The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-11
He Levels aPiSto1 at Pastor
Andrea and Beats Three
Men at a Picnic in
CaledOnian Park.
A DISGRACE TO TIE POLICE.
Inoffensive German Picnickers Ter
rorized by a Drunken Chance
man, Who Boasts He
Has Pull.

A policeman placed in Caledonian Park
last night to protect the picnicers. mostly
women, got beastly drunk, turned tough,
and after brutally clubbing three men
would have completed his diabolical
work by murder but for the GOODNESS
of Pastor Andrea. The picnic was
that of the Ladies' Society of
St. Johns German Church on Fairview
avenue. The picnickers were made up
for the most part of women and children
and few men.
Chanceman Dooiey. of the Fourth pre-
cinct, the policeman on duty at the park,
drank continuously during the evening
through the generosity of the picnickers.
At one time he is said to have drank
welve beers without leaving the bar.
About eleven o'clock he was pretty
drunk, drunk enough to be very vicious.
He looked around for an opportunity to
display his authority and saw standing
against the bar Charles Loedke, o half
witted youth, twenty-three years of age.
Iloedke was in no ones way; he was an
noying no one; there was no reasonable
excuse for telling him even to move on,
but something about him evil
IDENTIFY displeased Dooley for
he walked to Loedke and
gave him vicious lunge In the back with
his club. Loedke cried out with pain,
and Dooley began to rain blows on the
back of Loedke's head with the club,
making an ugly looking hole.
TOO MUCH FOR THE GERMANS.
This sight was too much for the good
natured Germans and two of them, Henry
Shipman and Charles Stody, went TO the
policeman and told him it was a shame
to beat silly boy like tiat
"pll club everybody" shouted Dooley,
and straightway he turned on Shady and
beat him on the back ana body with his
cub 50 severely that Shoay is now con-
fined to his bed and is in the hands of his
physician, Shlpman tried to save his
friend, and the bloodthirsty policeman
struck him with his club, knocking him
down, and then he beat him with his
club as he lay on the platform floor.
THE PASTOR THREATENED.
AT this juncture Pastor Andrea inter-
fered. He approached the policeman and
demonstrated with him, trying TO calm
him by reasoning with him and pointing
out the 1noffensiveness of those he was
beating, and as the minister approached
him Dooley put his hand into his hip
pocket and drawing out his pistol lev
elled it at the minister, saying Keep
away or I'll do some dirty work. 2
Pastor Andrea stood n1otionless before
the nluzzle OF the pistol Seated at adj
Joining ia bles were women and children
who, when they saw the pistol. set up a
terrible screaming and shrieking.
This seemed to enrage Dooley
for turning to the women he said. "Shut
up. I'd just as leave shoot women" +"
The women ceased their screams and
some of the men were for rushing upon
Dooley and disarming him, but Pastor
Andrea counselled them to keep quiet,
and when Dooley saw he could not use
his pistol he said to Stody and Shipman,
II place YOU under arrest
NO REASON FOR THEIR ARREST.
He then took the two men to the
Fourth Precinct Station House where
they were locked up as disorderly per-
sons This morning they were arraigned
before Justice Wanser, but the policeman
said he did not know why he had ar
rested the men. He thought
the proprietor of the park
told him to- Justice Wanser discharged
the two men, who said they wished to
prefer charges against Dooley. This in
formation was conveyed to Police Head
quarters and Inspector Lange telephoned
that he would meet the men at
the Third precinct. When he ar
rived Pastor Andrea made an affi-
davit as to the brutality of Dooley and
Shipman, swore out warrant against
him for assault and battery. Inspector
Lange promised Pastor Andrea that he
would Immediately suspend Dooley until
the meeting of the Police Commissioners.
On his way to the police station Doc
ley, ON being threatened with punish
ment. boasted of his pull with the Police
Commissioners. Pastor Andrea could
mt hp sapn this morning.