The New York herald., 1921-07-30
ARREST IS ORDERED
IN BLACKJACK CASE
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six months. Come out before I come In
and wreck your store he taid. came
out and he put me in the back room and
told me I was under arrest. had to
leave $500 in my cash drawer unguarded
for two hours"
Patrick Coen, the saioonkeeper. Is III
in bed. Mrs. Coen said II may be neces-
sary TO take him to a hospital and that
the excitement Thursday had made him
worse.
Mayor HyIan Takes u Hand.
The six women were Immediately re-
leased by the Lieutenant. but twenty
four men were taken to Night court 10
answer T;ghe's charge OF disorderly con-
duct Magistrate Nolan discharged
them at once and reprimanded Tighe.
AS soon as Mayor Hylan read the
story in the newspapers yesterday
morning he t.lephoned to Commissioner
Enright to investigate at once. The
Commissioner replied that he already
had ordered the Chief Inspector to COM
mence an inquiry.
Detectins Tighe was present at the
hearing. but what defence he Offered
was not revealed. The civilian wit
nesses who appeared were two men. five
women and Mrs. Coen's two little girls.
Capt. Thomas Donohoe and Lieut.. Cal
lahan of West Forty-seventh street sta
ton also testified.
Tighe stood about ths corridors at
Headquarters while the hearing was go
ing on. but reporters We're not allowed
to question him. He Is 36 years old. but
looks younger. and was dressed In a
neat pepper and salt suit. brown shoes.
green necktie and straw hat. He didn't
ar,near ma rtiCularly worried While
waiting to be called he chatted with
Kaufman and other Headquarters men.
Tighes rscord as given out officially
shows that he was appointed to the
force in 1912, and has served in various
precincts in uniform and plain clothes.
The record Headquarters gave to re-
porters shows that he was disciplined
only once for misconduct. That occa-
sion. the police record states. was in
1918. when he was convicted Of being
intoxicated on duty and got transferred
with six months on probation.
Called an Old Offender.
The Meyer Committee, which is ex-
amining police records made public last
night what they stated was Tighe's real
police record. This shows he is an old
offender; that he was caught lying
drunk In a subway station while on
duty; that he was caught in a bar
room drinking while on duty; that he
struck a woman with child in her
arms and committed other offences for
which. with one exception, he escaped
with reprimands.
A report In the Same records sets
forth that Mrs. Dorothy Gibbons saw
I Policeman Tighe arrest James Harris,
John Hart and Blanch Martin. all of
so East 134th street Mrs. Martin had
Hart's child In her arms Mrs. Glib
bons followed the party to the Forty
third street precinct station to take care
of the child. She testified later that she
was ''prodded with a club and struck
by Tighe." Six witnesses appeared
against Tighe at the police hearing held
by Inspector Underhill. The charge was
conduct unbecoming an officer. The
complaint was dismissed.
Tighe's Pull Interests Meyer.
Senator Meyer said that he had no
information indicating what pull
Tfghe had in the Police Department, but
cited similar offences where men with
out pull were severely punished
The record shows further that Tighe
on January 20. 1915. struck prisoner
with his fist and baton while conveying
the prisoner to the station house and
was reprimanded. On March Is. 1917,
Tighe was fined two days pay by Police
Commissioners Woods for improper pa
troll"
For being absent from post and
lying drunk In subway station on
March IS. 1913" Tighe was repri-
manded. A report attached to the record
made by Thomas A. McGoldrick sur
geon of the Twelfth precinct, states:
AT =. NJ. on March is. visited the
146th street station house to examine
Policeman Charles Tighc. shield 6237,
and found him untitled for duty by
reason of intoxication. Findings-He was
In deep stupor. from which he could be
aroused only with great effort Breath
alcoholic, clothes soiled. pupils of eyes
dilated face flushed. When aroused.
he could not stand or walk steadily and
brain slow of action. Thoughts discon-
nected." The punishment for this was a
reprimand.
on March 13. 1919. Policeman Charles
Tigho was charged with striking a pris-
oner and was rcprimanded and on Au-
gust 22 for the same offence he was
fined one days pay.