Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-23
POLICEMEN IN TROUBLE
FOUR WASHINGTON MEN AC-
CUSED OF ASSAULT.
Four Policemen in Custody in Balti-
more-A Day OFF and It's
Results.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Nd, July 22-Four Wash
ington policemen who came to Baltimore to-
day are under arrest at the central police
station with a general charge of assaulting
a. \. Rettaliata, a saloonkeeper at zOI
East Fayejte street One of the group has
the ad 1itional charge against him of as
saulting and choking John A. Cuneo, Ret
taliata 5 barkeeper. The prisoners are:
Joseph Branzell, thirty years old, charged
with assaulting A. ". Rettaliata and with
assaulting and choking John A. Cuneo:
Lawrence II. Farquhar, twenty-eght years
old, charged with disorderIy conduct and
with assaulting and choking John A. Cuneo !;
George f. Wilson. twenty-nine years old,
charged with disorderly conduct; Raymond
klinedlnst, twenty-seven years old, charged
with disorderly conduct.
The four policemen, with one other Off =
Ger. who escaped from the central station
by running out the back way and Jump
ing several fences. were to have come to
Baltimore today with the Washington
police base ball team which was sched-
uled to play the Baltimore nine at Oriole
Park in the afternoon. but instead of
gathering in the Baltimore police by an
avalanche of home runs, the visitors We're
gathered in themselves in an almost I'M
expected manner.
Their Idea of a Good Time.
When the day turned out to be rainy
to come to Baltimore. game or no game,
and when they struck the city they start
ed in at once for a good time.
They had this all the afternoon, and
finally fioated into Rettaliata's place about
5 o'clock feeling pretty jolly.
Upon calling for drinks Rettaiata who
was behind the bar, refused to serve them
because he thought they already had
enough. The men started in upon the free
lunch counter, and when they had con-
CIV f1s4A th.a for of q
suggested that they could pay something
for it,
Not If we know It" was the reply,
land we don't think much of this place
anyhow; you had better close up right
now.
They showed their policemen's badges and
looked if they meant to really close up
the place.
Retta!iata showed fight. so one of the
coppers tried to hit him with an umbrella
and succeeded in breaking the umbrella
against the bar. Several then attempted
to choke Cuneo, and Rettaliata, becoming
frightened, ran TO the telephone to call the
police.
Were Gathered In.
But the visiting coppers were too quick
for this move, and out into the street Ret
taliata ran. hot-foot for the central sta
ton, with all five coppers after him. He
was running for the police and they fol-
lowed him to the station, where they were
all promptly arrested but one man who es
capped out the back way.
Once behind the bars, friends made eff
forts to get Justice Grannon to release the
men. The magistrate came to the station,
but Rettaliata was in an angry mood, and
no persuasion could induce him to desist
from prosecuting the offenders.
People in Washington who heard of the
experience of the visitors to Baltimore ex-
pressed surprise at what they are reported
to have done there Members of the local
club, it is thought, were SO elated over the
victory they won here last Monday that
they could not remain at home yesterday,
even after they learned that there would
be no game played They wanted to see
the field upon which they had hoped to
repeat their victory, and get accustomed
to the surroundings in the monumental
city. All the members of the team did not
go to Baltimore, although they had been
given a days leave and were privileged %
go there If they SO desired. j. j. Branzell
and L. II. Farquhar, two of the men re-
ferred to. are members of the seventh pre-
cinct force. the former being a mounted
man. Farquhar it is said, is not a member
of the team. r. G. kleindinst, another Of
the quartet. is the local teams shortstop
and is mounted on bicycle. He is men,
Der of the first precinct squad. George +.
Wilson. the fourth member of the party, is
one of the most enthusiastic members of
the local club. He is a footman in The
eighth precinct.