The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-08-03
POLICEMAXOtCRAOtD
Dismissed From New York
Force For COwardice.
he LET MURDERER ESCAPE
Dramatic Scene IN Police Trial Room
When Oreer's Shield Was Removed
and He Was Elected From the
Building.

Wncn OntcerS shield Was Removed
and Ne Was Elected From the
Building.
New York. Aug. IA remarkable
scene. closely paralleling that memo
rable one in Paris when Captain Al
tred Dreyfus VAS publicly degraded
before the French army. was enacted
In the trial room at police headquar-
tiers. For the fret time In more than
SO years a patrolman had been ad-
judged guilty OF cowardice He Is
stephen : Walsh who. according to
tho charSe made against him. last
week Ied from an armed man who
had shot and killed a woman. The
keen Interest with which the unusual
case was followed rose to a point OF
/ dramatic Intensity when Police Com
missioner bingham. who had presided
personally AT the trial announced. in
n voice choked with emotion. that the
charge against the unfortunate man
had been proven.
Then the commissioner turned TO
Inspector Richard Walsh. in whose
district stephen Walsh was a patrol
man. but who is no relative of the dis.
missed man. and directed the inspec-
top to strip Walsh Of his shield and
uniform bottoms. so that he might not
even leave the trial room with the en-.
llems of his former position as a DO
hceman I'm good standing on bis per.
son. The dismissed man stood still
and offered no resistance as the shield
l. l.
when the inspector started to detach
the buttons Of the uniform. Stephen
Walsh stepped back and appealed to
his attorney against any further hu.
initiation being put upon him in the
presence az his former comrades
Com missioner bingham then inter
posed and directed the inspector 20
conduct his former subordinate 10 the
steps OF the police building and eject
him stephen Walsh offered no re-
sistauce and went with the inspector
20 the outer doorway. where he was
formally directed TO leave the build
ing
stephen Walsh was one OF the two
men against whom a charge OF cow
srdice was made last week. when
Frank Warner was permitted TO es-
cape attes killing Esther Norling. in
f-d street Patrolman Roosa. the Off
cor whose name was coupled with
that Of Walsh in the cowardIce
eharge. was eHoueratcd after full
hearing before Tie commissioner.
Warner went 70 a store where Miss
Noriing. who had once been his cash
fer. was employed. and shot her TO
death. when he dashed from the
store. stephen Walsh and several Pc
c'strians started in pursuit Warner
outran them and took refuge In a
nearby building and darted up the
stairs toward the roof. Walsh. at tho
time. was only a short distance be-
hind the fugitive. but II is charged
that when Warner turned and aimed
the revolver AZ him. he turned and
fed 10 an Office on the lower floor Of
the building. OtheS policemen. In
Guiding Roosa. soon arrived on the
scene. but Warner escaped. Two
hours later ne walked into Wilson's
store and shot him in the back. VIII
son died several days later In a hos
pital. Warner was struck down and
captured as he ran out through the
front door Of Wilson's store He IS
now in a hospital in a serious condi-
ton from the wound inflicted by his
captOr