Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1885 — What Me was Released for. [ARTICLE]

What Me was Released for.

Cleveland’s pet Mullen, that he rescued from the penitentiary after he was legally convicted of imprisoning 150 colored men without shadow of law and kept them in a cellar during theentire day of the election, seems to have again played an important part in |ke rascalities at Cincinnati on Tuesday. The Committee of One Hundred swore out warrants against a number of Democrats who had violated the registry law, and the Democratic Chief of* Police Hudson refused to serve the warrents. "One officer named Newman arrested three Democratic judges, Jonn Birjningham, Jjohn Fojr-ey,. ami Michael Ennis, for illegal voting, the arrests being made at the instance of the Committee of One Hundred. On the way to the magistrate's office two Damneratic policemen tried to take the pris- l oners away from officer Newman. He 1 Stleeecded, iiow. c er, in bringing his prisoners .tothe Office of Justice Dunning, and what happened. there[may be 1 seen from the following passage in the CoTHnerctaf Gazette of Sunday: Leutenant Mullen was present m the magistrates office and addressed Officer NeXvman asfollows: “Yon dirty, sneakling dog, give up your badge and traps, you are suspended."* Newman replied that be never did as dirty work as Mul- ; len, and that he was working in the interest of ft good cause and would make more arrests. Newman then turned over his badge to Mulle.i to avoid trouble.. On the way to the Squire’s office two policeman tried to take the prisoners away from NewmanWatphes and clocks repaired l and work wamftitad at Kansal’s..