New-York tribune., 1910-01-14
IS AFTER CLUBBERS
MAYOR TO BAkER.
clr-,,lv Tells Police That
~Outrages" Must Cease.

,,.,,or caynor started TO put STOP
= - what he called police outT
es the malicious arrest ana ciu0ni.is
q c,rtzens. 1T is time 'hat oe
of --,+e .be Mayor TO Police Com
stoppeo. -,.1,.- and that the police he
- ..,Fo-,,es that 10 commit battery on
faliS - = false or unnecessary
: ,,-lsvv%,,uv enter house. is
- offence than 10 let a criIninal
escape. ,.ss 4t,e afavor
- commissioner in sympathy win
- =, rl,e subject that oHlclal VIII
[s--seIf renlaced in the management OF
= 7olf.e Oepsrtnent more suooeiiis liah
he had expected -. .fo,,or .-s
- Eze has enunciated them Ior years
s-,r, me bench and elsewhere ms ili'7i 90
-. ~ the Duffy boy, who was houno-
= +,,e ,,oIice in Brooklyn. was roiio"eo
= =, invesrigarion by Mayor McCleilan'
s,d resulted in the dismissai OF FC &c
commissioner Bingham But Mayor Gay
nor was not satisfied that Lhere nao Oeel
any change in the attitude or the rank anu
81. - the -oI,ce toward citizens who hap
pened To offend them
rs believed that the Mayor will continue
ff1yeSTfEztH peIS0Ala--s S-@7N1 -
b-,raJirv IN the department and take such
radical action thereon as may be necessary
until there has been change.
The Mavor was impelled TO take up this
-ns-rsr thus early II mis- administration.
although sill busy with the makeup OF
MS official family, by the number of recent
cases OF alleged brutality. He gave 4 per
sonal hearing yesterday 10 Oscar + Greg
orv. the Young man who was assaulted by
Parrolrnsa Devon. of the Hamburg avenue
station. on Monday night
MAYORS PLAIN Talk
After hearing the case he sent tne follow
ing letter 70 Commissioner Baker
oscar z. Gregory called on me today 10
cornpla5n OF PaIrolman Devon. Who cIubbed
hin n Broadway Brooklyn, Monday
night The sight OF this young man i
sn0cE,ng II IS impossible 10 look al him
without rising Indignation that any ciuzen
should be subjected 70 Slcn brutal treat
u1enI BY z policeman his Iaee ana eyes
are 50 confused and blackened that he IS
scarcely recognizable. ard his head ana
This Young man was with MS wife when
rne thing happened. and seems 70 nave
done nothing but demonstrate Win me
Officer for sssa ulCng another he mas
worked for four years FOR Mr. Robert CAR
who vouches 70 ne for his good character
Let ne say 70 you thaI mes ines pc po--cv ,n. oIc
growing more common for years and.
regret 10 say. have gone on with scarcely
z rebuke. Il IS time that they De stopped,
and Lnar the police De rully INFORMED mat
70 commit e battery on a CITIZEN. or make
4 false or unnecessary arrest. or unla,w-
fully enter house. IS a far graTer offence
than 70 Jet q criminal escape.
Please let Devon be brought 70 rial
before your trial deputy IN The shortest
time possible and sunmarily dismissed Il
found guilty Nothing short OF dismissal
VII su1lce n such cases I an also call
ing the attention OF the District Attorney
or Kings County 70 his case
ANOTHER CLUBBING CASE
Soon atrer he had heard Gregory.
young man named Thomas Smith, of No
ba4 West zJth street. his head swathed in
bandages ana his collar and shirt stained
with blood. came TO the Office Of The Mayor
and asked Tor hearing. saving he had
been z victim OF police brutality The
Mayor had not heard Of this case before.
bW h lost 10 tine in taking IL I'D. He
saw Smith, who was accompanied by his
sister and another woman, took a look at
z1e deep cLE=LIaar -had-been concealed bvn
TIE hanaages and told him TO come back
at 2 O'clock this morning with witnesses
prepared 10 substantiate his story
Smith declared he had been assaulted by
17o detectives Of the 18th precinct in front
Of The American Music Hall. Eighth ave
nue. ana "a street, about Il o'clock on Sun
dav night
The assault on Oscar z. Gregory occurred
- Broadway and Myrtle avenue. BROOKLYN.
On Monday night According TO his story,
h vas waiting for 4 trolley car with his
wife when Policeman Devon began TO be
lanor TWO Young men with his club. Mrs.
Gregory cried out in fright oh. look at
the policeman beating those young meni''
Then il was that Devon turned On Greg
ory. Lae latter declares. and. accusing him
o1 beating mis- wife clubbed him and
dragged him 10 1he police station. On Mon
cav Magistrate O'ReiIlv dismissed the no
Hseman's complaint against Gregory and
ordered the arrest Of Devon on q charge
Of assault
yesterday morning Mayor Cavnor re-
celved q letter from Robert Gair. 4 naper
boz manufacturer in Brooklyn and A per-
sonal friend Of many years standing. pro-
testing against the brutality of Devon. Mr.
fTalr wrote that Gregory was sober and
industrious and had worked for MIN for
tol years ~ enginee.- h said he had
made 4 fuli investigation OF the incident
ana was convinced that the assault was
brutal and unjustifed
tTregorv wiH be incapacitated from duty
for long time," ne wrote u feel ,,our
--l' l-dL-ri Il Vel deserved
and nope the results VIII be productive Of
aCTlen Less@ninE The tendency toward this
so.t ot thing on the part Of The police
torce
The Mayor also received letters protest
i7E against ths assault from other citizens
MAYOR HEARS STORY.
dr Gregory. accompanied by Robert H
-1zT-ron, 2 lawyer, went 20 see Mayor
'reTnor Yesterday morning. They were told
70 return win Witnesses IN the afternoon
A. O'Clock they arrived with Mrs. Greg
orE and Win Miss Minnie Glass and Miss
rfnllT lack. VINO had witnessed the assault.
7nc - Baines, with whom Gregory and
Ms wife rad been spending rhe evening be
fere ne assault After waiting for some
TINE ne Mayor sent for the parry. Greg
efF was closely cross-exarliFaed bv the
-laFor regarding ms story. and then Mrs.
'rfegary was examined srenographer
faae record Of the investigation.
Ahen the Mayor saw the newspaper men
g sid That his views On the subiect were
I1l-y outlined in MS letter 70 Commissioner
Esker
When the case against PatroIr1lan Devon
10y assault vas called in the Manhattan
Psnue police court yesterday. Captain John
rscker Of Jhe Hamburg avenue station. his
superior officer, declared that Devon was
s-'A exhibiting a certificate 10 that effect
TON Police Surgeon De Forrest