New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-13
OF SUCH is TAMMANY.
CROSS BRUTALITY OF AN EA'AhDEhNAN'
jim" BANKERS VICTIM WAS ATTACKED iho"i
BEHIND, WAS KICKED WHEN DOWN
.>ra INJURED EOR IL f.


AND WAS INJURED FOR LIFE
Ey.,Mcrman James Barker, one OF the many
rarnanv leaders who find these times tToubous' was
y, trial Yesterday LciOrc judge Cowing charged WIN
most brutal assault in beating and kicking james
rI,,n . Comfy Democrat. Barker has the low
hrovs. the broad. padded shouldcrs' long coarse
blec,dved m,!stache and the svagEcr OF the NP''!
Temapy ward politician, and is sun az thc hcaa o
h n,n,y..lon in the XIiIih District. He Is nearly
.ixtv wears old and has always had reputation ~
AN unpleasant man with whom to have dispute no
=, c,sod of usng all the worst methods Of toughs
in his fights. ,., .,o
Assistant District Attorney Jerome conducted INC
nrosecution and called Herman to the witheS'cha
Herman told story of almost unparalleled nr"'ai'y
on the part Of lis asSallah'' Inc Ni'uc,S "''O..'
n,irf,uv ~ the chair although nearly eight months
, ed since the assault. lie IS injured in Such
= ro.,,or that he can recover. lie !, ol
rodium hotlnt about thirty years OF age ana o'
mucl slrh:er build than Barker lie Is ehpi"ycu ~
a private watchuiah. -.,
Uc testified that carly In the evening OF september
10 he went into Clark's liquor store at Egh'h-aVc
an, r,ron.v ATHEIST lie and his friend Peter Corc"ran
,, ,,,s With him. began talking about some laboIcf'
who soueht employment in the Department OF street
Cleaning and Herman said, speaking oi l'oo''n
romci Cannon, to whom Barker had IiNc" "''
., obtain work: II were Cannon, ia punch jim
- tr Tho nose for giving me snch II ticket
nm - ,ornon felt hi, head pulled back with
49,, AID porkcr he testified. began hitting him
IN tho face with hi, head This Is sara '" DC ono vi
uorlor. fsvorite tricks. lie also began pouhoihe
,,,,, e., the face and finally threw him down.
vhr. Ia wa, on thc floor Barker kicked hun several
,,s in tbc sroin In spite OF licrnanS cries for mercy
,,,. ,,iutcd and his friend Corcoran dragged nm
. ,-r, ,he placc lie went 10 n friends house
-. xin,hove and Twenty sixth 81, and lay thcrc
be,,,os for several weeks. Four ply 'lcans a'ehuea
him. "a ~ ,..,od
pctDr Corcoan, who was with Herman 'orropora'c"
,i Tor, uc said that while Herman was on the
ooo- no said 10 Barker Don't do that' No one bu'
n,,. would kick ono so!- lie aid that he "a"
peman TiIzgibbon, near the door Of the hnQf s'oio
.rJ called ont t. HIM. WIii you - " - ~
aIS lie IA, ji.,t hrltaliy abused my ilchu hs
Ia that the officer refused 10 make Inc ac'l anu lO''
him a. take his friend nome. .
~ Alderman Barker icstin % for hlhl'u aI'u n't'o
- ,ritue.. He tiled T. be polite ana patronlIlng
Ind could net drop h, b.oVhcating nahc.' IT, sa'u
hat he was stan1iug In the liquor store whcn licrha
LA ror,nrtn cutcrd tie Wa, waiting for the open
"r NJ meeting oi the Tammany Han 'cheI9l ,oh
m,t,,c Tor Tie AIIith District; when wa, 10 W. ncds
nm The nOor over thc store. lie Suld thdt ne ala H
nc ,ly rcuarh to the two men,, bur that rs nc
Ca. uo..nc b. thea 20 TO tho -tlr' ll'riul SAN
Itcr. he i, now and struck darker. Barker SAYS
maj he st~ck back t. defend hlniscli ana ,I't II.
nm + II against the lower rail OF the bar ana 50 ~
ON examination he testified That he had once
n.s.nltei a man la Washington - ana hnu In.u
damages In the civil courts IL do not a'kn"Wl'!s;
nav .thcr assault lut coutrldi ted himself IFcu.N
In small matters. Ills examination was not h"'''ru
when the court adjourned for ne day