The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-30
How u Process OF the Courts Was Used
for Oppression and Extortion-A TIig n
Handed Proceedings.

for Oppression and Extortion-A IIig n
Handed Proceeding.
On the 25th inst Judge Gross, of the
Marine Court, granted an attachment in suit
initiated before him, in which Mime. Krause
was plaintiff and Mme Hitler defendant,
the plaintiff setting forth in her complaint
that she was married woman and far ad-
vanced in pregnancy that while in this deli
cate state of health the defendant attacked and
beat her to an extent that endangered the life
of her unborn child. Plaintiff counsel repre-
sented to the Court that the defendant Hitler
was an unmarried woman, and in accordance
with the section of the code which authorizes
the issuance of warrants against unmarried
females charged on oath with wilful injury to
person or property, o warrant was issued to
hold the defendant in two hundred and fifty
dollars bail Yesterday an application was
made to the Court which revealed a most afro
cous wrong done to the woman Hitler by two
real or counterfeit presentments of officers Of
the Court. 1t appeared, in the first place, that
the defendant in the original suit was a
married woman, having child fifteen months
old. That late on the evening of the day Of
the issuance Of the warrant against her, on
the false representation that she was an un-
married woman, two men, representing them
selves as deputy sheriffs for the execution Of
the warrant, went to her residence and took
her into custody. The husband and Mrs.
Hitler herself protested in vain against this
high-handed and illegal proceeding. The pre-
tended officers were memorable, and, al
though stormy night insisted upon taking
the woman, her child and husband to
lawyers Office considerable distance OIL.
An offer made by friend, that he would give
three thousand dollars bail for her appearance,
was disregarded, although the proper warrant
set the bail at only two hundred and fifty dol
lars The parties were taken off and detained
at the lawyers Office till midnight and then only
released on giving bail bond for the woman 8
appearance, and also-which was the whole
object of the arrest and the outrage pay
ment of sixty eight dollars to the rascals in
the way Of COSTS Judge Gross, on ascertain
nant. His first action was to vacate the order
OF arrest, with costs, and then said that 1t was
clear to him that the process Of the Court had
been used by these men for the purposes Of OPP
preston and extortion. The Court also
directed, for the purpose Of Interior proceed
ings against all the parties concerned in the
outrage, that counsel for Mrs. Hitler present
afhdavits setting forth all the facts, and on
such afidavits he would take immediate steps
to punish the guilty, and that possibly he
would turn over all the papers in the case to
the Grand Jury, SO to have the deputy
sheriffs or marshals proceeded against crimi-
nally. This is not solitary instance Of wrong
done to parties by scandalous perverson of
the legitimate process Of our courts by
sheriff officers and deputy marshals; but in
this case Judge Gross is determined that, as
far as in him lies, he will have the offenders
brought to justice