house In response to this inquiry my wifi l told him that she did not. My wifi opened the door and the officer wake, in and instituted a thorough search o the house for the dogs.
 He searched the house in very reck less, careless, wanton and malicious manner, knocked out two panes of glas | with his elbow, damaging my furnitur | by knocking same with his club, took puppy out of the bed of my boy (the doI | occupying the bed with my boy); as | saulted my wife; drew a pistol on her and insisted upon handcuffing her ant placing her in the dog wagon withou any provocation. The officer struck m, wife with his hand and threatened to d. her bodily harm, cursed and abused her using vile names and abusive and offen sive language. He then remarked tha the police on the South Side were no doing their duty and that they had cer tain negro pets. He then proceeded t the barn where I kept my cow, brols the iron bars off and went inside am got an old dog and five puppies thre days old that were in the back part O the barn, took them out and put then into the dog wagon. These dogs wer returned to me by the driver about thre days thereafter.
 Smith denied that he did anything ou of the ordinary but the commission, af ter hearing his side. decided to suspen him for another ten days.
 Policeman Dougherty.
 The charges against Policeman Daugh erty were made last week and he wa suspended at the time. Being under tn influence of whisky while on duty wa |