New-York tribune., 1910-01-21
ONE CLUBBER. GOES
OTHERS NAY FOLLOW.
-Four Suspended ON Complaints
Of Citizens.

The crusade against the retention in the
Police Department of such members as ex-
hbit tendency to become intoxicated
while on duty or to use their clubs on ordi
nary citizens, or both. went merrily on yes
terday. At nightfall the netrresult was one
man dismissed from the department and
four others suspended to await trial on
charges of clubbing. and one man suspend
ed pending trial. on a charge of being drunk
in a saloon when he should have been on
patrol.
Patrolman George 7. Hanson. of the Ad-
ans street station. Brooklyn, was dismissed
for being drunk and clubbing John F. Null
lin, an employe of Mclaughlin Park. in
Brooklyn, on December q. Patrolmen
Frederick Muus and John E, Groth, of the
Fourth avenue station, Brooklyn, tempo
rarily assigned to Inspector Dillon: Patrol
man John Kelly. of the Bushwick avenue
station, and Patrolman Frederick Gebhardt.
of the West s7th street station. were sus-
pended clubbing charges. Patrolman
Charles E. Pearce, Of the Astoria station
was suspended on charges of being drunk
and off post
Gebhardts suspension was the result Of
an affidavit given to Mayor Gaynor yester-
day morning by Ernest E Oberst, who left
with the Mayor a blackjack with which, he
alleged. the patrolnnan assaulted him on
New Years Eve in saloon at No. $50
West Both street, where he had been en-
ployed for five years.
Oberst charged that just as the chimes
were ringing in 1910 Gebhardt entered the
saloon and pushed the proprietor, John
Moore, against the wall. He was hit over
the head/with the blackjack he said. when
he went to his employers assistance
Later he, Moore, and another man were
arrested and taken to the West 37th street
station. While there another patrolman
punched him in the face, he said Oberst
said that, so far as he knew. the case
against him had been dropped. The black
jack bears the initials "F. c. cut twice in
its leather sides.
The Mayor ordered the suspension of
Patroln1an John Kelly after a visit from
Miss Anna Dickoff, of No. 13 West 115th
street, her eleven -year-old brother Henry,
who lives at No Isl McKibben street,
Brooklyn, and Frank Jenny, of No. 162 Nc
ktbben street. Both boys showed bruises
which they said had been caused by
neatlns they had received from Il patrol
man whose name they thought was John
Kelly They were watching snow fight
they said, when the patrolman appeared.
Inc other boys ran away, they added. and
the patrolman struck them several times
and then went away
Kelly was Summoned 70 headquarters
yesterday afternoon and lined up with a
dozen other patrolmen. The boys were
then brought in and asked to pick out the
man who had assaulted them. Without
hesitation they pointed out Kelly He had
taken his precinct number from his uni
form. and Commissioner Baker preferred
an additional charge against him.
Mayor Gaynor said yesterday afternoon
that he intended to look into the legality of
the carrying of blackiacks by patromen
and also TO investigate the matter of as
saults upon prisoners in station houses
Commissioner Baker said he and the Mayor
would have long conference next week,
and that many changes in the department
would probably be the result