Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-13
'Dismiissing a Policeman
for Cowardice.
A Farm Valued by Owner al
$54,50O Per Acre.
The Egg Supply Of the Metropolis
"A Night Court.

New York, August 12.-Degraded in
regulation military style, his straps
and shield torn from his uniform, Il
member of New YOrk's police force
was dismissed this week in disgrace on
charge Of cowariice in the face of
duty. Hooted by his former comrades
ne lett the station house after the first
occurrence of the kind in three lie
cades, which will go down in the city's
history as a most remarkable event.
For whatever may be said of the MEM
berS of the finest in regard to graft,
pull and other undesirable elements of
municipal service, the fact remains
that the record of the force for bravery
and heroism is Il long and honorable
one. of which the city police is justly
proud. Not in this generation has
New York known n dismissal for
cowardice, it being more than thirty
years since such a charge has been
made against n policeman. Since the
establishment of the old Metropolitan
police force more than half q century
ago this blacklist of all charges has
been made but twice. There have
been crooks in the department, dis
honest men and men neglected. of their
duty, but one and all, with two eXccp-
tons in fifty years, they have pos
sessed the saving grace of bravery.
From the day in June 1857 when
Policemen Eugene Anderson was killed
in attempting to make an arrest, the
list of these city protectors who have
met their death in the discharge of
duty and in the face of recognized
danger has grown week by week until
it now contains hundreds of names.
If to this roll of honor be added that OF
the Fire Department, the number runs
into tn" thousands. The average New
York City cop only grins when the
force is accused of graft but he IS
jealous of its reputation for bravery,
as was instanced by the boots which
marked the official exit of the officer
just dismissed Not for nothing in
this respect at least has the force been
called the finest
People in New York who prefer bad
eggs will have some trouble in prOcur-
ing them after this. The city having
taken up with more or less successful
results bad street car service, bad in
suraace, bad officials, and in fact any
thing that enough people complained
of, will now turn it's attention to the
product of the gentle hen. That any
one should really prefer antique or
spot" eggs seems incredible, but it is
nevertheless true there are Il good
many thousands of citizens in the
greater city who buy them and who
are under no illusions as to the ques-
Of b,i gTli. IN,
sense due to Il vencraton for age such
as is found among the. Chinese, bat
partly to the fact that ancient" eggs
are cheaper and partly because they
are more highly favored. So large
has the business grown of dealing IN
eggs which are not strictly fresh that
the health department estimates that
more than 1000 dozen bad eggs are
daily disposed of here for human con-
sumption. The business has it's own
terms, there being q distinct difference
between eggs which are classed as
rotten and those which are merely
spot" eggs. Neither of course are
good but in the latter class are to DE
found all those eggs which have not
reached the limit of badness. This
class includes eggs which, having been
several days in incubatorS without Civ
ing n positive test of Matching, are
shipped to New York to be eaten.
Many of these spot eggs are sold for
manufacturing purposes. going into
CONNECTIONS, cake and the like. In fact
these tainted articles Of consumption
have achieved such stable place in
New York's commerce that a Judge
recently accepted $500 dozen of them
as surety for the appearance Of a
defendant. The Health Department,
however, is now putting extra inspec-
tors on the job of driving them out of
the market, and as it takes no Sher-
lock Holmes to detect them, it is be-
lieved that tainted" eggs as an article
of food are doomed in New York.
Justice dispensed at all hours Of the
day and night is the sign which Fa-
thcr Knickerbocker can now hang out
for the first time in his history and it
is believed for the first time in the his |
tory of the country. The Inauguration
of a night police court his week means |
that crooks can be hailed before the |
bar of justice at any hour of the
twentyfour instead of having to wait |
over night IoT TIE regular Oay SeS- |
sions as formerly. The fact that the |
city has found it necessary to keep |
court for twenty-four hours a day for |
the sentencing OF criminals, should rot |
be taken to indicate, however that it |
has so many of these undesirable citi-
zens as to be unable to handle them
by day. While it is true that there is
no failure in the crook crop. the bill to
esta blish night police courts here is the |
first step to do away with the graft of
professional bail givers who have for
merly made an easy. If dishonorable,
living by holding up those persons.
women. who were arrested |
so late in the day as to make 1t neces-
sary to postpone their trial until the
following day. Under these conditions
the arrested one must either spend the
night in Jail or give bail, the latter of
which few of them were able to do. In
there has sprung up
class of professional bail givers who
furnish the nominal amount asked
and then proceed to soak the unfortu-
nate victim for an equal sum as fee.
With the establishing of the new court,