Evening journal., 1914-07-14
SERGEANT ARM
BIFFS COPS nose
Police Commission inquiries
Into White-Mammele In
cident in Court Room
OFFICER WAS PUSHED
AGAINST SERGEANT

The greater portion Of yesterdays
session Of the Police Commission was
devoted 10 hearing charges against
five patrolmen Owing to the illness
of Captain Kane, the charge against
Sergeant Hiram White. charged with
conduct unbecoming an officer. was
continued until next Tuesday Cap
tain Kane alleges that Sergeant
White struck patrolman Harry C..
Mammele in the nose with his fist,
but Officer Mammele and Sergeant
White and some officers claim that
Sergeant Whites arm came In con-
tact with Ohicer Mammele, and that
he was not punched.
The case Of Sergeant White took
un considerable time OF the session.
Sergeant White was the first witness
called by the Commissioners. He
raid that while he was standing near
the Court Crier's chair In City Court
room last Monday morning he was
showed by some one and thrown
against the Crier's chair. II is a
swivel chair and il swung around
with him. he said. In seeking
TO regain his balance. Sergeant White
said, he threw his arm out and It
struck Patrolman Mammele. The
blow was unintentional, he said
Ofncer Mammele was called. He
/ said that as he was dismissed from
duty that morning and the squad
broke ranks, in turning he bumped
into Sergeant White, ut the same
time saying. Excuse me, Sergeant" ="
Sergeant White said. "Ill show You
who 10 shove" Mammele said, and at
the same time White threw his arm
around and Il struck the officer on
the nose. Sergeant White said yes
terday he did not remember saying
anything 10 Mammele.
Sergeant George w. Lyons was
called. but he knew nothing of the
case Sergeant Lyons admitted see.
/ ing Onlcer Mammeles nose bleeding
and later Mammele. he said, told him
that he (Mammelel did not think
Sergeant White meant to hit him.
Patromen John Scott and Charles
Reese told OF seeing officer Mann
mele's cap flying through the air and
the officers nose bleeding. Later.
officer Reese said that Mammele
asked Sergeant White why he struck
him and the sergeant asked Mammele
why he showed him.
The report Of Captain Kane was
then read and It said that Sergeant
White struck Officer Mammele with
his clenched fist AS Captain Kane
was IN at home yesterday the Com
missiOners continued the case for
week TO hear from the captain.
/ Patrolman Solomon pleaded guilty
/ tn heinz twenty minutes late on July
8 and he was fined three days pay.
! He claimed he missed his report
! through taking time az Cool Spring
Park guard house to write a report
of an attempted robbery
Patrolman Rodenheiser pleaded
guilty 20 a charge Of failing TO send
In a report on the morning of July
g. He claimed he set the dial on the
reporting box but forgot 10 ring the
machine Patrolman Virden corro-
torated the officer relative to the dial
being set, as he found il that way
several hours later. The commits
/ sioners fined Rodenheiser two days
/ pay.
Patroman England pleaded guilty
TO being twenty-nine minutes late in
reporting He explained that IT was
due TO mistake The Commits
sioners fined him two days pay.
Patfolman Donlon. charged with
being fourteen minutes late. denied
the charge Donlon said that while
walking towards a reporting box in
South Wilmington on July G he heard
several shots While listening 10
them someone shouted, Come get us