The evening world., 1894-10-08
BEATEN AT AISSTAND.
Newsman Trywusch Believes His
Assailant Acted Tor Others.
His Wife Was a LexoW Witness and
Told of Police Extortion.
Officers Were Slow to Make an Ar
rest and IA Witness Disappeared.

Martin Iealy. of nowhere in particu-
lar, was held in $500 bail by Justice
Grady. In the Tombs Police Court, this
morning. for examination next wednes-
day morning, on a charge of assault
ing Samuel Trywusch, Of 2i2 Tillery
street, Brooklyn.
The assault occurred at q o'clock this
morning at Park Row and Mulberry
street, where Trywusch has II news
| stand
The peculiar and significant phase Of
the affair Is that Healy Is an entire
stranger to Trywusch, and had abso-
lutely no known motive for making
| the assault--unless he was employed
by somebody else.
This is precisely what Trywusch
| claims was the case.
| Trywusch Is the husband OF Anna
| Trywusch. who testified last Wednes-
day before the LeXow Committee that
she had been arrested that morning for
refusing to pay s. protection money
to Policeman Lynch. of the Madison
street station.
She said she had newsstand at
Rutgers street and East Broadway, and
that Lynch told her sheh ad no right.
stand In New York.
When Mrs. Trywusch told Lynch that
she had no money TO give him he ar
Essex Market Court. where she was
promptly discharged: An hour later
she was testifying before the Lexow
Committee about the alleged outrage.
The assault OF this morning says Try
wusch, was the direct outcome OF the
testimony given by his wife. In corrob-
Grafton of this opinion, Trywusch points
to the very remarkable conduct OF the
police after the assault.
MY wife" said Trywusch. Just hap
pened to come to my relief, or ! sup
she had managed to egt hold Of Healy
30 as to keep him away from me, Po-
liceman Brady and another policeman
came along leisurely and placed Healy
under arrest.
1.-The officer who accompanied Brady
then went away and the latter walked a,
a snail's pace with his prisoner until We
got to Mott street, where we met Po
liceman Bennett.
Brady turned the prisoner over tc
Bennett, and my wife heard him say
This Is the East Broadway woman. II
, tell you later
"A man in a bakers wagon bearing
the name Baumgarten, 1ls Henry street
| had Witnessed the assault and came Il
Sergeant. when he heard that my nam
was Trywusch. repeated the name. sew
eral times refectively. and then sudden
> ly made motion with his hand I,
Baumgarten, waving him aside in suci
"A way as to convey the impression tina
he wanted him to keep out of the case
After that Baumgarten recollecteC
that he had no time to spare and tolc
me he could not appear as my witness.
In court this morning, when Police
man Bennett saw that Trywusch In
tended making a strong fight, and hat
retained q lawyer, he asked the Justic,
to postpone the case until the missing
witness could be produced In court,
The lawyer insisted that this witness
was not needed, as there were Other
witnesses present who had seen the oc'
currence. and that their testimony
would be sufficient. Notwithstanding
this Justice Grady adjourned the case
by that time" said Trywusch, while
leaving the courtroom. 1.-THE witness
will belong. body and soul, to the other
side"
Trywusch's lawyer says that Brad,
had no right to turn over Healy L
another officer, particularly when thu
latter had not witnessed the ARRAY.
Policeman Bennett says that Brady haC
not yet arrested Healy when he turned
Ing him along until they came across
somebody who could translate what Try
wusch had to say.
This statement IL perfectly ridiculou:
in view OF the fact that Trywusch speaks
English quite well and told the story
without difficulty to an Evening
World" reporter.
; Trywusch says that he Will complain
| to MIR. Con about the assault.
self-defense. There were no marks upoI
him, however. while Trywusch was GOV
! cred with blood and had black eye
and q badly swollen nose.