The Detroit times., 1909-01-13
BATTERY DAN SAYS
BINGHAM IS A
COWARD
POLICE RECORD OF MAGISTRATE
is SHOWN AND WAR WAKES
WARM BECAUSE, OF CRITICISM
OF POLICE.

NEW YORK. Jan. lS.-Police Com
missioner Bingham and Magistrate
Battery Dan" Finn have exchanged
the compliments OF the season.
Said Battery DAN" Bingham got
his training for police work as major
domo at the White House. A major
domo is a sort OF head waiter-laying
out tables and folding napkins. This
WAS genial employment for Bingham,
because he has the soul OF waiter.
Said Gen. Bingham: Battery Dan
has gone out OF his way 10 roast the
police on every trivial occasion. | do
not wonder that he is sore on the po-
lice for they certainly have been I'M
kind TO him. He has been arrested
many times, as this record which
hand out. shows:
This record purported 10 be Firms
police record in substance as follows.
Arrested July 10. 1875. for assault
and battery on Peter Hasson. OF No.
lss Westinghouse. discharged.
Arrested April 81, 1880. for assault
on Louisa Thomson. of No. lis East
Eleventh-st.. on car; also assault
on conductor and breaking window OF
car knife and razor found on Finn;
held in $500 bail for trial by Magis.
trate Wandell.
Arrested Aug. 6, 1880, for keeping
open his saloon, at No. IL Park row.
and abusing Policeman Mallon. who
made the arrest: held in 500 bail by
Ma sistrate Smith.
Arrested Aug. l6. 1880. for assault
on Lazarus Schoney: discharged by
Magistrate Flammer.
Arrested Nov. %. 1850. for throw
ing a conductor of a car; discharged
by Magistrate Duffy; In Firms posses
sion were knife and a bottle OF beer.
Arrested Oct. IL, 1880. for assault
on Henry Nichols; discharged.
Took Away Firms OFFICER.
Bingham had been angered by
Firms frequent criticism OF the po-
lice. When he read in the newspapers
OF Firms attack on himself and the
police he became furious, and ordered
the magistrates probation officer, Pa.
trolman b. j. O'Connor, back TO pa
troll duty.
When Battery DAN" sitting in
iorkville court. read Bingham's ar
raignment of him. he said
These charges are the work of this
revengeful gentleman who has been
put at the head OF a police department
to protect our citizens, and who don't
know anything about 1t. He made a
very good major-domo, otherwise
known as waiter, at Washington. He
may be good in mixing up garden
plot, but as a police commissioner he
failure.
Il am proud OF my reputation.
have never done anything dishonor-
able. and | don't know whether the
same can be said OF that worthy gen.
tleman. Gen. Bingham.
Il am glad TO say that l have the
opportunity OF exchanging compli.
ments with Gen. Bingham. My life Is
an open book for any one To read; let
him open his.
AT this moment ! can recall only
two instances OF these alleged arrests
filed against me. One was at the Ho-
tel Brunswick, where | saw loafer
about TO attack an aged Hebrew.
interfered and gave the loafer a good
licking. | was arrested, but discharg-
ed. I'm glad | did what did.
The other occasion was when l was
tried In the court OF special sessions.
was fined SIS. ] was protecting a
woman on an Eighth-ave. car from a
loafer. Both of us were locked up
and In court Justices Bixby and Mon
heimer fined me. | learned subse-
quently that both justices were stock
holders in the Eighth-ave. line and
wrote them to that effect.
AS to assaulting an aged negress,
that Is lie. | never struck or insult
a woman in my life.
Attack Is CowardIy.
Commissioner Bingham's attack
upon me Is cowardly. He's a one-leg-
ged man and that protects him. But
I'll fight him with whitewash brushes
and buckets OF kalsomine at ten feet.
I'll meet him In a court of law, on
the street or In any other place, pub
lie or private
He Is a coward at heart to delve
like a scavenger into police records
80 years old and make false charges
against man who enjoyed the respect
and affection OF the people OF the city
before benevolent government put
Bingham In West Point and tried to
make warrior out OF him and made
waiter instead"
There was a time when Bingham