The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-11
The outrage On Mrs. Hermann.

Notwithstanding the approval of his
superiors. the conduct of the policeman
who arrested Mrs. Hermann seems to
have been r~eprehensible in the last de-
gree. Indeed the whole Police Depart
ment shows up badly in the transaction.
The trouble arose over the demand OF
the policeman that Mr.. Herrmann's SER
want should open a bundle which ne
carried and show its contents. 1t is
alleged that he did this in compliance
with a general order to stop everyone
carrying a bundle.
Can a more impudent outrage be
thought of. Is 1t not about time to draw
a line when any respectable citizen car
rying a bundle by day or night can be
wantonly stopped by a policeman and
searched on the street, with all the ac-
companiments of humiliation and public
obloouy which such a proceeding in
wolves? Or rave private citizens no
rights and no feelings which a blue
coated bully is bound to respect?
So much for the original outrage! For
It. Bleume may not be to blame. The
fault may be with his superiors.
But next comes the case of the lady,
Mrs. Hermann. Her servant called
out to his employer for relief. She heard
him and turned. She told the policeman
who she was, told him the man was her
servant and asked to lave him released.
The ssoficer" gripped her by the wrist,
swung her off. A struggle ensued. The
woman naturally became hysterical, and
In the scufie the "oficer's' face, we are
pleased to observe, was more or less
damaged. The "of1cer'' then concluded
to place the lady under arrest. Plainly
this was an outrage. Any disorder OF
violence that had happened was abso-
| iutely the result of his conduct in disre-
xarding her demand for her servants
release. He was responsible for it and
he alone. It was adding insult to injury
to drag a lady through the streets as q
prisoner.
We ask Colonel Abernethy how he
would like to have his own wife treated
that way. How would Mr.. COMMISSIONS
Feeney like it if it happened to a lady
Of his family? tt wesknow these gentle.
men, we think they would be apt to bs
out with a gun looking for that Officer,
But the end was not yet. BY this
time, Mr.. Herrmann's attention wal
attracted. He addressed the policeman
According to the Evening Journal,
this is what took place
4 want you to let her 60" said thu
Hermann, the magician, and this lady
= s TH w axe T Ton L e az The eut Station house
too. il you don't stop interfering" sait
the policeman to the magician.
So, in the eyes of this "ofHcer" It is al
arrestable offence for a husband to re
monstrate against his wife being sub
iected to the outrage of being hauled
through the street. What do the hus
bands OF the community think Of this
srplsng?
The proceedings before Justice Potts
this morning, we may add, were (
farce. The officer brought a lot o
snewsboys, whom he can chase off thu
Inc block when he wants to, to "cor
roboratev his nshy story of a deliberat'
assault by the lady. The absurd i'm
probability of such a thing seemed no
to Impress the Court. Neither did tn
testimony Of the respectable wstnesse
on Mrs. Herrmann's side,
The judgment rendered, we supposa
Is good enough to make a civil sui
for damages d:fieult- But what do tn
self respecting citizens Of Jersey Git
think Of the outrage committed upo'
1 lady and an artist II had come her