The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-28
BIKE COP ADMITS GRIEVANCE.
AFRO SPEED ARREST or STREET
CLEANING INSPECTOR FANS.

Major woodbury. Tells court Ills Men are
instructed TO obey LaW-Shanton
Denies Fast RldinE-Mr. McAdoO on
Complaints OF Police Arrogance.
Thomas stanton Of 1900 I.eaox avenue.
superintendent Of stables OF the Street
Cleaning Department, was charged In tho
West Side court Yesterday with running
his automobile at the ratio Of twenty miles
an hour while inspecting West End avenue
Sunday morning. Bicycle Policeman
Neamey Of the West Tooth street station
was the complainant.
Neaney said he followed stanton from
lO7th to Eighty-fourth street. timing him
from Ninety-frst to Eighty-sixth street.
The FIVE blocks, he said, stanton covered
in one minute. This Is a rate Of fifteen
miles an hour, but while coming down the
hill above Ninetytsixth street, Nearney
said, stanton was going fully twenty miles
an hour. Neaney wasn't able to time
him then, he said, az he had to keep both
hands on his machine He also said that
stanton was abusive when arrested,
Stanton said he had been riding all
around the upper West Side and was not
going more than ten miles an hour. He
said he stopped at 10th street to inspect
an ash cart and saw Neamey standing by
the curb. He spoke to him and said:
well. the streets are clean now, and you
can ride some
Nearney, he said, did not answer and
he saw no more Of him until he was ar
rested at Eighty-fourth street. Shanton's
statement was. corroboTated by his driver,
Carl X. Stedman of 90 Sands street, Brook
Major Woodbury., who went to court In
behalf Of his inspector, sat on the bench
with Magis rate Moss. He said his men
were all careful and were instructed to obey
the law.
Magistrate Moss seemed to be puzzled
as to what to do, when Neamey said;
These street cleaning men are always
violating the law and acting nasty. l
stopped stanton once before, when he
had a woman in the auto with him. He
told me never TO dare stop him again,
SAh! / see" said Magistrate Mos q
There's some feeling here, isn't there?'
-Nes," said the cop, that much
We'll said the Magistrate, i shall give
Mr.. Stanton the benefit Of the doubt In
that case, and discharge him.
stanton was one of a party Of four whose
automobile recently killed man at Broad
way and Fifty-seventh street by running
over him. The man vas said to have
been drunk az the tme and TO have fallen
In front Of the automobile, which was 60
ing slowly.
Commissioner MoAdoo, after oonferring
v it'll Commissioner Woodbury., had Police
man Nearney and Supt Stanton before
him in the afternoon TO see If an under
standing could not he reached The Com
missioner seemed satisfied when il was
over. He said:
Il have had a good many hearings here
on complaints brought by automobilists
against policemen who have accused them
Of speeding. The automobiles complain
frequently that the police are arrogant
as they put it. / have had these hearings
in order tonake il clear TO citizens and police
that there must be justice on both sides,
l don't think l shall hold any more. Ilcse
are the things l want TO impress on both
sides:
when a policeman holds up his finger
and says Stop the duty Of the man in the
automobile, no matter who he IL, Is 70 stop
at once.
THE police must not exercise the unusual
and great powers the law invests them with
spitsfully, thoughtlessly or Rrroganuy.
whatever proyocatiOn the policeman
may have he must always bear himself
politely, CONSIDERABLY and with good tenn
per. There must be no bad language on
his part or bulldozing manner.
The policeman must be sure OF his case
and well within the law when he acts.