The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-25
FALSE ARREST DISTINCTIONS.
DISMISSAL FOR COP VINO TOOK
IN. COLORED WOMAN.
Rebuke for Plain Clothes Man Stinson
MeIVOT. VINO Arrested Charles ID. ReOhr
-COmmlssiOner MoAdOO Files Long
Explanations o. Both Sentences.

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MeIvOF. Who Arrested Charles ID. ReOhr
-COmmlsliOner MeAdOO Files Long
Explanations Of Both Sentences.
Commissioner McAdoo dismissed Police
man John A. Corcoran from the force
! yesterday. Corooran was accused by a
colored woman named Fleming Of accost-
ing her one morning while abe was on her
way 10 church on Sixth Rvenue, between
| Fifty-foVTth and Fifty-sixth streets. He
made improper proposals, shs says, and
when abe repulsed him he continued his
annoyanoes, and, finding he was mistaken.
arrested her and struck her.
! She appealed 70 bystapders, saying
See this man arrestinR me Without cause
| Thereupon the policeman struck her In
the mouth and dragged her to the station
house. Next day In court some Of those
who had seen the affair or heard Of II APP
peared, and she was promptly discouraged.
Coroorsn was tried by Mr.. Lindsey. The
Commissioner ndorsed on the record this
memorandum:
This 4 an outrageous case. and have no
hesitation whatever In approving the finding
Of the Third Deputy COmmi saioney. fecom-
mending that Patrolman John A. Corooran.
West Forty-seventh street precinct. be dis
missed from Nnt DQllot IQIGes 4 JAKE THIS
action ell the more earnestly because the COM
plainAnt was a colored woman and probably
was supposed by the defendant 70 be without
friends Of reputation or position who would
vouch for her as has been done. The de-
PENDANT acted as n he thought her race and
supposed friendleSshess would allow him
with impunIty 70 treat her IN the OUTRAGEOUS
and brutal manner be did Sue WA entitled
to just as much protection from him and
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Of similar good character.
Anything savoTinS a. race prejudice
will not be tolerated for a moment. Happily
It. and such conduct a. that Of the defendant.
are very rare in this force. There Is no doubt
In my mind whatever that the complainant
was an honest, virtuous and industrious
woman Of good character and reputation.
and tho attempt on the part Of the defendant 70
belle her Is even greatef injury than the
assault her committed upon her.
Commissioner MoAdoo also made public
his decision in the case Of stinson McIvor.
the plain clothes man Of the Tenderloin
station who on Nov. 70 arrested Charles d.
Reohr, an insurance man, and accused him
Of stealing diamond stickpin from a man
on a Sixth avenue car near Eleventh street,
No victim Of any such theft was ever found.
Reohr charged that McIvor unnecessarily
Inundated him In the manner OF his arrest
and was violent and profane. These charges
were not proved. The Commissioner made
the following memorandum IN his approval
Of Trial Judge LAndslsy's Recommendation
Of q reprimand for McIvoT: Hr
There appears 70 be IN this case no question
but that Mr.. Reohr was wrPnGfully arrested
precinct. There is nothing In the testimony
70 show that Mr.. ReohI Is other than citizen
OF good character and his arrest IL 20 be most
evidence that there was a robbery on a sur
face car; that an unknown man had a dia-
mond pin stolen from him that MeIvoT saw
zeal he mistak emily arrested the wrong man;
that at the time Of the robbery there were
four persons on the back platform OF che car,
who. when Mclvor made move. left the car
and ran in different directions.
Mclvor, ] believe. with perfect honesty Of
ncation. arrested the complainant, believing
he was the man. seeing him get on the car
following the one IN which the robbery had
II Mcivor had anything but the best Of
records and an excellent character u would
be case S where ths PUNISHMENT o. 6is,5ssSal
but he has an extraordinarily good record.
has been on the force since 1871, and this is
against him he has shown himself an honest.
faithful and, up 20 this time intelligent man
in the execution Of his. duty He has made
force, some Of them OF great Importance
notably in 4 well Enown bad ger case on Fitth
avenue. with which he had hi ghly creditable
connection The witnesses to his character
come from both IN and out Of the police force
and are among the best people In the com.
Under all these circumstances. I approve
the finding OF the Third Deputy Commissioner.
while not SbstlnR his zeal in the police ser
vice. TO exercise greater care hereafter in the
making Of arrests without a warrant and J
ehould have been done 70 Mr. Reohr,