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New York Dispatch
New York, New York County, New York
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In a police commissioner hearing, Roundsman O'Keefe charges Officer Clark with entering a Rivington Street saloon on duty and lying about it, confirmed by the barkeeper. Clark denies full entry. Second charge alleges Clark was elusive, found exiting a lodging house instead of an alley where he claimed to probe a 'murder' cry.
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"I saw the officer go in the beer saloon at No. 180 Rivington street," said Roundsman O'Keefe.
"I deny the charge," said Officer Clark.
"Roundsman, state what you know," said the Commissioner.
"I saw him go in, and I was directly in front of the saloon when he came out. I asked what he had been doing in there. He said he was not in. I went in the saloon and asked the barkeeper what business the officer had there. He said he came in to look at the time. It was just one o'clock, and I told him it was time to close up."
"Did you see him go in?"
"I saw him go in and saw him come out."
"And he told you he had not been in?"
"Yes, sir."
"How long was he in?"
"A minute and a half or two minutes."
Clark said he never put a foot in the saloon. He put his head in the door and asked the time. He went in and the door closed after him, said the roundsman.
"Did I shut the door?" asked Clark, very innocently.
"Yes, carefully," replied the roundsman.
"Is that so?" exclaimed Clark, in astonishment.
There was a second charge against Clark. The roundsman looked for the officer an hour before finding him.
Clark said there was a big alley in Goerck street and he went in there, hearing the cry of "murder." He stayed there ten minutes, and then the roundsman must have passed.
The roundsman went over the post twice, rapping all the time, and when he did see him it was coming out of a low lodging house, not the alley he alluded to. When he saw him, Clark asked him if he was going to give him two complaints on one tour.
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No. 180 Rivington Street, Goerck Street
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Roundsman O'Keefe accuses Officer Clark of entering a beer saloon at No. 180 Rivington street while on duty and denying it; barkeeper confirms Clark checked the time at closing. Clark claims he only put his head in the door. Second charge: Clark was hard to find, claiming he investigated a 'murder' cry in an alley, but O'Keefe found him emerging from a low lodging house.