The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-15
TO BE %REPRIMANDED
SAID THAT HOFFMAN TOLD
WOMAN TO "SHUT up"
Policeman Had Argument with Mrs.
Standardization Fined and
Transferred for Assault.

it was alleged that he told
an excited woman to shut up"
Mounted Policeman William t. Hoff-
man. of the First Precinct station, was
tried before the Police Board yesterday
afternoon on a charge of using Ian
guage unbecoming a policeman. Hoff-
man was found guilty and will be rep
rimanded by his captain. The COM
plainant was Mrs. William Blanchard,
of 161 Sherman avenue.
The trial brought out no offensive
language or rudeness on the part of the
policeman except the exclamation
above mentioned. Mrs. Blanchard's
coachman, George Jackson, testified
that he heard Hoffman tell Mrs.
Blanchard to "shut up" and two
women who were in the carriage when
the policeman spoke to Mrs. Blanchard
also testified that Hoffman used these
words to Mrs. Blanchard.
Hoffman called several witnesses, but
none of them was able to tell whether
Hoffman spoke to Mrs. Blanchard.
Hoffman denied saying shut up" to
Mrs. Blanchard. DR.. William o. Bal
ley, who was a short distance away at
the time. said that he saw Mrs. Blanch-
ard alight from her carriage and in a
rather excited manner throw a wheel
that was hanging on the front Of her
carriage directly in the path of the
policeman. He said that as far as he
could observe the policeman was gen.
tlemanly in his actions.
The incident in which Hoffman Is al
legged to have used language u~nbecoming
a policeman occurred on October % in
CoptrnI auanua rear fha aQr har1a.
Hoffman. who was on duty on that street
late in the afternoon, saw a carriage and
team In which Mrs. Blanchard was rid
ing a light business wagon, owned by
David Shafer, of 39l Plane street, and a
street car, all going in the same direction
The carriage. driven by George Jackson.
attempted to pass The business wagon
when the horse attached to the latter
SHE'D at the car and locked wheels with
the carriage. The wheel of the wagon
was pulled off by the carriage, and in
some manner became entangled in the
front of the carriage. The team started
to run. and every time one of the horses
moved he would stick his hind leg against
the wheel. This, it was claimed, made
the horses run at an unusual gait. Hoff-
man. who was behind, thought that the
team was trying TO get away and fol-
lowed them. He drove in front OF the
carriage and told the driver TO stop. Mrs.
Blanchard spoke up and said that 1t was
impossible to stop the horses. She de-
clared tina the policeman drove up in
front of her horse and ordered the driver
to turn around, and when she attempted
to speak to him he said, you shut up;
| am not talking to you
Indignant at being. so treated, Mrs.
Blanchard repeated the incident to her
husband, and the Police Board took up
two hours yesterday trying to get at the
bottom OF it. In the executive session the
board decided to order Captain Ubhaus TO
reprimand Hoffman
George Rider of the Fourth Precinct sta
ton, was before the board on a charge of
having struck Charles Knoell, of II Brook
dale avenue, in the face, after Knoell ac-
cused him of throwing pebbles at his win
dow at l o'clock in the morning. Knoell
declared that he was one night
by herring pebbles striking against the
glass. He went to the window and saw