The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-25
SUSPENDED FOR FAMILY ROW.
POLICEMAN STEALS HIS CHILD
AND GETS INTO TROUBLE.

Patrolman Mead violates Court order and
Is Called 20 HeadQuarters- He IL
ordered TO Return His BOY to His wife
Refuses, Is Detained and suspended.
Policeman Lowry Mead OF. the trafio
squad and detailed TO the crossing at Fifth
avenue and F~orty-second street was sue
pended late last night and will have 70
answer to the charge OF kidnasping one Of
his children. Mead gave Deputy Commis-
sioner Mathot much trouble during the
day and evening and was finally held a
prisoner temporarily in the Third sub
precinct in East Twenty-seventh street,
until he agreed to turn over the child to his
wife.
Mead. who has been a member Of the
department for nine years, has a wife and
two chiNiren. During the summer his
wife left Vim and started an action for a
separation. She charged him with cruelty.
Pending the trial Of the case Mrs. Mead
had the custody of her two children by
a court order.
On sunday morning Mrs. Mead dressed
the two children for Sunday school and
sent them there from her home at 3O7 West
l27th street. The youngest. a boy ~ years
old, did not return. Mrs. Mead learned
that he had started home alone. She
waited all day for the child TO return, and
when he had not appeared yesterday morn
ing she hurried to Police Headquarters and
was ushered before Deputy Com missioner
Msthot. The latter had Mead relieved at
his post, and the policeman came to the
deputy's Office.
Mead was told that he had no right to
keep the child, in view of the court order.
and that he should turn him over to his
wife at once. At first he refused to do so.
but after Mr.. Msthot had said a few pointed
things to him he agreed TO go get the boy
and take him to the nome Of his wife. Mead
went direct to the Office of his lawyer. Rob-
eU Hlbbard, a former policeman, and the
latter advised him to release the child as
soon as possible. Word was sent by tele-
phone to Mr.. Mathot from the LAWYERS
o flee that Mead would take the bow 10 Mrs
Mead = home at Q o'clock in the evening
Mead failed to do this and Mrs, Mead
hunted up Mathot last night at his home.
Is East Eleventh street. The police deputy
the Metropolitan Opera House. He had 4
Pollceman sent 10 relieve him and directed
Mead to report forthwith TO him.
Meantime a policeman from the Mercer
street station had been summoned to the
home OF Mr.. MathOt to be handy in cass
OF any trouble. Mead was told firmly
that he must giveup the child, and he fnaliy
agreed TO do so, and Policeman Smith was
detailed to accompany Mead and his wife
and zee to It that the child was returned.
Policeman Smith says that on the way
uptown Mead used abusive language 10
hls wife and refused to go 10 where the
child was until he had consulted the ser-
geant at the traffic squad headquarters on
East Twenty-seventh street. There Mead
again used abusive language TO his wife
and the sergeant OmmnnIOafa ~, 80
phone with Mr.. Mathot. The latter or
dered that Mead be detained and examined |
by a surgeon and that Policeman smith
and mrs. Mead go on 70 SOl West ls7th |
street, the home OF Mead's mother, whera
the child was, and take possession OF him |
They had no trouble in p~ersuadinn the
policeman's mother to turn over the bow.
Ihe surgeon m to the fra fic
squad station reported Mead At for police |
duty This fact was communicates m
Mr.. Mathot, who ordered that the police.
charges.