SAVES THE MAN THAT STRUCK HIM.
Victim of Policeman's Attack Pities
His Wife and Children.
When it was shown to the police board yesterday that Patrolman Samuel Combs had abused and struck a young man named James B. Bailey, Combs was ordered suspended for thirty days. When Bailey heard Combs testify that he had a wife and five children, he asked that the extreme penalty not be inflicted. That was all that saved the officer from dismissal from the force.
A similar case against Patrolman Jerry Callahan, brought by Charles A. Calhoun, a traveling salesman living at 908 East Ninth street, was put over for one week after the case had gone to trial. Calhoun was ignorant of the board's procedure in such cases and appeared without his most important witnesses or his attorney.
