Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-28
NO GR|LL|NG FOR
CAPTAIN AND MEN
BRADlSH AND DETECTIVES
BEFORE COMMISSION
NO DECISION IS REACHED
Charge That Young Man Was Are
rested and Left Two Days In
Tanks Is Being
Probed
NO DECISION is REACHED

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The grilling which IL was expected
would be dealt out last night by the
police commission to Captain of De-
tectives Bradish and his subordlnates,
Hawley and Murphy, charged with
keeping lad sixteen years old in the
tanks for two days and half with no
warrant for his arrest and no charge
preferred against him, failed to mater
ialize.
Following the taking of evidence and
the completion of nap by one of the
commissioners II was decided that an
opinion would be withheld until the .
next meeting on the morning Of July
5. In the meantime the three accused
officers will loose little sleep.
There was a determined effort made
to shift the blame to the shoulders OF
District Deputy Attorney Asa Keyes,
the weight of the evidence offered by
the defense being much in that direc-
ton.
The case, which last night filled the
and attorneys, and the corridor outside
with interested friends of both parties,
is that of Asa James Christy, living
with his aunt at 1857 West Thirty-sev-
enth street. :.
Boy Arrested
Christy was accused of completely in
the Cumberland hotel robbery of June
9 and on the charge of receiving the
stolen property from the perpetrator,
William Green, a bell boy of the hotel,
was aroused from his bed at 3 o'clock
in the morning of June 10 by Detectives
Hawley and Murphy, hurried to the
police station and confined there until
the following Monday morning when
he was released for lack of evidence.
The trial dragged along from 1880
o'clock until 10:3O o'clock last night
and carried with 1t detailed descrip-
ton of the hotel robbery. Jud r. Rush
and LIE Compile Davis appeared for
Captain Bradish and his aids and e. A.
Meserve for Christy and his aunt, Mrs. x
Mary b. Gogeman, who is prosecuting
the case.
In the evidence it was brought out
that Meserve had made a determined
effort, on July 10 to have a charge pre-
ferred so that bail could be offered by
his aunt and his uncle, w. L. Whee-
den, but failed to do so before II o'clock
Of that day when under the new statute
making Saturday afternoon a holiday
the courts were closed.
Hawley and Murphy conducted an
examination of Christy and the boy
Green at 9 o'clock of the same morn
ing but an hour later were detailed on
the Westminster diamond robbery case
and did not return to the police station
until after the courts were closed fo-
the day. The district attorney cannot
make out warrant without the sworn
statement Of the complainants. in this
case, the two officers, and he in turn
Is powerless to act until he receives
such information. Until charge IS
preferred an accused person is unable.
to offer bail.
The officers said they did not try to
see the district attorney as they did
not think he would be in his office be-
fore 10 o'clock. After that time they
said they had been occupied until not
flied to come in at 1890 o'clock when
they obeyed instructions forthwith.
Christy Not Freed
Deputy District Attorney Asa Keyes
had the case in his hands. At his re-
quest Justice Young came to the sta
tion at 1890 o'clock, shortly afterward
the officers came in, and from the evil
dence. provision might have been made
so that young Christy could have been
freed, but no attempt was made to do
So Justice Young said he told Reyes
where he could be found in case Keyes
wanted him and the officers stated that
under direction of Chief Bradish they
remained at the station until 4 o'clock
of the same afternoon waiting for
Justice of the peace so that they might
swear to a charge.
Prosecuting Attorney George Beebe,
Asa Keyes, Justice Young and c. A.
Ritchie proprietor of the Cumberland,
who testified that the bell boy Green
from the start had insisted on the in
nocence of Christy, Chief Bradish.
Hawley and Murphy and the aunt of
Christy were placed upon the stand
during the evening.
Chief Bradish testified that he had
done everything possible to have the
complaint filed before noon, time limit
which on Saturday makes such impera-
tive, but was unable to do so.
Attorney Meserve addressing the
commission as a private citizen asked
that before the next meeting 1t should
conduct an investigation of other sim-
liar cases which he says exist.