The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-09
20 COPS IN 80 MINUTES.
TEN DAY FINES THE RULE WITH
WALDO AS JUDGE.
Excuses for Tardlness n Long Winded
speeches No Use-BuildIng Trades
Charges That Some Policemen Have
Aided Strik ers Heard and Dismissed.

l1ACuoed TOT EurulneS5 anu Lung WHnueu
speeches No Use-Building Trades
Charges That Some Policemen Have
Aided Strikers Heard and Dismissed.
The trial room at Police Headquarters
was packed to the doors yesterday morning.
Every one was eager to see who would a k
the late Third Deputy's place as trial judge.
On the stroke Of 10 o'clock First Deputy
COMMISSIONS Rhinelander Waldo stepped
IN and started things of with a rush.
Commissioners Waldo has been dubbed
sthe man with the SMILE There was no
smile in evidence during the trials, and
oops who started of on long winded ex-
plantations were brought up short.
The first case on the calendar was that OF
Policeman Leo Sheffield Of the West Tooth
street station. Sergeant Craig charged
him with being absent from roll call thirty
one minutes.
whats your explanation?' asked Com
missioner Waldo.
Il didn't hear the clock" began Sheffield
sGuilty; decision reserved" said the
Commissioner
There was an audible stir throughout the
crowded room.
Policeman John F. Ryan Of the Eldridge
HCTeeU bIHtlOu WdS One LOuI anu leu ihHluISS
late answering roll call. He said he stopped
in a drug store to get some medicine.
did 1t take you one o u and ten minutes
TO get it2" asked Mr.. Waldo.
"Yes, l was sick and"
"Ten daysl' snapped the Commissioner
For telling Roundsman West Of the West
Chester station in the trial room last week
that he would take his hide of Policeman
VI DzA-- - A. In.,. Co.
Policeman Frank Mcclure of the City
Hall station had six complaints against
him, most OF them hang overs"
The first complaint was dismissed, and
MCCLURE started to leave.
whats your hurry" asked the Com
missioner. Here are a few more COM
plants against you"
No compliments appeared in any OF the
cases and Mcclure finally got safely away.
The policemen who were accused by
Charles l.. Eidlitz, president of the Building
I Trades Employers Association, Of refusing
to protect men employed by Post & McCord
from assault by strikers were next for trial.
The cases were dismissed.
On Monday, February 20, Thomas Weir,
Charles Moran and John Guthrie were ar
rested charged with attempting to dyna-
mite q building at 304 East Twenty-third
street. On Tuesday, the day following the
arrests, President Eidlitz gave out a state
ment to the newspapers, mentioning no
names but saying that certain policemen
had aided strikers. COMMISSIONS Bingham
was much aroused over the statement and
after an investigation had charges pre-
I ferred against Policemen Kelly, MCGOWAN,
and Zorn Of the traffic squad.
President Eidlitz appeared in the trial
room with the complainants, Special Police
man William Austin and Thomas Ryan,
Austin and Ryan testified that on January
Is they were working on a building at Sew
enth avenue and ~Forty-first street. On
their way home at Broadway and Forty
fifth street several strikers appeared and
refused to let them on a car and interfered
with them in various ways. They alleged
that they appealed to Policeman Kelly on
post at Broadway and Forty-sixth street
for protection. Kelly's reply, Ryan said,
was;
aMove on You're a lot of bum deteo-
tives. Skiddoo"
Ryan said that Kelly then shook hands
with one of the strikers.
what do you know OF this case2" Com
missioner Waldo asked President Eidlitz.
Il am here to represent the Building
Trades Employers Association, | know
nothing Of these cases, except that i gave
out statements to the newspapers based
Kelly was called to the stand He testi-
fed that Ryan and Austin went to him
and that he escorted them to the end Of
his post. He then rang up the sergeant
on the desk at the West Forty-seventh
street station, who told MCGOWAN, on the
post above Kelly, to escort them to the
subway station at Fiftieth street, and he
did so. MCGOWAN corroborated Kelly's
story.
Case dismissed" said COMMISSIONS
Waldo.
The second case was that Of Policeman
Zorn, on post at Thirty-fourth street and
Fifth avenue. No complainant appeared
missed this case, too.
There we're seventy cases in all. II took
Commissioner Waldo only half IN hour
to dispose of the first twenty, and the pace
was kept to the end, at noontime. Ten day
fines were the rule and not the execution.